2025-26 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2026-27

[dirtyolcrowe]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Eric M left.  Either to follow Groce or a school closer to cincy to be close to his father.  
we have to retain Young!!

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, AkronAlumnus said:

With the announcement of Coach Ford's promotion,  is it safe to assume that our guys will run it back? 

 

Would be surprised if there is a mass exodus.

Edited yesterday at 10:52 PM by Let'sGoZips94

[Zippy87]

I wonder what type of offense Ford will have the Zips run. Will it be the fast-paced "All gas, no brakes" style, or, given his expertise in developing bigs, do we go back to a more similar style to when Freeman was the centerpiece of the offense? Obviously, if he intends to shift back to that, we'd need to add some serious front court talent in the portal. 

[Zippy87]

Not that it means anything, but I looked at who is following the Charleston Basketball IG after yesterday and the only current players are Halligan, MMK, and Groce (obviously).

[Reslife4Life]

2 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

I wonder what type of offense Ford will have the Zips run. Will it be the fast-paced "All gas, no brakes" style, or, given his expertise in developing bigs, do we go back to a more similar style to when Freeman was the centerpiece of the offense? Obviously, if he intends to shift back to that, we'd need to add some serious front court talent in the portal. 

I really doubt we can play that freeman style, we need an established and talented big to do that. Enrique was 1/1, We can't run the offense through a guy like Barre, Okonkwo, Aziz, even amani too

[Zippy87]

Bowen's IG announced he signed with an agency for NIL representation. I would take this as he was awarded that additional year of eligibility. 

[kreed5120]

4 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

Bowen's IG announced he signed with an agency for NIL representation. I would take this as he was awarded that additional year of eligibility. 

Would also imply that he plans to test the waters as the Instagram post read as an advertisement of his skillset.

[RoyalBlu]

I'm always amazed at the fact 3-pt shooters - especially guards/wings - seem to be so coveted, when so few of them average much more than 11-12 ppg. I'd take a JCampbell (BG) type-guard in a heartbeat over a 3-pt shooter because he gives a team so much more ... and he barley made 20-percent on his 3-pointers.

 

[kreed5120]

13 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:

I'm always amazed at the fact 3-pt shooters - especially guards/wings - seem to be so coveted, when so few of them average much more than 11-12 ppg. I'd take a JCampbell (BG) type-guard in a heartbeat over a 3-pt shooter because he gives a team so much more ... and he barley made 20-percent on his 3-pointers.

 

 

I feel it's because of the whole positionless basketball movement. Teams want to be able to do switches defensively without getting mismatches.

 

I would also prefer a dynamic guard, but the reality is there are a lot more ~6'1" guards available than 6'5"-6'8" guards/wings so that creates scarcity. Simple supply and demand.

[clarkwgriswold]

Ford has been the guy behind the defense so that should remain solid.  As for the offense, he's smart enough to let the talent determine the scheme, but I suspect he'd prefer up tempo.

 

I was considering opening a thread on this.