(03-13-2023 09:36 PM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  

(03-13-2023 04:45 PM)Somersetco Wrote:  Don’t know what some of you are thinking….this is the MAC we’re talking about! The bottom 8 teams in the conference had a combined record of
53 -91. That is what we built our 17 game win streak on. We lost to Kent twice, Ball, U of M Kansas City, East Carolina, and Marshall. If I’m right, none of these teams are in any major post season tournaments. This is not any freak….it happens every year and other higher ranking schools definitely take this into consideration when looking for a new coach. A lot is made about Dennis. He is a very good MAC player and I’m glad we have him. He did transfer down from a better conference and I wonder if had he stayed at Boise, would we be seeing the same stats. The same can be said about Sincere Carey and Xavier Castaneda. Both from higher ranked conferences .A-10 and the American. Plus, K hasn’t taken a school to the dance in 20 years! He might be a good MAC coach but that is about it!

If you believe the reports, RayJ Dennis is more than just a "very good' MAC Player who several Power 5 Teams in need of a Point Guard would love to have transfer to their programs. And to downplay Sincere Carry and Xavier Castaneda for transferring down to the MAC from The A10 and ACC respectively does not make sense to me. All they've done is lead Kent (this season) and Akron (last season) to The Big Dance. Your telling me that just because a Mark Sears plays in the MAC, he couldn't play at a Power 5 School and be a big factor. Tell that to Alabama this season!

I mentioned on another board: B10 guards and ball movement looks relatively indecisive compared to top MAC teams. K's players aren't generally holding the ball wondering what to do with it, once past Soph. year. Moss and Farmer are darn near complete already. That's a selling point.

Same question every sport: how to evaluate coaching MAC talent against MAC talent and how that will translate to the stronger conference.

The only question with K has been can he develop THE MAC talent to win THE MAC game. Not yet. In the B10 he's going to dance regardless. Nothing relies on having THE talent or winning THE game.

Their hiring committees are going to look at why he didn't win THE game and determine if that red lines him. They're going to determine can he recruit at the level needed to compete. Same as most are saying here, they're going to look can he recruit and develop power forwards and posts, not once every 6 years, but every year.