One man w a brain. Rhisbboard is short of them. It's amazing
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I dont think hes qualified. And thats not a knock on him. Few coaches are qualified to evaluate and manage portal recruitment, salary cap, and roster management in this crazy era. We are talking about a guy who was coaching in New Mexico and recruiting jucos just a few years ago.
By the way, 12 million is absurd. I cant accurately assess how we allocated the funds because of the lack of transparency. But I imagine we put a whole lot on one player and a good bit on at least 4 others. We are spreading it too thin and trying to acquire too many players.
If I had 12 million to spend on a 15 player roster, 5 guys would be scholarship only.
Then I put most of my eggs on 3 players. A backcourt guy, a wing, and a frontcourt guy. So around 9 million on 3 elite players. That would leave me 2 million for another guard and a big. And a million spread out on depth.
Depth is incredibly overrated. Give me a great starting 5 and 2 backups and Im making the tournament. Jans it out here trying to play 10-11 guys. Its madness.
Think about this, Kansas State signed PJ Haggerty for 2 million + the possibility of 500k in incentives. Hes averaging 23 a game.
If we truly had 12 million, we could have just kept the guys already on the roster + Haggerty.
Hubbard, Haggerty, Kuegel, Murphy, and Nwoko would beat this team by 20.
I like Epps but paring him with Hubbard was a terrible idea. We needed a big guard.