Sis, if ever there were such a thing as old men shaking their fists at changes, we would be it. I think it sucks, but in the overall scheme of things it is a minuscule suck compared to the enormity of how much things suck in the past, oh, year or so and where the suckingness looks to just get worse. But it is what it is. I am resigned to it at this point. At this point my posts are more about questioning how well it works, how you evaluate things in this new environment-or do you even bother? Some things are questions as much as they are noting things that might add to the understanding.
For instance, the what? ten players that left, we know how their replacements are doing, but how are they doing at their new schools? Did they get an advantage or lose one. TV is playing in the Big 10 when he sees the hardwood. Not much. How much is almost nothing at that level worth over what he had? Kennedy is at Memphis, but his minutes are down from 33 to 20 and his ppg is cut in half to about 7. Boum is tearing it up and others are doing ok at smaller schools. It has been quite a mixed bag of results. Then, what about the kids that stayed? How are they doing? More importantly maybe, how do they think they are doing?
I may easily be wrong, as I find I am a lot, but I am afraid that Golding builds scrappy teams. Notice how we have played so many overtimes games. Some would say that we are punching above our weight class and going toe to toe with bigger guys. Some wonder why our guy is so small. Tough. But small. And has to work his ass off to hang with just normal guys. But he does. Because he's tough. He's scrappy.
Scrappy is just one letter away from another word. My question at this point is can our guy grow? Is he going to get any bigger or is he a natural flea weight? Is this our new normal at The Don? Again, and not trying to be a wet blanket, I am asking the question, are we a better team than last year. Which way is the program heading? Even in the chaos, teams are moving up and down. Is the UTEP program moving up or down, or can you even tell?