Short term it stinks. I really enjoyed watching Angel and with him oscar had a chance to have an all league type leader a couple more years. With that, the Cats were likely looking at more NCAA appearances as long as other players progressed and a couple newcomers came with some ability to contribute. But long term it puts the ball firmly in oscar's court and really shrinks the transition period. In some ways it takes some luster off the Big 12 title (at least in terms of job security) and now K-State fans will see his coaching and program building for what it is, not with as much benefit of "toughness residue" from Frank's tenure. The Frank residue is now a nice set of complimentary players, as its doubtful Shane, Will, or Gip are all league caliber.
Next year the backcourt is pretty much oscar's besides role playing Will. And even with Will, at times oscar showed a tendency to play Tay more minutes when it was clear Will couldn't compete athletically (or when Will was injured). In any case, for oscar's future he has to hope he hits on at least 3 of these current 4 perimeter recruits to be Big 12 level players, and at least one probably needs to be an all league caliber player. For the most part, the backcourt is where college basketball is built, and especially if oscar continues with his 2 guard/2 swing system. Losing Angel makes this oscar's team even quicker and the reality of fair judgement for K-State fans should follow suit.
With Angel, K-State fans were probably looking at 2 more years before we could fully call this oscar's program, especially with the carryover from a Big 12 title. But now, in 2 years (3 at the most), we will have a really clear picture of weather or not oscar truly learned from his failure at Illinois or if we'll be looking for a new coach.
oscar Weber, this is now your program.
