Someone please make me feel ok about basketball going forward

[mcdawg]

Our best 3 point shooter is Borchert and we are losing him next year. Who will be able to knock down a jump shot or bust a zone for us in year 3 of Rays tenure? We will continue to get zoned to death and score in the 50s until Ray bring in some shooters. it's kinda like watching Crooms teams in football. Even when we won it was ugly because our offense was so bad. As a fan its just not a very entertaining brand of basketball we are putting on the floor

This is exactly the problem. Stans is gone, and I recognize that. I think he should have been ask to leave earlier or stay a little longer (bring in his committed players and try to get Hood to stay), but that is over. I am worried that basketball is going to be set back so far, that it will not be fixable. I think Ray/staff are good coaches. Hell, we stay close with almost no depth or shooters. He has them playing defenses to emphasize our quickness and hide our lack of size. And, he has them run on offense because we can score in transition and not in a halfcourt game. But, like what is said above, it is ugly even when we win. I am telling you, it is a horrible atmosphere at the games. (The "webcam" stuff and "sponsor challenges" are worse than the game.) The additional players will make us better (an asst coach told a friend of mine that Daniels is very good), but will it be enough to get fans back? When we are not playing for anything (SEC, Tourney), I am not sure fans will come back just to see an improvement.