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Rishwain is in a horrific drought. If he’s not hitting a shot in his 25+ minutes, he’s worthless for us. It’s all he can do.
1 for 16 from the 3 point line. At, least we continue the streak.
In this five game losing streak, he’s averaging 30 minutes …. 9-35 from three (26%), 10-41 from floor, 4 rpg, 2 apg, 6 ppg.
And that’s with a stellar 16 pt, 5-10 from three performance vs UNM. IN those other four losses, 4-25 from three, 4 ppg.
But it’s more than just him. Dedan is very erratic too.
And that’s with a stellar 16 pt, 5-10 from three performance vs UNM. IN those other four losses, 4-25 from three, 4 ppg.
But it’s more than just him. Dedan is very erratic too.
It’s been over for awhile, for whatever reason, local press won’t talk about it. This isn’t a Jan decision, this isn’t a Feb decision, this isn’t a five game losing streak decision. This is a bad three seasons and disastrous fourth decision.
The team needed to make some real noise this season. It was evident in the early season. Unless you were one of the Kevin Kruger Kumbaya Klan members, it was very, very easy to see this team didn’t have near what it takes, it would require a huge fluke to do anything. Talent isn’t there, toughness isn’t there, coaching isn’t there, fans aren’t there.
I’m not sure it even rates as a sufficiently significant story anymore for the media, especially the newspapers, to write about it. People just don’t care that much anymore. Very very sad to say that; it’s the worst thing you can possibly say about a program. Kinda like how Vegas reacts to Reno: who cares. The program needs a complete rebuild not only from a basketball perspective but marketing, fan/student/alumni engagement, donor relations, branding, you name it. They should even consider revamping the pregame fireworks. It harkens back to the old Rebels which have been dead and buried for a while. Hard for me to say since that’s my generation but everything about the program is stale, retreads, going thru the motions right up to the coach.
How many game did CKK get bailed out bye HERO ball ? Hamilton , Harkless and Thomas to a lesser extent . IMO we out talent people on most of his wins. If those players were not as clutch as they were and CKK record would be MUCH worse. Off the top of my head maybe 7-10 less wins. Probably more.
HE WAS OUR LEADING REBOUNDER WITH 8 AND HAD MORE ASST THAN OUR POINT GUARD SO NOT COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. HIS SHOOTING WAS TERRIBLE THOOGH.
Between him and Hicks they have about 90% of our hustle/IQ plays on D!
When the season ends i just might take some vacation days just to watch thing unfold. It will be the most exciting UNLV related time i have had since maybe signing Thomas or after OTZ departure.
My understanding is that the most viewed stories for both the LVRJ and Sun are UNLV sports, whether it’s MBB, Football, or when Lindy makes the NCAAT.
So the views are there and there isn’t any reason to hold back on CKK. Unless they were specifically told not to, if you wanted to start generating revenue off views that is how you do it. Look around the country and whenever a coach is doing bad, some beat writer is going to rattle off the list of problems and why a new direction is needed.
Last year the LA Times was pretty rough on Darvin Ham, ditto for when Robert’s choked in the playoffs for the Dodgers, until recently he’s been praised as a GOAT.
Perhaps the owners of the publications have vested interest in keeping UNLV AD happy or IMO they both know Lon Kruger and are doing him a favor. I do believe Lon is active behind the scenes to protect his son and results notwithstanding, Harper does NOT have a problem with CKK.
Rice and Menzies got heat early in their final seasons, this is year 4 and it’s going backwards. Not a peep from the media, guaranteed they are under a gag order.
A gag order is about right for this season.
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