Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

[Tovarich]

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vs.

SEC Tournament Quarterfinal
St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa Bay, FL

Mississippi Rebels at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 10, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Mississippi (19-11)	31	48	79
#15 Georgia (23-9)	32	37	69

Mississippi Rebels
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petersen	23	6-13	1-1	4-5	3	6	1	0	2	17
Dukes	22	7-13	1-5	1-1	5	1	1	0	3	16
Pasco	24	6-13	1-6	4-4	4	1	3	0	3	17
Power	23	1-4	0-0	3-4	9	0	0	0	2	5
Meredith	8	2-3	0-0	-00	5	0	1	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hawkins	8	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	6
Ruffin	9	2-2	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	6
Mattox	15	2-4	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	2	0	6
Long	10	2-3	0-1	0-1	4	1	0	0	0	4
McNurlin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Brady	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Coggins	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	4-16	15-19	38	12	6	3	11	79
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	4-16	15-19	38	12	6	3	11	79

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	23	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	5	1	0	1	0
Horton	23	1-8	0-6	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	2
Sanderson	23	3-7	3-5	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	9
Zahn	23	12-18	0-0	9-9	4	0	3	1	1	33
Kovacevic	23	10-17	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	2	2	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mcfarlin	5	0-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Keller	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	4
Emmett	5	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hart	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-61	3-11	10-11	20	8	10	4	6	69

Tovarich: Very even until 4 minutes to go. Then they turned into some super team. You could see the signs coming the entire half though. We were only -2 on the boards in the first half, and -14 after halftime. They got just about everything back. We get their big guy in foul trouble, but that means nothing. The backups dominate the boards too. Can't win when you make 1 basket in the last 4 minutes. They got all sorts of crazy bounces in the second half while we look like elementary school kids getting layups blocked by the rim, one off the side of the backboard from 2 feet, one off the underside of the backboard, I think 5 finger rolls off the front of the rim short. That's totally normal though. No one wants to dunk for some reason. Whatever. Congrats to them I guess.

Reporter: Does this sour the season at all?

Tovarich: No. Everything's gravy. We don't need to do anything here. We ought to be in the 5 seed range still. We've overachieved. I expect we'll be an underdog in the 2nd round, even if we're a 4 seed, unless the other game in our section has an upset. Anyone else in the 4-5 seed range surely is a lot more talented and a more well constructed roster.

Reporter: Is the bench a liability that can be overcome in the tournament?

Tovarich: Yeah, 2/10 today. Brutal even by their very low standards. We have to play them as little as possible. Even if whatever recruits I can sign aren't worthy of starting, which they mostly won't be, having a competent B team next year is critical.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament

Play-in Game
Alabama A&M (16- 17) vs. Coppin State (14-20)

East
#1 Georgia Tech (30-5) vs. Play-in
#8 Kansas (17-10) vs. #9 Mississippi State (20-11)
#5 Pittsburgh (23-9) vs. #12 Robert Morris (24-8)
#4 Clemson (23-8) vs. #13 Boise State (17-14)

#6 Stanford (22-8) vs. #11 Idaho (18-7)
#3 UNLV (26-3) vs. #14 Wyoming (16-20)
#7 Massachusetts (24-9) vs. #10 Colorado (19-12)
#2 Marquette (24-9) vs. #15 Georgia Southern (18-12)

South
#1 North Carolina (29-5) vs. #16 Sacramento State (14-15)
#8 Iowa State (19-11) vs. #9 Tulsa (25-8)
#5 Texas (21-9) vs. #12 Holy Cross (23-8)
#4 Florida (24-9) vs. #13 Illinois State (19-12)

#6 Illinois (25-9) vs. #11 Alabama (20-12)
#3 Texas Tech (28-7) vs. #14 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (22-10)
#7 North Carolina State (19-11) vs. #10 St. Louis (19-9)
#2 Michigan (29-5) vs. #15 Kennesaw State (21-11)

