I said we do support the team as proven by leading the conference. I know that if we had more successful teams we would easily average 40/10k instead of the misearable 25/6k which is good enough for BS. Why can't we demand better?
I agree that Floyd may need to change how and who he recruits but regardless of who the coach is kids will continue to leave basketball programs regardless of the school. This is a fact. Look it up. UTEP is not a Kentucky or Kansas. It's hard for us to absorb the loss of any player. This transfer problem has become a revolving door, that is only really hurting mid-major schools like UTEP. Why doesn't UTEP get any of these transfers? I believe that most of these transfers have various issues that we don't want to deal with. Floyd is going for High School kids hoping to groom them for a few years. Well when they leave it throws everything off. Should we become primarily a JUCO and or transfer destination? I don't know we have had success with these type of players in the past (Filli, Omar Thomas, Eddie Rivera, among others). I believe the best teams we had were a combination of young kids (high school) and JUCO studs. Artis has been a good player for us but why we have failed to bring in a JUCO big man to play with him is beyond me. Floyd needs to mix up his recruiting so we have a good mix of young and experienced players.
Brilliant. Where did those players come from? How many were from UTEP? Where did our transfers go? Did they become players on championship teams? How did it work out for them? Were those coaches mean to those players who left their team? Did those coaches fail to adjust to their players? I know it was Floyd's fault. I finally get it.
I really don't pay attention to NMSU. I know they are having a nice run. I rem
Ok. Nobody said our transfers were complete failures at their new schools. I was being a little sarcastic when I posted those questions. These problems exist at every school. When we get a new coach (one day) I hope this transfer issue settles down at UTEP. If not, nothing will change from what we already have. If it does I will be the first to admit that I was wrong about Floyd.
I hear you. I think we all want the same thing. Just not sure which way to go. Maybe a change is in order. I will know more once I see how this team finishes out the season. UTEP has always been my team and they will always have my support regardless of who coaches them. I do agree that Coach Floyd should improve his people skills. That may solve some of our problems.
If Coach Floyd can win with what he has left then I am hopeful that with the influx of next years class, we might be able to turn the corner on this thing. I fear making a change will set us back several more years. I keep looking for that light at the end of the tunnel with Floyd as coach but he needs these players to come through for him. If not I'm sure the pressure from the few boosters we have will do him in.
What choice do we have? We don't have much coming back and the way things have been we don't know how many will actually come back. Maybe if we could have signed a couple of JUCO kids to supplement this class in the late signing period. Not sure where the scholarships would come from though. Even with a new coach this will continue to be a problem.
