I’m a huge supporter of Hoiberg as well and I don’t think the lack of success is indicative of who he is as a coach to this point. I think he did his best job with the team he had last year after those two injuries. If we can add more talent to that brand of basketball, sign me up.
That being said, if you can get 15 minutes of floor time next year out of this kid to play defense on other teams’ bigs down low I think it’s a win. The message to him for me would be “They give you five fouls, use them.”