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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 2705769, member: 1609"] Let’s take one year at a time. These are the givens. (Let’s accept the fact that KO was M.I. A.. or for whatever personal reasons was going through the motions and his coaches were all yes men going along for the ride as a given and that staff has been replaced by a hard working experienced group) 2018-19 . With only the loss of Larrier , who because of injury and style never seemed to be the right complement to our other players. I expected a 20 +win season just based on personal without a coaching change. Why. A guard duo of Jaylen Adams , Christian Vital who are playing their third season together. The addition of the A10 sixth man of the year plus Adams II and Gilbert Give us not only one of ,if not the best back courts in the AAC but if Hurley sorts them out in the entire country. With UConn that’s always the cornerstone of success. The rest of the team last year was a mess but we saw some potential as the year went on. Finding the right combination was a huge problem with 8 first year players . Emerging from that mess we saw what could be blended in Time into a formible unit Carlton emeges as one of the better offensive bigs whose lack of experience on D prevented him from further development by increased playing time. Polley in a similar fashion emerged as that potential third option whether it be at the 3 or the stretch 4. (Think DD .) Wilson replaces the atletism of TL And I suspect by us backing away from Mathews , Hurley believes he can shoot well enough to play the 3 or 4 . Or we will see more three guard than I like. Whaley who to this point has been an offensive liability if he developed a shot has excellent defensive potential. Diarra is a versatile guy who can give you back up minutes at the 4 or 5 and like Whaley his shooting will determine his minutes. Williams and Cobb frankly are redundant especially the latter with the addition of the St John’s guy. The post grad is intriguing because unless he is injured he has the capibility of much greater contribution than last years numbers indicate especially as a shot blocker. Shooting is key . Frankly it was KO ‘s preoccupation with what turned out to be a futile attempt at team D that doomed last years team. When his focus should have been on offensive chemistry.Trying to get continued defenive intensity from kids that can’t score may work in spurts but it’s certainly not sustainable. If you put three decent shooters plus Carlton on the floor with JA , with an experienced coaching staff who seems to get it and are willing to work and next year will be a very good year. Frankly I worry more abou 2019-2020 With so much experience why would anyone predict less? . [/QUOTE]

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