Ouch. That is something that I never want to read about a team. Same with the 'can't take a punch or a whiff of adversity' remarks.

I still have high hopes for BetterCallSaul.


Interesting that Saul's getting moderate heat after 1.5 years but another coach with 7 times the experience at Ohio is not nearly so second-guessed.

He may have been right in the same way a broken clock is right twice a day but no one owes him an apology. You can't be right about one team if you are wrong about every other one. And you can't write a column about an eye-test if you've only seen two of the teams. Plenty of people, including a number on these boards, were right about the Cats but Elton isn't one of them.

Preach it, Bruhthuh! Elton's "eye test five" remains a joke.

I'll preface this by saying that I didn't get to see any of the second half, and about the first 12-13 minutes of the first half. Long run, I think they'll be fine. For me, there's no denying the bright future of the trio of Simmons, Dartis, and Block. The other three freshmen are unknowns a little to this point, but I've seen enough flashes from Gollon and Taylor to believe they'll be good players. I can't argue enough about the idea that we're watching a team with 5 freshman, 3 sophomores, and only 2-3 real upperclassmen. The inexperience shows, and its frustrating sometimes. 2010-2011 was frustrating too in case some have forgotten.

I have concerns about defense, and maybe whether or not all the pieces are there to play the way Saul wants. Defense and rebounding, from my untrained perspective, is to a certain degree effort & focus more than anything else. That's the only real concern I have.




Me too. The combination of three coaching changes in 5 years, and the lack of players in the cupboard after JC left is why we're even having this conversation. To suggest Saul should magically be able to fix those things isn't fair. I'll be more than willing to scream from the rooftops if the caliber of defense doesn't improve of the course of time from now to this time next year. Otherwise, I can see that there's already improvement over last year, and I hope that trend continues.

Nope

Three of his Eye Test top 5 are playing tonight and two of them, including his #1 team, are getting points in the opening round of the MAC tourney. I'm putting this down as a firm "whiff".