(03-06-2011 08:41 AM)KennesawBasketball Wrote: We have a transfer sitting out from Duquesne who was Kurtis Woods' teammate in high school, and was better than Kurtis. I think we just missed on getting them both to come to Kennesaw, but Robinson became unhappy at Duquesne and wanted to transfer to play with his high school buddy. Unfortunately right after that Kurtis had his academic problems so they never got a chance to play together. With Artie Marin starting to show some real life, Robinson coming back next year and the addition of an impact player through recruiting we have the potential to be a solid team next year.
I still like Ohsemen long term, but I think he got a bit overwhelmed by the intensity of D1 basketball. He should be better now that he has a season under his belt, and and offseason to prepare. Who knows, but I am still optimistic about our program long term, even with some of the recent struggles. Even a guy like Rick Byrd struggled mightily as he made the jump to Division 1 from a lower division. Belmont was independent and playing a lot of non-D1's their first 5 years, and he still couldn't manage a .500 record (69-86 after his first 6 years). Plain and simple it can be tough to get your program into a spot where you can compete D1. I think we were right at that this year until the suspension of Heramb and the dismissal of Kurtis.
Heramb didn't really start contributing to this team until the final 6-7 games. Would have been helpful had he been there all year. And I don't need to stress the importance of Kurtis in Ingle's system. We had no quickness on the wing all year long. Markeith is great, but he is a power player. Then our other 3 wings that we played were Kelvin, Artie, and Sabic. Plain and simple, quickness is not their forte. Kurtis was a difference maker in a lot of ways for this team, the least of which was probably his ability to get red hot from the field.
I'm really tired of hearing the phrase "long term" on these boards. Is that 2 years? This coaching staff needs the blame for the past couple of years. WHO recruited a kid that has academic problems and couldn't make it? That coach needs to be fired or reassigned for not doing his "due dilligence". Or are we going to ignore that? Kids just don't get to college and fail academically, the signs are there in high school ....
Recruiting by this staff is also an issue. J.J. Mann of Belmont came to KSU games constantly and sat in the same seats with his dad when he was in high school and somehow, he winds up at Belmont. Andrew Goudlock, who is Bobby Cremins' all time leading scorer at Charleston chose between Kennesaw and Charleston. Terrell Bell at Virginia Tech was his teammate at Stone Mountain. Why aren't they at Kennesaw? Russell Powell at Jacksonville is another kid who played locally and would have loved to have stayed locally and played in front of his family and friends. Instead, he is 5 hours away in Jacksonville. I just don't understand it. I see coaches at high school games all the time, but nothing ever gets done. Instead, we go to Arizona and get junior college players who want to go back to Arizona and not be affilliated with a losing program because their minutes get cut.
Player development is another issue. Oshemen cannot use his left hand around the cup as big as he is. There were 5 guards on the roster and none of them could play the point for an extended period of time without turning the ball over. The offense was putrid. Cummings has to touch the ball on every possession ... really?
More questions:
What excuse do we offer for Green not posting up 30 percent of the time during a game against a smaller defender?
How can you have a big man coach who is 5'6" and ever played post at this level?
How can you play Georgia Tech and play Chattanooga less than 48 hours later and expect to win? What genius scheduled that?
Why would you travel to Ames Iowa and lose by 40, when you can travel to Nashville, play Vanderbilt and lose by 40?
Outside of Tech, when are we going to get some better "name" schools to come here, like St. Louis (who went to Athens this season), Clemson,
Virginia Tech (who visited Campbell), or even UGA, Georgia State or Davidson?
When are we going to stop living in the past talking about Kurtis Woods and using him as an excuse? HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ADMITTED! Let's talk about how we prevent this in the future, please!
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