I agree with most of you and think that would be an absolute terrible look for this team if they were to boot someone out in June. If Laquill did enter the portal I hope it was mutual, he is an extremely nice kid and has the potential to be a solid player and this may not be a fair assumption because he never played a minute for UC but I think he was much like Nsoseme in terms of a underrated player whos only decent scholarship offer was UC. Laquill had offers from Buffalo (decent but still in the MAC), Canisius, Quinnipiac, Lasalle, Hoftra and Western Kentucky. I think he was the typical low rated Cronin guy who Mick likes to develop but in reality he probably should have been at one of those smaller schools to begin with. I don't think this team changes regardless if he stays or goes but in all seriousness I think he could be a great mid major player and wish him the best..... if this is true. I want to win now just like everyone else just to be clear and I get this isn't grade school basketball, but I am curious to see how this plays out.
its possible he pushed him out, its also possible he had a sit down talk with him and explained its possible hardnett might never see the court his entire career here.
i have no idea what hardnett looks like as a player, but if he's even behind nsoseme, theres a good chance he'd never play here.
I agree it's a true lack of descernment... This isn't the NBA. On top of that my goodness Laquil was a redshirt so it must really suck. It's imperative to build a good report with the kids around the program to show loyalty. There's certain fundamentals to coaching. The analytics just plug a guy in stuff only goes so far it's really playing with fire on this level but we'll just see what transpires hereSounds like you don't care too much for the predicament this puts the player in. Even so, how do you think that'll play with the current guys on the roster? You might say you just want to win now, but team chemistry matters. It matters that future recruits are confident they can develop here for 4 years without being recruited over and shown the door.
Nsoseme wasn't as bad as what's being advertised, he had intangibles that certain kids don't have like a high motor, team player, and a impactful rebound rate. Thier are different ways to be affective and skin a cat, it's not always about scoring not everyone can have the ball in thier hands. Laquil was just a freshman and nsoseme just a sophomore who didn't unfortunately have the healthiest yr but he had bright spots...its possible he pushed him out, its also possible he had a sit down talk with him and explained its possible hardnett might never see the court his entire career here.
i have no idea what hardnett looks like as a player, but if he's even behind nsoseme, theres ay good chance he'd never play here.
I agree it's a true lack of descernment... This isn't the NBA. On top of that my goodness Laquil was a redshirt so it must really suck. It's imperative to build a good report with the kids around the program to show loyalty. There's certain fundamentals to coaching. The analytics just plug a guy in stuff only goes so far it's really playing with fire on this level but we'll just see what transpires here
Sounds like you don't care too much for the predicament this puts the player in. Even so, how do you think that'll play with the current guys on the roster? You might say you just want to win now, but team chemistry matters. It matters that future recruits are confident they can develop here for 4 years without being recruited over and shown the door.
I agree it's a true lack of descernment... This isn't the NBA. On top of that my goodness Laquil was a redshirt so it must really suck. It's imperative to build a good report with the kids around the program to show loyalty. There's certain fundamentals to coaching. The analytics just plug a guy in stuff only goes so far it's really playing with fire on this level but we'll just see what transpires here
Huggins did it and guys loved him.
Disagree, players are showing no loyalty to programs, we had players transfer and decommit and a new coaches job depends on his ability to win. Esp to people like you and Justin who were calling Brannon a failure before he even started. He needs to do what he thinks is best.
To who exactly and in this same fashion? Sorry just asking I'm trying to remember
It was mick call not Huggins. Mick was mob like as a assistant dont understand why he went holier than thou role. Lance situation really messed mick upAaron McGhee. And he was actually really good.
Coach k did it to semi. It happens.
It's not a good look when u get pushed out door for guy shorter than u. Hardnett had size we needed on wings. I thought he was better than this
Another part of this is we don’t have any size. I don’t know how that is going to play out