If given the choice between keeping Schmidt and Jefferson, I think I’d choose Schmidt.
He might have matchup problems but he’s a smart, gritty player. He makes the most of his abilities. Maybe he’s not a starter on a better team, but Schmidt has shown that he belongs in an MVC team rotation.
I have the greatest respect for Tyler so I will word this carefully. BUT---- We are an 11th place Valley team with a 6 -14 record for real reasons. Is it coaching? I don't think so so let me try to take it position by position. The 5 position I will assign 7th of 12 only because our fake center (Cooper) is playing out of his true 4 position and does ok for someone who doesn't belong there.
I will lump Sepp, Ellis and Shaw into the 4 position category and will realistically rate them either as 11th or 12th best (last) in the conference.
Jumping to the #1 and #2 positions I will lump McNair, Wright, DeAveiro and Monegro all together under one Valley number grade. Maybe because of the 2 freshmen and their group low turnover numbers I can group rank them at 9th or 10th in the Valley?
This leaves us with the #3 position which primarily has belonged to Schmidt. Despite his efforts our team group play at the #3 position is nearly as bad as our #4 position and I'll leave it at that.
By ranking our players in this fashion is there anyone left on the team that I haven't insulted? 
A difficult though honest evaluation. Justus and others show potential but too little to add to the rating. Fairly done.
I have the greatest respect for Tyler so I will word this carefully. BUT---- We are an 11th place Valley team with a 6 -14 record for real reasons. Is it coaching? I don't think so so let me try to take it position by position. The 5 position I will assign 7th of 12 only because our fake center (Cooper) is playing out of his true 4 position and does ok for someone who doesn't belong there.
I will lump Sepp, Ellis and Shaw into the 4 position category and will realistically rate them either as 11th or 12th best (last) in the conference.
Jumping to the #1 and #2 positions I will lump McNair, Wright, DeAveiro and Monegro all together under one Valley number grade. Maybe because of the 2 freshmen and their group low turnover numbers I can group rank them at 9th or 10th in the Valley?
This leaves us with the #3 position which primarily has belonged to Schmidt. Despite his efforts our team group play at the #3 position is nearly as bad as our #4 position and I'll leave it at that.
By ranking our players in this fashion is there anyone left on the team that I haven't insulted?
I don't disagree with the evaluation and I believe the hole at 3 is as big as it is at 5 assuming Cooper is where he belongs as a 4. The lineup at the beginning of the year had Ellis and Shaw in there and neither of them did much after Ellis' early season success. I'm guessing that Powell thought this is where his 3 would come from. We ended up with Sepp playing far too much out of necessity giving the team a black hole on offense for the most part. Eventually ended up playing 3 guards and not big guards either.
I think a lot of players were asked to perform a role they are not physically built to play. Sepp and/or Cooper inside. Whichever guard was trying to handle the other teams wing and sometimes a 4th guard trying to play the other teams 4. Tough ask all around but that speaks to some on the roster just not performing when asked.
