Considering we have only played the second weekend of the NCAA tournament once since Wimp resigned, I would welcome with open arms a Sweet 16 ceiling. I am so sorry I didn't pump fake sunshine before posting what I truly feel. Funny thing though, nobody has addressed my questions. So I will ask again. Does Avery hold his players accountable for effort? Does he hold his players accountable for carelessness?
Considering none of us are in practice or in team meetings, hard to answer these two. But since there's no concrete answer, you're right, correct?
What is our defensive strategy?
This is the first year under Avery the defense has been an issue. You honestly can't argue otherwise.
What is our offensive strategy? It may simply be on-ball screen at the top of the key. That may be it. What is our identity? We are in year four and do not know the answers to those questions. Why is that? Why has it taken Avery so long to figure out what he wants to do?
Who says it has? If anything, I would say this is the first year there's not a dominant player to run the offense through. In his first year, the offense went through Levi. Second year was Retin. Last year was Sexton. This year? Kira? Petty? Hall? Mack? To me, the offense is better without the obvious guy for the defense to stifle.
Want to address something you asked yesterday about the players.
Is Herb Jones better today than last year? Absolutely not. He has regressed offensively.
Are you talking about the Herbert Jones that is shooting 42.7% this year compared to 40.8% last year and is up to 7.1 points per game after scoring 4.2 last year? Or are you talking about the one that is averaging 4.4 rebounds a game this year (3.5 last) and 2.3 assists a game (1.4 last)?
If anything, Herbert's defense has weakened because he's getting called for more fouls this year.
Is Petty better? What about Ingram? LOL! Reese appears to have improved some so has Hall when we bother to get him involved in the offense. Smith showed promise at the end of last season, where is he this year?
Do you honestly not see improvement in Petty's game? He's still not great handling the ball, but he's better than he was last year.
Who do you expect Galin to play over this year since Mack is in the lineup? He averages 13.7 minutes a game, which is a minute more than he averaged last year. Between Mack and Riley playing and Reese's minutes increasing, Galin's not going to get into the rotation drastically more this year.
BTW, you want some crow for your dogging of AJ in this thread after last night?