Midwest
#1 Texas A&M (24-4) vs. #16 Albany (15-19)
#8 Temple (22-11) vs. #9 West Virginia (22-12)
#5 San Diego State (25-6) vs. #12 Marist (22-9)
#4 Georgia (23-9) vs. #13 High Point (22-9)

#6 Nebraska (22-11) vs. #11 Colorado State (20-9)
#3 Notre Dame (24-8) vs. #14 IUPUI (19-11)
#7 Western Kentucky (27-6) vs. #10 Rhode Island (22-9)
#2 UCLA (29-4) vs. #15 Eastern Kentucky (17-11)

West
#1 Louisville (28-5) vs. #16 Western Michigan (15-17)
#8 Boston College (19-11) vs. #9 Tennessee (21-13)
#5 Connecticut (23-10) vs. #12 Gonzaga (22-10)
#4 Houston (26-6) vs. #13 Loyola Chicago (20-11)

#6 South Carolina (21-8) vs. #11 Penn (20-6)
#3 Florida State (24-9) vs. #14 Towson (20-13)
#7 Providence (21-13) vs. #10 Tulane (21-8)
#2 Duke (23-7) vs. #15 Pacific (15-14)

[Tovarich]

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Conference Tournament Winners
America East-2 Albany
ACC-2 North Carolina
A-Sun-2 Kennesaw State
A-10-3 Massachusetts
Big East-4 Marquette
Big Sky-4 Sacramento State
Big South-1 High Point
Big 10-1 Michigan
Big 12-3 Texas Tech
Big West-5 Pacific
Colonial-3 Towson
CUSA-4 Tulane
Horizon-2 Loyola Chicago
Metro-1 Marist
MAC-11 Western Michigan
Summit-2 IUPUI
MEAC-5 Coppin State
MVC-2 Illinois State
MWC-8 Wyoming
NEC-2 Robert Morris
OVC-4 Eastern Kentucky
PAC 10-1 UCLA
Patriot-1 Holy Cross
SEC-4 Florida
SoCon-3 Georgia Southern
Southland-3 Corpus Christi
SWAC-5 Alabama A&M
Sun Belt-1 Western Kentucky
WCC-6 Gonzaga
WAC-3 Boise State

[Tovarich]

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NIT
Baylor vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Oregon State vs. San Diego
Syracuse vs. UMKC
Fordham vs. Prairie View

Villanova vs. Hampton
Utah State vs. Detroit
Eastern Michigan vs. Long Island
Michigan State vs. Mercer

Louisiana Tech vs. Nicholls State
Buffalo vs. Drake
Siena vs. Delaware
Arizona vs. Boston U

Memphis vs. Eastern Washington
St. Mary's vs. Long Beach State
Dartmouth vs. Wofford
Kentucky vs. Tennessee Tech

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY

High Point Panthers at Georgia Bulldogs
Mar 16, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#13 High Point (22-10)	29	29	58
#4 Georgia (24-9)	48	38	86

High Point Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wente	21	3-9	0-4	0-0	1	8	0	0	5	6
Chalmers	22	7-12	3-6	0-0	0	4	2	0	0	17
Graham	22	3-7	1-3	1-2	2	2	0	0	1	8
Tangara	10	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Sayman	15	3-6	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wafer	10	2-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	4	0	1	4
Christensen	17	3-6	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	1	3	6
Cuffe	8	4-6	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	9
Whelchel	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Al-Sayyad	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Christie	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Largent	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-54	5-15	1-2	18	21	7	2	11	58
TEAM TOTALS		26-54	5-15	1-2	18	21	7	2	11	58

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	21	3-4	0-0	1-2	1	5	2	0	1	7
Horton	21	3-4	3-4	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	9
Sanderson	21	5-6	3-4	0-0	2	3	2	0	1	13
Zahn	21	5-9	1-1	8-12	5	1	2	1	3	19
Kovacevic	21	10-17	0-0	2-2	10	1	3	1	2	22
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mcfarlin	7	2-5	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	6
Keller	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Emmett	7	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	0	1	6
Hart	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-50	7-9	15-20	26	12	10	2	8	86

Tovarich: Good to have a by the numbers athletic contest with no surprises whatsoever.

