I like reading your posts when you are not in reactionary mode. But I have to say there is only so much time to work on things.. And you are pretty hard on TJ most posts. So where would you have him spend more time? Offensive sets? Rebounding? Defense? Inbounds? Knowing that if he spends more time on that it could affect something that is working.Watson is typically way more valuable (this year). In fact, on a per minute basis, he's (statistically) the most valuable player on the team (edit: I was thinking Ward but correctly typed Watson...this obviously is not correct as Ward is statistically our best play in this particular regard).
King's problem on the boards, if you hone in on him consistently, is he will often mistime his jumps. It's almost comical sometimes as he will jump both early and late, only to give up a rebound he probably should have had. I'm sure there are other players like that around college basketball, but King is the only player where it's stood out so vividly and consistently to where I know he's doing it (by name).
Part of Ward's issue is he is often out of position to rebound and that's not entirely his fault. He's an excellent perimeter defender for his size and will often stay on guards on a switch. Also, and this is sometimes positive and sometimes negative, Ward often leaves his feet on shots. Whether he's flashing to the perimeter, trying to block a shot down low, etc it often means he's compromised positionally or can't properly gather himself to go for the board.
Then there's Jones. Between his lack of hops and bad hands, he misses out on some easy boards. There was that one play last night where it looked like he tried to corral the rebound by dribbling the ball and it promptly went out of bounds. Sometimes he just needs to grab the ******* ball. LOL.
I mean this staff by all accounts locally and nationally have outperformed their expectations every single year and are trending that way this year IMO. Look for the good sometimes instead of always thinking you could do no wrong in his position. I bet you'll enjoy Cyclone sports more.