Agree on McCollum, was one I wanted last time. But we aren’t doing anything with an interim Prez and AD, and in fairness shouldn’t until after next year, I think one more chance to get it right is fair.
Ben McCollum. Daniyal Robinson. Mike Lewis. John Groce. Kyle Green.
I’m not advocating for a thread nor starting one. In any career or profession we’ve likely all dealt with people who got hired and it just didn’t work for some reason. Through 50 games of Ryan Pedon it not only doesn’t work, it’s gotten worse. I’m not going to victory lap it, but last year I talked about seeing no identity to build on and got ripped on here. I talked about how the freshmen wouldn’t be ready and got ripped. I’m not interested in posting that Pedon can’t get it done and getting ripped and being right in two years. Through 50 games we’re, objectively, awful. KenPom dates back to 2000. The worst year we’ve ever had before this was 237 with Jank once. As of now, we are 253. Last year we were 289. Think about that. The worst two teams measured by analytics in the last 24 years are both of Pedon’s teams. We have the worst offense in the conference. We hired an assistant coach who mysteriously never coached. The rest of the staff is underwhelming to put it kindly. My preference would be to just have someone in the AD office own up to Kyle Brennan being an abject failure, apologize to the coach it turned out that way, and get the right person here. The counter argument would be what through 50 games has Pedon shown you to believe next year will be better? I can’t think of anything.
May be an unpopular opinion but a bunch of white guys from around central illinois are not going to be the quickest. It's good to bring in some local guys if theyre good. Not to bring them in just to bring them in. Pedon went too far with the local recruiting.I am gonna get away from firing the coach etc for a bit. But I will say this it’s not gonna happen anytime soon. Next i really like WH Kinzinger was doing after the game. Shows toughness and character. Next I don’t know what some guys are watching. Saying we don’t run ball screens. We run ball screens virtually every time down the court. The bigs and the wings do it constantly. The problem is we aren’t good enough shooters to make people pay when we clear a screen by making an outside shot. Also other than Burford no one is good or quick enough to use the screen to get to the hoop or even in the lane for a shot AND SCORE. We just don’t have enough talent. We might have pretty good freshmen but freshmen rarely win games on this level. Yea we lost at least three games we shouldn’t have but we don’t have good enough shooting either inside or out to make ANY offensive scheme look good. That’s my take so Sue me!
If the local white guys are good is the key. Look at Bradley over the years with Phegley from East Peoria, Zobrist and Kennell from Metamora,, Crouch from Pekin. They contributed.
Pence is legit good and he’ll figure it out. Same with Johnny. Ty Blake is a walk on. Cade Norris is good and we’ve seen his brother be a very capable player at Loyola. Jack Daugherty has good tape and played some good AAU. I don’t think those guys are the problem right now… it’s that Burford, Lewis, Kasubke, Malachi aren’t doing enough as the older guys and “leaders.”
You'll be hearing from my attorney, Mr. Brickers.I am gonna get away from firing the coach etc for a bit. But I will say this it’s not gonna happen anytime soon. Next i really like WH Kinzinger was doing after the game. Shows toughness and character. Next I don’t know what some guys are watching. Saying we don’t run ball screens. We run ball screens virtually every time down the court. The bigs and the wings do it constantly. The problem is we aren’t good enough shooters to make people pay when we clear a screen by making an outside shot. Also other than Burford no one is good or quick enough to use the screen to get to the hoop or even in the lane for a shot AND SCORE. We just don’t have enough talent. We might have pretty good freshmen but freshmen rarely win games on this level. Yea we lost at least three games we shouldn’t have but we don’t have good enough shooting either inside or out to make ANY offensive scheme look good. That’s my take so Sue me!
I struggled to point out players for my boys to watch on the Redbirds last night. I settled on Chase Walker but he played tentative and three steps slow.
Doesnt appear they are the local kids are good or the olders guys are good. Nobody is good except maybe foster.
The worst part of it all is we have almost the entire group back next year. If the numbers don't improve much next season- then you more than likely have a total rebuild in year four. Pretty soon you will be in years five and six. I hope Pedon is the man...but it's not looking good.
Early in the season, I was excited about the potential of having most of the group and not having to worry about filling 8 spots in the portal. Really felt like keep the core together, fill Schmitt & Lewis' spot with freshmen, and then maybe a couple guys decide to use their last year somewhere else. But if things don't drastically improve, we've gotta hit a reset. Hang on to those who have contributed enough (maybe three or four of the listed "seniors" and the current freshmen and let others finish their final year elsewhere. That said, if we have massive roster turnover again it'll be another rebuild relying on the young sophs and freshmen along with unknowns from the portal.
My attorney will be in touchI am gonna get away from firing the coach etc for a bit. But I will say this it’s not gonna happen anytime soon. Next i really like WH Kinzinger was doing after the game. Shows toughness and character. Next I don’t know what some guys are watching. Saying we don’t run ball screens. We run ball screens virtually every time down the court. The bigs and the wings do it constantly. The problem is we aren’t good enough shooters to make people pay when we clear a screen by making an outside shot. Also other than Burford no one is good or quick enough to use the screen to get to the hoop or even in the lane for a shot AND SCORE. We just don’t have enough talent. We might have pretty good freshmen but freshmen rarely win games on this level. Yea we lost at least three games we shouldn’t have but we don’t have good enough shooting either inside or out to make ANY offensive scheme look good. That’s my take so Sue me!
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