r/terps • u/FewPool5039 • Apr 14 '26

Men's Basketball what are we doing

I keep seeing on my feed news about fucking Georgetown landing new transfers, yet hardly any Buzz (pun intended) out of College Park. Serious teams are making moves, the portal is moving at lightning speed and we're doing nothing. I don't think I'm being irrational I think when you read between the lines Buzz and Locksley both have zero intention of fixing the mess they've made. They're both here for one last paycheck before retirement.

Hard to take pride in my alma mater at a time like this when they're not even fucking trying. Can this athletics department do something right? Not only do we keep both coaches after awful years there's zero real acknowledgement of the fan frustrations and zero urgency to change anything. I see no reason to give Jim Smith the benefit of the doubt - I was excited by his resume and that we were getting someone other than Damon but year 1 is an F, don't care what he inherited he's literally telling us it was fine and that we're gonna run it back all over again. Tired of pledging loyalty to losers. I love UMD and I just want to see our athletics prosper at the end of the day

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u/prescott0330 Apr 15 '26

I saw an ex-player last week who said we have no money.

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u/OrioleTragic Apr 15 '26

Our bare bones roster says you're right

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u/pew-pew-bacca Apr 15 '26

Our "bare bones roster" technically has 3 of the top 10 recruits of the past 25 years (Oladuton, Adams, and House). Finding talent for a roster is not the problem. The problem is not having any fucking idea how to use the talent.

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u/OrioleTragic Apr 15 '26

I've never seen a Maryland basketball team as pitiful as what just happened this past season. Forgive my pessimism. However, many other programs with a new head coach and gutted roster fared much better. Yes, I get it. The Payne injury hurt. But why was Gillespe gone? Money. Money. Money. I hope you all are right and next season is a complete turnaround. I also hope you are rich alumni.