re: Should we have put the interim tag on Steven Pearl

We have some talented players this year but we don't have a talented team. A lot of the pieces don't fit together and many are somewhat hybrid players in their role. Lots of single ball play, which has not been the case in recent years, we had guys that generally fit well into a specific role. Some of that will come together a little more as they keep playing together, but we have a lot of guys that like being on the ball and don't really know how to play off the ball well.

Defensively, lots of bad communication and feel for each other, as well as a lack of size. It is a bad combo to have with an early schedule like ours. Some things will improve over the season, but the glaring issue are going to be hard to fix.

I'd agree. I think he's done well in the games for the most part. Roster just is what it is. I think they are a low seed tournament team, which was what I assumed going into the season. I haven't been disappointed with him so far as a coach. We will see how well recruiting goes, but I've not had any complaints so far with him. Really need Taad to take his game up a level as a true PG that we were all expecting. Flashes have been there again, just need to find some consistency.

We should have had a real coaching search instead of making a DEI hire because regardless how good Steven may be in the future, he didn't earn it. We also should have paid CMB instead of thinking we could get better value at his position through the portal.

The roster is a major problem since we don't have the size down low. But that's why you spend the money on the front end so you're not spending it to fire a coach on the back end. But si that's in the past. We got what we got. This is going to be a season of growth all around.

I was here with beatbammer, GenesChin and others during Bruce Pearl's early lean years and stood fast as we sucked. It was easier because I had confidence from knowing what Bruce had done in the past while landing good recruits like Purifoy and Heron.

Confidence into Steven has to come from somewhere... The greatest confidence builder would be he can coach just like his dad but I dont see the connection.

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If we go back to back no tourney, I’d think about letting him walk

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That's a fair expectation imo. I don't think that will happen though. What will be interesting is if we have back to back years of maybe barely sliding into the tourney as a bubble team and getting blitzed by every team with a pulse, will attendance and excitement around the program dwindle and start leading to emptier arenas and fading trajectory? I'd like to think what Bruce did at AU gives the program some staying power but we might find out soon that it's not the case.

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Are you unfamiliar with the Fox News definition of DEI?

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Yeah, I don't speak stupid.

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We should have had a real coaching search

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so who exactly do you think we would have gotten the day before practice starts?

Why are you acting like if a search was done that the exact same results wasn’t going to happen.

Steven Bruce and Cohen all knew who the next head coach was going to be 2 years ago. We fans knew who it was going to be.

I think Steven is a good coach. He’s not his Dad and shouldn’t be judged on that he should be judged on his own merit. I think he will do a good job at AU but this isn’t his team yet. Let’s get into next season and see what adjustments he makes to the roster and building his own coaching staff. He may decide he wants different coaches. Remember they were peers on Bruce’s staff and sometimes your equal getting the promotion to boss doesn’t sit right.

We try to run Bruce’s scheme but the passing is horrendous and some won’t attempt to pass. They are usually late and turn it over. Murphy has had dude flex cut wide open and he just won’t pass from the top of the key to the post. Cardwell developed into a great passer from the top of the key for Burgo