I'm going to be honest, this is the season that broke me as Runnin' Rebel fan. I'm not a glass half full guy on the best of days, but I just don't see how anyone can get any optimism from this current regime. I think this offense is actually worse than Marv's offense. I think we are laden with tweeners and incomplete players and don't have any 'system' that we seem to be building a roster for. Kev's got his dad's stubborn propensity to play favorites despite having players who easily are better eye-test guys. Thomas is a really nice piece, I think that Pape and Hicks have some nice upside with development and other than that I can't see anyone else who really deserves a roster spot. Hill is a tweener who doesn't do anything terribly or very well, Henley at least plays a little defense and can slash a bit. Bedford was brought in to be a scoring wing and he simply isn't and a poor defender. Whaley is a tweener and is always hurt. Rishwain would be fine in a Travis Bice 12-15 minute role as a shooter but he's definitely not a starter on a top 50 team. Bear Cherry can't stay out of foul trouble and can't handle a big with a pulse on either end of the post. Bannarbie might have some upside, but he's got that super fast hook and he's definitely got some freshmen tendencies. I would have thought that Evans could have provided some bench offense to this team especially after the wing injuries we've been through but you leave the RS on him like your job is on the line. Jace Whiting is too small to be a wing, too slow to be a point, and has been hurt.
Roster construction, offensive and defensive cohesive philosophies, set plays, clock management, recruiting, development, understanding the feel of the game--someone tell me what Kevin does well? I can't see any real growth in any of these areas. This is the modern era of college hoops. It doesn't take more than 4 years to get performance out of a team. Kevin has been screaming what he is for 3.5 years and I just wonder if the front office is finally going to listen and move on. Honestly, this kills me to say--but my worst nightmare is that Kevin goes on a run and somehow saves his job and gets an extension. I never even reached that point with Marv, and while I think Marv was actually worse than Kevin because he had a TON of high level assistant and some lower level head coaching success, Kevin never did anything to heal the wounds that Marv inflicted.
I'm not even watching the games that get recorded to my DVR right now.
