This is old school thinking now, this is the transfer portal era. Kansas State lost their best player for $400,000, and ended up much better, ranked 11 currently. This is not an era that you can say " can't expect much b/c we have new pieces. Next year we replace two starters again.
How many times over the years has Mooney played loyalty over practicality and forward looking.
agreed, that's what the stats show so far. I doubt he'd conceed he's not a good 3 point shooter though. did shoot 39% from 3 as a freshman. like 4700 said, he might just need to be a little more selective.
Burton wanted out last year. No way he’s staying again. And there is no way we replace his stats with the guys we have. But even if that was possible, as you said we just wind up back in the same position…at best. Next year is going to be ugly.
We don’t need to replace 5,000 points. They weren’t all scored in one year. This year we are only averaging about 2 points a game less than last year, so that’s about 38 points we haven’t replaced to date.
Yep, we really did replace a lot. Obviously, even coming in at 20 years old, jaynel does not have the experience and savvy of Nelly yet. Hard to replace but that is where a JB or DT excelled at in game strategy and game management, despite what the truthers come up with, not Moon's strong point.
I agree things are different now with the portal - but I don't think our system and style of play lends itself to transfers walking in the door and within 3 months being an all A10 level player, and that is what we need right now from the portal. Maybe Mooney gets there at some point, but right now - this season - it is playing out that guys like Roche, Quinn, and Bigelow need time to either get used to our system or acclimate to higher level of play - OR probably both.
Well, we are 4-2 IC right now, and Roche, Quinn, and Bigelow are a big part of that.
4-2 IC after losing Jacob, Grant, Nate, and Nick. Wow, how terrible. We need a whole new "system", right?
Let’s answer that after we play VCU, Dayton and St Louis.
Time will tell, but at 4-2 IC RIGHT NOW, we are in a pretty good spot, and things are far from ugly.
Wasn't Blake an all A10 player his 1st year? Also, it took TJ a year to get his A game, but after that he was one of the top players in the league. In the off season we will pick up some strong transfers that will be part of the rotation next year.
Exactly, and I have no idea why anyone would be disappointed with Roche, Bigelow, or Quinn right now. So, they have to be all A-10 to be huge factors?
I am more upset about HOW we lost in Olean than that we loss in Olean.
Would you say there is a chance Tyler leaves after this season?
Well, we are 0-1/0-3/4-3/7-1, so basically we are worse than them against Q1-2 competition, they have more Q3 wins than us and we have been winning mostly games against the worst teams in college basketball. So…
I'm very interested in your prediction, since they are so dead-on accurate all the time.
To be fair...believe Blake as a transfer under then NCAA rules sat out a year, so a year of practice in the system before hitting the floor.
The system is here to stay as long as Mooney stays. Force fitting players into it will continue. A new coach with new approaches is only a dream.
How about now? I'll say it but I'm late bc the ESPN crew repeated it over and over and over - he's not a good 3 point shooter. Yet still gets 5 up a game.
Agreed. Unless things turn around very soon, even an NIT bid appears highly unlikely. Probably need at least 20 wins, including two in the tournament, for that.
