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The only team that clearly has us beat in raw talent is SDSU(maybe UNR too). The only reason we'll struggle to compete(at least early) is because it's a virtually new team from top to bottom with a new coaching staff. I think, barring injuries, Coach Menzies will field a team that more than holds it's own in this conference. It's just a question of how long it'll take to get to that point.
Wow, drinking some koolaid! Upside is 12 wins. More likely between 6-10. This is a bad team without a PG or proven big. Some decent wing players, but that's about it. My fear is that the Rebel Fans expect 15-18 wins and unfairly go after MM after the season. This is a throwaway season.
How the CDR firing was handles put the Rebels back 2-3 years. MM gets a chance to recruit a decent team for next year, but too young. The 3rd year of MM is when we can expect a winning record. Year 4 is when to start thinking Tournament. But, knowing this outfit, MM will get fired after year 3 and time to start over!
How the CDR firing was handles put the Rebels back 2-3 years. MM gets a chance to recruit a decent team for next year, but too young. The 3rd year of MM is when we can expect a winning record. Year 4 is when to start thinking Tournament. But, knowing this outfit, MM will get fired after year 3 and time to start over!
Fans will be fans, they'll be all over the place. You'll see Kool Aid drinking and you'll see unforgiving hate mongers.
This year, maybe next too - expectations can be dangerous. It's difficult because we are UNLV (a history) and we should have expectations. But sometimes you gotta step back and let things happen. Not a strength of our fanbase.
The way the Rice thing was handled did set us back, no question. I'm not going to dig into all the details of why, but common sense says you don't go from being able to beat teams like Oregon (soundly) and Indiana in non-flukes and end up where we are at this point. And zero of that had to do with Menzies. He's done a commendable job getting the Rebels where the are with some really strong late recruiting (all things considered).
No size, no point guard, very limited depth (it appears there's a rather sharp drop off in talent)... it's going to come into play big time. I think 6-10 wins is way short... but I do think expecting 18 wins is setting yourself up for disappointment.
In terms of regular season D1 wins, I'd think a good O/U number would be 14.5
This team could be awful. Who knows? We've only played exhibition so far. But it seems to me we have a real head coach again. I like what I see and I wont complain about the Win-Loss totals this year.
I've gotta say, I don't understand the PG dilemma. Not just for this season (actually this is the year that's most understandable, given the late start), but virtually every year since Tark left. He knew very well the value of a quality player at the point. Mark Wade never took a shot. Opponents could virtually play five-on-four defense, but it was worth it to have a floor general with Wade's ability to set his teammates up in places where they could succeed.
When have we had a great PG since then? We nearly had one with Williams-Goss. but he got away. Are they really that scarce? Players with size are understandably difficult to find, But we're talking about the smallest guy on the floor.
We will never find our way back to the Promised Land until we field a complete team.
There's Kool-Aid and then there's the pissed in Wheaties.... 6-10 wins? Might as well say 25-30. Just as likely.
UNLV hasn't been strong with point guards since Tark. I thought Dickel became a very good college point guard. And though I wasn't crazy about his tunnel vision, Marcus Banks was an extreme talent at point guard.
And you know what? Even though he was undersized, Jerel Blassingame was a good point guard.
But your point is well taken. Way, way too many misses on that front. Oddly enough, I think we finally had it right heading into this season with Fisher.
I also thought UNLV turned a PG corner with Fisher getting recruited. But alas, no more. They also thought Doolin would be the 2nd coming of Kruger. Deville was a bandaid, McCaw was a bandaid (no one else), Marshall was a bandaid (no one else), Cook and Kendell Smith just didn't produce. Bellfield took awhile but turned out being pretty good. Tre'von wasn't too terrible either. The list goes on though.
