Doesntmatter wrote:Lanier is saying the right things (the right way). His situation is tough for comparison purposes. Probably Shumate's first year because of the death penalty halo. Basketball chemistry takes a long time. It's important that NIL keeps a core group and Lanier and staff can recruit good high school and multi-year portal players to compliment the core group (who ever that ends up being. Had Kendrick and Band stayed, chemistry (and talent of course) would be better but still a challenge. One and done portal players really don't help develop chemistry needed to have a "program." See Memphis and, conversely, Houston.
There's no question this team would be better with Band and KD with Phelps looking like a really good 2 guard/back up PG (who would take minutes from Nutall) but they would still suffer from a lack of talented bigs who can compete at this level