ph90702 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 12:54 PM, rebelcuff said: How can KK continue to preach changing the culture when he recruits a new team year after year? I think you semi-answered your own question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 1:03 PM, UNLV2001 said: It's happening all over college basketball - KK isn't the only one dealing with massive turnover LIU has 7 players in the portal Little Rock has 7 LA Tech has 7 Louisville has 5 Minnesota has 4 NMSU has 7 North Carolina has 3 Notre Dame has 3 Texas Tech has 4 Wyoming has 6 Very few programs are going to see 3 or 4 year players anymore - The days of landing a HS recruit and them staying in the program 3 to 5 years is a thing of the past -- For most every season will be a rebuilding effort Eric Konkol left LA Tech for Tulsa last year. Two of his former players transferred to Tulsa. New Mexico State’s head coach was fired. Derek Kellogg was fired by LIU last year, so it’s a 1st year head coach. Louisville has a 1st year head coach. Notre Dame and Texas will have new head coaches. Little Rock’s head coach is in BIG trouble. Jeff Linder is in a little bit of trouble but has an NCAA Tournament appearance. Also, his best player missed the entire season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Not shocked K Hall is taking off. He really doesn't fit into what CKK tries to do defensively. K Hall also has likely been recruited over with Rob Whaley. I'd say it's probably more likely that he's a bench player here than key starter next season. Best of luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels18 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 5:45 PM, qwelish said: Not shocked K Hall is taking off. He really doesn't fit into what CKK tries to do defensively. K Hall also has likely been recruited over with Rob Whaley. I'd say it's probably more likely that he's a bench player here than key starter next season. Best of luck to him. Copium. Kid is talented. Kruger needs talent to win. Kruger just takes whatever he can get which will be sub-top 100 transfer prospects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 3:07 PM, Rebels18 said: Copium. Kid is talented. Kruger needs talent to win. Kruger just takes whatever he can get which will be sub-top 100 transfer prospects I couldn’t have said it any better! He reminds me A LOT of Bobby Hauck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 2:45 PM, qwelish said: Not shocked K Hall is taking off. He really doesn't fit into what CKK tries to do defensively. K Hall also has likely been recruited over with Rob Whaley. I'd say it's probably more likely that he's a bench player here than key starter next season. Best of luck to him. So why did CKK recruit him? What’s the plan here? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 4:48 PM, Rosegreen said: So why did CKK recruit him? What’s the plan here? Just proof that Kevin Kruger has no plan. No identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 3:07 PM, Rebels18 said: Copium. Kid is talented. Kruger needs talent to win. Kruger just takes whatever he can get which will be sub-top 100 transfer prospects KK cares mostly about defense. KHall was slow and fouled a lot. I personally think he offset his defense with offensive ability. But a lot of coaches care about defense more and KK was ineffective using KHall. I agree KHall has talent, but it seemed wasted a bit in KKs small ball style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 That’s a real f-ckin’ man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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qwelish Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Although sad to see KHall go, I'm pretty sure he was recruited over with Whaley. Having Hall as a depth player would have been nice, but if KK can replace him with a plus athlete that fits what he wants to do defensively, the Rebs will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Kevin Kruger’s recruiting philosophy is to go after guys who nobody else wants because he doesn’t want to have to compete for them. It’s very similar to Bobby Hauck. He also recruits a new roster every year, so there’s no continuity. How is he building anything when there’s a new roster and coaches every year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels18 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Kruger does not have a plan. Only good pieces we had to build on were Hall, Gilbert, and maybe Nowell and they're probably all gone as well. He will build a team around Webster, Muoka, Iwuakor (lol) and complete table scraps from the portal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels18 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 bro, left on Read by a catlady spinster oof my hubris 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 7:21 PM, qwelish said: Although sad to see KHall go, I'm pretty sure he was recruited over with Whaley. Having Hall as a depth player would have been nice, but if KK can replace him with a plus athlete that fits what he wants to do defensively, the Rebs will be fine. “Mr. Harper, we’re gonna need the Sun and Review Journal to crank up the copium and hopium this off season. “ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 8:45 PM, Rebels18 said: bro, left on Read by a catlady spinster oof my hubris “PH is the worst unlv poster on MWCboard!” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 9:04 PM, Rosegreen said: “PH is the worst unlv poster on MWCboard!” I’m not the worst poster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 8:45 PM, Rebels18 said: bro, left on Read by a catlady spinster oof my hubris I didn’t know that they had read receipts on Twitter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Donald Trump called Jeb Bush “low energy” back in 2016. I think that is an accurate description for Kevin Kruger. He brings about as much excitement as Bobby Hauck did. Perhaps he can get some coaching from Barry Odom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 8:43 PM, Rebels18 said: Kruger does not have a plan. Only good pieces we had to build on were Hall, Gilbert, and maybe Nowell and they're probably all gone as well. He will build a team around Webster, Muoka, Iwuakor (lol) and complete table scraps from the portal. Actually Webster already said he doesn't know if he will be back. I would say that noone got excited when Harkless was signed. No one was certain he'd be the teams best player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...