Next year's roster

[gauchoheel]

Guards: Davis, Dunn, Trimble, Wilcher

Wings: Puff, Nickel

Bigs: Washington, High

Just my prediction but I see Love, Bacot, Styles, McKoy, Shaver all moving on. That gives us 5 open scholarship spots to play with.

The roster above is a sub .500 team in my opinion, and I think having a record that bad would have a good chance of costing Hubert his job. It's deficient at all three position groups.

I think we've got 4-5 spots for transfers and It's on the staff to find at least three impact players to turn this ship around.

 

[kevindow]

HD will remain the HC, and we will have at least one new assistant. And HD will definitely be firmly and unquestionably on the Hot Seat.

1-2 Positions: Wilcher, Dunn, Trimble, Portal; Both Love and Davis will move on as the NIL money for them will dry up, and they are still not on the draft boards after 3 seasons at UNC.

3-4 Positions: High, Johnson, Nickel, Portal, Portal. Styles and McKoy will portal out.

5: Bacot, Washington, Shaver, Portal. Bacot deserves the NIL money he is getting and may get a raise. He is projected as a late second round draftee, so his best option is a 5th year with the NIL, rather than the much lower compensation associated with the G-league or playing overseas as a pro.

 

[strummingram]

HD will remain the HC, and we will have at least one new assistant. And HD will definitely be firmly and unquestionably on the Hot Seat.

1-2 Positions: Wilcher, Dunn, Trimble, Portal; Both Love and Davis will move on as the NIL money for them will dry up, and they are still not on the draft boards after 3 seasons at UNC.

3-4 Positions: High, Johnson, Nickel, Portal, Portal. Styles and McKoy will portal out.

5: Bacot, Washington, Shaver, Portal. Bacot deserves the NIL money he is getting and may get a raise. He is projected as a late second round draftee, so his best option is a 5th year with the NIL, rather than the much lower compensation associated with the G-league or playing overseas as a pro.

Why will we have at least one new assistant?

 

[kevindow]

Why will we have at least one new assistant?

HD will not resign and he will not be resigned. Whatever we are doing coaching wise is clearly NOT working, so we unquestionably need a change in the coaching staff excluding HD. Q.E.D.

 

[al would]

After this years chit show you might want to wait and see what next years roster looks like. There are quite a few players I could see exploring the portal after this season ..

 

[strummingram]

HD will not resign and he will not be resigned. Whatever we are doing coaching wise is clearly NOT working, so we unquestionably need a change in the coaching staff excluding HD. Q.E.D.

Oh, okay... so, you're assuming there will be a change. I thought maybe someone had announced they were leaving, or something to that effect.

There will be no changes to the coaching staff at all. HD isn't going to change any coaching positions.

 

[Travis2262]

If we are being honest, next year is going to be brutal.

 

[kevindow]

Oh, okay... so, you're assuming there will be a change. I thought maybe someone had announced they were leaving, or something to that effect.

There will be no changes to the coaching staff at all. HD isn't going to change any coaching positions.

I totally agree with you that HD will not change any coaching positions of his own volition. Hopefully, the AD will behave as a responsible AD, and require a change in the coaching positions. The AD will not resign HD as it will make RW and the AD look bad on the HD hire, so the next best option is for the AD to resign one or more of the assistants. I am predicting this will happen, as the investors are not happy with the current direction of this for-profit UNC basketball program.

 

[tarwhiz]

Guards: Davis, Dunn, Trimble, Wilcher

Wings: Puff, Nickel

Bigs: Washington, High

Just my prediction but I see Love, Bacot, Styles, McKoy, Shaver all moving on. That gives us 5 open scholarship spots to play with.

The roster above is a sub .500 team in my opinion, and I think having a record that bad would have a good chance of costing Hubert his job. It's deficient at all three position groups.

I think we've got 4-5 spots for transfers and It's on the staff to find at least three impact players to turn this ship around.

I agree with your assessment of who is leaving and who is returning.
I think another questionable return though is Dunn. Just recently have I changed my mind on his return. I am having a hard time seeing Dunn start a Carolina with the talent that is staying/ coming.
I think he is currently better than Trimble, but I don't think he will be next season. I don't think he is better than Wilcher and if Cadeau reclasses, I can't see Dunn being a major part of the rotation. I think he wants more than that for his college career.

 

[kevindow]

Dunn is a skilled 2, who just needs PT and development, whereas Trimble is a 1, who unfortunately is so far channeling Black, in that he plays solid defense but is an offensive liability. Trimble would definitely be behind Wilcher and Cadeau (if he reclasses) in the depth chart at the 1.

