It's bad man. Real bad. And there are zero answers in sight. We have serious problems and deficiencies from top to bottom and all throughout. Our president, our AD, our coaches, our players, even our fans......Yes I will acknowledge we are not the perfect fans but when you consider what this athletic department has put us through, how is there a reasonable expectation for us to be good fans and supporters????????? I do not believe in blind, ignorant allegiance.
This is going to sound crazy, but Rick Stockstill and his staff are the only remaining competent individuals we have throughout our athletic department and major sports (Football, Mens CBB). Rick and his staff have at least demonstrated the potential to compete for a championship in CUSA.
It is truly hopeless at this point for the basketball program. As I've grown older, I've tried to find the positives instead of focusing on the negatives just because I don't want to be grumpy, angry, and negative all the time.
But good lord, how can one be positive after we go from experiencing our best years ever in basketball to, quite literally, the worst 2 seasons in the history of our basketball program in the blink of an eye. I don't even know what to say or what to think it's gotten so bad. And there's absolutely nothing to indicate a turnaround will occur any time soon. This coaching staff appears to be throwing more bad money at bad money by keeping all these inferior players on our roster that were originally destined for UNC-Asheville (Crump, Lawrence).
It flat out perplexes me that McDevitt believes he can win CUSA championships with players like Jayce Johnson, Crump, Lawrence, Millin, Millner, etc. I raised alarm bells and was very concerned when we started accepting bench player transfers from schools like EKU and Missouri St. - Like seriously, what? When have we ever taken bench players from programs that are not even as successful as ours???? It almost feels like McDevitt doesn't want to win. Did he really think bench players from inferior D1 programs like Scurry & Dishman, and his UNC-Asheville commits could get it done in CUSA? This is a serious question. I hesitantly gave him the benefit of the doubt when he brought all these players in but my skepticism appears very warranted at this point. And now, he wants to double down on these players instead of just flushing it and getting better players?? Maybe after 2 years of abysmal failure nobody wants to come play for us anymore??? Truly perplexing. I 100% do not understand the approach. I believe he greatly underestimated the talent and level of competition in CUSA. This is not the Big South. And it's not even close.
What's Nick gonna do next year after all these guys get smoked again by superior talent at North Texas, Western Kentucky, Marshall, Charlotte, FIU, FAU.....We are literally one of the least talented teams in CUSA now and it shows....BIG TIME. This roster needs a complete make-over, not a few set piece changes. We need to sign at least 3 and more likely 4 quality players with this class. Fussell is a great start but we can't just take 1 more player with this class. There is some hope with Jalen Jordan, Jordan Davis, and Dishman getting healthy.....but even with better players I really question Nick's ability to coach in this league. Our inability to get easy baskets and the fact that he's overseen one of the worst defensive teams in our history is clearly concerning...
These government employed and protected schmucks (McPhee & Massaro) that allowed this to happen have no fvcking accountability or self respect whatsoever and it trickles down. If this were a private company they would have all been fired 10 years ago but instead the government bureaucracy protects, emboldens, and continues to enable this $hitshow.
This is going to sound crazy, but Rick Stockstill and his staff are the only remaining competent individuals we have throughout our athletic department and major sports (Football, Mens CBB). Rick and his staff have at least demonstrated the potential to compete for a championship in CUSA.
It is truly hopeless at this point for the basketball program. As I've grown older, I've tried to find the positives instead of focusing on the negatives just because I don't want to be grumpy, angry, and negative all the time.
But good lord, how can one be positive after we go from experiencing our best years ever in basketball to, quite literally, the worst 2 seasons in the history of our basketball program in the blink of an eye. I don't even know what to say or what to think it's gotten so bad. And there's absolutely nothing to indicate a turnaround will occur any time soon. This coaching staff appears to be throwing more bad money at bad money by keeping all these inferior players on our roster that were originally destined for UNC-Asheville (Crump, Lawrence).
It flat out perplexes me that McDevitt believes he can win CUSA championships with players like Jayce Johnson, Crump, Lawrence, Millin, Millner, etc. I raised alarm bells and was very concerned when we started accepting bench player transfers from schools like EKU and Missouri St. - Like seriously, what? When have we ever taken bench players from programs that are not even as successful as ours???? It almost feels like McDevitt doesn't want to win. Did he really think bench players from inferior D1 programs like Scurry & Dishman, and his UNC-Asheville commits could get it done in CUSA? This is a serious question. I hesitantly gave him the benefit of the doubt when he brought all these players in but my skepticism appears very warranted at this point. And now, he wants to double down on these players instead of just flushing it and getting better players?? Maybe after 2 years of abysmal failure nobody wants to come play for us anymore??? Truly perplexing. I 100% do not understand the approach. I believe he greatly underestimated the talent and level of competition in CUSA. This is not the Big South. And it's not even close.
What's Nick gonna do next year after all these guys get smoked again by superior talent at North Texas, Western Kentucky, Marshall, Charlotte, FIU, FAU.....We are literally one of the least talented teams in CUSA now and it shows....BIG TIME. This roster needs a complete make-over, not a few set piece changes. We need to sign at least 3 and more likely 4 quality players with this class. Fussell is a great start but we can't just take 1 more player with this class. There is some hope with Jalen Jordan, Jordan Davis, and Dishman getting healthy.....but even with better players I really question Nick's ability to coach in this league. Our inability to get easy baskets and the fact that he's overseen one of the worst defensive teams in our history is clearly concerning...
These government employed and protected schmucks (McPhee & Massaro) that allowed this to happen have no fvcking accountability or self respect whatsoever and it trickles down. If this were a private company they would have all been fired 10 years ago but instead the government bureaucracy protects, emboldens, and continues to enable this $hitshow.
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