honest question for the skinner backers

[Eagledom]

So this season is over....and it has happened in an ugly, ugly way. Worst BC team I have ever watched. So I ask the "can't fire skinner" people...where do we go from here? Can you actually see a tournaround next year without a complete overhaul?

[ryrob]

I wonder how much we have to lose by, just how embarrassed do we have to get (losing by 20-30 at home to a bad MD team????), with essentially the same team that won 21 games last year, before someone acknowledges that there's a problem here. It's not just Tyrese, I don't recognize any of these players.

[jrlbc06]

Have to fire Gene before you fire Al if you're hoping for any sort of competent replacement.

[ATLeagle]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

[branchinator]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

It's easy to have a short rotation when you have a Smith, Dudley, Hinnant, Rice, Williams, etc. and not much after that. Skinner doesn't have a shortened rotation this year because players 1 through 10 all suck so they're interchangeable.

[BCEagles25]

but this season is a wake up call..

Right. Just like Maine and St. Joe's and Harvard and URI were wake up calls. In terms of wake up calls, this might be a permanent sleep for the BC basketball program. Al is disinterested.

[eepstein0]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

I hope you're wrong about Al not being in trouble. He's incredibly stubborn, he's not going to change. And on the rotation, they all fucking blow, so it's pretty hard to decide which 8 shitty players you want to pick out of 11 horrible options.

[BCEagle74]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

KOSS-

When I suggested 5 intramural kids I was serious.

Al's best was blowing a 17 point lead to Villanova and since then he has been poor.

[apbc12]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

I hope you're wrong about Al not being in trouble. He's incredibly stubborn, he's not going to change. And on the rotation, they all fucking blow, so it's pretty hard to decide which 8 shitty players you want to pick out of 11 horrible options.

Whether you like his coaching or don't, I think you underrate Skinner's insane competitiveness. He's quiet, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care. I don't think he'll have a whole new staff next year, but I do believe heads will roll this offseason. I think we'll see at least one new assistant, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see a few players "decide" they're not coming back.

[b0mberMan]

I don't think Al is in trouble, but this season is a wake up call. He needs to make some changes on his staff and probably needs to thin the team a bit. Having 11 guys see time is not helping. Al is at his best with a tight, smart rotation.

I heard Cassara should be moving on. 2nd hand gossip.