Reporter: Huh?

Tovarich: OK, some things surprised me. High Point magically got faster at halftime. Zahn was running by their press easily in the first half. Suddenly 100% of the time in the second half, someone ran by and cut him off. Kovacevic started 0/5 on layups after halftime, getting blocked, either by the opposition or the rim before he finally made a few. We didn't shoot many 3's in the second half, or somehow I bet that would have reversed itself too. Luckily we had a nice lead. They didn't shoot great, so they never threatened despite the random problems we suddenly starting having out of nowhere after halftime.

Reporter: Why does everyone full court press you so much?

Tovarich: I've been wondering that too. At Western Kentucky we ran into that just a few times a year. Seemingly most of the SEC does it. Even High Point did it. I wonder if it's that we have no true PG and teams think that's a good advantage they can use over us since we play 3 SG's and 2 PF's. The B team has a true PG, though one I'd rather eliminate the use of. Either that's a strategy specifically against us, or it's one crazy coincidence how we have been pressed for half a game or more probably 20 times.

Reporter: Probably San Diego State in the next round. What do you see in them?

Tovarich: Just saw they start 4 SR's, so they'll have great team unity. On paper, they have more talent than us as you'd expect any team in the 2nd round to have. I haven't taken too close a look yet. We'll see if they win first.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament

Play-in Game
Coppin State 72 Alabama A&M 68

East
1st Round
#1 Georgia Tech 97 #16 Coppin State 61
#8 Kansas 83 #9 Mississippi State 75
#5 Pittsburgh 76 #12 Robert Morris 61
#4 Clemson 93 #13 Boise State 92 (OT)

#6 Stanford 77 #11 Idaho 55
#3 UNLV 79 #14 Wyoming 63
#7 Massachusetts 65 #10 Colorado 59
#2 Marquette 79 #15 Georgia Southern 48

South
#1 North Carolina 123 #16 Sacramento State 55
#8 Iowa State 78 #9 Tulsa 57
#5 Texas 69 #12 Holy Cross 66
#4 Florida 88 #13 Illinois State 67

#6 Illinois 79 #11 Alabama 71
#3 Texas Tech 97 #14 Corpus Christi 60
#7 North Carolina State 98 #10 St. Louis 73
#2 Michigan 89 #15 Kennesaw State 57

Midwest
#1 Texas A&M 113 #16 Albany 61
#8 Temple 80 #9 West Virginia 67
#5 San Diego State 73 #12 Marist 53
#4 Georgia 86 #13 High Point 58

#6 Nebraska 77 #11 Colorado State 64
#3 Notre Dame 99 #14 IUPUI 46
#7 Western Kentucky 73 #10 Rhode Island 54
#2 UCLA 101 #15 Eastern Kentucky 45

West
#1 Louisville 91 #8 Boston College 59
#8 Boston College 78 #9 Tennessee 72
#5 Connecticut 78 #12 Gonzaga 74 (OT)
#4 Houston 85 #13 Loyola Chicago 45

#6 South Carolina 88 #11 Penn 66
#3 Florida State 87 #14 Towson 53
#10 Tulane 107 #7 Providence 66
#2 Duke 89 #15 Pacific 57

NIT
1st Round
Bakersfield 71 Baylor 66
Oregon State 76 San Diego 61
UMKC 57 Syracuse 56
Fordham 89 Prairie View 77

Villanova 82 Hampton 52
Detroit 79 Utah State 67
Eastern Michigan 84 Long Island 70
Michigan State 91 Mercer 82

Louisiana Tech 81 Nicholls State 57
Buffalo 91 Drake 85
Siena 83 Delaware 79
Boston U 85 Arizona 77

Memphis 114 Eastern Washington 66
Long Beach State 70 St. Mary's 67
Wofford 74 Dartmouth 68
Kentucky 86 Tennessee Tech 62

[Tovarich]

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vs.

NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY

Georgia Bulldogs at San Diego State Aztecs
Mar 18, 2017	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Georgia (24-10)	34	34	68
#5 San Diego State (27-6)	45	31	76

Georgia Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Root	24	2-5	1-4	0-0	2	5	1	0	1	5
Horton	24	4-13	3-12	2-2	4	2	2	1	0	13
Sanderson	24	0-7	0-6	2-2	3	2	2	0	1	2
Zahn	24	9-18	0-1	0-1	3	1	2	1	0	18
Kovacevic	24	12-16	0-0	2-2	5	0	3	0	2	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Akins	4	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mcfarlin	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	2
Keller	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	2
Emmett	4	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hart	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verdejo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Garrett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-65	4-24	6-9	23	10	12	2	8	68

San Diego State Aztecs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bennett	24	7-14	2-2	0-0	1	4	1	0	1	16
Bender	26	8-15	2-7	9-9	2	4	2	0	4	27
Cross	25	4-7	0-1	3-3	5	3	0	0	6	11
Augustine	25	5-6	0-0	2-2	10	3	1	3	4	12
Watson	26	3-5	0-0	0-0	12	3	3	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Doornekamp	5	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Woodard	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Blanks	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Beeler	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Pekkola	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Kuhle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bing	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-53	4-10	14-14	32	18	7	4	16	76

Tovarich: Can't overcome 4/24 shooting 3's and -9 in rebounds. Only +8 in turnovers. That's not good enough when you're so deficient in the other areas. Didn't expect to win but it was disappointing to come out of halftime so well making 9 shots in a row and going on an 18-2 run in the first 3 minutes. Then we suddenly go 5/20 the rest of the game and they just gradually go past us even with only mediocre shooting.

Reporter: Was the bench the biggest problem or both 3-point shooters being cold?

Tovarich: The bench only got 4 minutes for a reason. 2/6 for them isn't really all that terrible. Just Emmett wasn't able to do anything. Sanderson being 0/7 and Horton hitting 3 in a row but 0/9 otherwise is not going to get it done. The big guys tried to carry us scoring, but they only had 8 rebounds between the two of them when their big guys had 22. Rebounding and 3's. The useless bench was its normal self. We know that in advance, so we plan to only get them in when the starters MUST rest. No reason to blame the people who should be at Georgia Southern but Felton inexplicably offered scholarships to.

Reporter: How do you sum up the season?

Tovarich: Couldn't have imagined it going better. We figured out something that works for this team. Obviously not EVERYONE's useless. So the big guys did some good things a lot of the time. We have no C so we didn't rebound well. I'm not sure that makes that big a difference. I had NBA centers at Western Kentucky and we often couldn't rebound. It's something about me. I just don't know what it is. 3-point shooting was inconsistent and not often a strength, so the big guys were often the focal point. This team highly overachieved though. I had no expectation to finish over 6-10 in the SEC, didn't think we'd be anywhere near the tournament. This team surprised me. But we need more than 5 competent players.

Reporter: So what do you hope the roster to look like next year?

Tovarich: I'm no longer thinking that the FR are going to be good enough to start right away. We are going for some good guys but I expect the 15 on the recruiting board to all start disappearing. I have to remember to be patient and not sign people just to use up the scholarships. We'll be picky about who we sign and we'll add some to the 2 scholarships for next year if we must. I'm still hopeful that Mcfarlin and Keller decide to transfer and open up 2 more scholarships now. If not, we'll have to wait for them to graduate after next season and use them. So now we go for depth. Everyone's back except Zahn. He's a huge loss. He has great speed and can break the press for us. Kovacevic can't do that. None of the PF's on the bench if they inexplicably decide to come back can do that. So that's a big need. And even if we find one, it's a FR. It's a big downgrade from a SR. There'll be inconsistency. A B team that isn't up there just killing the clock is a must. It's not going to be fixed this offseason alone most likely. I may have to RS some FR and we may have to continue to play the long game to get the roster where it can compete for a national championship, which of course is the goal here.

