I still challenge the reporters from the school paper (Klitzo, Moses Scurry, and the underrated and talented Hutz) to put the AD on the spot.

Lets see how he replies to some heavy hitting journalism...

I also read the Tannenwald piece. Pretty soft questions, but give young Tannenwald credit for getting more out of Miller than the real journalists from the Philadelphia papers.

Agree!...EN

Does anyone know if the statement made in this post is true?

I'd like to thank Todres/Klitzman for providing a venue like this for airing the sentiments and frustrations many Penn sports fans feel. I agree with you you that simple piling on is unhelpful. As you also point out much has been written and said on the past BB season - some of it uncalled for ugly about Coach Miller. Many of us feel the issues go beyond BB, and I'm not confident that those who got Penn into this state of affairs are the ones with solutions.

Four years ago I was a big fan of the hiring of Coach Miller, and he's certainly proved he can recruit. But explaining the past season as "...the difficulty presented by the injuries that they suffered. Certainly there were other problems as well" is a bit too easy. If that's the official view as well, then I'm really concerned.

I'm not very knowledgeable about BB, but to my eyes there is little fundamental talent gap with the other Ivies. But is it too simplistic to wonder why the poor foul shooting or the failure to hit open 2s and 3s? Is that a talent gap? These and the failure of overall improvement from the previous season can't be laid on injuries. And if Todres is correct, per his front page article, that Coach Miller failed to grasp and embrace the critical factors of this storied program AT THE FOUR YEAR MARK, what a colossal failure! And who is responsible for this failure?

Whether in politics, business, or parenting, it's the responsibility of those in charge to see and head off developing issues, and protect those they are responsible for from themselves. Who more than AD Bilsky should have perceived early on the disconnect, and advised Coach Miller on the need to connect and embrace the fundamental elements of Penn BB Todres described? That's where to place responsibility, and Dario, I don't believe that's been discussed nearly enough!

I continue to believe Miller is a talented coach who will succeed (hopefully at Penn), and will turn things around next season. However, I lament the outlook for Penn sports overall, and look forward to input from you, JL, FOJL, Alums, Whitewash, Noah, Steve Becker, et al, as well as the DP moderators. And I hope the DP will continue to provide a forum for this discussion.

EN