Richmond

[hallstorm]

IMHO, if we make the tournament this year and you see it as an indictment of Richmond, you have to look at Davis, Dawes, Bediako et al as well. If we're better off, it's because we're better off 1-13 (10) than we were last year.

Basketball isn’t a skills contest though. It’s about team play; the sum of its parts.

If Kadary’s individual stats get better from 2-3 players, I’d rather have that. (That includes season minutes played at PG and defense).

Asking what you need out of certain players to win is all that should matter. There’s only one basketball to go around.

I think what some maybe bitter about is that Sha couldn’t convince a better backup PG to come due to Kadary’s insistence on PT.

Whatever. I think we have a good chance to be better than last year. But who knows.

 

[HALL85]

KR is a great player that left us with some great memories, but he also had some flaws and less than stellar moments while here. Is that “vitriol” or just an honest appraisal?

I’m with 75; idgas….i care about this roster and what it does.

 

[radecicco]

I disagree with that. Davis earned it last year. Time after time created his own shots.

Davis had a great year. Absolutely. My point is that Davis had a lot of room to operate with KR commanding a lot of attention and collapsing defenses getting into the paint.

 

[TheHall87]

Basketball isn’t a skills contest though. It’s about team play; the sum of its parts.

If Kadary’s individual stats get better from 2-3 players, I’d rather have that. (That includes season minutes played at PG and defense).

Asking what you need out of certain players to win is all that should matter. There’s only one basketball to go around.

I think what some maybe bitter about is that Sha couldn’t convince a better backup PG to come due to Kadary’s insistence on PT.

Whatever. I think we have a good chance to be better than last year. But who knows.

Personally, I think the Kadary's insistence on minutes trope is misleading. That completely flies in the face of Sha's earn your playing time mantra.

Now, do I believe KR made it known he might not be thrilled with the arrival of certain players? Sure, I can see that. But I have a hard time believing that someone who often behaves in a my way or the highway fashion was going to let one of his players dictate roster moves.

I suspect some of the calculus was incoming players saying, where are my minutes if that guy is still here.

 

[hallstorm]

Personally, I think the Kadary's insistence on minutes trope is misleading. That completely flies in the face of Sha's earn your playing time mantra.

Now, do I believe KR made it known he might not be thrilled with the arrival of certain players? Sure, I can see that. But I have a hard time believing that someone who often behaves in a my way or the highway fashion was going to let one of his players dictate roster moves.

I suspect some of the calculus was incoming players saying, where are my minutes if that guy is still here.

But that makes no sense. Why even consider coming to SHU at all then? It isn’t like it wasn’t known Richmond and Dawes were coming back to the same team they were on the year before.

Plus, plenty of kids go to a team where the talent is rich and the starting players return.

 

[Halldan1]

Guys, Davis was special. But Richmond's worth was in a class of his own. There was a reason Richmond was first team All Big East and Davis was not on any teams. Although I do think that snub was wrong. Same for Dawes.