He made a ton of great moves but couldn’t finish around the rim.
the problem is that Reid seems to have very limited hoops instincts
Avoid responding to this poster. He is a troll who showed up to advocate for Manning and Wellman when the fans were unhappy with that disaster. Again, troll alert.
Sure, but some of these things are definitely skills that can be learned. In 8 fewer games, he's already played over 4x as many minutes this season as he did last season. And he's playing for his third head coach in three years.
I’ve continuously said that we should move on from Forbes if no, NCAA tournament bid after this season or next. Since you obviously disagree (based on your dismissive response) what is your threshold? Three more seasons? Five more seasons? Seven more seasons without an NCAA bid? Or, award Forbes a lifetime contract now? Interesting how those most dismissive of the fans questioning “credibility“ never want to set any parameters.
i'm hopeful but not terribly optimistic
I'm sure many will disagree with me but personally the Efton issues should be largely fixed by now. I have never in my life seen a 7 foot 250 pound big man look like a chicken with his head cut off the way he is always running around the perimeter and pressing other players like he is Gary Payton going to strip the ball and doing all kinds of incredibly UNFUNDAMENTAL things for any player much less a big man his size. You don't run your body into the player, you don't lean into the other player nor jump to name a few. He does it over and over and he is the lynchpin for this team from a D and rebounding perspective and possibly one of the best big defenders and rebounders in the league if he sould stay on the floor for more than 15-20 mins/game. His continual inability impacts the flow and confidence of this team and definitely increases the confidence of opponents when he is not in the paint. Why we don't zone some and stick his rear in the paint so he isn't running all over our side of the court would be very refreshing or just tell him he doesn't need to be so hyper on D when he is so tall and big because just his standing and reach will cause trouble for most players. Incredibly frustrating to see what is such an obvious issue not be fixed as honesty in most games he has been lucky as there have been many other times he could have easily been called for a foul just because he isn't playing smart.
I'd feel pretty good if those top 7 come back and Cam is healthy.
Karl Hess comes out of retirement!
I might move Carr into 50/50 because he's played four full season of college ball and may just be ready to move on, but otherwise pretty much agree.
I think he and Damari are in similar boats, but Carr seems more likely to return with enough RTQ incentive. We shall see. Hope they're both back.
Well if we give him three more years, then there is a good chance the NCAA and ACC as we know them are toast by then. If/when we end up in the SoCon or some sort of Carolina Conference, maybe Forbes would be back at his level enough to be effective. He'd probably be decent if he could just pull guys out of the portal and tell them to go play against mediocre competition, without actually having to coach against any decent coaches who know what they are doing.
