(02-10-2020 09:27 AM)uskjtc02 Wrote:  

(02-10-2020 08:45 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-10-2020 01:03 AM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  

(02-10-2020 12:29 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  Ya, you can’t be “missing” players that are not on your roster...
Wiseman - Not on roster and hasn’t been for all intents and purposes since game 3 and officially for well over a month now.
Boyce - Not been roster for months and barely played even when he was
Stokes - Not been eligible all year

We were missing two guys that, you know, are actually on the team... Being down DJ and Malcolm definitely hurt us but we still had way more talent than them...

No one is arguing we don't have more talent or that we shouldn't have won. The reality of the situation is just way more complicated than talent alone. Every good team in the country has losses to inferior teams. Upsets happen, they happen multiple times a season and they are far more likely to happen when you are dealing with as many roster challenges, injures and overall inexperience as we have this year.

Some are trying to suggest our coaches are in over their heads, when the reality is even the best coaches in the nation would be struggling with this situation right now. Even under the best coaching scenario its hard to see us much better than 18-19 wins right now with all that has happened and so little experience. Here we are at 17.

And yes, we are "missing" Wiseman. Its silly to pretend we are not. He was expected to be on the floor and that played a HUGE role in the expectations this season.

He was expected to be on the floor after he quit? How does that work?

The thing is this team was built around him. Some, he’s gone but this team is so inexperienced they are having trouble adjusting.

This team was better early without Wiseman than they are now without Wiseman. It's all effort related. They still play good defense, but lazy passes that result in steals/points and giving up way too many offensive rebounds. Coaches have to get their attention or the season ends in a month.