Split some wings.
I agree with all of these except for Henley, who I believe was pretty awful in December but has reduced his turnovers, boarded better, passed much better ( the floor was low), everything except his shooting.
I appreciate your posts. Did you notice the young players making FT's the other night? Another step forward!
Yeah, and Payne stopped putting the ball behind his back and they started going in.
Could that be coaching?
Could be. If it was, it should have been done 2 months ago when it was obvious he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn at the FT line. But then CBJ said he was waiting until Christmas to address the FT shooting. Which apparently didn’t work, as they are still 352 of 352 teams in the country in FT%.
It’s coaching in the same way a child’s macaroni plate is art. My third grade coach got us to not do that stuff too. So it’s likely coaching but I wouldn’t call it a feather in a cap.
How many MN kids did Ben land in his 2023 class, isn’t that why we hired Ben? I don’t care where we find recruits, get the best we can, but wasn’t he brought in to lock down the state?
I agree, unfortunately you still need a person at the top who shows an ability to coach those he brings in. To date that ability has not been evident.
Besides Chatman, he got better players than what was here. I think with how Chatman is playing, there’s a fair argument about him and Christie being closer than further apart.
Patients grasshoppers
Not enough sample size to make those sweeping conclusions yet.
Yup - next year is when things will start to crystallize.
Why next year?. Is he all of a sudden going to figure out how to coach? At this point in time they are not all that competitive.
The freshman will be a year older and wiser.
The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow
I knew you’d come around!
You’d bet that we’d have the same amount of injuries and truly believe this is common for most teams?
While it is hard to believe the injury bug could continue.
Ah, the eight four excuse maker continues.
Manifestations of lack of depth. Injuries everywhere but good teams have enough depth to weather them. We never have.
You don’t have to
Time will tell
One major injury to Evans/Christie/Battle/Garcia next year would be more meaningful than the injuries to Fox/Ihnen and Carrington this year combined. Garcia missing games is significant, but not if you lose by 35. The Indiana game is the only one he's missed so far where he might have changed the outcome. If we were totally healthy, we'd have 1-2 more wins out of the @Wisconsin/Nebraska/Indiana/@Michigan bucket. That's it. The injury excuse is overblown this year.
Yep. Show me a BIG team that has had more than the Gophers.
The same amount is highly unlikely. This year is abnormal with two guys with full year injuries plus what we’ve had. Our in season follows a pretty normal path.
Most likely true, but we don’t know for sure. I’d say 100% on Battle and Garcia.
Not using it as an excuse. Just think we’ve had more than average teams this year.