Some of the DeChellis sniping has been undeserved. But it’s pretty easy to get excited about the direction Chambers is taking the program. It might be a little premature to fully assume that results are going to follow, but the excitement he’s creating is not entirely superficial- I mean, the team he inherited had as little talent and experience as any team I can think of in the past 10 years, and he has them all playing aggressively and (even without a whole lot of wins) showing pride and progress as the season goes on.

I’m not blindly optimistic, but if you take the same enthusiasm, hustle, and style of play he’s getting from the current roster and implant it into a team with a lot of natural ability, you’re going to see a lot of W’s. Can’t wait til some of these young guys join the team and start contributing. FWIW, I’ve heard from college basketball “insiders” so to speak that DeChellis ran one of the best practices in the country. And he did have some success. But for a non-traditional basketball power to jump up and be able to CONSISTENTLY win, there needs to be a more holistic change in the program than just Xs and Os, and I’m hopeful that Chambers can make that leap.

the one thing that appears, (we’ll see in a couple years) is that Chambers seems to have better recruiting connections. I don’t think he is any more agressive, I just think that his time at Villanova and BU have given him more access to the recruiting area and more face time in that area than ED. It means a lot to the kids, again it appears to mean a lot, that they already know who Chambers is. He came in with a better coaching reputation than ED, since ED was pretty unknown in our recruting area. I liked ED and he did bring in some good players, some of my favorite all time, but he was not able to do it on a regular basis. It remains to be seen if Chambers can be consistant with recruiting but he sure has a nice start.

All that often…

I’m just having a little fun with Tim. I’m more than happy to respond to similar questions if posed.