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Sorry for the rant a few minutes ago. I am proud of the effort our team gave last night, being shorthanded in numbers and scorers they played their guts out. It’s just that free throws were the difference, make them and we may have a different outcome.
How can it be that players that are now JUNIORS…in their THIRD year in a D1 program with D1 coaching and still can’t shoot free throws. I can understand coming out of high school and not being able to hit them…well maybe not…It’s called player development. It’s teaching and preparing players to help your team WIN when called upon. To develop skills to help your team win. Especially the bigs, they will be getting to the line at the end of games more than anyone. Games are won and lost on that dang free throw line. I hate to give cudos to Orange County college but they develop players, you can see it in them year to year. They emphasize the little things like shooting free throws that can win games. Geez how many air balls did Anya and Freeman throw up last night? At least hit the dang rim!!!
Don’t suspect there will be an opening here anytime soon, but if so Archie is a no brainer. An alum, has a fire in his belly, and can coach his butt off. His players PLAY. If he isn’t offered someone in the admin is insane.
True, Phillip was a MOC recruit, but Amato had to “win him” back. Was it Bobby Bowden who said…”it’s not about X’s and O’s…but Jimmies and Joe’s” ?
I agree that there is a balance between good players and good coaching that creates success, over time. Progress and improvement can be seen year to year. Great players can make a difference. When Chuck was hired we didn’t have great classes prior to his arrival, but he brought in a great player in Phillip Rivers, that was a difference maker. A couple years after that we had a top 10 class that didn’t result in much, so it is true, there are no quick fixes. The fine balance of good players and good coaching can and will result in the competitive and winning program everyone desires. It’s just we aren’t seeing either right now. Hopefully this will change if this staff can develop players.
Sacco, I stated that DD has signed some ranked in-state players, such as the players you mentioned. But overall he has missed on almost all of his primary targets over the last 3 years. Such is the same for the 2016 class. Out of 18 commits for 2016 there are only two players even ranked at their position. One player doesn’t even have a star value. There is no signature player in the group. DD put all his eggs in one basket for the 2016 class to give it credibility and that was in Dexter Lawrence, well we know how that worked out. Another miss. I know a lot of people don’t put much credence in the “stars” and to a degree I don’t either, but there is one undeniable fact that holds true year to year…teams that recruit in the top ten, finish in the top ten. Of all the players you mentioned, Hines appears to be a good player, I like what I see in him, he has an edge. Of course Jsam is a superstar. Grinnage is a player that bad coaching wouldn’t use. Gallaspy is yet to be proven, didn’t really pick up the run game when Thornton and Dayes went out. Roseboro showed some flashes, and K Street has been AWOL for the last 2 years. Really looking forward to seeing Frazier. You want to see what star value will do for you, look at Clemson’s recruiting over the last 5 years. That’s how you build. It wasn’t done overnight and no one expects that here. But I do expect to see progress, in recruiting, and the play on the field, and wins against good teams. That’s how progress is measured and we aren’t seeing any of that. My point is we can be better and should be. You hire coaches to be better than you were. There are coaches that can make a program better and compete as a championship contender and I think NC State should strive to be that and not settle. Maybe DD can do it, maybe not. Not seeing it now but we are a patient bunch. We have learned to be.
Thanks for the kind words PackofMac. You are spot on with your statement that NC State operates at a MAC level. I guess Debbie forgot we were supposed to get “Alabama type players” with the DD hire. Now we are fighting against MAC schools and other FCS teams for recruits. Don’t look now, but basketball may be headed that way also. I know our athletic admins want to win, but dang it make a commitment to hire people that are proven, that have a record of success. Why can’t we go after coaches like Petrino when he was available, or other named proven coaches? Why can’t NC State shoot for the best and strive to be the best? Why do we have to take a backseat to anyone or just “settle” for what we can get? We have facilities, we have a fan base that can teach a dog about loyalty and are hungry for something. Our fans would travel to the end of the earth to support our teams and be loud about it if we had something to cheer for. Why settle for coaches who seem to be over their head at this level? Sometimes Gott seems to be like this also, although he has done a fairly good job in his first 4 years…but there is no reason NC State basketball should not be a ranked, championship contender every year…every year. We built Carter Finley on pure football excitement during the Chuck Amato years, sold out LTR’s, and darn near became a football school, but it soon faded. Here’s hoping DD can turn right the ship.
