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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

Exactly. The lack of development by his own recruits is incredibly troublesome, and unfortunately further improvement next year would be surprising...unless you’re counting on some A-ha moment where things just click. Kuany has the potential to be the best of the 1st recruiting-class bunch, but he’s spent the past 2 years on the bench, with only spot minutes to show. I don’t even want to get started on Lars, who tries real hard but plays sooo much smaller than 7’.

After the first Stanford loss, Fox openly acknowledged a talent deficiency on the team, something you rarely hear a HC admit. That is sooooo not a good look, especially when as HC you recruited/signed 8 of the guys you’re referring to. Incidentally, of the 3 anchors to your roster, none were recruited by Fox. This is bad.

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Terence's avatar

Trying to think through marginal changes to marginal improvement really isn't the way forward with the current program.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

No. They’re def gonna need lightning in a bottle w/ some unexpected 3* recruit going full-on Ryan Anderson and flipping the script a little, esp. when Bradley grad transfers to Michigan next season. Feel bad saying this, but it was a little disappointing to hear a couple of mediocre seniors are returning for another year in ‘21-‘22 after the COVID eligibility waiver, as they’re blocking the PT of others...

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Terence's avatar

I've come to the conclusion that it's going to take a complete bottoming out (yes, worse than this season) and a staff changover. And that will mean a couple more seasons of this level of play.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

This is the most likely outcome, as the regression of this team in ‘20-‘21 back to the basically unwatchable messes of the Wyking-era are really negative signs. By the time it’s all said and done, it’s probably 10 years of utter irrelevance...

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