I agree with this^InnervisionsUMASS wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:13 am ^ & ^^
Them fightin words!
McCall's tenure has not been a success and boy does he need next year to be. I've said it before, this isn't entirely his fault.. he got off to a rough start with the botched firing of DK/hiring of Pat Kelsey. That coupled with the major roster turnover each of his first 3 years and he has been almost setup to fail. But at some point you've got to move past that. What's concerned me is that he hasn't seemed to figure out the coaching aspect... Tre helped mask a lot of that these last two years, but the offense is generally sluggish, the adjustments are minimal and the press is poor, among a few other things. Some people are very happy to pretend that this isn't the case, but it's DK all over again, except that we at least had two NITs by this time and were tending forward towards an NCAA appearance (before it was to fall apart again).
I think McCall can succeed... he finally has some stability with the roster from one season to the next and hopefully jettisoning TB gets rid of the power-dynamic issue they were experiencing in the locker room. Those things should help him overcome some of his shortgivings and give him more time to develop as a head coach.
For his and our sakes... it needs to happen now.
Tony Barbee is going to Central Michigan. I have a degree of TRUST with someone in the family. What are we to McCall? A stop on the road. He needs to win now, otherwise I think we need to look at the most talented people available and if one of them is Tony Barbee we know he's at least loyal. Take the best guy. But there is a learning curve in Amherst that outsiders little understand. Kellogg did some good things but wasn't able to maintain stability and lost the team his last year at Duquense. But he got Deeky and other talent, just not as often as we needed it and wasn't a X and Os type of guy.
I actually like McCall but he needs to do something now, he had a lot of time and not even an NIT, not even a CBI!