Originally Posted by Ivan
I'm going to support Rollo and his theory of Grant letting the players figure it out and see what he has to work with going into league play. It certainly creates teachable film and gives players a sense of ownership. Anyone remember when Temple played in our league? Chaney's teams always seemed to play about .500 ball going into league play. Then they thumped about everyone on the schedule. His players seemed to gain a season's worth of experience from that out of conference stretch going into league play.
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That drove me nuts when I saw how
Temple would absolutely own every team in the A10 (after mediocre pre-A10 - but a brutal schedule). But, it never surprised because Cheney would play anybody anywhere and he created warriors doing it year in and year out. I'm not a half glass empty guy. I don't recall ANY Dayton team the last 40 years starting with a schedule like this years team has faced. A couple of missed 3's go in yesterday and it's a completely different game. Had RM hit that 3 late, it would have tied the game and anything could have happened at that point. This team has a lot of heart; they don't give up. It's how you finish and that's how this team should be judged. Would you rather have a bunch of Duke type patty cakes with 2 or 3 fairly tough games and finish 11-3 and get slaughtered by a weaker than normal A10 or the opposite? If UD was 5-5 having played nobody, I'd be really concerned. Would I rather have a 7-3 or 8-2? H3ll yes; but 9-1 against 200+ RPI teams is fools gold and will not prepare this team for what's ahead. Step off the ledge please...And yes if you haven't guessed it, I'm firmly behind AG.
