Did those of you with premium access, or those locally listening to the TexAgs radio show catch the interview yesterday with Jeff Reynolds. He basically discussed every player.

He seems to be pretty high on he newcomers and Walker. He said Walker was one of the most improved players in the off-season. Said he'll never be a pure paint guy because he doesn't have the frame, but he can definitely play inside-out and has range and can do some things off the dribble. He also said Mahan has made great strides in the offseason and will contribute. He also seems to really like Mekowulu's skill set and IQ for the game. Said he's been well-coached and has absorbed quickly the things they want him to do.

I skipped over a lot because he talked about every player, but that was a snippet. Anybody else hear it?

OK, I see Gabe made it a free content piece and it's posted. The transcript is pretty bare and missed 75% of the content if that's all you looked at.

Mikeyshooter said:

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Definitely sounds like there is a lot of potential. I'm skeptical of the change in style since we've basically played the same style since BK has been here.

I'd really love to see more 4 out, drive and kick, more off ball screens instead of the ball screen over and over.

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I'll say this. People close to the program are saying Reynolds has made a big difference in practice execution and implementation of what they want to do. It sounds like he's pretty aggressive in practice.

But the reality is, you can talk about playing fast, but when you are limited at the point guard position and your best players play in the paint (as A&M was the past two seasons), it doesn't make sense to run.

We'll see what happens, but on paper this team has made a significant transition from a post-heavy team to a guard-oriented/perimeter-oriented team. It's hard to see this team not playing faster. Interesting that Reynolds said several times in the interview that he's had to slow them down at times...they were running too fast to his liking.

burlesona said:

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Eh, I guess my bar is a bit higher given the resources we have.

Good = Top 4 in SEC / Contenting for Championship / NCAAT Lock
Okay = 4-8 in SEC / NCAAT Bubble but get in
Bad = Worse than 8th in SEC / miss the NCAAT

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Resources compared to......?

bobinator said:

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Trocha leaving does matter in the sense that there's no returning player ready to step in and take the minutes left behind by Tyler Davis and Robert Williams, but he was just an okay player. A team that recruited well year over year should have at least a couple of that level of player on the roster all the time.

I don't get how anyone expects us to replace Tyler Davis, Robert Williams and DJ Hogg and be anything more than a bubble team. Could it happen? Sure, but there are a lot of "ifs" that have to go our way.

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Just an okay player? I'd be careful if I were you.

greg.w.h said:

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This might be too pithy of an answer, but Trocha's intangibles likely outweighed his tangibles his senior year.

It reminded me of a church rec league I played in where I got called in to spell a match on their best forward who was a solid 5-6 taller and more athletic to boot. I just ran the floor like a crazy man shadowing him and being a pest for only about three minutes of game time. No scoring, no blocks, he didn't get the ball. Job done. I was the invisible man on the score sheet.

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FYI, he had several critical plays in the UNC game. He wasn't a critical piece to the team, but he was more than window dressing.