Turnovers are killing them. Menzies is going to need to rethink his line up. Niagara's zone has shut down our offense.

NMSUPistolPete wrote: The problem with NMSU is we have too many incomplete players on the roster. Some lack skills, some are slow-footed, some are head cases. There is nobody on the this team that is a finished product. Right now, Mullings shows the most potential in his development. He is a sophomore, ultra-athletic, and his perimeter shot is starting to come around.

Menzies has continually recruited under developed athletes who need time to hone their skills. As a struggling mid-major, Menzies is posed with the dilemma of either recruit raw athletes with the potential, after a few years of skill development, to compete with the high major programs or recruit average (at best) athletes with more advanced skills that only stand a chance of winning with a slower tempo and superior coaching.

jtnmsu wrote:

NMSUPistolPete wrote: The problem with NMSU is we have too many incomplete players on the roster. Some lack skills, some are slow-footed, some are head cases. There is nobody on the this team that is a finished product. Right now, Mullings shows the most potential in his development. He is a sophomore, ultra-athletic, and his perimeter shot is starting to come around.

Menzies has continually recruited under developed athletes who need time to hone their skills. As a struggling mid-major, Menzies is posed with the dilemma of either recruit raw athletes with the potential, after a few years of skill development, to compete with the high major programs or recruit average (at best) athletes with more advanced skills that only stand a chance of winning with a slower tempo and superior coaching.

My take is that Menzies is not limited to recruit raw talent or average talent.

I say he can do better. I say he can recruit top talent in the United States. Theus did it. Theus had a loaded roster with Hawk, Peete, Passos, Iti, Herb Pope, JY and others.

I say it can still be done. Top drawer players can come here if they have a hiccup elsewhere. In basketball all you need is about 3 guys with A plus skills and you have a real team that go real places.

Under developed athletes who need time to hone their skills is a fine way to go. All I am saying is sprinkle in 2 or 3 Popes and JY's and Hawks along the way and then you really have something to take you places.

Calapari cheats and gets away with it (Rose getting someone else to take his ACT, UMass cheating, etc, etc...). Calamari has cheated for years and had private jets, private dancers, and private off shore accounts to prove it. Did anyone watch those UK specials on ESPN? They made me sick to my stomach as he drove to the private airport in his private Mercedes to fly off in his private jet to recruit his private 5 star player who can't read or write. It made me puke up all over my WAC preseason media guidebook. Calapari is a crook, liar, cheater, and charlatan. That much is plain and simple. You could just feel the slime oozing out of those ESPN specials. He tries to cover it up by wearing pink, visiting cancer children, and cooking soup for homeless Louisville fans. He does not fool me for one minute. 

I say do both. Recruit raw talent, and polished talent that may have a tarnish or two.
Don't limit yourself. Take a chance on a Herb Pope type of player. One who is fully developed and may have hit a snag along the way. There are plenty of these players in America.

I am not saying we should cheat, but we should try and take those on the very edge of not cheating. We need three of these every 2 years.

Just find 3 of them.

Just 3 baby. Just 3.

JT

FeedLotJoe wrote: It is team chemistry and it will take a few games for things to mesh. KCRM is the answer. One cannot have a walkon with limited talent at the point. If that happens then perhaps you can toss the rest of the season.

FeedLotJoe wrote: It is team chemistry and it will take a few games for things to mesh. KCRM is the answer. One cannot have a walkon with limited talent at the point. If that happens then perhaps you can toss the rest of the season.