He seems optimistic. It's all talk, but I'd much rather hear him be optimistic than to hear him crying, and bemoaning a bunch of shortcomings. I kind of figured they stuck with the zone because the man to man was such a total disaster. The zone wasn't much better, but it did prevent the team from being in constant foul trouble.

ElDuque wrote:

Gill was a 5 in high school and we're trying to turn him into Reggie Miller. This is why I question where the program is going. Have to love how Castro, who was recruited by big time programs, is equal to Colter, who was recruited by LIU, in Ferry's mind. I got a bad feeling about all this.

Gill was never a 5 in high school. That is completely not true. He has always played at the 3 where he can actually put up points like Reggie Miller.

The thing I found most interesting was the lowered expectation for Jackson.  This kid was suppose to be a 3 or 4 star recruit out of high school. 

EMH wrote:

ElDuque wrote:

Gill was a 5 in high school and we're trying to turn him into Reggie Miller. This is why I question where the program is going. Have to love how Castro, who was recruited by big time programs, is equal to Colter, who was recruited by LIU, in Ferry's mind. I got a bad feeling about all this.

Gill was never a 5 in high school. That is completely not true. He has always played at the 3 where he can actually put up points like Reggie Miller.

As CLK already pointed out, I was quoting Ferry. Gill's much better, and much more valuable, inside the paint with that big body of his. The sight of him doing the catch and launch thing when we don't have anybody big who can rebound seems silly to me.

So who is going to teach Ferry how to teach defense?