TrueTiger1993

A loss is a loss, and I have watched every game this season and will continue to be a huge fan/supporter, but we have a real problem..

Martin needs guys to transfer. You can only do so much skill work with a player before you chalk it up as they don't fit my system or they peaked. Watson can't dribble or pass- with below average defense. His shot is not good enough to make up for the lack of the rest of his game. Akongo is just a wasted scholarship.

Now as for Mitchell Smith, Parker Braun they try and care and can be good spot minute guys. Love the work ethic they bring but that is as much as should be asked of them with some occasional scoring from Mitchell Smith.

Kobe, Pinson, Jackson, pickett, Mark Smith, Dru Smith, and Tilmon are guys that fit Martins system and have athletic ability. You can't win without everyone fitting your system or having superior athletic ability to make up for you not being the perfect fit. These guys can win- 3 of them are currently hurt, two of them are taken off the court as soon as they make a mistake and the other works his butt off always.

Martin is very close to getting a team that can win a lot of games, but he's missed on too many guys not being his fit and then doesn't seem to want to play the pure athletes coach them through the mistakes. He sits players to fast and doesn't give enough learn time. Martin to me has seemed to start seeing the team trend in the right direction with these athletes playing major minutes and learning on the fly. If we have tilmon and mark smith back and giving watson the boot for mark, and taking some minutes from mitchell smith and Nikko- (who has been great btw) and put in tilmon and I believe this team is headed the right way. But the trick is martin needs watson, akongo, and possibly braun to leave and chalk it up as goodluck next place you go we just aren't the right fit for each other and see if we can get better athletes guys that can actually move well and teach your system as you go.. (cough cough like tray jackson, kobe brown, pinson)

If I am Martin I try to bring Geist on to the staff for one more season to be there for Watson, Pinson, Pickett, Mario, Dru, and Mark Smith. I honestly think him harping on them and going through workouts with them maybe makes them better than anything Martin can say. Geist is walking motivation to those guys everyday and I think he'd be great to stick around one more year to remind them how work ethic and toughness makes a player, not just raw ability. I do believe Martin gets a lot out of them too just think peer motivation and from a captain like Geist would sit well with these young guys.

We should be able to add a transfer. We are losing two seniors- Jordan Giest and Puryear. Plus Christian Guess transfered out so that leaves one open since we have Jackson and McKinney only for next years recruiting class.

That's the same highlights I saw that shows how good he can be. The athletic ability he displays in his videos is something no one on our team has, but on the flip side he doesn't look remotely confident enough to do that stuff right now.. Not sure if that's on coaching him more tightly than his old school did or just he's truly not back to speed.

Not sure what to think on how Coach hands out minutes. I am all for coach and think he is darn good, but sometimes I don't understand minutes given out. KJ looks lost and just not at the level ready to compete right now. His old highlights he looked confident and shot well right now he's just a body not asked to do anything. I think Mitchell Smith atleast shoots the ball well and with confidence even if he sucks at defending, I can't say ive witnessed much more from KJ so far. Then with pinson and watson they vary so much, and if Pinson is in the dog house I understand but at the same time you got to let them struggle through mistakes to. To me we are playing for next season and after more so than this season. If we win now great too, but just don't understand minutes at times.