re: Men’s Basketball Program

First, this is not a pile-on Baker. I love his sweet outside shot, and he genuinely seems well liked by the other players. But man, it was tough to watch him play, outside of a couple of games where the defense inexplicably left him alone outside and let him get hot. Can't dribble. Can't guard. Hands too soft for rebounding. He legitimately has two options (high shot at the key or iso play with his back to the basket assuming there is no weakside help)

Yes it is a fair criticism to say that Coach MM has a set way of playing offense, and the struggles (especially last year, but at times this year) come from his inability to make changes when needed. But since he IS our coach, no amount of wishful thinking is going to change the fact that it's gonna take until next season to (hopefully) get his "system" players in. And no amount of complaining is going to change that either. Next year is the year, fair to him or not.

I completely agree that Reed's lack of development and Baker's inability to run any kind of ball screen / g&g offense was a killer to this team.

My throat hurts from yelling at the TV every time Baker set a weak pick this season, and then botched the roll (if he even attempted it.)

By the way, whoever said Dean can't play pick and roll--that's not what I've seen, albeit it's a very limited sample size. I can't count the number of times the guards seem to miss Dean flashing open after a pick at the FT line to the side of the lane waiting on a dump pass or lob with nothing to show for it.