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01-07-2019, 12:52 PM #191
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01-07-2019, 01:11 PM #192
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01-07-2019, 01:20 PM #193
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01-07-2019, 01:54 PM #194
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Having re-read your post, I don't find it laughable or unreasonable. While I do not, for a minute, believe the wearing of headbands (or the banning of them) says anything about this team, I think your final paragraph is a reasonable way to assess this year's team and Steele's performance. Are we getting better? I would add that improvement (if it occurs) may be a little choppy. We may see some positive developments show up in one game but disappear the next.
I subscribe (as it seems, do most on this board) that the talent level is lacking a bit on this team. But, I also look at the performance of the Core Four and think I see a bit of a decline from last year. I'm not positive about that as an earlier post noted we had four really good seniors last year who did much of the heavy lifting. So, maybe Naji, Q, Tyrique and Scruggs seemed to be more effective when they were part of that mix than now, when they are being asked to lead.
Nevertheless, I think its an interesting argument even if an academic one. The thinking we share on this board is not going to change the performance of this team. We just need to tough this year out. But, like IM4X, I want to see what Steele is able to accomplish with this group. I want to see whether he can get them to play smarter with fewer turnovers and dumbass shots; how he can get Tyrique to respond, whether Harden, Kennedy and James can mature and get better. I'm O.K. knowing we are NOT winning the B.E. this year but let's not give Steele a complete pass and blame everything on lack of talent. I still think a good coach will find a way to get even average talent to perform better. Let's see what he does.
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01-07-2019, 01:55 PM #195
Uh... I was not suggesting the headbands might be causing player to be playing poorly.
My headband remark was a reference to the thoughts some others made on the board about Steele, allowing players to get away with doing things they believe Mack never would have allowed and how that may have been the beginning of a slippery slope to him losing control and players just doing things their own way.
I was just saying, I have no idea if that decision had any connection to the lack of focus and discipline with this team.
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01-07-2019, 02:11 PM #196
Exactly! I originally mentioned the headbands, not as a physical issue with headbands but as a potential control issue.
One other thing...Steele in his previous role as recruiter would vist the kids and tell the everything they wanted to hear. How good they were, how they would fit in at X, how much playing time they would get etc. Selling the school and program so they come to X. As head coach, you often tell players what they are doing wrong; things to change, make free throws, play better defense, things they don't want to hear to play better and win games. It's a different role. Takes time to transition especially since Steele moved over one seat, like Miller and Mack.Last edited by SkyWalker; 01-07-2019 at 02:13 PM.
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01-07-2019, 07:02 PM #197
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I do not have an agenda. I just expect Xavier teams to play with discipline and heart. Maybe we have been spoiled for too long with our teams. Good programs do not rebuild, they reload. Look at programs like Gonzaga. Sure they have had more consistency at the head coaching position, but they play in a crap conference and are located in a not very desirable location. Don’t get me wrong, I cheer for and support other Jesuit schools when they are not playing Xavier. I just hate watching players quit, and this team has quit a few times this year. I believe that starts with the head coach.
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01-07-2019, 07:10 PM #198
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01-07-2019, 07:42 PM #199
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