Sorry, but I think Geno did a good job keeping the team together, especially after losing his best player (Yeboah), and then losing his best remaining player (Elijah) during the season. With the emergence of Mo, Jeff’s inability to stay on the court and his inability to score, can anyone blame him for playing Mo more than Jeff? Jeff’s mentor and biggest cheerleader on this board had Jeff going to the NBA, and filling the kid’s head with those unrealistic dreams. When Mo blew him out of the water in most categories, you can’t fault Geno for decreasing his mins. Jeff thinks he’s getting a raw deal, and he transfers, end of story.
Latimer’s #’s we’re down across the board, and imo, his shot selection got worse. TSM earned and stole some of his minutes, and deservedly so. Geno still gave him 27 mpg, but Latimer obviously didn’t like coming off bench, even though he still played major minutes. Is it Geno’s fault that Latimer thinks he deserves 35 mins per game? I don’t think so.
Give Geno some credit for winning 20 games, and getting to semis with his gimpy star. Hartford went out and got some exceptional transfers; as much as I hate this new world of transfer thing, maybe we need to do the same.