Oso planning to go pro
It dawned on me that the last 5.5 years of being a die-hard fan of MU basketball, have mirrored the grieving process - looking at it on a year-by-year basis of Wojo's tenure:Year 1: Denial. I didn't want to confront the reality that MU just essentially ushered out the best basketball coach we had since Al McGuire. Year 2: Anger: After watching the awful Year 1 turned in by our new coach, I became angry with the 180 our program took missing its second NIT in a row.Year 3: Bargaining: We did make the NCAA, Rowsey and Howard were fun AF to watch, and they were Wojo's guys.Year 4: Depression: We missed the NCAA, coming off the blowout loss in the the NCAA the year prior, Rowsey graduates.Year 5: Acceptance: We appeared to be fulfilling the promise of the "golden power point," only to implode down the stretch, and see the same failure of roster management evident in Year 1 of Wojo's tenure, also rear its head in Year 5.So, at this stage I've come to accept what was evidently clear to me in Year 1 under Wojo - that he certainly was no Buzz Williams, and certainly didn't appear to have "it" as a Head Coach. He's a nice enough guy, clean cut, vanilla, and will deliver results in the 30-60 range of the rankings. It could be worse, but it also was much better.It is ironic that in many ways that Wojo is to Buzz, what Hank was to Al. Tough acts to follow for sure.
I agree with this analysis.