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I agree with everything you said. There are a lot of questions. I have no idea where the odd substitution patterns are from or why they exist.
My biggest concerns going forward:
- Staff losses and quality of replacements. I am unimpressed.
- Lack of a real identity ( I know what the head coach says over and over, I mean a real identity, leadership stuff)
- Development of the "projects". I don't want to go there publicly.
My positives going forward:
- We lose no talent. Gueye is a nice post player but at a replacement level. Alston should not be on an ACC team.
- The project guys have all shown a moment here and there with Sjolund making a few shots.
- The core is solid next year. I believe in Jose and Devoe. I think Banks is a legit post defender.
If Pastner can coach, we should be a mid-tier ACC next year. The core and a couple of projects getting better would put us there. I have no idea if he can do it. I think that's when we find out. We don't really learn much this year.
While I agree that the core is there, I think we will scour the grad transfer market for a perimeter scorer. Adding Jordan Usher will give us some instant offense, but I still think that we need to try and find a gunner (i.e. Adam Smith)
Khalid Moore has a bright future as well. I think that he will be capable of putting up some nice nights offensively.