Think your source is correct
I pondered that recently and I have to agree with you. If Mack comes back that will be fine but we are so overloaded at the position he plays that we could afford to lose him. I think it's 80-20 that Lewis will go pro after the upcoming season and Beetle Bolden is a senior so more than likely both of our PG's will be gone next year. Having JQ practicting in CNO's system just waiting to take over and then hopefully we can sign Daishen Nix would have us in very good shape for next year. You are a coach so you can speak to this better than I can but I would assume having someone with JQ's talent to practice against could only help Lewis be that much better this year. Actually it would both of them. Another thought is that our roster is full and not all of these guys are going to get minutes. Someone will have to sit out most of the time so having a redshirt on the bench is not the worst thing in the world.
I don't think Mack is coming back and if Mack does, then someone has to transfer.
I think you're probably right. When all the tweets were going out that Mack was coming back to school, Cecil tweeted that Mack had not been working out with the team. I took that as a hint that Mack probably wasn't going to be back at UA but will grad transfer somewhere else. I saw something tweeted yesterday that after a recent S&C session the team was sprawled out on the floor of the locker room motionless for 10 minutes or so. I think that may have been quoted from an article that may be behind a paywall, I'm not sure, but it more-or-less confirms what we all suspected that our S&C program was nowhere near what it should have been under xCAJ. With the talent we have at hand, the S&C improvements alone should equal 4-5 more wins this season.
Think it was from an article on The Athletic last week. Tried to find it after seeing the quote but couldn't get access to it.
Yeah, LegionField spilled the beans in Post #12 above...
I think in running the program like an NBA team Johnson ran into the Shula problems: lack of focus and self motivation. These guys are kids still, they just want to get out and play basketball. The head coach is responsible for getting them to understand that behind playing fun, successful basketball there is a mountain of work to be done. It’s up to the coach to show these guys what it takes to play basketball at a level where every other guy on the court was the best player at their high school as well.
That and getting rid of entitled apathetic attitudes should help get a few more wins for sure.
His stats were definitely skewed due to a few good games. He could really light it up when he got hot. Perhaps CAJ didn't use him like he should have but I sorta think Mack is just always going to be one of those guys that are either hot or cold but never in between.
LOL.........Yeah, LegionField spilled the beans in Post #12 above...
It would be outstanding for Kira, Bolden, and Quinerly. They all will get better every single day, going up against someone that is a good as they are.
For those interested, here's the quote...
