Here's the thing, if Dave was a better coach we wouldn't have blown two double digit leads against SDSU and PFW at home and lost those games and we could be sitting atop the Summit League right now, we have that level of talent. Everybody in the stadium knew Konchar was going to take the last shot but instead of doubling him we just decided to leave Tyson on an island by himself against the best player in the Summit League, he did all he could, it wasn't enough. Against SDSU, they had fricken 6'2" Tevin King guarding Rocky in the corner for the last 3 minutes, how you don't recognize that and post him up for an easy 2 points to make SDSU adjust again baffles me. Not to mention when up 5 with a minute left he can't even draw up a play to make sure we get the ball in bounds. Richman's rotations and game management (especially late game) are poor at best. I will give him credit for doing much better on the offensive end this season, defense has suffered a bit however and he's done a good job recruiting some young talent but his coaching ability during the game is just not good enough to win against tough competition at this level, you need to be able to be more creative and make adjustments on the fly.
I'll support this team all day every day, I have and will keep season tickets no matter what but I just can't stand behind Richman anymore. I could see them tacking a year onto his deal and giving him one last shot with his whole team coming back but honestly I think we would just waste another year.
I think Richman has assembled some decent talent on this team and has some nice recruits coming in. The players seem really enthused on the bench. He is a young coach and is learning as a head coach. He clearly has his faults which I have complained about (poor offense, terrible rotations, lack of encouragement/never smiles). His offense is a little better this year, but some of it has to do with the players as well. Shahid has made the offense look better cause he is just a good player and leader. I do really believe we could play our two big guys together and it would be very successful as Rocky is not really a post player while Geu is. Not sure why we have hardly tried it and when we have we have had success.
I would not have said this mid year, but he probably deserves another couple of years. I would still performance management him if I was ML. I know you usually don't give two year deals for recruiting purposes, but he seems to have gotten some nice recruits even though he has no guarantee past this year.
If it flies it dies.
Long for the days of freezing in the south stands of Dacotah Field.
Prediction...That last second shot against SDSU will be straw that broke the Camels back. We will get crushed by Omaha and quickly exit Sioux Falls. DR gets canned and will get an assistant job somewhere at a decent mid major and will live to be a head coach again. Hopefully, we make the right hire this time around though, it is crucial.
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