If he's going to play at the next level, he needs to maximize his athleticism like TJ did and he has to improve his 3 point shooting.
i agree he will never be a leaping shot blocker, he will never be taking people off the dribble facing the basket.... but he can be a real 3 point (and mid range jumper) Threat he can improve his position rebounding and defense. His passing is already good. AND please stop bringing the ball down before you go to the hoop, when you're not a leaper quick release can give you an edge.
Then why do we finish near the bottom of the league?
You ruined it FRS, lol, 80 needs to answer the question. I want to hear him say it.
We also had the "Potential 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year."
If it's not rocket science and players improve each year, why doesn't the coach's record of wins improve also. Particularly when degree of difficulty of the schedule is getting easier. Seems logical to me that wins would trend up significantly. What am I missing? I graduated with a business degree as rocket science was not offered.
you're missing that some of the better players who were improving left the program, replaced by young guys early in the improving cycle.
So if that pattern perpetuates then we will be everyone else's farm team. Why do you suppose that's the case? I'll hang up and listen.
not sure where you're going there. yes, if the patter perpetuates and we lose good players each year then that will be true. you could say the same with any school. kids transfer. 551 so far this year.
With that many transfers, it would be logical to think it's a net zero affect. You lose some and you get some. So are we getting bad and giving up good? What other excuses do you think we can come up with to explain the demise of Richmond basketball?
I would argue that overall we are giving up bad to get nothing? We are very tentative when it comes to looking at transfers. The non-grad transfers we've brought in overall seem to be moderate to good (Marshall/Blake?/TJ). The grad-transfers we've brought in overall seem to be poor to moderate (Kwesi/JMA/Noah).
TJ was great, but don’t forget he had another coach his first year and his mother got him professional NBA coaching during each off season. It was hard for Mooney to undo all of that.
There aren't very many programs that have had coaches for 10+ years, and most of the ones who have are winning at a higher clip than we are.
with players we've wanted to keep I think he's fared well. not many of our better players left during his term. but he's had too many recruiting misses ... less lately.
I'm not surprised it's been stable, just about every guy on that roster should feel like he has an opportunity to compete coming off a 13-20 season. Verbinskis was the one who seemed most likely to go, either by push or of his own volition. He must be good enough to warrant retention as a practice player or more, otherwise I think he'd be off to the portal himself.
