Ramble1885
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Losing like this to CINCINNATI?!?? God is CDS the Collins of basketball?
GTFOH. This guy is an NBA coach. This guy teaches professional NBA players how to play the game successfully.
What’s frustrating is that I actually had hope of making the big dance this year with Pastner as coach. Not a sure bet but hopeful and thought it would be his make it or break year. Wasn’t too mad about the firing of CJP and hiring of CDS though a little disappointed as I knew it would probably mean we wouldn’t make the big dance. Liked the transfers CDS got, the excitement on the recruiting trail, and even the assistants he hired. Thought that it wouldn’t be too far of a step back but boy does that look wrong right now. It’s early and I hope CDS will learn from whatever mistakes he’s making, quicker than CJP. But at least CJP would correct the mistakes even if it always seemed to be a little too late.GTFOH. This guy is an NBA coach. This guy teaches professional NBA players how to play the game successfully.
This is an institutional problem. Builda ****ing chess club. We struck gold once with the SHW, it’s obviously not sustainable. At some point you lose enough to accept the fact that you are a loser. Yeah a 10 seed is gonna happen ever 25 years but WGAF.
I was not hopeful at all of making the tournament this year. Pastner’s make or break year was the year after he made the tournament. He needed to string together two good years. They didn’t have to be two tournament years, but he just needed to show he could string together two good years, even if he needed to use the portal heavily.What’s frustrating is that I actually had hope of making the big dance this year with Pastner as coach. Not a sure bet but hopeful and thought it would be his make it or break year. Wasn’t too mad about the firing of CJP and hiring of CDS though a little disappointed as I knew it would probably mean we wouldn’t make the big dance. Liked the transfers CDS got, the excitement on the recruiting trail, and even the assistants he hired. Thought that it wouldn’t be too far of a step back but boy does that look wrong right now. It’s early and I hope CDS will learn from whatever mistakes he’s making, quicker than CJP. But at least CJP would correct the mistakes even if it always seemed to be a little too late.
So that’s what I’m looking at now this season is how good of adjustments and improvements can CDS make. Right now it feels like he’s made a majority of the wrong moves and is sticking to it.
You’re not wrong. I did buy into his reasoning on him believing Moses and Jose would be back for another year instead of entering into NBA. I thought Pastner was a fine coach who always learned his mistakes but never could learn to stop making them in the first place. I thought it would be this year to prove that he was right. Again, it wasn’t a sure bet but definitely more hope than what we have right now. Was disappointed to see CJP fired but didn’t totally disagree with the move as he had his chances.I was not hopeful at all of making the tournament this year. Pastner’s make or break year was the year after he made the tournament. He needed to string together two good years. They didn’t have to be two tournament years, but he just needed to show he could string together two good years, even if he needed to use the portal heavily.
I liked Pastner, but I didn’t see him getting us to the tournament this year or next. It was time for a new coach. I just didn’t think Batt would make two moves in one year
As bad as we look(and I agree, we look terrible), I am not yet ready to insult CDS by comparing him to TFG (aka Collins). Is he failing thus far? Yes. Is he the super savior we all hoped for? No. But he doesn’t yet strike me as being the fraud and disaster that TFG was.
This isn’t a defense of CDS, it is a deep critique of TFG. I just don’t think anyone can be that bad.
Oh I so agree...I told my sisters ( whom are Duke fans) we got players from the Transfer Portalet not Portal.....I hope they improve, but I believe, like a lot of people CDS is not the answer. I guess he wanted a freshman crop to mold and develop?? Not sure if he is capable of that-not all former players can be a coach on any level, no sure bet. I did like Ron Hunter as a choice for Tech. He is a solid coach. To your point- Yes, no game plan...running around with effort, but no results. No chemistry at this point (too early to call-I can only hope.)Wow! This is embarrassing. I was initially impressed with our recruiting reasonable bigs and the 3 point specialists along with good point guards. But what we have seen is utter confusion. Our 3 pointers can’t hit threes. Our bigs are non existent. We are about to start ACC play with no game plan. It is shocking!