These are my thoughts exactly. He's making way more than other coaches that are producing more results
Men’s basketball
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Yeah, I’ll say it again. There is absolutely nothing that this team does well. Defense, rebounding, scoring in the paint, long range shooting…. nothing. Add to that the fact that this is yet another year in which we don’t have a genuine PG on the roster to beat a press or run the offense.
I like Jans, but it’s hard to not at least have some thought that this new era of college basketball is passing him by
He whiffed on a portal class pretty much as bad as you can whiff when you have Josh Hubbard to build around.
I’m still a believer in Jans and this season is pretty much an outlier in his career timeline. Clearly some adjustments have to be made in the offseason. He wasn’t happy with last season’s roster construct, so he took a different approach this year and got much worse.
I’m still a believer in Jans and this season is pretty much an outlier in his career timeline. Clearly some adjustments have to be made in the offseason. He wasn’t happy with last season’s roster construct, so he took a different approach this year and got much worse.
Man, I'll take 3 first round losses in 4 years every time. Now if he misses again next year, especially if he misses as badly as he will this year, it may be time to start making some hard decisions about how to move forward.
Yeah, I didn’t realize how bad it was until someone posted it last week, but his portal recruiting has been absolutely abysmal
Each class has had at least a couple complete busts, and then the few ones that have contributed at least something were here for a year and then gone. It’s mind boggling as to how bad it’s been
We have to do a better job in the portal. I've heard we spend around 7 million and could go as high as 10. Hubbard probably gets 2 of that. Our evaluations were abysmal. We no longer play defense and it's hard to when both of your guards are tiny and you don't have a presence inside. JDF is our best defender in the post but isn't going to give us much on offense outside of putbacks and open dunks. I do like his hustle though and would keep him. He will keep getting better because he seems to have a good attitude. Jans has his weaknesses, but I don't see many coaches winning much with this group. The question is whether or not we can get the right guys next year. I'd keep Hubbard, JDF, Macura, and Bartlett. I'm not sure on anybody else. I would be interested on how Bartlett looks in practice. Can he be the big guy we need? Is he skilled?
I wouldn't expect to ever see Bartlett in uniform. He's still 50 pounds heavier than he needs to be, is lazy at practice, and is likely going to be headed to directional school U in April.
I dont put that all on Ballard. We play him anywhere from the free throw line to all the way 5 feet beyond the three point line as his primary role appears to be to give Hubbard screens and see what happens. We do not play to Ballard's strengths. Jans does not run any offense through the middle of the floor and it drives me up a wall.
The closest we got to doing that was the Oklahoma game and it paid off.
Warren should not be back. I want him to be good but he can't shoot a lick. The other three are TBD.
Has Jans reached his ceiling? Possibly—but I think a lot of it comes down to his coaching style and style of play. I’ve been told by both a former player and a former manager that he constantly cusses at and berates his guys, and most kids today just don’t want to play for that (take that for what its worth). On top of that, the style of play isn’t attractive. Look at Alabama and A&M—those styles are fun, and when you’re recruiting, that matters.
