And nothing major.
I’m glad the RS kid is staying, we need some parts and we don’t know if he’s part of the suckass .500 that bolted or if he would have been one of the better ones. Those that left, quite frankly, I don’t care. They were part of the problem, not part of any solution or if they were, they are still replaceable because they were a group that could only win half their games.
I would have liked to see Pape return though. Even though he’s raw and one dimensional, make it defensively around the rim or a dead eye shooter. Both in a back up role if they are one dimensional.
The kid that’s coming in, highlight films look great as they always do, Tyrin Jones I think. But I’m told by people that have seen him that he’s athletic but soft. So we will see.
A lot of work to be done, I did want the Euro big, he looked like he could be a weapon in this league and beyond.
Overall, I’d say this hire, by people’s early reactions, people in the know - it’s pretty varied. Nothing spectacular, nothing bad, but no real excitement or oomph from these people. I think a lot of it has to do with overall NIL. NIL replaced recruiting ability and that’s one of the areas where Pastner was pretty good, at least a major upgrade over Kruger. But it’s kind of negated and replaced by NIL, which is good from a MWC standpoint but not so good nationally. So, in theory, we SHOULD be able to compete in the MWC, however, we should have been able to compete the last god knows how many years and it didn’t happen. Will that change? I’m not certain it will.
There are people that can aid and make things easier, not necessarily with an influx of cash, I’m talking influence, personal interest … from the ones I was hoping it might come from, it won’t. No sabotage or anything like that, just a big not interested. These are behind the scenes type of people. They haven’t been in a corner for a long time anyway, and even when they are, it’s typically split, some do help, some don’t help and at times, they actually hurt things. I just see this grouping, call them old school type of people, as kind of over it, wake me when you got something we can support and help. This hire didn’t do it, last hire, the two hires before … Rice had some help, but had some sabotage, which was similar in a Bayno regard.
The paragraph above? That’s one of the few ways UNLV is very unique. A lot of people don’t know it, don’t understand it. And I can understand why they don’t. Because it’s NOT like this at other places.
That’s a primary reason I like a splash hire, a “name”, but a name with actual substance. You’ll never satisfy everyone. But if you could get somebody with, for arguments sake, a 70% approval rating, I think you could make things go. But this is a very tough job.
I’m glad the RS kid is staying, we need some parts and we don’t know if he’s part of the suckass .500 that bolted or if he would have been one of the better ones. Those that left, quite frankly, I don’t care. They were part of the problem, not part of any solution or if they were, they are still replaceable because they were a group that could only win half their games.
I would have liked to see Pape return though. Even though he’s raw and one dimensional, make it defensively around the rim or a dead eye shooter. Both in a back up role if they are one dimensional.
The kid that’s coming in, highlight films look great as they always do, Tyrin Jones I think. But I’m told by people that have seen him that he’s athletic but soft. So we will see.
A lot of work to be done, I did want the Euro big, he looked like he could be a weapon in this league and beyond.
Overall, I’d say this hire, by people’s early reactions, people in the know - it’s pretty varied. Nothing spectacular, nothing bad, but no real excitement or oomph from these people. I think a lot of it has to do with overall NIL. NIL replaced recruiting ability and that’s one of the areas where Pastner was pretty good, at least a major upgrade over Kruger. But it’s kind of negated and replaced by NIL, which is good from a MWC standpoint but not so good nationally. So, in theory, we SHOULD be able to compete in the MWC, however, we should have been able to compete the last god knows how many years and it didn’t happen. Will that change? I’m not certain it will.
There are people that can aid and make things easier, not necessarily with an influx of cash, I’m talking influence, personal interest … from the ones I was hoping it might come from, it won’t. No sabotage or anything like that, just a big not interested. These are behind the scenes type of people. They haven’t been in a corner for a long time anyway, and even when they are, it’s typically split, some do help, some don’t help and at times, they actually hurt things. I just see this grouping, call them old school type of people, as kind of over it, wake me when you got something we can support and help. This hire didn’t do it, last hire, the two hires before … Rice had some help, but had some sabotage, which was similar in a Bayno regard.
The paragraph above? That’s one of the few ways UNLV is very unique. A lot of people don’t know it, don’t understand it. And I can understand why they don’t. Because it’s NOT like this at other places.
That’s a primary reason I like a splash hire, a “name”, but a name with actual substance. You’ll never satisfy everyone. But if you could get somebody with, for arguments sake, a 70% approval rating, I think you could make things go. But this is a very tough job.
