Rodney Crawford to MU (Assistant Coach)

[brewcity77]

Do you think we will all of a sudden be incapable of creating good shots without Smith on the bench?

I don't think it will necessarily be sudden, but if he was the one running the system, I can see some regression from players who are less familiar with what we want to do. Will the current staff be as good at acclimating Minessale, Fru, and others to Smith's system if we continue to run it?

What I'm more worried about is development in the back court. Whatever the truth behind Haynes departure, he was absolutely elite at getting the most out of guards. Zavier Simpson, Ant Cowan, Darryl Morsell, Tyler Kolek, Kam Jones, Stevie Mitchell, he excelled at getting those guys to the level they played at, and while it was Smith's offense, I think it was just as much Haynes being really good at taking players and getting them to execute that system.

Just like it took a couple years to see Smith's system really get ingrained so we were consistently a top-40 offense. I don't think we'll see immediate falloff, but I do think in the next 3-4 years we could see some backsliding in terms of offense.

[GoldenEagles03]

I don't think it will necessarily be sudden, but if he was the one running the system, I can see some regression from players who are less familiar with what we want to do. Will the current staff be as good at acclimating Minessale, Fru, and others to Smith's system if we continue to run it?

What I'm more worried about is development in the back court. Whatever the truth behind Haynes departure, he was absolutely elite at getting the most out of guards. Zavier Simpson, Ant Cowan, Darryl Morsell, Tyler Kolek, Kam Jones, Stevie Mitchell, he excelled at getting those guys to the level they played at, and while it was Smith's offense, I think it was just as much Haynes being really good at taking players and getting them to execute that system.

Just like it took a couple years to see Smith's system really get ingrained so we were consistently a top-40 offense. I don't think we'll see immediate falloff, but I do think in the next 3-4 years we could see some backsliding in terms of offense.

They certainly had their fair share of duds though too. And most of the duds were recent. Sean, Tre, Zaide 3 huge missed from last season. Seemed like the perfect time for a split from Haynes and Nevada earned his spot as a head coach, so hard to be upset there.

[brewcity77]

They certainly had their fair share of duds though too. And most of the duds were recent. Sean, Tre, Zaide 3 huge missed from last season. Seemed like the perfect time for a split from Haynes and Nevada earned his spot as a head coach, so hard to be upset there.

For me it depends on the replacements. If you nab a high-major coach like we did with Haynes and someone with some offensive proof of concept like Smith, even if from a lower tier program like Belmont, St. Louis, or Cornell, I'd be more on board.

Instead, we're shedding two guys who are proven at this level for guys that are both defensive and seemingly Shaka clones. Give me Luke Yaklich (worked for Shaka at Texas, currently coaching HS) and Zak Boisvert (offensive AC at SLU) and I'm over the moon. But like the lack of proven depth pieces in the portal after adding two starters, it seems like this staff just isn't intent on shoring up the areas where we are weak.