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The fundamental problems, according to Pat Skerry, are threefold: His team does not shoot well, and it does not pass well, and it does not dribble well. This poses a challenge when your objective is to win basketball games. Hell, this poses a challenge when your objective is to win one basketball game over the course of an entire season.
"We're not exactly an offensive juggernaut," he said. "We're not going to evoke memories of Paul Westhead's Loyola Marymount teams."
And: "We're not particularly deep."
And: "We've got a lot of guys who haven't been around success."
And: "I'm surprised it took people this long to figure out that they could play zone against us."
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