Yeah, I know the nutjobs want to paint anyone who says even the slightest positive thing about [Redacted] into a corner of BzzIn otherwise there's nobody to fight with.
I'm a pro firing Dino, anti hiring [Redacted] guy who reasonably believes our last two years of hell had multiple causes. There are great arguments to be had in the intersection of those causes, but if you really believe [Redacted] is a complete moron and that's the entire story then you're pretty much a simple minded fool better suited for ultra-partisan politics than fair discussion.
You have a way of speaking in absolutes that I really don't think is the case. There are maybe four posters on here that are #BuzzCrucifiction and that's all. It's a very small population who are fairly outspoken to the point that they are being unreasonable.
Do I believe Buzz is a complete moron? Yes.
Do I believe he knows more than I do about basketball? Yes.
Do I have trouble seeing that a lot of the time in games? Yes.
Has his performance provided us with ample reasons to question his actual coaching ability? Yes.
Did I feel very similarly about Dino and, to a far lesser extent, GDO and Skip? Yes.
What I like about Buzz this year is that the players, the freshmen at least, seem to have bought in. I think that we've actually crafted game strategies against Duke and Miami and that we generally come to play at home. I like that Buzz has dialed down many of his repugnant personality traits (even if these improvements are spelled out for him by the AD, as has been suggested by those in the know), for the sake of the team, and looks like he is running a more collaborative bench this year than in the past. He has also recruited better than in year's past, turning in a better 2014 class than anybody thought he was capable of recruiting, that can only get better.
What I don't like is that our upperclassmen haven't really shown a lot of improvement from 2011-2012 to 2012-2013. Our teams adjust incredibly badly and the late game meltdowns are inexcusable. We still can't win a game on the road and our OOC performance was, once again, miserable (both wins and losses look much worse than they did at the time). We don't really play to our strengths, either, seemingly executing Buzz's plays regardless of the personnel's ability to execute them (i.e. late game in-bounds plays, Moto for three, etc.).
The reality is that [Redacted] has, even in his improvements this year, performed at a very low level relative to expectations of a year three coach. There are undeniably improvements, but even so, our ceiling is below average relative to where we should be and have been until very recently. Even in a vacuum, [Redacted]'s performance wouldn't cut it at any self-respecting basketball school with a recent tradition like we've developed. I think that's the ultimate point, straw men aside.
