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Which scenario do you consider most likely?
Kentucky 2014: A very talented, very deep, very raw team grows and gels as the season goes on. The overall record won't turn heads, but by the end of the year, Marshall has another monster.
Changing of the Guard: The seniors are who they are, but a new core (Burton, Stevenson, Echenique?) step up. Coach Marshall hands them the keys soon enough to produce a solidly winning record.
Regression (Upward) to the Mean: Samajae and Markis keep getting a ton of minutes and taking a ton of shots, but they fall at a reasonable rate. Free throws improve. Asbjorn makes some layups. It turns out two games is a small sample; we're still looking at the upper-middle-of-the-pack, bubble-team season we expected.
Blind Leading the Blind: Samajae and Markis fail to set any helpful example, and none of the younger kids have the experience to teach the others. Without the institutional memory built up over a decade of strong, overlapping classes at every position, the kids never really get the schemes learned and it's well into next season before a new culture and ethic develop.
How Green Was My Valley: It turns out we got more credit in the media than we deserved. Our recruits rated well because WSU finally had a reputation, but it was wishful thinking; these guys are truly mid-major 2-stars. We win a few when someone lights it up Evansville-style, but that's the ceiling.
90's-Style Implosion: The team can't win and can't handle losing. We get internal conflict, dropouts, mid-season transfers.
Kentucky 2014: A very talented, very deep, very raw team grows and gels as the season goes on. The overall record won't turn heads, but by the end of the year, Marshall has another monster.
Changing of the Guard: The seniors are who they are, but a new core (Burton, Stevenson, Echenique?) step up. Coach Marshall hands them the keys soon enough to produce a solidly winning record.
Regression (Upward) to the Mean: Samajae and Markis keep getting a ton of minutes and taking a ton of shots, but they fall at a reasonable rate. Free throws improve. Asbjorn makes some layups. It turns out two games is a small sample; we're still looking at the upper-middle-of-the-pack, bubble-team season we expected.
Blind Leading the Blind: Samajae and Markis fail to set any helpful example, and none of the younger kids have the experience to teach the others. Without the institutional memory built up over a decade of strong, overlapping classes at every position, the kids never really get the schemes learned and it's well into next season before a new culture and ethic develop.
How Green Was My Valley: It turns out we got more credit in the media than we deserved. Our recruits rated well because WSU finally had a reputation, but it was wishful thinking; these guys are truly mid-major 2-stars. We win a few when someone lights it up Evansville-style, but that's the ceiling.
90's-Style Implosion: The team can't win and can't handle losing. We get internal conflict, dropouts, mid-season transfers.
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