I am under the impression that Beard's best work at Tech was a quick rebuild, so I felt like he was well-suited to build up some success from a largely empty roster. I think he had a better off-season than season, however. It feels like we're going from one rebuilding season to another and I hope we can get some greater consistency down the road. He can also only attract talent with the 'we want to play for a national championship' line for so long without actually playing for a national championship.
Good writeup! I always thought that Roy Williams had a good approach to roster building--he didn't seem like he was trying to maximize each year (e.g. with a lot of one and dones), but instead he would build up a team over a few years, and then compete for a national championship every 4-6 years with really good teams. That is, I think he sacrificed one or two years of relative competitiveness in order to increase the quality of his team every 4-6 years (whether this was intentional or not I don't really know).
I really like your write-ups. I wish I had your basketball acumen. One question: You have occasionally mentioned Beard "running players off". Could you elaborate on that?
Insightful and informative, as we’ve come to count on you to provide—thanks!
I am under the impression that Beard's best work at Tech was a quick rebuild, so I felt like he was well-suited to build up some success from a largely empty roster. I think he had a better off-season than season, however. It feels like we're going from one rebuilding season to another and I hope we can get some greater consistency down the road. He can also only attract talent with the 'we want to play for a national championship' line for so long without actually playing for a national championship.
Good writeup! I always thought that Roy Williams had a good approach to roster building--he didn't seem like he was trying to maximize each year (e.g. with a lot of one and dones), but instead he would build up a team over a few years, and then compete for a national championship every 4-6 years with really good teams. That is, I think he sacrificed one or two years of relative competitiveness in order to increase the quality of his team every 4-6 years (whether this was intentional or not I don't really know).
I really like your write-ups. I wish I had your basketball acumen. One question: You have occasionally mentioned Beard "running players off". Could you elaborate on that?