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He wants to coach all the games, ole miss just wants to have him guarantee a playoff

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Part of that is OKC taking too many lazy 3’s. They thought game was over and relaxed and that can bite any team. Stopped giving tight game effort. I think you have a future star in Fears. He should be in year 1 of college and here he is getting experience against one of the best teams. When the tempo sped up yes he made some mistakes but you can see the raw talent this kid has. SGA started like that too. You have to do everything to get him some talent. The key is if the management builds around him. That takes time and this year and next are all about getting him experience. Will lose a lot but he will learn a lot too. As you get players around him he’ll be a floor leader and learned via hard knocks. The challenge is giving up that draft pick. Might need to find some trade value for some players and get some picks ideally a first rounder but I don’t know if thats doable. But some years there is always a team that feels they are one role player away from a title run in Jan so maybe that comes around? Queen is another keeper. Those two will gain valuable experience the key is building around them. I am really high on Fears watched him in college when he shoulda been a senior in HS. Very grounded kid and works hard. You have to find a way to improve over the next 4 years so he sees team growth and then as quality players are added your team will take off. Just my 2 cents good luck on the season.

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Why didnt we ever build around Taysom more?

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In any high stakes game or high value product with marketability the shake up in administration happens but it doesn’t stop you from taking the job. The product is good. The resources are good. It’s a new opportunity to evolve. From a sales point of view. We have a proven product and high level of investment on futures. So a VP and Manager got tossed…so what. That doesn’t change the market value or potential. Any coach worth a shite will see that and jump. We are on the precipice of greatness, if you’re scared jump in a row boat.

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That's the problem... Trey does need the ball in his hands to operate, despite being a terrible ball handler, because his off-ball movement is lazy as frick.

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I don’t? How does another rookie going to improve the team this year? Playing two rookies and giving them minutes to develop is only going to generate losses usually. It was always only going to hurt the team short term.

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Yeah, this keeps getting brought up in multiple threads. I can’t say that when I was younger and less seasoned that I wouldn’t put more emphasis on keeping a recruiting class together, but over time I’ve rarely, if ever, seen it work out. I would absolutely sacrifice a top class first season for the right coach. The quality of players can be addressed very quickly, whereas you’re going to be tied to that HC hire for years.

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