HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:50 am
. Petro left the roster in shambles. Let PM get his guys in there and then see if anything changes. Our best player on the field this weekend (Callahan)
Man, if only someone had been pointing that out for last 7-8 years of Petro's tenure. This wouldn't be an issue. And what I miss this weekend to generate all this talk...I'm not sure why anyone is surprised on this. It has been quite evident the program was going downhill way back in the early teens. This is just culmination of bad decisions Petro made. It is why I beat the drum for so long (which most disagreed with me on).
Whether Millman is the answer, i don't know but it was clear Petro wasn't. His hands are still all over the program because it is mainly his recruits playing a large portion of the games. As the saying goes it ain't the Xs and O's, it is the Jimmy and Joes. The offense is really bad...I'm not sure how getting a couple of Canadian kids (not exactly known for their speed - stick work yes...speed not so much) changes that dynamic. Offensively, they look lost. As I said, next year is not going to be better and I think it will be worse.
Then you add in COVID which accentuates the great teams because the best players get another year while the programs that are struggling keep their players that aren't so good. The transfer portal doesn't help either - just allows top programs to pluck players from other schools at their whim. Sure, coaches aren't allowed to "talk" with players not in the portal but you don't think communication doesn't happen, you are kidding yourself.
The big questions are really about PM's ability to run a program to the fact, you can argue that last year's team was much better than this year's team. I think last year team was.
But, questions arise like
- self scouting/evaluation. Why did Hopkins play the toughest, or one of the toughest schedules in the country this year.
- why did the team play not one but two 48 hour games. The argument that the team is preparing for a FF weekend. Again, goes to self-evaluation
- Why wasn't there more interest in looking at the transfer portal.
- is it true only winning pressers are posted online - that seems a little thin skinned.