2009 team & coaches ?

[zephyr]

_ Team - Has some injuries to key people. Will not have full complement of players until after the Semester ends. Cannot shot. Cannot rebound. Cracks under pressure.

Coach - Seems like a nice guy who is in over his head. Is too emotional on the sidelines. Offense does not run good half court sets. Even though we go 10 deep, Lee does not run a lot of pressure on defense.

Fans - Some of the big posters on this board have been very supportive of Lee. I think they are reluctant to admit we may be on the wrong track. Make no mistake though...if Lee turns in a sub .500 season almost every Cajun fan will want him gone.

The only hope right now is when we get all of our players back we can make a run in the SBC. _

Pretty much hits on the head here. I've been one of Lee's bigger supporters but I'm starting to waiver. Like Metry said, we have a LOT of athleticism but no kind of full court pressure to turn the ball over and let guys like McCoy, Johnson, bureau etc...work to their strengths. Play good D overall but still lack rebounding force and we aren't particularly good at the FT Line.

Main problem with this team is that we have NO leadership.....Period

[zephyr]

_ J1M, I'm not familiar with the Iowa St model. Does it require jumping down people's backs in order to get off the bandwagon? The APR issues and the probation are behind us now. Despite Daigle's broken hand and Gradnigo's staph infection, I feel sure Coach Lee understands it's time to put the type of product on the court that Cajun fans expect.

So, let the 2008-2009 season's outcome play the main role in the performance evaluation process. _

Of course coach Lee knows its time to put a good product on the court. No basketball coach would think otherwise. However, the problem many here have is that they feel he is incapable of doing that. We've had our two best players out sure.. However, Lee has been unable to adjust to those losses and implement a different plan. Don't get me wrong, I feel for him with all the injuries that this team has had to endure. When you bring in a bunch of new guys, it takes a while for a chemistry to develop. However, coach has failed to get the ball inside to Barr when the opponents' team's tallest player was 6'5". When your center sees the ball 5 or 6 times in the post the whole game, there is something wrong.