Felix , Christian , Marco , and Max never should have been here. That was Lavin's fault . No coach could turn any of them into big east players. Verdict is stil out on Amare, I wouldn't bet for him. Imagine if we got 2 decent players with those scholarships.
Unlike what most of you think . I really don't love Lavin. He isn't as bad as some ( most) make out. He has done plenty of dumb things . Providence is a huge game. Could save the season . Can't imagine any recuit coming off a bad season with a new coach .
Felix and Jones were fine recruits for depth purposes. While both have underwhelmed this year, they are not wastes of scholarships. Max was Jakarr's best friend, helped our APR, and was only here for 2 years counting his redshirt year. You could do worse than Marco as your 11th man. I also think Amar was worth a shot, and the jury is still out on him.
agree that most of these guys aren't bad as the 10th-13th guys. I also don't think that jones, felix, hooper, et al. have no place on the team and shouldn't have been recruited. This team doesn't need an all first team big east player to be better, but it could use one or two legit rotation players in the front court. If the team had a rotation quality 4 or even a wing it would be a totally different team. Then you could have a guy like greene coming off the bench (a much better role for him). You could also keep obekpa and pointer out of foul trouble, while at the same time not have guys jumping three inches off the ground to get stuffed and tripping over themselves.
If the first two off the bench were jordan and greene, or even obekpa and jordan/greene, this team would be in a lot better shape. I don't think that is because jones/felix/marco were not good enough, I think it's just because the team was missing one player. I think lavin knows this. He might have thought jones would develop into that player. He might have thought sampson would still be around. He might have thought thomas would be that player. I doubt he thought Adonis would be ready this year. Obviously, none of those options worked so he clearly screwed it up. That said, this team played some good ball this year and 0-3 against 3 good teams doesn't signal doom.