All good, honestly everything you said is pretty spot on with the way I feel. Watching last years offense wasted because of Sal/Dooley was horrible. To have that type of offense and lose is ridiculous, switching your defense in a make or break year is one of the dumbest things ever.
I hadn't even thought of that. The rebuilding was supposed to be over by that point, as all our talented young guys had become upperclassmen. Yet we change the defense in a way that would suggest we were still rebuilding. That's asinine. Why Dooley would make that hire is beyond me; there's no defending a change that big.
As far as basketball I get tired.of, "Bruce didn't recruit a PG" well neither has Zo. I'm so tired of regressing in both sports, and extremely tired of "give it time" And people act like you have to be all in or hate the staff. Honestly I don't care who is coaching as long as there is progress. People can say injuries or whatever, but the basketball team is not improving period. I support the coaches till I feel it's time to stop, and the last few years have really shortened my tolerance level. On a side note the highlands is a great place to live. Lol
Why is it so hard to comprehend? Even the year we were #1 for a week we lacked a true PG. We've had 1 true and effective PG since Bruce got here, and his name was Bobby Maze. (2 if you count CJ, but he wasn't a Pearl recruit.) We went to the Elite Eight with him. Hmmmmm. Coincidence? Probably not. Why can Martin not go get us a PG? Does he not see that that's the issue? When you play a slow paced game and still struggle with turnovers, you know you really really suck. BTO makes a great point. Why are we slow-playing guys like Owootoah? How does that make any sense? It's clear he has game. If we start pushing now, guaranteed we'll be on his list at the end. Look at Vonn Bell. Hargis (Chattanooga) said if we'd recruited him from the start, he'd be a Vol. Thanks Dooley. It's the same concept.
The whole "give it time" thing really only applies to professional sports, in my opinion. 3-4-5 year rebuilding projects are actually acceptable in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. In college, you're either winning or your not. You only keep players for four years max, so if you can't bring in new talent or if you can't coach up the guys you do get, you suck. End of story.
And it sucks because right now we're at a point where it would appear Martin isn't the answer, but firing him isn't an option. So it's like we're on a road to absolutely nowhere. That's the feeling I get. I'm with you; if there's progress, I'm all in. But we're going the wrong way. That shouldn't be happening.
I will say I loved the Butch hire. Wanted him the moment we fired Dooley. Well, after Gruden, of course, BUT ahead of Strong/Fedora/Golden/Fisher. Proud to say he was on my radar from the beginning.
Apologies, I tend to ramble. I do it in real life, too. It's bad. Haha. The highlands are a beautiful area. Louisville honestly is a great town. I've really liked it ever since I came here.
