Re: Official 2016-17 MVCfans.com Prediction - Champion
Posted: October 18th, 2016, 11:07 am
Cdizzle wrote:Wufan wrote:BirdsEyeView wrote:FVV was your floor coach, intangibles guy and leader of the "Play Angry" mantra. Replacing that is not as easy as hand picking a recruit and labeling him the next superstar.
While this is certainly true, I fail to grasp what conclusion you are drawing from this tidbit. Please elaborate on what specifically this means to WSUs perceived success this season.
Agreed. This keeps getting thrown out as extremely relevant. Several people keep comparing incoming WSU players to FVV and Baker. Which is fine on it's own. But then to say "well, he isn't FVV so you aren't going to win the league" isn't fine on it's own. It would be ok if there was another FVV in the league, and/or if WSU had not been experiencing tremendous success in the league before FVV arrived, but neither of those are the case.
Sure, I will clarify.
I voted for WSU to win the league. I believe WSU wins the league this year.
However, some of your fan base has posted that it's nearly a foregone conclusion that you will win the league and are writing off the personnel losses (at least I've perceived this in the messages) of two AA's due to the recruiting class and Shamet. They look at the 4 game cushion you won the league with last year as evidence and think there is no chance somebody can close that gap.
I would argue that the 4 game cushion you won with....that the loss of FVV and Baker (+ glue guy Wessel) can nearly equal 4 games difference. Plus, you factor in a team like ISUr who only lost 1 starter last year...each player is a year older, smarter, more experienced, etc. and suddenly the gap has closed significantly.
Again, I still believe you win the league, but the gap has closed significantly and there are a lot more question marks, especially at point guard, for WSU than there has been in recent years.