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I would ask everyone to remember last years timeline and compare it to what takes place in the next two months. This year will be different.

My plan would be to keep Sisley, Ristic and Acamovic to go with the 3 freshmen and consider them players 8-13. I want to believe Mr.Carr has the global connectivity to reach out directly or hire those who have the relationships with the agencies representing the global elite level talent. Being at the front of the line for next years Euro group would behoove us. Whittle the lift in the portal down to 3 or 4 specific pieces, again hopefully by way of ties to agents.

Yes Anyone that thought the staff and roster were put together by design is mistaken. Things went wrong early and significantly with DDs plans for year one. No one intentionally starts a job, like he started this one on purpose. Once it was thrown together I think he coached his butt off though. By this time next month I believe we will be excited by the new approach, the changes in staffing and the results that come from it. We need 5 starters and the first 2 guys off the bench.

We knew this thing was going to be rough when we didn't have anyone on our staff with any real recruiting connections. Moikobu and Murphy would've created a completely different situation for us and I still believe that was what DD thought he had. Adams was going to serve a short term purpose of acclimating DD to the state and connecting him to the aau circuit in-state. But it all fell apart and Drew Adams and Nic Norton built our roster. That did force early conversations with Carr and I think there will be an NBA approach to building this roster. Did Adams make any in roads in Europe? That's the only reason to keep him. Kenny serves zero purpose. Geoff Alexander is the guy forthr FIBA circuit and Chin Coleman is an established recruiter of national perimeter talent. That's where it needs to start and someone that can hold their own in-state.... DD can coach.

Year 3 was when he list me. If he could coach that team had the talent to finish over .500.

I will have an answer by July. I've said already, Get atleast one more successful recruiter on the bench to go with Rod Clark and I think the roster will drastically improved. I think we can have a team on par with Wisconsin next year.

The question should be, "did we enjoy this style more than the last 2?" I think the answer is yes. DD can coach. It all comes down to having player acquisition studs on the bench.

They must not see any upside as a perimeter player. He is undersized for the 4 or 5 for a good Big Ten team.

There are a lot of things DD has done, post-staffing disaster, to win me over. While putting temp hires Kenny and Drew in place he engaged Carr and stayed in contact while he muddled through forming this year's roster. Then he was able to get Rod Clark. He proved to me he could coach this year. Then next year started early with Carr. I expect an 80% reboot. I appreciate Lewis for his play, but we need a euro talent acquisition guy. (Geoff Alexander) and someone that can get perimeter athletes to compliment Clark. (Chin Coleman.) The talent acquisition group should go from an absurdity to a position of strength. I'm confident that Sisley and 3 freshmen will be back. After that, I'm not sure of anyone else.

Ryan Carr and DD will/should make some staff adjustments and get some to match Clark's chops domestically and someone proven in the foreign market. This was a thrown together roster that doesn't have a player on it that can start next year. Sisley probably will because he's the most promising.

We're a great tune-up team for someone that's getting ready for a big game.

Once you get passed the first 2 months of DDs tenure, I believe he's done quite well. I think we're in the process of rectifying shortcomings as we speak. He's probably going to win 20 games with this roster. Imagine what he will do next year with a well crafted roster. I would've preferred these things had been in place last March but now DD knows exactly what to go get and the people are being put in place to get the job done.

Head coaches don't build rosters. Assistants do. They have national and now international connections that bubble up names and they go see see them. The come up with a dozen or so names in each class starting when they're incoming freshmen. They start working them it depends on the culture of whomever they're working for on who the put the most time into. DD hadn't been working players for damn near a decade and he thought he had Murphy and Moikobu coming in to build a roster for him that reflected their prowess. Rod Clark was prayer answered but too late to do anything about the 26' team. Kenny and Drew have temp contracts. 2 years each. I have to believe it's because they're were emergency filler and will be replaced. Geoff Alexander and Chin Coleman would immediately change our talent level. Along with Rod Clark, that's a serious staff. All of this will come down to money though. I believe in DD more now than i did when we hired him. He can coach an offense that can hang a banner. He needs talent acquisition specialists.

Early next season wish list. Milka, Luigi, and steal Dylan Darling from St John's. Probably 7m.

92 IU 70 Oral Gun Dana lost this team weeks ago.