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He had Mark Phelps on his staff. Made no difference. He’s a good recruiter. Mediocre bench coach. Fantastic representative of the university. If he could get better at the actual coaching I would be satisfied. But I’m not really satisfied at this point.
I said an experienced bench coach with a knack for in-game adjustments. Phelps went a paltry 9-9 in the MVC in his best season as a HC (at Drake). He went 7-11 in each of his other four seasons (total 37-53 in the MVC). Not exactly the stuff of a guy with a knack for adjustments.I am perfectly fine with a HC from a mid or low major school, but he needed to at least pick a guy who'd had some good seasons at that level.
Those kind of coaches are usually employed as head coaches.
The purpose of the thread was to critique the things we see as Wojo's faults. One of my critiques is that he wasn't able to find one of the few who weren't employed as head coaches. Difficult? Sure. But we pay him to do difficult things.
Lol. Ok. Whatever.
The last few posters have a good point about development of bigs. Anyone who saw Theo play as a frosh would expect him to be having a monster year by now. Instead, he spends most of his time on the bench, and struggles when he's on the court.Frustrating, because I hoped Theo/Ed/Jayce would combine to give us a formidable interior game. Instead, the inside game has killed us.
Luke Fischer's eFG% went from .610 his first year to .647 his last. His offensive win share went from 1.2 to 2.7. His ORtg per 100 possessions went from 108.5 to 127.6. Not massive improvement, but it would be wrong to say there was no development.
My criticisms: Lack of big man development. This stands out because MU has long struggled to develop complete big men & I hoped Wojo would be the fix for that. Propensity to get blasted a couple times a year in marquee games. Maryland, Indiana, St John's, Purdue...I liked when Buzz at least kept the losses competitive. Not finding a way to keep the Hausers and Howard happy. There needed to be changes sooner last year and when you have a top-5 team coming back, it's important to be cognizant of how you keep that together. Lack of March success. Not just in the NCAA tournament, but we've only once played on Friday in the Big East Tourney and never made a final. As much as we covet that NCAA win, programs like Providence & Seton Hall winning Big East Tournaments have been great fanbase boosters.
You can only post things that have disappointed you about Wojo. Go out of your comfort zone. See if this leads to meaningful dialogues.I will start: Should have played Deonte Burton more. Should have burned Greg's red shirt last year. His play this year convinces me more that he was the missing piece last year. IF the letter happened, he should have kicked both Hausers off the team immediately. Should have brought in an experienced bench coach earlier.
Buzz got smoked every year too. Vanderbilt, @ Creighton, @ Florida, @ ND, Dayton.Just off the top of my head. Agree with your other points.
Buzz's last two seasons saw these big game results:Ohio State 52, MU 35Creighton 67, MU 49 (1st new BE game on New Year's Eve)Nova 73, MU 56Florida 82, MU 49Louisville 70, MU 50Syracuse 55, MU 39I mean, it's not one of the more enduring traits of Wojo's teams, but it's not unique to Wojo's teams either.
Nothing new here, but off the top of my head...Bigs developmentNot managing last year's situation. Even just keeping Sam. Inability to perform in BET and NCAA Unforced turnovers. It's either fundamentals or focus. Wojo has responsibility for both.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Wojo coached teams have consistently (but not always) had problems opening games, and more specifically second half's well. This had led to us frequently playing from behind, and/or blowing a lead built in the 1st half within the 1st 4 minutes of the second half. I would like to see Wojo grow in this aspect of coaching.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
That -12 the first 7 minutes of the second half was no bueno. Been consistent enough of a problem that it needs to be addressed.
I'd rather it not happen, also, but even more important to me is how the team responds after it does happen. I like when they respond as they did tonight -- toughness, good D, opportunistic hoops, made FTs.