This staff seems to be shaving fairly regularly. Mills has said that he didn't understand the level of talent and physicality he needed in this league and has said he's not recruiting the way he did in his first year here.
Ighovodja and Bamba are still here. They were recruited before Mills said he learned about recruiting in the AAC. The fact that he's stayed loyal to them says a lot about his character. They may still be end of the bench players, but someone has to be at the end of the bench. Mills keeping them instead of getting rid of them says that Mills feels he can recruit enough talent to win games while keeping some players who may never comntribute to winning games on the roster.
That level of loyalty can be criticized for not bringing in better talent to win games, but it can increase loyalty among players and increase retention rates.
I think that if the regular rotation players see Mills stay loyal to his recruits (if they bust biutt in practice) the reguar rotation p;layers are more likely to stay at WSU instead of entering the portal. That doesn't matter much when there are 9 Sr's on the roster. Or does it?
If Pipkin, Williams, Borziak and Washington stay there's a decent returning group for next year.
Ighovodja and Bamba are still here. They were recruited before Mills said he learned about recruiting in the AAC. The fact that he's stayed loyal to them says a lot about his character. They may still be end of the bench players, but someone has to be at the end of the bench. Mills keeping them instead of getting rid of them says that Mills feels he can recruit enough talent to win games while keeping some players who may never comntribute to winning games on the roster.
That level of loyalty can be criticized for not bringing in better talent to win games, but it can increase loyalty among players and increase retention rates.
I think that if the regular rotation players see Mills stay loyal to his recruits (if they bust biutt in practice) the reguar rotation p;layers are more likely to stay at WSU instead of entering the portal. That doesn't matter much when there are 9 Sr's on the roster. Or does it?
If Pipkin, Williams, Borziak and Washington stay there's a decent returning group for next year.
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