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Some discussion lately about the possibility of Indiana firing Crean. Consensus seems to be it likely won’t happen this year, but if it did it would throw a large wrench into the works. Supposedly they like Bennett at UVA?
True, Avery has only been at Bama for a couple of years so it could still go either way. However, he inherited essentially nothing and in two short years his team has shown dramatic signs of improvement. And (as Pack fans we’re not used to seeing this, but) they actually play defense. Not trying to derail the thread with an irrelevant comparison, just hoping our next coach is similar in that he actually appears to know what he’s doing from a coaching standpoint.
Watched the Tide go toe-to-toe with Calamari’s golden arches kids and probably had half the talent of Cal’s squad at best. If only we could have seen the Gottfried dumpster fire smoldering a year ago and somehow had the foresight to go after Avery then… instead we’ll probably be the only Div I university in the country that can’t land a rising superstar coach that actually played at the school!
If Abu returns, which I expect he will, I hope there is a scenario where he doesn’t have to play the 5 for long stretches. I just don’t think he can be successful doing that for any length of time, it would be bad for him and bad for the team. Abu needs to play the 4. That means… time for Anya to put another P90X vid in the DVD player and get to work!
A couple weeks ago I wondered if this would happen. We have a log-jam at the SF and SG positions. Rowan clearly showed signs of finding his long distance shooting touch as the season winded down, and he rebounds so he’s going to be difficult to unseat as the starting SF and to me that’s a good thing. Henderson hopefully returns next year as well, and he already has two seasons of experience performing solidly with a power 5 conference team. Torin Dorn will be eligible next season, and it sounds like the staff expects good things from him. And don’t forget Kirk, I hope he sticks around. I think now that the twins have made their decision, he may stay to see how next year goes. As for Abu, I expect he’ll be back once he learns he has basically zero chance of being drafted. IMO, he needs a full season of proving he can be THE MAN, not just for a few games out of the season with an oh-by-the-way fairly horrendous start. Short of some sort of miraculous unforeseen event with the 2016 recruiting class, we absolutely need him to return to have any chance of contending next year. We could really use another big – not another 6’8″ guy but a legit 6’9″ or taller, in order to play with the more elite teams in our conference. I’m excited to see Dennis Smith Jr. for one season and hoping the staff can pick up a couple surprises to close out the 2016 recruiting class.
