Charleston Pony wrote:Jankovich inherited a talented team. Lashlee inherited a talented team. Lanier inherited a dumpster fire as his 1st team had lost most of it's talent including 4 double figure scorers in Kendric Davis, Marcus & Michael Weathers & Bandoumel. Nutall, Phelps & Jalen Smith each averaged over 10 minutes per game but scored about 13 ppg combined. Lanier's 1st team also lost bench contributions from Todorovic, Tristan Clark & Jasey. Remember that Lanier also lost Jank's top recruit (Anamekwe) who has barely sniffed the floor at UT.
It will be interesting to see how much this roster turns over at year end and who Lanier might be able to bring in via the transfer portal but this is clearly a work in progress that will need to improve year over year and that task gets more difficult against ACC competition next year
It's up to the coach to retain talent. KD still had eligibility so you can't say he didn't inherit a decent situation and other talented players as well. Lashlee was able to keep most of the team from leaving when SD left.