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
East
#1 Georgia Tech 98 #8 Kansas 70
#4 Clemson 89 #5 Pittsburgh 85
#6 Stanford 109 #3 UNLV 79
#2 Marquette 93 #7 Massachusetts 58

West
#1 Louisville 79 #8 Boston College 71
#4 Houston 79 #5 Connecticut 78
#3 Florida State 63 #6 South Carolina 61
#2 Duke 83 #10 Tulane 65

South
#1 North Carolina 108 #8 Iowa State 77
#4 Florida 94 #5 Texas 72
#6 Illinois 60 #3 Texas Tech 56
#2 Michigan 76 #7 North Carolina State 67

Midwest
#1 Texas A&M 89 #8 Temple 51
#5 San Diego State 76 #4 Georgia 68
#6 Nebraska 65 #3 Notre Dame 58
#2 UCLA 61 #7 Western Kentucky 51

NIT 2nd Round
Oregon State 74 Bakersfield 65
Fordham 76 UMKC 65

Villanova 82 Detroit 60
Michigan State 88 Eastern Michigan 77

Louisiana Tech 83 Buffalo 55
Siena 92 Boston U 83

Memphis 83 Long Beach State 69
Kentucky 102 Wofford 51

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
East
#1 Georgia Tech 82 #4 Clemson 71
#6 Stanford 88 #2 Marquette 66

West
#1 Louisville 94 #4 Houston 70
#3 Florida State 91 #2 Duke 73

South
#1 North Carolina 81 #4 Florida 76
#6 Illinois 70 #2 Michigan 65

Midwest
#1 Texas A&M 86 #5 San Diego State 60
#2 UCLA 63 #6 Nebraska 57

NIT Quarterfinals
Oregon State 86 Fordham 76

Villanova 85 Michigan State 58

Siena 81 Louisiana Tech 64

Memphis 98 Kentucky 92

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8

#1 Georgia Tech 72 #6 Stanford 52

#3 Florida State 79 #1 Louisville 74

#6 Illinois 81 #1 North Carolina 74

#1 Texas A&M 74 #2 UCLA 67

NIT Semifinals

Villanova 68 Oregon State 62

Memphis 113 Siena 64

NIT Championship
Memphis 81 Villanova 78

[Tovarich]

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NCAA Tournament Final Four
#3 Florida State 94 #1 Georgia Tech 66

#1 Texas A&M 65 #6 Illinois 59

[studbucket]

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I was surprised you were a 4 seed. Maybe SEC bias? But still a successful season. Nobody in the SEC made it past the Sweet 16, which is interesting.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

Pretty impressive season, all things considered. With that roster, making the NCAA Tournament at all is gravy, much less winning a game and coming out with the SEC regular season title.

[Tovarich]

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I was surprised you were a 4 seed. Maybe SEC bias? But still a successful season. Nobody in the SEC made it past the Sweet 16, which is interesting.

I think I just stumbled my way into some high SOS benefits. Georgia Tech was the overall #1. Georgia Southern and Kennesaw State got in. Nebraska and Temple were 6 and 8 seeds. My Tulsa loss doesn't look so bad with them being a 9 seed. Then the SEC did well getting 6 teams even though none of them really were great. No surprise none of us won 2 games. Extremely deep conference of mediocrity. The RPI had us 5th, one spot below the Mountain West.

[Tovarich]

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Pretty impressive season, all things considered. With that roster, making the NCAA Tournament at all is gravy, much less winning a game and coming out with the SEC regular season title.

Yeah, totally unexpected, right up until the 8-game win streak that came out of nowhere. It makes it slightly harder for Coach Tovarich to trash the bench and previous coach for the roster mismanagement, but I'm sure he'll find a way still.