(01-05-2018 08:44 PM)herdfifteen Wrote:  

(01-05-2018 08:10 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  

(01-05-2018 07:57 PM)herdfifteen Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 04:14 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  Watched State vs ND last night and it was pitiful. State has decent talent but were just terrible and it looked like they quit mid way in the 2nd half. Lets see if they get better towards the end of the season.

You can't play at that level if you don't play defense, I have seen no evidence Keatts has the patience for it. I realize he presently doesn't have the talent to competent but in reading the State board his 'pressing ' style has not changed. Unlike UNCW he will not have superior talent at State.

Just to clarify, are you saying he was able to attract top mid-major talent to UNCW (and we could out-athlete our conference foes), but won't be able to do the same at State due to programs like UNC, Duke, etc?

Yes

Okay. I don't think we attracted talent beyond the capability of any other CAA team. Not similar in relation to how UNC and Duke bring in talent far superior to the rest of the ACC. Let's face it, Keatts got lucky concerning Flemmings. That one fell into his lap. Outside of that, I think Keatts just executed better at UNCW than he has thus far at State. A lot of that does amount to talent level, but part of that is because of the guys he has to play right now. He's playing with a team that wasn't built for his "system".