(03-10-2021 04:48 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(03-10-2021 04:13 PM)70shawk Wrote:  

(03-10-2021 02:08 PM)82hawk Wrote:  

(03-10-2021 12:55 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(03-10-2021 11:17 AM)82hawk Wrote:  That's ridiculous. There is no way on earth Siddle saw Boggs as a long term 5. Had he known how bad Dodd and Bowen were at the 5, he'd have rescinded their scholarships and gone after some players for the 5. Boggs was a short term solution at the 5.

Again the player can only go what information he has and make an informed decision from that. Siddle is the coach and he played him out of position for an entire season for the most part. Siddle could have gone zone or mixed in other gimmicks to hide what he felt like was not working but he didn't do it . What would be ridiculous is for the player to not have his own best interest in mind at this point with a new coach who didn't recruit him and a year's worth of info to go on. Transfers are a huge part of basketball now and I would think Siddle will try to get in on some himself.

I'm not disagreeing at all about his right or decision to transfer, but there is no way it was because Siddle indicated he was going to play the 5 the rest of his career at UNCW. I also don't disagree that it may have been a mistake for Siddle to press him into playing the 5 this year. We weren't going to make it out of the CAA tournament anyhow, so may as well have let Dodd play the 5.

But, that's where the problem came in with Pridgen. Pridgen could only really play the 4, which is where Boggs would have played, so those two would have been battling over PT from here on out. Boggs wasn't going to play the 3 at UNCW, and I agree with another statement that he really doesn't have the ball handling skills to play the 3. He's a 4 whether he likes it or not.

But now, we've lost both guys that would be a 4 for Siddle, which means it will probably go to Sims next year, unless he slides over to the 3 if Okauru doesn't stay in the 2 spot.

We are certainly in an era - this year in particular - when players are not disposed to stick around to play a role in coaches' long term plans when the those plans don't mesh with own plans given their few short career years. The old "do what's best for the team" line doesn't work so well when players know that coaches most definitely are NOT -prone to do what's in the team's best interest when a better job offer comes along.

I don't blame Kevin Eastman, Jerry Wainwright, or Kevin Keatts for ultimately doing what they thought was bettering themselves (didn't include Brownell in that list because UNCW let him get away to a lateral situation). How can we blame players for doing the same thing?

Agree agree agree

If we had ended up in a tough spot again next year, Boggs could have been asked to sacrifice again for the sake of the system.

Just like if another company offered to double my salary to leave, players should be able to leave if they believe they have a better fit elsewhere. And those that left did so in a classy and professional way, not making a hubaballoo during the actual season

Well, the clearly Quit the last game, but other than that agree completely.
70s- I hadn't seen Bowen, i closed out the verbal commits window yesterday must have been before. That one Could hurt too, depends on if coach he's able to find size elsewhere. I actually like Bowen, when he was healthy, he had some productive games.