Charleston Pony wrote:East Coast Mustang wrote:The program has already been burned to the ground. We could dig up Red Auerbach’s corpse and he still wouldnt be able to fumigate the stench of soft, unaccountable mediocrity that Jank has spread throughout our basketball program overnight; it will take time. The next coach will inherit a massive rebuilding job, both in talent but moreso in terms of culture.
Going to have to disagree as this roster has shown it can be competitive but clearly there are weak spots that need to be filled/upgraded/recruited over. If I'm the decision maker, I want to know Jank's plan on how he is going to improve the roster next year and it better not just be that "we have McNeill eligible and everyone coming back with another year's experience". I actually like the backcourt SMU will have next year but this team desperately needs a couple of low post guys who can come in and have an immediate impact.
There are at least two and possibly as many as five guys who need to be run off from this current squad. Yes, there is some talent, but the talent on this team as currently constructed is not tournament-caliber. As you said we need low post players; we thought Jasey would be one (he isn't); when Chargois came in as a freshman he looked like a potential all-conference talent and yet he’s gotten worse in three years under Jank’s “tutelage.”
Tim Jankovich has absolutely destroyed our basketball program. If the powers that be care about the future of SMU basketball, he will be fired later this month.