Originally Posted by longtimefan
Couldn't disagree more. The roster is in complete disrepair? It's already better than it was last year, and we still have five scholarships available.
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Alberto had his timing wrong. The roster *was* in complete disrepair and it *is* no longer in complete disrepair.
We had at least a couple guys who didn’t want to be here (I’d argue three, the three tallest departures, maybe 4). We had another tall guy that didn’t play this season, but probably wasn’t going to really develop into a top-level A10 player. He did AG a favor in the previous offseason. We had a European player who came over to see if he could compete at this level (spoiler alert: he couldn’t) and is heading back. We had a guard who seemed like a great guy, but just was too unreliable to play meaningful minutes. Then we graduated one guy who led the team in turnovers. Baby D was asked to do too much this year, he tried his best, and as (pretty much) stated above, he was suited to be a 3rd or 4th option, not a #1 option.
We replace those guys with a top-100ish freshman combo guard, a 6’6” physically mature junior college wing, a 6’7” redshirt junior with a solid all-around game, and a 6’9” athletic redshirt freshman who reportedly has good upside. Plus, our returning guys have a whole offseason to improve, and they were good last year!
PLUS, we have five open spots. If you want to say that puts the roster in “disrepair” well, okay, I guess. But you then have to acknowledge that we are going to fill at least some of those spots with guys who will at least be able to contribute more than Jordan Pierce did last year. What if we get another junior college guy, a grad transfer, and a good freshman, then a sit-out transfer and maybe leave one slot open? Disrepair? Please.
Do I think we win the A10 next year? Probably not, but 11th is laughably pessimistic.
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