And they weren't THAT good if you think back to when we had NBA talent
They have no margin for error Tiny. If you want to think back on what talent looks like- think of Mbakwe and Williams. The great play that Morris made under the bucket blocking Shields- that's one of the few times I've seen an athletic and tough play like that all year. Williams and Mbakwe made three four plays like that every game.
We have no players. In my group, we were talking how Pitino should get votes for coach of the year. Yes, we have lost 5 of 6 or whatever it is. But by 5 points or less. I have been saying it all along...we have no players. Is that Pitino's fault? In part it is, but we have not been good for quite awhile. Tubby was never over 500. Monson had the aftermath. We are not a normal situation in the frozen north without facilities.
If you think a coach can shoot the free throws for these guys you are misinformed. All we have to do is make free throws and we have a winning record.
All we have to do is stop making unforced errors with the ball and combined with free throws we'd maybe be ranked. With nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Who can you count on in the last four minutes of a game for anything...night in, night out? Who? Each of them has moments, yes, but that's it. And two games in a row of effective play is a celebration and then it's who is this guy?, individually.
Do we often score OR get a good shot out of timeouts. Are we 2nd in the country in steals ? With several guys who can't play defense. Pitino does sooo
many things to even give us a chance to be in games. We should get blown out, night after night, but we don't. Pitino can coach!!!
Could he do some things better? Absolutely! But sometimes when you are so worried about being totally exposed and blown out you make more conservative decisions. I agree the two new big guys are projects. I agree Josh Martin literally wet his pants on the court and went home. I agree
Lofton was probably a mistake. But we don't know what the alternatives were. We missed on JP and Reid. If we had them we have a very different season. I am worried about the personnel and evaluation skills of talent. But Pitino can coach!
Remember Mathieu was cut from his first college team, went to JC and was unrecruited after his second college season. And Mathieu was superman, MVP last year. That's coaching. Unfortunately, he fell off the wall and so far nobody can put him back together again but to say he regressed is unfair. Mo was
sitting on the bench hiding hot dogs during games and Pitino made him into our leading scorer. We have gotten about 200,000 miles more out of Mo than
anybody ever thought possible. EE had a 10 game stretch last year midseason that he'll never duplicate. Joey King is better. He is just limited to begin with but likable and hard working with flaws. Buggs plays like he lost his car keys and he's afraid they are going to wash down the sewer if he doesn't find them RIGHT now. He never looks relaxed, confident and comfortable. His head is swimming. Those guys are all flea market finds. Hollins is a nice player.
He is just not consistent and can't play in the last four minutes.
Morris and Mason have potential! Pitino recruited them. I think it's going to get better. The seniors move on and now it's Pitino's team. We have athletic reinforcements coming. Let's wait until then to see what happens. We need a lot of things but a shut down defender would be a nice piece to have
along with a pure shooter. And__ and___
It's no fun to watch! It'll make the winning more fun.