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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Haith is an excellent recruiter and a poor coach. This isn't a tournament team. I've said it all year. It's the worst squad I've seen in a long time. That said, if he gives up the Post/Rosburg/Criswell experiment and plays the freshmen more, we might be improved next year. I still say that we are going to suck until the 2015-16 season. I would give Haith through that year.
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I wouldn't say "suck." They're not going to go on a huge run this year, that's pretty clear. This was always going to be the year suitcase Mike's shitty recruiting in his last two years - and really in his last year - in Columbia caught up to Mizzou.
You'd like to see the transfers play less and less of a role on the team as time goes on and the program hopefully stabilizes.
It's hard to imagine them being worse in the frontcourt next year. Williams and Jones both are promising and should improve. Jakeenan Gant is very similar to Williams in that he's an athletic, active 6-8/6-9, thin guy, and they're similarly rated.
Best case scenario: Jones and Williams take a step forward and earn starters minutes, Gant gives them what Williams has been able to give this year, but in a reserve role, Rosburg is limited to 8-10 minutes a game as a foul-giving body, and Post never sees the floor.