It's not McDevitt's fault that we lost a great senior class with one player who just may be the fan's all time favorite (younger fans especially).
While we wish McDevitt could have held on to some of the signed class we can't blame him.
I don't know the details but based on posters inside information McDevitt had no choice in dismissing Johnson and Tree.
McDevitt is quite possibly not the reason Dixon chose to transfer and Shelton-Szmidt decided on the Priesthood (whatever?). - coaching style could have played a role.
Injuries are part of the game and Crump's injury and Butler's concussion after non-athletic related surgery just happened - no one's fault.
And Massingburg not being able to play significant minutes is on . . .
Regardless, we are down to seven serviceable scholarship players when virtually all teams today go 9 or 10 deep or more.
What is being done to alleviate the pressure on these seven players?
Are we playing a style to shorten games and keep players fresh? Hell no, and that's apparently on McDevitt although quite possibly that's either all he knows or perhaps we have such poor ball handlers and passers that he believes we can't walk the ball up the floor, work the clock, and take a shot late in the shotclock without making mistakes. In his introductory presser he stated he wants to go 100 miles an hour but if the players prove we can't he would adjust. What does turnover after turnover show? What does running out of gas in game after game show? Isn't it time to adjust?
Are we doing anything presently to get through the year? Are there not some ex-high school players on campus who are better than our present walk-ons who could be found and contribute? Have we scoured the athletes in other sports in search of help (not unprecedented but something MT doesn't do to my satisfaction - see WKU's track team makeup). Gotta be some of them who were two sport stars in high school.
And on to kingaling42's comment in another thread: ". . .the 2 best players on the roster beat up on these same "starters" each day in practice . . ."
Please, with all due respect we've seen that dog bark before time after time from insiders, the media, and the coaches themselves (haven't heard it from McDevitt, yet). The player(s) being re-shirted are always the best players on the practice floor. Other than Dendy most of these "can't miss, immediate starter, all-conference potential" players over the last 50 years become just another squad member. I hope that Dishman and Jones are the real deal and that kingaling42's (along with abarnett's) optimism is warranted on each of them, and additionally with the three signees. I really hope so!
While we wish McDevitt could have held on to some of the signed class we can't blame him.
I don't know the details but based on posters inside information McDevitt had no choice in dismissing Johnson and Tree.
McDevitt is quite possibly not the reason Dixon chose to transfer and Shelton-Szmidt decided on the Priesthood (whatever?). - coaching style could have played a role.
Injuries are part of the game and Crump's injury and Butler's concussion after non-athletic related surgery just happened - no one's fault.
And Massingburg not being able to play significant minutes is on . . .
Regardless, we are down to seven serviceable scholarship players when virtually all teams today go 9 or 10 deep or more.
What is being done to alleviate the pressure on these seven players?
Are we playing a style to shorten games and keep players fresh? Hell no, and that's apparently on McDevitt although quite possibly that's either all he knows or perhaps we have such poor ball handlers and passers that he believes we can't walk the ball up the floor, work the clock, and take a shot late in the shotclock without making mistakes. In his introductory presser he stated he wants to go 100 miles an hour but if the players prove we can't he would adjust. What does turnover after turnover show? What does running out of gas in game after game show? Isn't it time to adjust?
Are we doing anything presently to get through the year? Are there not some ex-high school players on campus who are better than our present walk-ons who could be found and contribute? Have we scoured the athletes in other sports in search of help (not unprecedented but something MT doesn't do to my satisfaction - see WKU's track team makeup). Gotta be some of them who were two sport stars in high school.
And on to kingaling42's comment in another thread: ". . .the 2 best players on the roster beat up on these same "starters" each day in practice . . ."
Please, with all due respect we've seen that dog bark before time after time from insiders, the media, and the coaches themselves (haven't heard it from McDevitt, yet). The player(s) being re-shirted are always the best players on the practice floor. Other than Dendy most of these "can't miss, immediate starter, all-conference potential" players over the last 50 years become just another squad member. I hope that Dishman and Jones are the real deal and that kingaling42's (along with abarnett's) optimism is warranted on each of them, and additionally with the three signees. I really hope so!
