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I will bet anyone who posts on this site a grand that TJ Warren has 2 fouls within the first 5 minutes or sooner.
I am really sad to already see people talking about getting rid of Gottfried. Seriously folks, it was hard enough getting someone for this job when you were playing for 3rd place behind Duke and UNC. Starting next year, you will have Louisville, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, who are all top 15 programs in the conference. Good luck getting a coach to face that. This is a young team that is inconsistent. Honestly, they have done better than I expected especially with the youthful front court that we have. This year we are feeling the effects of no recruits the year Lowe left, so we are left with JUCO transfers Lee and Turner instead of a few bluechip recruits that we might have gotten that year if not for the coaching change. Building a top program takes time. We are recruiting well but could be hurt next year if Warren leaves because we will still be pretty young. I think Gottfried is doing a good job, we just need to be patient. We have some good building blocks that should stay for 4 years that can set the stage for sustained success down the road if we continue to recruit well.
I do think that the foul on Warren at the end of the Syracuse game should have been a ‘and one’ foul which would have most likely won the game for us. However, we did catch a break at the end of the Miami game when Washington clearly bumped Brown on the 3-point heave at the end which would have sent him to the line for 3 free throws and us up by 1, so I guess things even out. Would trade a win over Syracuse instead of Miami though at this point.