 

[NorCalTarheel]

My Christmas list is as follows; Caleb love leaves. Elliot Cadeau reclassifies. RJ stays in the rotation at 2. Bacot stays. Nickels is given a shot in situations where he is hunting his shot and not hunting fitting in.

Add a couple portal players to that and I think we will be fine.

 

[al would]

RJ stays in the rotation at 2.

RJ is an undersized (and not a good) pg so trying to use him as a 2 is a joke. There is likely little love left for Love as he is a terrible defender and a detriment to any type of flow in the offensive sets because he is a black hole and his game revolves him and not the team and hubcap aint/hasn't has the balls to yank his ass, therefore he won't have the balls to pull in his reigns for next year either and that will kill UNC bball should he let that happen. Hubcap needs to do some soul searching for next year cuz he's totally f'd up this one every which way you turn it. Sad but true.

 

[tarwhiz]

My Christmas list is as follows; Caleb love leaves. Elliot Cadeau reclassifies. RJ stays in the rotation at 2. Bacot stays. Nickels is given a shot in situations where he is hunting his shot and not hunting fitting in.

Add a couple portal players to that and I think we will be fine.

Copy and paste

 

[kevindow]

Agree. Both Love and Davis should and will portal out. Davis will never be a competitive 2.

 

[tarwhiz]

Agree. Both Love and Davis should and will portal out. Davis will never be a competitive 2.

Why do you say that about R.J.?
Not being a competitive 2 that is?

 

[tarwhiz]

If we are being honest, next year is going to be brutal.

In this day and age, brutal should not be likely if handled properly.
See Pitt, Arkansas, Kansas St

 

[sctarheel30]

If we are being honest, next year is going to be brutal.

Can’t be any worse than this year

 

[sctarheel30]

Shocked that mckoy still eligibility left

 

[kevindow]

Why do you say that about R.J.?
Not being a competitive 2 that is?

He definitely plays hard, but he is short for the 2, and he is truthfully not a great 2 or 3 point shooter. Also, his defense is average. And I really haven't seen any gradual improvement in his game over the past 3 seasons, but that would also be applicable to Love. UNC can and should do better at the 2.

 

[notashelbyfan]

He definitely plays hard, but he is short for the 2, and he is truthfully not a great 2 or 3 point shooter. Also, his defense is average. And I really haven't seen any gradual improvement in his game over the past 3 seasons, but that would also be applicable to Love. UNC can and should do better at the 2.

Have anyone of them shown improvement from last year to this year or from the start of this year till now?

 

[sctarheel30]

He definitely plays hard, but he is short for the 2, and he is truthfully not a great 2 or 3 point shooter. Also, his defense is average. And I really haven't seen any gradual improvement in his game over the past 3 seasons, but that would also be applicable to Love. UNC can and should do better at the 2.

On point about love and Davis as far as improving. May even include bacot as far as expanding his game….his jumper is a hope and prayer not consistent at all but then again none of them are either

 

[notashelbyfan]

I remember a time when a player would be hard to watch, clumsy with the ball, bone headed and the the next season the first time they got the ball in the post and was strong with the ball confident, and you could tell improvement within the first 2 minutes of the game. Some that come to mind are May, Meeks, Henson, Lawson, and Jackson. This year nothing worth noting!

Hubert is going to get another year and if you don't see this out of some of the players that return we will instantly there will be no doubt.

 

[Sk1310]

Guards: Davis, Dunn, Trimble, Wilcher

Wings: Puff, Nickel

Bigs: Washington, High

Just my prediction but I see Love, Bacot, Styles, McKoy, Shaver all moving on. That gives us 5 open scholarship spots to play with.

The roster above is a sub .500 team in my opinion, and I think having a record that bad would have a good chance of costing Hubert his job. It's deficient at all three position groups.

I think we've got 4-5 spots for transfers and It's on the staff to find at least three impact players to turn this ship around.

Styles maybe, but why is Shaver moving on? Just curious.

 

[Sk1310]

This is simply because I personally have never been impressed with the Love and RJ class, I think next year will be better. To be brutally honest, Love, RJ and Leakys basketball IQs are just horrendous. Wilicher is an upgrade day 1. I am excited to see new blood, and a group of kids that will actually move the ball.

 

[gauchoheel]

Styles maybe, but why is Shaver moving on? Just curious.

Not going to be a popular thing to say, but I think the staff's job is on the line of they miss the tournament next year. So if they need an extra roster spot to add another talented transfer I think they won't let a back of the roster guy stop them. A simple "we don't see you earning minutes at UNC" conversation would probably get it done.

