Posted by padgett1547 on 3/13/2014 3:49:00 PM (view original):
My unhappiness with Huggins is actually rooted somewhat in their horrible decision to move to the Big 12...a money move if there ever was one made by our greedy AD Oliver Luck. As much as I bleed Gold & Blue the Big 12 is not the conference for them, and Huggins and Holgersen both need to go. Holgersen is just bad. Huggins is a good Coach but I've seen enough Mountaineers basketball this season on tv and in Morgantown to know that he doesn't have what it takes to coach anymore. They may well be "very good" next year...but we've been hearing that from Luck and Holgersen about the football team for a few seasons now.
Devin Williams is still learning the post game. Henderson and Harris are young studs. The roster is littered with talent and they should be better than their record. In that case it points to one thing as the problem...and since they can't just walk out of the Big 12 I'll sacrifice Huggs for some hardwood dignity. There are some coaches in the MAC that deserve a chance at a program like that and I for one would welcome the change.
Just my two cents...thanks for listening etta :)
Padge
I could not agree less with you about the Big 12. Holgorsen is on the hook this year. I really have no idea what they're going to be, but what I do like is that they appear to have a staff that could be kept intact even with the loss of the head coach, and a coach on staff that could be the next head coach (Tom Bradley).
The reason I say what I do about basketball is that they have 2 guys sitting out that would make a significant difference in this team, and they've faded recently in a manner coincident with the games Henderson has missed. They're an NCAA tournament team with him, they're 1-5 with the only win being over TCU without him. EdIT: They're 1-5 with Henderson playing 10 minutes or fewer (including DNPs).
I'm pretty impressed that Huggins went 9-9 in the league with this team. They have 0 Srs, 2 Fr and 2 So in their basically 6 man rotation. Their best big isn't eligible, and their second best may not be either. And Dax Miles should be a solid 3rd guard that can play for both Henderson and Harris. Just hope Staten comes back, which I think he should. Not much market for a point guard that can't shoot in the NBA -- Ricky Rubio already has that market cornered. :P
3/13/2014 4:26 PM (edited)