Excellent topic and good comments. Every player has things to work on to get better for next year but the key to success lies with the coaching. KK and staff
could have had more wins but for the line-ups during the first half of the season. It is difficult to image another team in the country where four out the
five players (Dowdell, Santos, Johnson, Petty) that started and played the majority of the minutes on opening day were regulated to supporting roles for the
second half of the season (replaced by Foster, Rahon, Traz, Alexander). Without Bryant and KK makes that mistake again next year, we will under-achieve again
next year.
Recruiting wise, KK gets a 66% grade for this year. The four freshmen were awesome but the recruitment of Petty and White was a disaster. Not only can they not play, they are terrible character kids. What it must of been like for the freshmen in particular to play with these guys. KK and the team would have been far better off keeping Tiedman, Gunderson, and Latimar. If KK has brought in trouble to the program again, things will spiral out of control quickly.
Lastly, team chemistry is obviously a problem. The team rarely looked like they all had the same objective which should have been winning. This again falls on KK and the staff. Throw out the stats and the scorecard should be wins and losses.
My strong recommendation is to replace one of KK's assistants and bring in an experienced coach. KK has under-achieved two straight years and I don't see him improving on his own with an inexperienced staff. KK needs help. One of his current coaches has got to go otherwise we are headed into another season where KK and Santa Clara Basketball under-achieves. Until next year..............
Recruiting wise, KK gets a 66% grade for this year. The four freshmen were awesome but the recruitment of Petty and White was a disaster. Not only can they not play, they are terrible character kids. What it must of been like for the freshmen in particular to play with these guys. KK and the team would have been far better off keeping Tiedman, Gunderson, and Latimar. If KK has brought in trouble to the program again, things will spiral out of control quickly.
Lastly, team chemistry is obviously a problem. The team rarely looked like they all had the same objective which should have been winning. This again falls on KK and the staff. Throw out the stats and the scorecard should be wins and losses.
My strong recommendation is to replace one of KK's assistants and bring in an experienced coach. KK has under-achieved two straight years and I don't see him improving on his own with an inexperienced staff. KK needs help. One of his current coaches has got to go otherwise we are headed into another season where KK and Santa Clara Basketball under-achieves. Until next year..............
