Coach Lutz, what can I say? I’m not trying to be harsh, but I’m just going to say things how I see it. Lutz is a below medicore coach with an inability to recruit and [B]DEVELOP[/B] a true front court player around or taller than 6’9. (Iti, Coleman, Phil Jones) To be successful at the college level, every college bball team needs a dominant or aggressive frontcourt player who can take pressure off backcourt players by attracting double-teams, etc. Sure there’s the fuss over Beasly passing over the 49ers and all, but I can’t blame his decision. Since the beginning of the 05-06 season, Lutz has been turning players who should be playing small forward into centers (Drayton, Withers(maybe), Mack…)
It’s been troubling to see the inability of numerous ballplayers to develop the basic fundamentals and IQ ready for the next level. However, if you recruit dumb players then the team is going to make poor decisions on and off the court (team gpa: 2.2). When your whole offense revolves around setting two or three screens so one player can jack up a three, then there’s a real problem. I’m not blaming the players for their poor decision making skills and poor shot selections because they should be groomed in practice for possible scenarious that could occur on the court, which Lutz has failed on a consistent basis of accomplishing, season after season (ex: failing to accomplish a simple inbounds pass).
Charlotte is an area booming with talented recruits, but Lutz always go after jucos for some reason. Sure there’s the argument that after all the ACC schools get their pick of the prospects in Charlotte there are no good recruits left, but that’s BS. I will never figure out how Lutz let Curry slip through his fingers because Curry is the IDEAL player made for Lutz’s three-point jackin system. Up the road about 2hrs away in VA is probably the best bball high school in the country (Oak Hill Academy) with some of the best 3-point shooting players, but it’s strange to wonder how come Lutz hasn’t recruited a single player from there in all of my 4 years here at Charlotte.
Then there’s the argument of winning 20 games this past season. In my opinion, any coach with half a brain could’ve won 20 games with the players we had. Players are supposed to get better as the season progresses, not stay in the same place as they were when the season started. If Lutz could recognize the potential of his players, then he would’ve started Gerrity later in the season b/c of his offensive capabilities, and called set plays for Wilderness who started off the season confident and aggerssing which showed vs WF.
Charlotte will NEVER win a national championship with Lutz as coach, and it’s sad b/c loyal niner nation fans are starting to realize this. [B]Lutz if you read this, all I can say is go take a coaching class on the basics, fundamentals, and recruiting aspects of basketball, because it appears that your system is a phony version of Coach K’s without the wins and players.[/B]