Here’s the thing that’s really starting to bug me…
Used to be … Coach had three – four years to develop a good player at any position if he needed that long…
Over at Dook… just five years back..
.. a freshman’s feet never touched the hardwood with the clock running in Cameron…
5 minutes a game his sophomore year and 15-20 mins his Junior , start his Senior year for Coach Rat…
(Oh yeah… I forgot … Rat was teaching ‘slapyourhandsonthecourtDefeense’ back then… opps… )
Anyway… you get my point… it’s NOT the same these days…
Now a days… you GOTT 1/2 season minimum to 1&1/2 seasons maximum… before the “guyswhoneverbeentopractice” go bi-polar …
Fact is that 99 out of 100 kids that play Upper D1 College ball… are totally deficient in one important area of the game when they get to college and GOTT to be “developed”… The other “1”… he’s probably playing for Cal up in Lexington…
So yeah… Anthony is one of those… duh…
So was the other kid that played a little guard and no D last season… duh..
so is KW…
so is Anya…
so was TJ…
so is ABU…
so was CALVIN…
so are M14 and M15
and the list goes on …
and next season the only thing that will change is the new names added to the list…
No point in crying about who ain’t here…
No point in bitching about who can’t do what…
At the most fundamental level, this is a “Player and Team Development Business”
and you GOTT to work with the ones that are in front of you…
because you can’t just wave a magic wand, call down to your AAA farm team and pickup 3 new players ready to get on a plane, and change your roster in mid-season…
Then after Coach has given everything he’s GOTT to give…
Some make the cut and some don’t…
Get over it…
It’s just the way it is..
