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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 8, 2019 21:19:06 GMT -5
Athletics at Western Carolina has been terrible this year, except for track and field. Football was bad, women's basketball was awful, men's basketball was bad and baseball is suspect. It all falls on the shoulders of the AD, but no one at Western Carolina is held accountable, not the AD or the coaches. They are given extensions for poor performance. That's just the way it's played in Cullowhee. Too bad we don't have a kick-ass chancellor. I think with the start of NC Promise that many of our problems will go away. The main problem with wins and losses at Western has been lack of funding and not coaching. Now with NC Promise, our dollars will go further and in 2 or 3 years we will see more winning. The only suspect coach of the sports you named is the WBB coach. I think she has 2 more years on her contract and maybe she will turn things around.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 8, 2019 21:21:20 GMT -5
Well, Parham and Patel have 46 combined too. I was afraid of this; considering how little difference there was between the first two games ( ie., no difference) and our inability to defend their shooters, that there would be no magic adjustments to be made in this one. Oh well. 88, I guess WCU does not have the talent to match up with the other schools in the SoCon. I sure hope Coach is successful in recruiting some Point Guards & some true Centers. The Cats desperately need some big men on the inside to compliment the three point shooters. Dotson is more a Power Forward & not a true Center. We have never been able to recruit a true center for as long as I can remember. I hope our fortunes turn around and we get a true center who is an above average player. Based on past experience though, I am not confident that we will get a true good center. I hope we do.
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Post by Cats99 on Mar 8, 2019 22:48:45 GMT -5
88, I guess WCU does not have the talent to match up with the other schools in the SoCon. I sure hope Coach is successful in recruiting some Point Guards & some true Centers. The Cats desperately need some big men on the inside to compliment the three point shooters. Dotson is more a Power Forward & not a true Center. We have never been able to recruit a true center for as long as I can remember. I hope our fortunes turn around and we get a true center who is an above average player. Based on past experience though, I am not confident that we will get a true good center. I hope we do. Dotson had 27&13 in 27 minutes..... are y’all saying that he needs to be replaced ? That’s crazy
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Post by playbook101 on Mar 8, 2019 23:42:14 GMT -5
I attended tonight’s game : 1. Lack quickness along with wingspan A. Can’t pressure ball on defense B. Cannot stop penetration of guards VMI like many others had better athletes. Taller and Quicker guards / small forwards.
I question many college coaches when facing a faster more athletic teams. They are still yelling “go / run”
Maybe try a half court / slower pace.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 9, 2019 4:58:47 GMT -5
I attended tonight’s game : 1. Lack quickness along with wingspan A. Can’t pressure ball on defense B. Cannot stop penetration of guards VMI like many others had better athletes. Taller and Quicker guards / small forwards. I question many college coaches when facing a faster more athletic teams. They are still yelling “go / run” Maybe try a half court / slower pace. I think you are exactly right. We need to give our new head coach a chance to recruit. We will be better next year and hopefully that will translate into more wins. I am optimistic that Coach Prosser will get it done, but it might be 3 years before we see any significant improvement. I think that we have some good commitments for next year but it will take more than one year.
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Post by 55 on Mar 9, 2019 7:59:57 GMT -5
We have never been able to recruit a true center for as long as I can remember. I hope our fortunes turn around and we get a true center who is an above average player. Based on past experience though, I am not confident that we will get a true good center. I hope we do. Dotson had 27&13 in 27 minutes..... are y’all saying that he needs to be replaced ? That’s crazy I’m a big Dotson fan, but he needs help. Had Amius stuck around this would’ve been a different team.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Mar 9, 2019 8:43:12 GMT -5
Exactly - I don’t think anybody thinks we need to replace Dotson. We need some other big guys to give him help and a true Center to move him to Forward.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 9, 2019 20:10:21 GMT -5
Kinda off topic but I was at the game today and I saw the one and only Kevin Martin in the stands watching the game with Cory Largent.
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Mar 10, 2019 8:34:23 GMT -5
Kinda off topic but I was at the game today and I saw the one and only Kevin Martin in the stands watching the game with Cory Largent. He spoke to the team before the game as well.
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Post by wcatradio75 on Mar 10, 2019 13:48:44 GMT -5
Dotson had 27&13 in 27 minutes..... are y’all saying that he needs to be replaced ? That’s crazy I’m a big Dotson fan, but he needs help. Had Amius stuck around this would’ve been a different team. Agreed 55 - and we have a solid transfer sitting on the bench who could be an impact player as well. We have some solid freshmen in Myers, Gibson and maybe Cottrell. Dotson & Steger have another year. Let's see what Prosser can recruit, and hopefully see real improvement next year.
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