Coleman vs Desi
As long as we replace him with something better, fine by me. I have very little confidence in that happening, but I’ll withhold judgment.
Both of those players were more physical players than Coleman. I think both of them would bully Coleman as sophomores. Coleman is more of a smooth player, but those guys were gritty, do the dirt-work players that I don't see in Coleman. As I said Coleman has a much smoother player with a more natural offensive game. He may even be more fun to watch but I'd sign up for sophomore Desi or Rhoden over Coleman.
Even if we made a comparable offer, good players want to play in the tournament and on a winning team. We are in a total rebuild unless we somehow land several outstanding players.
Who feels confident that this will happen. We lacked so many things last year, but the look of our offense is what got me the most down.
| 2024-25 | 30 | 29 | 1009 | 33.6 | 164 | 422 | .389 | 38 | 129 | .295 | 102 | 134 | .761 | 49 | 110 | 159 | 5.3 | 63 | 0 | 51 | 1.7 | 60 | 4 | 45 | 468 | 15.6 |
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| 2015-16 | 34 | 33 | 883 | 26.0 | 151 | 300 | .503 | 32 | 83 | .386 | 87 | 126 | .690 | 51 | 120 | 171 | 5.0 | 65 | 1 | 47 | 1.4 | 59 | 7 | 54 | 421 | 12.4 |
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| 2019-20 | 30 | 15 | 773 | 25.8 | 98 | 222 | .441 | 33 | 98 | .337 | 43 | 69 | .623 | 44 | 149 | 193 | 6.4 | 70 | 2 | 34 | 1.1 | 31 | 8 | 36 | 272 | 9.1 |
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They would have found a loophole or eventual ruling, but they didn't want to risk it as there was some uncertainty by both players and schools recruiting them at that point. The final decision came right before season started for the kids that were transferring multiple times. Femi was on the previous year's team, and he did decide to transfer at that point to New Mexico, he was eventually able to suit up and did not have to sit out.
You play him 25 minutes a game and I think he is a lockdown defender.
Not if we can get someone to replace him that shoots the 3 at 35% or better and is bigger and can play the 3 or 4 spot! No way do I want him back.
Leave every 3-4 years...oh, you mean the coaches leave every 3-4 years I guess...lol
If we have $5 million, I think we can get 2-3 players equal to or better than Coleman. It will cost most of the kitty, but that’s ok. Our compensation structure should be very top heavy.
I agree with this. Besides having a top tier PG the roster must also have a less expensive PG. No hybrids either.
Good luck to him - we are both better off.
I’m not so sure. If you asked me in mid January I would have agreed. But the last dozen games or so he became a volume player that scored a lot of his points when the game was a blowout in the second half. When teams clamped down on him in the first half he was often 0-8, 1-9. 2-10 at best.
