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Drew Hamm's avatar

These are both very good comments and I would like to address them in a longer post after the season is over. (didn't want you to think I'm ignoring them)

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re: rotation questions & player development - most of the time the choices coaches/people make sense from a certain point of view. So when I see a "huh?" (like the rotation, minutes for younger players, etc.), I try to think about the POV/circumstances that would make that decision make sense.

I think that in MM's mind, there are 6-8 players who are clearly a cut above everybody else & doing what they need to do to get time-on-court. That's not to say that the rest of the team will never get there, they just clearly haven't gotten there yet.

As for bench minutes... It's not like there have been a ton of positive-side blowouts that would have allowed players to sub-in. And for blow-outs on the negative-side, I don't know if I want to ding a coach for having a mentality that the "current performance is the best practice for the next performance". If the first team hasn't gotten it right, then keep them on the floor learning from the situation.

re: recruiting - given the decades long "meh" of the program, I actually think that MM has done pretty well to recruit Williams, Porter, Copeland, Bisballe, etc. Yes, in-state can/should be better; but going to NYC, MN, KS, & MI to pull quality players is something to note. (And yes, Sania transfered... but that is going to happen when good players get overlooked by their home-state team; I don't fault MM for that one). McCray is a great transfer get; Meyers & LaBarbera were/are quality players.

I do have concern about the defensive issues, shot-selection (# of 3pt attempts way down this year), etc. & do wonder how much of that is on the coaching staff's ability to communicate/educate.

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