We've had such a thin bench! How can someone have seen all our injuries and foul trouble and think we should clear all these players off our roster and *hope* we can find other guys to take their place.
I think that's pretty much what I said.
Ben didn't use him at all in the latter part of the season. I doubt he returns. But if he was to dedicate to putting on about 25 pounds of muscle and stop thinking about himself as a stretch 4- I'd love to have him back as a back up center. All he did this year was shoot threes....and not very well at that.
I’m not in the portal so have no names but it shouldn’t be that difficult to find an upgrade to Thompson. Might not have the height but if the player has better weight/strength to defend other post players I would consider that an upgrade. Bunnies and put backs with rebounding isn’t that much to ask.
If there is any steam to the idea of Henley leaving (hope not) and perhaps following Dennis Evans, I would think that one would be soon. If nothing over the next week I bet he stays - as he would be smart to do.
We've had playing time (lots of it) available the past 2 off seasons... Playing time means shit... Kids want to win and go to the next level... Neither of which has happened under cbj...
Humphries devoted his season to leading the league in scoring! Not to the team winning. He was a "Black Hole". Ball went in, never came out!
If we were to take another big in the portal id prefer a true center (rim protector and rebounder). We have more than enough ~6'9 guys that aren't serviceable 5s that a midmajor dude who averages 4 rebs a game doesnt excite me.
Eli King or Cam Heide?
Point taken. Kris is always going to be the poster child for addition by subtraction, but I tend to see these situations as exceptions that prove the rule. I don't think Thompson is the kind of cancer that Humphries and his dad were.
Tre Holloman would be my guess of who he's alluding to, but I'd take all 3 back though it makes class balance get interesting.
Great post.
I agree given the lack of success at this point, but this is analogous to hiring an athletic director to do a job and then hiring another more qualified assistant athletic director to help the new athletic director succeed. Why not hire the other person to begin with?
Agreed. And I'd imagine you'd see a lot of ball handlers able to perform better not being able to log 35+ minutes every single night and defend other teams primary guard.
If the AD you hired had a 8M buy out you would of course hire an assistant AD. Correct on hire the other guy to begin with. Much consensus on Ben being the wrong hire.
My point is why hire the person in the first place since they were unqualified and then to cover the original bad decision, hire another person to "help". Oh, and who allowed an unqualified head coach to demand an $ 8mm buyout along with an extra year on the original contract after winning 4 bt10 games. Answer: Coyle. Coyle's high-profile coaching hires record is 1-1-2. Hockey (win), football (push/tie) and BB (2 losses).
Yes and no. Ben seems to relate well to recruits and their families. He's well liked by many people locally and nationally. I think he lacks in game coaching experience. Many assistants sit around a lot during games. Would help Ben to have an experienced voice on his bench. I'm not ready to give up on Ben (though if he was gone I wouldn't be that disappointed) but I think its a similar mistake to much of what Richard did here if he doesnt change his staff and add a veteran, former college HC.
