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(02-04-2018 08:26 AM)fallsdog Wrote:  Over the last few seasons I have realized that I need to find a middle ground for my expectations. Rather than go on a diatribe about what exactly that means I will just say this about yesterdays game.

*No excuse for blowing for a 19 point lead against a team with comprable talent. That falls on the coaching staff.

*Yesterday was a road loss, which makes the above a tad easier to swallow. Yes, it was a road game that Kent State "woulda, coulda, shoulda" and it may come back to bite to the Flashes, but still...road losses are what they are in most leagues.

*We can't forget that this is a young team with little to no depth. Sure, there are a few guys with high talent ceilings, but that isn't going to protect leads or close out games.

*The above makes me shake my head when it comes to the "big recruiting board." How in the world Kent State doesn't have a veteran or at least a 21 year old big man who can rebound and take some minutes from the youngsters in beyond me.

The above is basically a bad, spin, spin, bad sandwich.

Those are all good/ valid points - but BG is a young team as well as is Miami - it just seems like every year we hear about the depth we're going to have and then somehow it doesn't happen. Toledo bolstered their big man issue by finding guys at Missouri and Colorado who basically at schools above where they could get tons of playing time.