He will have to deviate from the 4 Out 1 In if we don't have the roster to fit that style of play.
MONDAY MUSINGS: Back & forth w/ Blum on 2017-18 hoops
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I don't agree with that. Great PG play doesn't automatically make the team become an NCAA tourney team. Look at Washington. You also have to have more better players at other positions.
Adequate PG play would have elevated Texas to be a post-season team. An obvious overhaul of the coaching staff would have elevated U-Dub and they took the steps to do that after the season. Shaka and their wings and post players were not the primary points of blame at Texas this past season.
My benchmark isn't the tourney but it is continued improvement. 2 things I think we're over-looking here - youth and leadership. This is going to be a YOUNG team regardless of who else we get in the coming weeks. How will LW come in and respond being the "man" from day 1? There is immense pressure on seasoned PGs - how's about a guy playing his first minutes in college? It takes more than an off-season for these kids to gel, more than an off-season to start to understand what's needed as to effort, attitude, etc... That's the part that is fun to watch blossom though.
I'm not nearly as convinced that Babb has the upside many on here think. I've heard the praise but not sure I've seen enough real minutes to make me a believer. Part of the fun of watching the growth.
Leadership vacuum does exist. You can't expect a grad transfer to be that leader - it has to come from the established players first. DJ could be that guy but with so many brand new parts it will take a while for that leadership to emerge.
For me - the final scorecard will be if the team is playing far better at the end of the season than at the beginning. Are there obvious roles the kids are accepting, are they good teammates, is there demonstrated growth - and WHO is/are the leader(s)?
I'm excited by this blank slate and know we'll all experience some WTF moments from these guys are they work through it.
If you have other pieces you can get to the tournament despite not having a legit PG.
"You can't expect a grad transfer to be that leader"
This guy was leading the free throw huddles from the first game of the season!
This guy was leading the free throw huddles from the first game of the season!
"You can't expect a grad transfer to be that leader"
This guy was leading the free throw huddles from the first game of the season!
I honestly do not remember if it was him or Melvin.
Between him and Wiggington I expect a lot of drive and kick-out/ finishes at the rim this coming year. Babb is very explosive on the drive. I expect he will be much more efficient at finishing this year.
The thing that help Lindell IMO is that he doesn't have to be the pg from day 1, Babb, DJax can handle it until he gets his feet wet if need be, at worst we have 3 good ball handlers on the floor in the starting lineup.
There are certain people that hang around waiting for the bad news to drop, and then can't stop posting. I see the tempering of expectations to be directed at those people, but the truth of the matter is that those people are going to melt down whether you temper expectations or not, so the whole point is pretty much lost. The adults in the room can handle adversity.
I gave you a "Winner" star for redemption regarding last week's podcast. My favorite quote from your analysis as follows: "“Let’s sit back and watch the kids grow.” I just hope that the fan base can handle that and not persecute Steve Prohm in the process."
Win or lose I'm personally supporting Prohm no matter what through this 2017-2018 growth year.
Hopefully Lard is a rim runner that the guys can throw ahead to like we did with McKay. Throw in Solomon morphing into an inside beast with a space spreading jumpshot, this could be a darn good team. Obviously there are a lot of unknowns but I like to think of the glass being half full and some of these transfers/jucos maybe didn't see as many minutes as they would like because of the existing guys.
I think this team needs a lot of public doubt, it will give them a HUGE chip on their shoulder, so keep it up Williams and Blum, I love the reverse psychology angle 
This board better be ready to expect many, many, many more turnovers than we've been used to seeing the last four years. Those numbers will go up next year. That is a fact. We've been so spoiled by Monte that nobody has even mentioned this fact in their "realism" takes.
Not saying we are going to look like a monkey ******* a football out there, but we are going to lose significantly more possessions per game that we'd prefer. It will be a shock to people's systems.
Not saying we are going to look like a monkey ******* a football out there, but we are going to lose significantly more possessions per game that we'd prefer. It will be a shock to people's systems.
A ton of it depends on Babb, to me, the "Bear" scene from the movie Swingers describes NWB's game perfectly. He's got these claws and teeth, it just seems like he doesn't know what to do with it. Sorry NSFW
You're right Chris...might as well not even let them suit up next year. Why even play?
As CW has said before, NWB is the X factor. I'd like to see him add 10 pounds or so. He's athletic and relatively crafty but he's going to need to be able to play though contact consistently. Wiggs will be more than serviceable, I think as soon as he can play point, he needs to do so. He's far superior in creating his own shot/drive and kick where as Donovan is a knockdown shooter IMO. Let's hope Lewis can drain some threes, I'm slightly worried about perimeter contribution. Clearly, what we get from Lard is a big deal too.