I know nothing about Shaver, we basically haven't seen him play. It's more a generic thought that I think it'll be all-hands on deck to build the best roster possible now; they don't have the luxury of a long term view. But if they need the spot for a talented guy I don't expect loyalty to outweigh the risk to their jobs; the same way a CEO will lay off his employees when it comes down to job preservation.

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Bacot will come back as will RJ Davis. Washington and Puff will also be up front. My choice of guard would be At the beginning Dunn because Trimble refuses to shoot. Come January with 10 games under his belt Wilcher will take Dunn’s starting job. If Love does decide to go pro then Cadeau could reclassify and come to the hill which I would like 👍 because that would give Carolina 5 guards.

Styles might put his name in the portal because he is not going to get much playing time with Washington, Johnson and Nickel ahead of him.

 

[strummingram]

Caleb Love going pro??? In the NBA? Is that even possible?

 

[tarwhiz]

He definitely plays hard, but he is short for the 2, and he is truthfully not a great 2 or 3 point shooter. Also, his defense is average. And I really haven't seen any gradual improvement in his game over the past 3 seasons, but that would also be applicable to Love. UNC can and should do better at the 2.

Ok.
Let me say, that he is not the ideal size defensively. So he needs to play with a bigger guard, so R.J. can guard the opposition pg. He struggles vs guards that can back him down and beat him in the paint, but that is on the coach to eliminate those occurances within a scheme.
Also, I hear many people saying R.J. gets beat too much on straight line drives. I don't believe that is the case, he can stay in front of his guy very well.
He is giving up rim runs because teams are ball screening us to death, and he is not getting ANY HELP from Bacot on ball screens. It is impossible to guard a 2-1 ball screen. NOBODY can defend that.
It was nice to see Nance, Hard hedge a number of times yesterday. Hubert doesn't do that with Bacot because I suppose he is worried about him getting in foul trouble.
Offensively, R.J. is simply a 2 guard that can fill in at pg. He is a terrific shooter, and his percentages are even better considering some of the shots he is forced to take late in the clock.
I believe with a true pg, R.J. will flourish as a catch and shoot player. R.J. is also good at moving to open spots on the perimeter. Manek was great at making the extra pass to a cutting R.J. for 3 ball opps last year.

 

[tarwhiz]

Bacot will come back as will RJ Davis. Washington and Puff will also be up front. My choice of guard would be At the beginning Dunn because Trimble refuses to shoot. Come January with 10 games under his belt Wilcher will take Dunn’s starting job. If Love does decide to go pro then Cadeau could reclassify and come to the hill which I would like 👍 because that would give Carolina 5 guards.

Styles might put his name in the portal because he is not going to get much playing time with Washington, Johnson and Nickel ahead of him.

I think Wilcher is better than Dunn, Trimble, and I will go ahead and say it....Love, RIGHT NOW.

 

[kevindow]

Caleb Love going pro??? In the NBA? Is that even possible?

From my top secret, insider sources, I hear the Kazakhstan pro league is in hot pursuit of Love.

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Caleb Love going pro??? In the NBA? Is that even possible?

Pro does not automatically mean the NBA. Lots of opportunities overseas where he could make big money and hopefully catch a scouts eye who might be willing to make a few calls to a NBA team…

 

[al would]

Pro does not automatically mean the NBA. Lots of opportunities overseas where he could make big money and hopefully catch a scouts eye who might be willing to make a few calls to a NBA team…

I respect most opinions on here but realistically I just don't see Caleb being attractive to much of any pro team. His form, shot and shooting % from 3 is atrocious,his driving is sporadic with no forethought, he's not really a great ball handler, he's not a great assist guy, he's prone to making bad decisions and taking bad shots so his bball IQ is slightly above Forrest Gumps and his defensive posture leans him more to a professional bull fighter in Spain than G league or over seas pro guard. He's just not a very good bball player at this point in his life and he's been proving every time he steps on the court this season. Not only that he appears to have a piss poor attitude. Is what it is. jmho

 

[gauchoheel]

I think Wilcher is better than Dunn, Trimble, and I will go ahead and say it....Love, RIGHT NOW.

We also heard lots of chatter about how Trimble (and Love) was ready to come in and be a top performer, potentially a 2 and done player in the NBA. Let's just say I'm going to temper my expectations a bit on our recruits.

 

[GoNtheDistance]

From my top secret, insider sources, I hear the Kazakhstan pro league is in hot pursuit of Love.

Caleb going overseas to play in the Ukrainian professional league.