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Originally Posted by PackerinMo
It's not Mike Anderson's fault that Haith can't coach worth a shit. Is that the excuse we're going to hear his entire tenure? Haith is not Pinkel there's no jumping the gun on this one, he's terrible and that's all there is to it.
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I wouldn't use it as an excuse that explains away everything, but I do think there are more transfers on this roster than there otherwise would have been because of the roster situation he inherited, and that mixture is not working. I just remember looking at things before that 2011-12 season and thinking that would be the last time we'd see a really good team for a couple of years. I thought Pressey and Dixon would carry them to a pretty decent season last year, and then the roster/talent would fall off as they went into a full rebuild.
It's more of not having high expectations, I guess. I was hopeful about this season, but I thought they'd get a lot more out of Criswell than they have and need to rely on Rosburg a lot, lot less.
It's concerning that Haith has gotten less than the sum of the team's parts out of it last year and so far this year, though. I think if they miss the NCAAT, he's on the hot seat entering next season and out if his squad misses the NCAAT again.
He either needs to get better at coaching and developing his guys or start bringing in even more talent, though. He's probably going to sign back-to-back top 25 classes, which is the best back-to-back recruiting at Missouri in quite some time, and has brought in a lot of talented players from elsewhere (Cam Biedschied being the latest and being someone who should have been here from the start).
Not happy with Haith... but not ALL that surprised by struggling some this year.