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That's a huge recruiting advantage. Hopefully he can get in with a few blue chip recruits over the next couple offseasons.
Work harder, not smarter.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on February 03, 2024, 05:41:29 PMThat's a huge recruiting advantage. Hopefully he can get in with a few blue chip recruits over the next couple offseasons.
Interesting coming from you who has hangs his hat on wanting 3 and 4 star guys who will stay 4 years.
Blue Chips, lol.
I'm good with the "right" high end recruit if they're willing to play defense and not jack up selfish jumpers. I don't want a roster full of 5* kids but 1-2 is fine.
The 2019 class of Mannion, Green, Nnaji and Koloko didn't work out for that specific season but I still loved all of the attitudes and effort from this kids. Very unselfish individuals that now have nice pro careers, despite not quite living up to expectations (Koloko excepted).
Is this the same coaching job that was given to Tad Boyle previously? Tad did great lol
Quote from: KansasCityCats on February 03, 2024, 08:31:31 PMI'm good with the "right" high end recruit if they're willing to play defense and not jack up selfish jumpers. I don't want a roster full of 5* kids but 1-2 is fine.
The 2019 class of Mannion, Green, Nnaji and Koloko didn't work out for that specific season but I still loved all of the attitudes and effort from this kids. Very unselfish individuals that now have nice pro careers, despite not quite living up to expectations (Koloko excepted).
I will call BS on that one. That team was poised to make a possible Final Four run before Covid ended that group.
That team had maybe 1 "bad" loss to Oregon St and a bunch of VERY close losses. Yes they sputtered a bit in the final 5 games or so here and there, but that team was very locked in. Zeke ended up being much better than expected and ironically he can't buy minutes on floor in the NBA on the Nuggets. Such an embarrassment of riches for Denver.
GHOULS did all they could to ruin Miller.
That team was lucky to not be embarrassed in the postseason. I love that class of players and enjoyed watching their abilities but ONE home win against Colorado was the only respectable victory throughout the entire season. 10-8 against arguably the worst Pac-12 in history. That season was embarrassing and if we had some veteran players on the roster, Miller's coaching would have absolutely taken home a conference title.
IMO that team was going nowhere. Nico avoided contact constantly like going to the FT line was a bad thing and couldn't hit a floater or 3 on a lot of nights. Many still call him the Red Brick Mamba. Josh Green was coming off of shoulder surgery, so he was never going to be his full self until the NBA. I can't picture that going well in the tournament, regardless of how dominant Zeke became.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on February 04, 2024, 09:25:30 PMThat team was lucky to not be embarrassed in the postseason. I love that class of players and enjoyed watching their abilities but ONE home win against Colorado was the only respectable victory throughout the entire season. 10-8 against arguably the worst Pac-12 in history. That season was embarrassing and if we had some veteran players on the roster, Miller's coaching would have absolutely taken home a conference title.
Remember this comment any time anyone ever brings up Lute's 1997 run. That was a piss poor regular season team.
Piss-poor is relative. Lute's team was ranked throughout the entire season and beat four ranked opponents prior to the postseason run. The Pac-10 was significantly stronger than the 2019 season.