Jonathan Carone wrote:This is one of those things where it’s obvious our league holds us back. There are players who would be interested in playing for us and willing to deal with the Liberty lifestyle if they were playing on a bigger stage. That’s no excuse for not having more success than we have had (and I’m fine with where this season is currently), but it backs up the idea that football finding a better league would significantly benefit basketball.
McKay is not interested in players who are "willing to deal with" the Liberty lifestyle. That was a problem with past coaches. Those players think they can deal with it til they get there, and then discover they can't. Ritchie is looking for kids who totally embrace it. Big difference IMHO, and I really believe it is the way to go for basketball.
If athleticism is what you want, wait til you get a load of Darius McGhee next year.
As far as the Longwood loss is concerned, I almost puked when I read some of the comments here. Just a few days earlier, with the same players sick, they scored the last 10 points of the game to beat Winthrop in Rock Hill for the first time in over a decade. Saturday, still dealing with the same illness, our best player couldn't go at all, and at least 3 others were far from 100%. Longwood has handed first place G-W their only BSC loss and played UNCA tough in the last few games. They are obviously a better team now than their early record indicated.
Lighten up.