What I love about Wagner & Wilson is that both of these guys...

[Reality Man]

show some promise but let's be honest these guys have a tremendous amount of room to improve.

If this staff can get both of these guys to ONLY improve on defense then things are going to be okay.

Take a look at only Irvin. I don't want to come across as just bashing Irvin because it's more than just him. It's JB and others. Irvin in my mind is playing style wise almost exactly as how I have wanted him to play for a couple of years. He drives to the basket and does some pull up jumpers but just today he shot the ball 18 times and made approx 35% of them?

It's almost impossible to win against a quality team when ONE guy (any guy...insert Burke or MJ or Kobe if you must) shoots 35% with 18 shots.

The only reason UM won this game today was because Walton got hot at the end and Nebraska was missing Morrow. Maybe this is more on JB who allows a guy to shoot that many times at that %. I also see UM not having a shooting guard as a problem but bottom line is that you subtract a guy who is shooting such a low % consistently on a high volume of shots then you will improve automatically even removing other variables like turnovers and defense.

I just see UM better next year so people may want to step back from the ledge.


RM

 

[MWBLUE23]

Their biggest problem right now is defense. They had trouble getting stops against an average Nebraska team, and if they don't improve, they will have no chance to beat teams like Wisconsin and Indiana.

 

[Reality Man]

This is why I see this year as a transition year. JB is dealing with his own recruiting misses and evaluations. He has a mediocre roster which is his fault but you factor in Matthews, Teske, Livers and the incoming guards and this team has the potential to win.

I give JB credit for trying to turn this ship around after he somewhat sank it but he better get this thing up and running. Teams needs defense and some more consistent offense. I could see this team doing really well in two years. Would like to see more Teske when Wagner is getting worked down low rather than Donnal.


RM