(12-20-2014 12:51 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote: How do we improve the product on the court if it's not Micks fault and it's not the recruits that the great Larry Davis brings in? Oh I forgot he has two more coming next year.....Excuse after excuse .... A team full of roll players. Someone eventually has to take charge.
Yup... Pass the blame game.
When problems persist year after year it is the fault of coaching. Whether that is a failure of coaching to develop players or a failure of coaching to recruit players who fit the teams needs.
It seems like a failure of coaching to develop players offensively. Which has got to scare off a good number of recruits (come to UC and you will be known as a tough, defensive-minded player who can't hit a shot! - not quite the resume a player hoping to make the NBA will want).
If Shaq could hit threes and jump shots at a reasonable rate (say 30-35% from 3) it would open up his dribble drive game a lot and make him a much better player. That's been obvious for 2 years, but somehow he still can't, that's on coaching.
Sanders shot takes forever to release, you'd think some coach would have worked with him on that by now. Nope. It seems like we have no coach who can teach players how to shoot.
Failure to improve players individually on offense (with a few exceptions) and failure to improve team offense (with virtually no exceptions) has got to be on the coaches. Every year you can find an excuse, but the fact that we need an excuse every year for why the offense sucks says that it's time to start questioning if Mick should remain the coach.
I have to think that recruits are looking at UC as a team that has stagnated and that won't help them develop their offensive game (and if they are hoping to get a shot at the NBA, they need at least some offensive ability). If that's the case it's going to get more and more difficult each year to find recruits who want to come here (unless a coaching change is made).