Well, that was, to some degree, his own decision. I have no idea if we'd be better off now had he done this. But it's water under the bridge and not worth discussing.
Player development matters, of course. But, so far as the team's interests, it only really matters in the sense that it feeds into making us harder to beat. We can sit here and discuss the nuances of this or that player's development under Archie. But we're still left with the elephant in the living room: we're still not a very good team....just as we weren't last year, or the year before. Thus far (and, yes, I know it's early), we've struggled to play with the worst teams in the conference. That's not encouraging.
I'd take a team full of PGs if they could do the things we need to do to win the games we need to win.
Whatever the process, we need results. He needs results. Now. Not next year. It certainly looks like he's going to get another year. But it might well be a lame duck year for him -- which almost always complicates recruiting. That's one of the biggest reasons why I'm a fan of just cutting bait sooner rather than later.
