Kinda have a theory based on what I've seen watching college sports, and in particular basketball (from when I actually followed it, and would make it a point to watch say #3 Providence and #7 Boston College go at it).
And that point is this: What you see with a freshman is what they are going to be. Sure they get better. Maybe you have an athletic stringbean that blossoms with maturity and a weight program.
But there is no "make yourself a player." You either see signs these guys are going to really contribute from the get go, or they never do.
And based on that, last year's recruiting class only came up with Minaya. Does anyone think Cudd or Haase will ever develop or play if a similar guy to SIlva or even Kotsar comes in?
Also a few people have said it takes over a year to learn to play guard in Frank Martin's system. Well besides being a real weakness of that system, Beatty doesn't look like he will ever do much, even to be a kind of role player like Notice.
As a fan, I want Martin to succeed. I think he is ethical (or at least says the right things). His teams usually play hard.
But at the end of the day you are what your record says you are. And last year's tourney run aside, I'm really not seeing much evidence we are getting better. What we say this season was pretty much what we say year two and three as regards being competitive in the league.
We'll see. If I was Tanner, I'd definitely be inclined to give Martin a few more years. Love to see the guy here long term and successful.
But things have to start moving. And in an alternate dimension where we somehow hired Greg Marshal instead of him, I kinda think we'd be a perennial NCAA tourney team by now.
Before anyone brings up Coach K at Duke, well if it is ever going to happen at a stop usually you see signs of it before now. And like I said other than last year, we are no better in a lot of ways than Martin's second year here.