Shaheen Holloway

[shu67]

Hes tried every starting lineup possible. There is no lineup thats going to work. Plus wusu and jenkins hurt. Season is cooked. It.is what it is

Not true at all about he tried every starting lineup.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

Not true at all about he tried every starting lineup.

Are you saying that sarcastically or is there a specific starting lineup when everyone is healthy that you would to see?

 

[chickenbox]

Feels like splitting hairs but I agree he’s had a bad coaching year. He’s frustrated and it shows in how he’s coaching the team, IMO. I think the team has underperformed at 6-13, 1-7, but what’s the high-water point? 10-9, 3-5 with this group?

I don't know (nor can anyone). I just know I don't like the entrenching of a narrative that it's all about the players he acquired, not what he has done with them. Accountability and changes are needed for both.

 

[TomD82]

Look, I get it. Bad seasons happen. But this is beyond that with losses to 0-8 Monmouth and bad Fordham…

Agree. Willard lost to St Peters and FDU in a season, but this season is beyond bad is right.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

Agree. Willard lost to St Peters and FDU in a season, but this season is beyond bad is right.

And the year before that they were 3-15 in BE play and roster was young or lacked top talent.

Fu - Junior
Cosby - sophomore
Teague - Junior
Oliver - Junior
Mobley - Sophmore
Auda - Junior
Mayaan - Frosh
Plus Karlis, Geramipoor, Kevin Johnson, and Kyle Smyth

The difference is you could build off of the players growing into more experienced upperclassmen, combined with Sterlin Gibbs joining the roster as a sit out transfer.

And even then the team only progressed to 6-12 and included the St. Peter’s and FDU losses you mentioned.

Now, we are crossing our fingers that there is a plan to keep Isaiah Coleman, and then potentially keeping 1 or 2 other guys, but starting all over after that.

We could be patient and get behind what happened under Willard, because you saw development, got to know the players, cared about their future and the team’s future collectively.

None of these comparisons are applicable to today’s game.

And what Sha went through in years 1 and 2 isn’t comparable to year 3 because the landscape has so radically changed.

At the end of the year, Sha needs to be compared to other schools in 2024-25, from big conferences, with budgets less than their peer groups, and see how he stacks up in that capacity.

My guess is, it won’t look good. But if we are comparing him to schools who end up 4-16 in their conference and were an afterthought for the NCAA tournament, then maybe there is actually more to this NIL thing after all.

 

[Piratz]

We are KP #170 today. That is by far our worst since 1997 which is the oldest data available. The precious worst was #117 with Willard in 2012-13.

Welcome to the abyss.