That's certainly one thing to do, if that's really the problem. I think it's a bit tricky though because it was essentially his team last year and he played much better in the past. Manning probably wants to coach him back up....and he can't waffle back and forth between CMM and Crawford as floor leader. The injury and timing of his return was unfortunate.Have the balls to sit CMM.
Agree. But we have lost 10 straight. Make a change.That's certainly one thing to do, if that's really the problem. I think it's a bit tricky though because it was essentially his team last year and he played much better in the past. Manning probably wants to coach him back up....and he can't waffle back and forth between CMM and Crawford as floor leader. The injury and timing of his return was unfortunate.
Devin thinking we were a top 15 team in the country earlier in the season was certainly insightful.LOL...I'm not sure I agree with calling Devin Thomas's comments a "crock of shit" since the dude probably has more insight into team issues than you do.
Well he said all the players sucked for not listening to the coach didn't he? I think he's being honest about the situation. When he says they bought into coaching when they were doing well then I think that's what happened.You think DT is going to say his coach and most of his teammates suck?
Splitting hairs? We got severely outplayed and "blown out" by Stetson. And it didn't just happen once, it was 4 times and we squeaked by others....with what should have been a pretty decent team. Those 2 years were statistically some of the worst in ACC history...we finished 271st and 217th in KenPom!!!! Epic FAIL. It's comical to pretend we're that bad now.
It told me he had a lot of confidence in his teammates and coaching. I don't think that's a bad thing.Devin thinking we were a top 15 team in the country earlier in the season was certainly insightful.
So why was Dino given an extension 6 months before he was fired?
How does that loss compare with Manning's loss to Delaware State last year? I couldn't find the comparable 2010-11 rating for Stetson, but Delaware State ended last year rated #282 by Jeff Sagarin.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/2015/team/
Stetson may have been worse....but both are in the "never should happen" territory.
There is not a single ACC team we have played (maybe Vtech but I'm on fence) where I would not have straight up traded all of their players for ours. The in-game coaching stuff is overblown---Manning will be successful if he can infuse talent that at least puts us on par with the teams we play day in and day out in the ACC. If he can't, his teams will suck. Bzd sucked because he couldn't get anybody to play for him. I believe Manning is now faced with a critical situation. The Giles recruitment set back the 2016 class. I'm purely speculating but I think Manning tried to put together an elite class built around Giles and whiffed. Now, we don't have any roster spots available for 2017 and no on-court momentum. My opinion of him as a coach will be whether he can somehow turnover the roster and bring in more talent---Postgrad/Euro/etc in 2016 and Top 100s for 2017. If not, there is just no way way can compete in this league.
There are 2 ACC level players on this team right now. Crawford & DT. The CMM return screwed the chemistry & he's a shell of his former self, but he never could shoot anyway. Game after game, I see this team get consistent good looks in the half court, but can't knock them down & NEVER knock down any timely shots. In the 2nd half during the FSU takeover there were several times where their open shooter made a shot & ours didn't. Add our multitude of unforced turnovers & horrendous ft shooting & there you have it. I'm in the talent gap camp, not poor coaching. At least not yet. Got to hit a home run or 2 on recruiting.
No doubt talent is a problem, but there is no way the staff is off the hook given the complete meltdowns we are seeing late in the games. The second half of the Cuse game was the turning point for me. We were in total disarray and looked like a YMCA pickup team. Hasn't been quite that bad since, but it also hasn't gotten a whole lot better, which it needs to.
Those were Dino recruits. A problem that Buzz inherited. Part of the reason he was hired was to clean out the swamp that Dino left.