Coach Beard was able to pick up some very valuable transfers and a couple of sterling jucos. But mainly what he has accomplished this season has been to take the slack out of the Trojans' game. You play tough defense, or you do not play. Take care of the ball, or you do not play. Sloppy play keeps you from having a chance to win. He appears to have some foundational principles in his game that put the team in a position to win. Of course, it has helped greatly that this team happens to be good FT shooters, and I am not sure how much the coach can affect that in a short period of time, so that was probably to some extent a gimme, but we will take it.
The good news is that if what Beard has done mainly is to shore up the negatives (cut out turnovers and slack defense), what can he accomplish when he has time to bring in the talent and develop it to move forward on the positive end. Good coaches put their teams in a position to win most years. To win championships, you have to have a little luck to go along with it, and that is beyond the coach's control. Coach is doing his job, and we will have to wait for the luck.
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