IU is on the brink of imploding I'm afraid. I'll paraphrase, everyone has the will to win but not everyone puts in the preparation to win. We need a leader on the bench as coach. A my way or the highway guy. Someone who will forego the shake and bake bullshit until his team knows where everyone will be on the court, can make a good pass and make E'fn FTs.
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You, nor I or most likely anyone else on this board knows how he communicates and handles his team behind closed doors, practice, etc. I am not sure why Hunter did not dress last night, but I do know it was a coaches' decision. I am not convince that Archie doesn't discipline his team. Honestly, I think he does. However, it's obvious that his overall coaching is very questionable. I think that his first two years of recruiting guards, or lackthereof, is biting him in the ass immensely now. While we had Romeo, he was a one year rental. RP has been a huge disappointment in his junior year. AD, again, I think he gives it his best, but his best simply isn't enough to win our teams games. Make no mistake, our woes are far more to do with our guards than anything else which Archie has a big hand in.
I say this believing Archie will be back next season and likely the season after that. That is unless the losing is so egregious that even our weak ass BOT, president and AD finally sack up. In my opinion, it would be in his best interest to start this lineup going forward.
Lander
Armaan
Trey
Race
Trayce
Subs
AD / RP / Leal
Geronimo / Hunter
This team is good enough to compete with every team in this league and most every team in the country. The problem is that when it comes to winning time, they do not have a combination of players to elevate and take the win. This, in my opinion, is when you have to have guards to execute. Be it feeding the post, drive to the lane to either dish to a cutter, open outside shooter, or go up for the layup and get a bucket or at a minimum, a trip to the FT line. I believe RP can do this and has shown ability to do such. Why he doesn't do this consistently and has dropped off so much this season, I have no idea. Poor guard production, plain and simple, is the root cause of our issues. So, end the run with AD and RP and bring in the new talent. Their ceiling is far more higher and right now, their floor isn't much lower than the other two's ceiling. JOMO!