Mack’s comment

[KozmasAgain]

In Mack’s presser he made a comment that there was no team chemistry between him and the players. I wonder what happened because that didn’t seem to be a problem the last 3 years. Was it the departure of the former coaches or the addition of the new coaches.

 

[Knucklehank1]

In Mack’s presser he made a comment that there was no team chemistry between him and the players. I wonder what happened because that didn’t seem to be a problem the last 3 years. Was it the departure of the former coaches or the addition of the new coaches.

Anecdotally I’ve read that some players were pretty upset that the assistants were let go and how the Gaudio thing went down. Also that was alot of transfers to mesh in. It’s one thing to mesh in several 18 year old freshmen, it’s another thing with 22 year olds that want minutes now.

 

[BPGhost]

Anecdotally I’ve read that some players were pretty upset that the assistants were let go and how the Gaudio thing went down. Also that was alot of transfers to mesh in. It’s one thing to mesh in several 18 year old freshmen, it’s another thing with 22 year olds that want minutes now.

It’s be hard to respect someone who secretly tapes one of his best friends and mentor. Would make me think - if he’d do that to him, then what might he do to me?

Not a guy I’d run through a brick wall for.

 

[Knucklehank1]

It’s be hard to respect someone who secretly tapes one of his best friends and mentor. Would make me think - if he’d do that to him, then what might he do to me?

Not a guy I’d run through a brick wall for.

Yeah, it seems that didn’t go over too well. And Dino and Murray were liked by the players. I think getting rid of Dino made sense but I thought getting rid of Murray was dumb. He is at UConn which is a top 25 team and has a big influence on their offense which has been pretty effective this season.

 

[Thecycle27]

I really can’t imagine coaching in this environment. Social media, players empowerment, and transfers. It is different when you blend in transfers. How do you establish a system or culture when the roster is constantly churning?

The speed of collapse or success has accelerated in this environment.

 

[2330859]

In hindsight, UL fans (at least this one) failed to appreciate just how devastating Mack’s decision was to terminate Dino and Murray prior to the 2021-22 season. Evidently, it was in concert with his strategy to hire McMains, and introduce the international fast offense with emphasis on finding an open three early in the shot clock. That required attracting transfers who had demonstrated 40% efficiency at D1 level. Locke, Cross, Faulkner and West each appeared to have fit that model.

In the absence of seeing any actual on the floor execution, it sounded like a rather compelling strategy for UL basketball; as the expectation was high scoring entertainment. I bought in and spent the first 6 or 7 games hoping to see it materialize …….. there were a just a very few instances where I saw it exhibited in a couple of games. The key words here are “few” and “couple”; in reality, it never played out any where close to what Mack must have envisioned.

I can only imagine how Mack must have felt enormous pressure after the disappointing 2020-21 season, to take such a dramatic chance in the off-season. Mack essentially scrapped the very basketball philosophy that had been so successful at Xavier, and had led him to UL.

 

[nccardfan]

In hindsight, UL fans (at least this one) failed to appreciate just how devastating Mack’s decision was to terminate Dino and Murray prior to the 2021-22 season. Evidently, it was in concert with his strategy to hire McMains, and introduce the international fast offense with emphasis on finding an open three early in the shot clock. That required attracting transfers who had demonstrated 40% efficiency at D1 level. Locke, Cross, Faulkner and West each appeared to have fit that model.

In the absence of seeing any actual on the floor execution, it sounded like a rather compelling strategy for UL basketball; as the expectation was high scoring entertainment. I bought in and spent the first 6 or 7 games hoping to see it materialize …….. there were a just a very few instances where I saw it exhibited in a couple of games. The key words here are “few” and “couple”; in reality, it never played out any where close to what Mack must have envisioned.

I can only imagine how Mack must have felt enormous pressure after the disappointing 2020-21 season, to take such a dramatic chance in the off-season. Mack essentially scrapped the very basketball philosophy that had been so successful at Xavier, and had led him to UL.

You give Mack too much credit. He realized his offense wasn’t get it done and the fans were grumbling that this was not a Louisville type team. In order to save his arse, he fired or let go 2 of his friends. After that he reached out (scrambled) to find someone who might make his offense more exciting. epic fail. … And as Paul Harvey use to say, now you know the rest of the story..

 

[KozmasAgain]

I agree with a lot of these comments but what we are saying is the players quit because of Mack’s decision so that means they quit on us also.

 

[transpac]

It’s be hard to respect someone who secretly tapes one of his best friends and mentor. Would make me think - if he’d do that to him, then what might he do to me?

Not a guy I’d run through a brick wall for.

Dunno if I agree with this conclusion. That so-called "best friend" was trying to blackmail him. Where he screwed up was doing his own taping instead of getting Security involved.

 

[BPGhost]

Dunno if I agree with this conclusion. That so-called "best friend" was trying to blackmail him. Where he screwed up was doing his own taping instead of getting Security involved.

Where he’d screwed up was not following university procedures as he was told to. That said, recording a conversation in a clandestine manner is sketchy but to do so to a best friend? Weak tea.

FWIW - I wouldn’t run through a brick wall for gaudio either.