Well, you would be wrong. I’m not rooting against KP, that would equal rooting against the Cards and I’ve never done that, not planning to start now. I’m very pleased with what he’s done on the recruiting front so far and I’m hoping more is on the way. But, my original point is that I want to see him meeting our immediate needs. WE NEED GUARDS and we need them for this years team. The current NCAAT has shown the importance of guards and KP has yet to produce anything to get overly excited about in this area.Yeah you should it isn’t even April. Let’s see what happens. I doubt you will be happy with whomever he lands so does it even matter?
I don’t view Cycle as anything close to a pumper - just someone who is more willing than most to wait and see how next season unfolds. I say this sincerely - maintaining any sense of optimism (albeit with a healthy sense of skepticism) after a 4-28 season is admirable.Well, you would be wrong. I’m not rooting against KP, that would equal rooting against the Cards and I’ve never done that, not planning to start now. I’m very pleased with what he’s done on the recruiting front so far and I’m hoping more is on the way. But, my original point is that I want to see him meeting our immediate needs. WE NEED GUARDS and we need them for this years team. The current NCAAT has shown the importance of guards and KP has yet to produce anything to get overly excited about in this area.
So far KP has shown me 4-28. Getting good players is important but getting them to perform well on his team is quite another. So, please pump your sunshine all you want and question others opinions all you want. All that sunshine pumping still has to overcome 4-28. Until that happens, I’ll keep my healthy dose of skepticism fully in tact.
Yep. Maybe I misunderstood but what I got from your post was “Relax…Kenny’s got this”. Your optimism and my skepticism maybe be at similar levels. Right now KP has some encouraging recruits in one hand and a 4-28 record in the other. I can be convinced easily to move more toward optimism when I see some wins and something that looks like great basketball on the court. We sure didn’t see any of that last year.Where did I say you shouldn’t be skeptical? I only said they have to recruit for 2024 and to relax. Let it play out it is only April.
I am not pumping sunshine either. Never said anything positive or negative just said relax. Fair point on not wanting KP fail poor selection of words on my part.
I hear you. But the portal is crazy this year with more transfers than ever before and probably even more so when the tournament is over.This period just has that deja vu aura about it. Last year many of us kept asking, “Where are the guards”. What we got was Fabio Basili. I like the Skyye get…a lot, but I know that’s no nearly enough. I absolutely do not want to go into the beginning of practice with only one true guard again.
After watching quite a bit of the NCAAT, I’m more convinced of this than ever. Most of these teams are extremely well coached on both ends of the floor. Maybe it just stands out more in contrast to what we Card fans were forced to endure this past season. I’m totally with you in concern that getting great players will not be enough. Personally, I don’t believe this staff has the coaching chops to get it done.What I see in this tournament is a lot of “ballers”; not necessarily McDonald‘s All-Americans. When you see all of these schools playing basketball, and all of the AAU & Club Programs playing year round …… it all adds up to an ever-increasing number of talented kids, not to mention these foreign players coming in with international experience.
As others have already contributed, it takes coaching, and I am afraid we are not going to be successful by just bringing in talented kids; we need a coaching staff that can teach discipline and execution in their practices.
Fixed it for ya..I don’t view Cycle as anything close to a pumper - just someone who is more willing than most to wait and see how next season unfolds. I say this sincerely - maintaining any sense of optimism (albeit with a healthy sense of skepticism) after a 4-28 season is insanity