The Good - An entertaining group to watch all season. They provided lots of excitement to watch basketball again
The Bad - team chemistry. Sometimes I feel like Reese and Petty Were a bit unsung with regards to the passion and chemistry they provided.
The Ugly - we really don’t have as much talent as we should. I do think that JD is a talented high school player. But he’s not an NBA guy. I think Gurley vastly under achieved. And there was no chemistry amongst the three senior guards. And Charles will get better. But he wasn’t ready.
Finally. We may only end up with two or three guys from this season on next year’s roster.
Hammer meets nail. Leadership and chemistry. Herb, Petty, and Reese were the “run stoppers”. Last year when the other team started to get on a roll, one these guys stepped up and hit the big shot or made the play to stop that momentum.
Look , people can throw blame at CNO all they want for this season. And yes “the buck does stop” ultimately with him. But you can’t force “chemistry”. That comes playing together, trusting each other, liking each other and caring about each other. Yes they played together, but I’m not so sure about liking trusting and caring about each other. Leadership? I really never got any sense there was a guy or two on this team that represented “the glue”.
That IMO is what CNO has to figure out going into next year. You can bring in all the top 10 recruiting classes you want. But if can’t find that “glue” that makes roster of very talented individuals one cohesive team, then system means nothing.
RTR