Originally Posted by
GIMMFD
I'm in this boat, I'm excited to see the potential Steele has, definitely agree there's going to be some growing pains, he's going to be learning on the fly in the Big East which is a lot different than the A10, but I think that'll help him in the long run. You're going up against Jay Wright, Wojo, McDermott, Cooley, etc. and those guys have been around a lot of basketball and are good at what they do, the biggest thing I hope for in Steele is that he isn't stubborn and understands when changes are necessary, and makes them. Since he was the mastermind of our offense, I'm excited to watch it continue to grow and us to put up points, but you're right, defense is lacking. He said he's going to address it in the off-season, and I think we have the athleticism finally to put together a decent defensive unit, we'll have to see. As for Mack, screw him, he's not our coach anymore, I could care less what he does at Louisville.
Jay Wright definitely has our number, but it's also interesting that Nova seems to always play lights out against us. I knew the game at Cintas was over when Bridges came out of the gate with 16 quickly, hitting three's over defenders draped all over him. Sometimes there's nothing you can do, but for the most part we were outclassed by Jay Wright and Nova. There's a talent gap for sure, but like people have said no way it should be around the 20 point beat downs it has been in order for us to take the next step. I think we're improving on the recruiting front, but we're going to have to find a way to slow down the Nova machine.