I'm not basing it on hope. As I said, I think we have four scorers. And I'm not sitting here stating as fact we are going to be a bubble team or any of that. What I am saying in a nutshell that most of you have such bzd loathing that you cannot see what's going on on the court.
We are a more confident team, a more experienced team, we play hard, we get easy baskets based on solid rebounding (Devin still, Moto way better, Cav a bit better) and really really good outlet passes, our spacing is tons better, we have depth. Those variables are all going to translate into more wins, I think. That is my opinion based not on how much I dislike or like the coach, but from what I see thru four games.
There are a number of red flags. Our team defense at defending the 3point shot is pretty bad. we make help decisions that are bad. Our offensive rebounding is still pretty bad. When Coron is not on the floor, our good spacing doesn't matter because defenses can sag like hell. Those are all problems that are going to be exploited by better teams, but we also have months to get better. We will see if we do get better. But I like what I see. I am happy Jacksonville junked together a nice comeback. They are not very good, nor do I think they are that well coached, but we made a handful of mistakes and then cleaned it up. Devin was not a beast on the offensive end so we went to Travis, to Cav, to Coron and Codi. All that bodes well. We'll see.
Hope is not a method, but it certainly fucking helps to have hope when you sit down to watch a game. I no longer have Tony Chennault nighmares. I swear to fucking God when he was a soph I would wake up with sweats thinking I had to endure 2 1/2 more years of him at the point. I'd have rather watched Butterbean run point for us than him.
Anyway, I will try not to try so hard. I actually haven't been posting much for months. Today is a procrastination day.