(03-01-2017 05:59 AM)hiroshimacarp Wrote:  I'm not too worked up that this thread exists. dan10 talks like he was badmouthing coach spiker's kids or something. I don't think it's that bad. He's clearly not getting fired any time soon, but it's reasonable to set some expectations about when we expect to see this turn around. My minimum would be three years. I was bailing on James Franklin at PSU after they got slaughtered by Michigan. He turned it around in his third year when they got a little healthier.

My biggest concern with Spiker is recruiting. You guys know a lot more about what's coming in. I haven't been that blown away by the players he has brought in to this point. I'm sure his hands were tired somewhat since he was just coming into the program. A season like this one is easier to take if you know you're getting valuable time for guys who will be pieces to the puzzle later. I'm not convinced Jonsson and even Lee fall into that category.

I don't think that Jonsson and Lee were meant to be pieces of the puzzle to turn the program around. They were last minute desperate recruits. When Bruiser needed last minute desperate recruits, he got guys like Manojlavic and Goran who barely saw the floor in 4 years. When Spiker needs to recruit a few guys at the last minute, he gets a sharpshooter, and a guy who's on pace to be the all time leading scorer in the program. Lee hopefully won't become the program's all-time scorer, or even become close. But not because I don't want to see him get better and score like crazy for the next 3 years. It's because I want him to become more of a role player around more talented players, so he doesn't have to try to carry the team like he has the last few weeks.