RP a great coach, but he had to put a team together in 10 minutes. The pieces dont fit yet. To go 11&9 and win a game in BE tourn we gotta figure he's got really good players and he did the best coaching job ever. When I watch these guys go up and down the court I cant believe that they"re that coachable. They're wild and then they get out of gas. I do believe rick a great coach and next year might have the team he wants. If coach was bringing in players to play in BE would he have 3 maac players on the team? When mike lost 7 players he brought in team like these guys minus the kid from NC.
A lot of reality in your post . But , a little bit of denial as well .
RP picked a team quickly . Yes , true . He was intent on bringing as many Iona players as possible with him . That was easy but , in hindsight what did it do but , add his Iona players to our team to replace those who left .
He got Jenkins , missed out on Clayton but , brought in Slasinski , Cruz, Ayo . At this point , only Jenkins is playing significantly at this level .
Slasinski leaving in late summer when Ledlum opted out at Tennessee might have been questionable . Slasinski has played well at WVU and had skills that RP acknowledged would be a loss to the team .
RP did a great job in getting Luis Taylor and Zuby here via portal and grabbed a blue chipper in Wilcher and potentially a very good player in Dunlap . Dunlap might need more time than Wilcher at this point.
Conway was a local Conn kid with good numbers and attitude from VMI . He was brought in as Bench Strength .
RP had to work real hard to get Dingle and Ledlum . And , we as fans believed we would see the same numbers as they put up at Penn and Harvard . They would , with Soriano and Jenkins be the core of the team . The big contributors .
Maybe RP over estimated both these Ivy Leaguers ? It’s possible . He’s not infallible .
As for the idea that bringing in all these new players is a reason for a disappointing start doesn’t hold water . All of the teams that we have played and will play all had to use the Portal and bring in new players . It’s part of the game today . Coaches need to choose wisely .
I am curious why Alleyne isn’t getting more time . And , I’m surprised that more posters aren’t questioning that ? He’s got a Resume at Va Tech and UCOnn that speaks volumes on his ability to play at this level and play well ? Is he injured ?
It will be interesting to see how Luis is inserted into the line up when he’s recovered enough to play . Sure he’s going to be a little rusty at first and not at full strength but , he’s athletic , can shoot and defend . Many have said , he might be the teams best player , when healthy .
Look we all acknowledge Pitino is a great coach with an outstanding resume but even the best coaches are not infallible. And yes if Holmes was beating Soriano regularly, why not double him, or throw in some zone etc? But again we may not know the master plan. Perhaps Pitino wants them to win or lose with man to man D and going zone at this point in time may be counter productive to the overall plan. With any other coach, I would be questioning the hell out of some things that are going on but this is coach Pitino, his resume requires us to trust his process.
