kyhoosier29

Right, but odds aren’t set at the beginning of the season. Maybe a much better D and rebounding team, which could have been possible maybe changes some of those underdog tags to favorite tags (especially some of the home games) as the season goes along. But I get your argument. End of the day, poor roster construction limited the teams ceiling, but I’m not sure he got everything out of them that he could have.

I’ve not been a defender since early this past year, but I want the same things you do, and I won’t be rooting for him to lose. But I can’t say I won’t be discouraged a lot quicker than you if things are rough early.

I think you both can be right. The roster construction was terrible and that was CMW’s fault. He MAY have gotten out of that roster what you believe was the max. I kind of disagree because rebounding and defense is a lot of effort and could have improved the team (although limited still), but there didn’t seem to be an emphasis on either.

Easy now…. people are going to start expecting better results.

Sure it’s not Turn Back Time!?

No, sorry for the confusion. I was just saying prior to Goode’s addition I wouldn’t have valued Tucker as high as McNeely (and maybe still don’t). But after Goode, there could be a case for Tucker being more valuable. Just saying it’s all TBD for me based on how everything plays out. If we shoot it at a much better clip this year, then McNeely won’t be missed. If we don’t, hindsight would seem to suggest we needed McNeely more than Tucker.

@Joe_Hoopsier what’s confusing? You think Tucker is the better get because this guy has him a couple spots higher? TBD is my verdict. Not sure what’s confusing about that.

Guess, we’ll see. Given the current roster make-up we could have. But prior to Goode, and even after (TBD) I’m not so sure.

Did you mean “lose” every game?

And some people struggle to see a different view and respectfully discuss topics sometimes, right? I doubt any of your over exaggerations are accurate, but carry on.

Apparently a stupid question! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Any shooters?

Please elaborate!

This is where I am. I’ll be extremely disappointed and angry if we don’t snag a couple sharpshooters. I have no faith next season will be much better without a couple. We’ve seen this story every year recently. The pickups so far are great and I’m happy with them, but for crying out loud FIND US A REAL SHOOTER OR TWO!!

No offense, but I think the comment about efficiency is common sense. However, your ceiling is limited if you don’t have shooters. We’ve seen and complained about this game for how many years now? If the argument is that guys like MM, Carlyle, and Rice will improve enough to raise our ceiling, fair enough, but I think that’s a risky proposition. Sure would be nice to secure a sharp shooter that can benefit from guys that are able to attack and distribute the basketball. Otherwise teams will pack the paint and say good luck.

Don’t necessarily disagree we’ll be better but you can’t win big (i.e. go far) without shooters. We’ve seen it over and over again. Not saying we don’t want these guys. Just saying there better come some shooters with them or we’ll all be griping again during the season next year.

People are overreacting because we need shooters and one that they were told was coming here just committed to Cincinnati. So we still don’t have a shooter correct, going on how many years? Ballo alone doesn’t fix any problems, and I’m not of the opinion that Carlyle does either.

And I hope he keeps shooting and we can rely on that. But man he needs to improve on D and on the boards.

I’m tired of relying on guys that haven’t proven to be consistent. We need the sure thing…. get a couple proven shooters please. I’m hesitant on MM bc if he can’t play D, or rebound at a high rate from the 3-4 he can be more of a liability. I’m not willing to sacrifice those things for his 4.9 attempts per game. And just no on Gallo. Love everything else about him, but no. JMO.

Slow your roll DC! I edited my post 20 secs after my GIF to clarify what I was referring to and you were on top of it faster than flies on …..😂. I’m not questioning or doubting your info or that’s the way it will be. I just don’t like it.

Wrong for not trusting MM to be a knock down shooter like we need?

To the first part….

Reportedly going to make $5.5MM per year. Not even getting a discount. Crazy.

We need more than just one shooter…. my two cents.

Are you giving out 20 points?