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Maybe so but we’ve been right there in so many games and execution has killed us. We have enough talent to win.This team is missing 2 or 3 parts.
Maybe so but we’ve been right there in so many games and execution has killed us. We have enough talent to win.This team is missing 2 or 3 parts.
I like Forbes, and agree he’s nowhere near the hot seat, but if Tony Bennett was in-game coaching this squad, we’d have won today and at least 4 more other games this year. Just saying.
And yes, I get that I’m cherry-picking the best coach in the league.
The biggest thing though about Tony Bennett is that he built his team with core defensive principles of which we have none of. Just in seeing what Wong and many others did to us today we could not find them on the defensive end. We tend to let many people get career days against usTony Bennett went 9-7 in the ACC his 3rd year, losing 4 of his last 5 with his only win coming against a horrid Maryland team - and it took overtime to even get that one. He lost every game he played against a ranked team once the ACC season started (0-6).
That team had Joe Harris, Malcom Brogdon, and Mike Scott on it. All NBA players. Then of course he added Justin Anderson and Mike Tobey (and lost Brodgon to injury for a year) and... barely made the NIT. After that he ran off like a decade of averaging 30 wins and landed a national championship.
Forbes is the real deal. He got screwed by Covid and NIL and we still would have been in the tourney last year at any other point in basketball history. Even great coaches struggle when they don't have the right guys in their system, and even when they do it can take a year or two to develop them. And even then it can really help to land a miracle player like Brogdon who stays for his entire eligibility despite being an NBA-level guy. Look at what Wong did to us tonight and then picture him getting a lot better and coming back for another year...
Tony Bennett went to the NCAA tournament in his third year with the #33 rated team in KP. 2012 was different from 2023 for a variety of reasons, but those seem like important facts to mention. Tony Bennett is the best coach in the ACC and has had that distinction for a while.Tony Bennett went 9-7 in the ACC his 3rd year, losing 4 of his last 5 with his only win coming against a horrid Maryland team - and it took overtime to even get that one. He lost every game he played against a ranked team once the ACC season started (0-6).
That team had Joe Harris, Malcom Brogdon, and Mike Scott on it. All NBA players. Then of course he added Justin Anderson and Mike Tobey (and lost Brodgon to injury for a year) and... barely made the NIT. After that he ran off like a decade of averaging 30 wins and landed a national championship.
Forbes is the real deal. He got screwed by Covid and NIL and we still would have been in the tourney last year at any other point in basketball history. Even great coaches struggle when they don't have the right guys in their system, and even when they do it can take a year or two to develop them. And even then it can really help to land a miracle player like Brogdon who stays for his entire eligibility despite being an NBA-level guy. Look at what Wong did to us tonight and then picture him getting a lot better and coming back for another year...
And Marsh. He has improved drastically since last year. I expect continued improvement.He’s basically had 1, then 2 (Williamson and Mucius) and now 4 (Williamson, Monsanro, Hildreth, Marsh) returning players in his rotation each year.
Getting a baseline of 4-6 in a normal year and then filling in with a) non rotation players that make the leap (Hildreth and Marsh this year — maybe Ituka/Keller?) and b) transfers sets us on a better and more sustainable path.
We are going to need the horses though. For 2024: Hildreth, Carr, Klintman, and Monsanto (?) as the starting point is decent. To make the leap we will need to replace Appleby with a star.
A lot of his tentativeness is because he's playing through a thumb/wrist injury on his shooting hand.Too many turnovers that led to points at the wrong end. 19 turnovers lead to a 34-12 Miami advantage on points off turnovers. Also had a large role in a 20-5 Cane advantage in fast break points. Isiah Wong decided the game in the first half with a personal 13-0 run that gave Miami a 10 point lead. Miami never trailed after that and spent the second half in control of the game. Every time the Deacs made a run the Canes would respond.
Deacs shot the ball well but defense was missing. The bright spot for the Deacs was the play of Williamson and Klintman off the bench. Hildreth and Marsh were solid.
Appleby and Monsanto had their difficulties. Carr spent most of the game MIA. I'm beginning to think Andrew plays better at the four than the five. He has become more tentative and passive offensively with the increase of minutes at the five. I'd like to see the numbers at both positions if available.
I was "flipping the dial" today and saw that Indiana is 9-6 in conference and ranked #14 in the country.
Someone care to explain this?
I noticed that too and had no idea Indiana was good this year. Seems like they have sucked for awhile.I was "flipping the dial" today and saw that Indiana is 9-6 in conference and ranked #14 in the country.
Someone care to explain this?
Forbes had Wake as the #35 rated team in KP in his second year.Tony Bennett went to the NCAA tournament in his third year with the #33 rated team in KP. 2012 was different from 2023 for a variety of reasons, but those seem like important facts to mention. Tony Bennett is the best coach in the ACC and has had that distinction for a while.
Forbes is a very good coach. Tony Bennett is better. It’s unfair to compare Forbes to Bennett, but those statements are true.