Why in God's good nameWhy in ... can't we

Yeah, it really hurts doesn't it? This is a young team, with good young talent. That is what happens with young talent. It's a positive that the Beavs are in on a lot of close games. Even some of the non conference games that should have been easy wins were close games. The team will learn from these games. We can blame the losses on coaches, officials, whatever, but in the end, the players need to learn how to close out games, and they will learn from these experiences. It's no fun to lose though and we all wish the progress would be quicker.

No, it's real. What is also real is that if this team sticks together they will be a lot better next year than this season. If any of the quality players transfer out, or if SR fails to use the transfer portal efficiently, the progress will be slow, or even nonexistent. If Beers, Gardiner, TVO, etc return, the downward trend is over. No doubt about that.  

Many think it’s because of his style of play. He has a very methodical, controlling style of offense and apparently good guards want to play a more open, creative style.

I think being "couched" by Graves should be a WHOLE 'nother subject on a different board.  LOLOL 

We have a great core and just missing a quality PG (or two). Quality, meaning can run the offense without Rueck calling every single play from the sidelines, has great handles, can breakdown the defense, great passer, and can shoot from deep, mid-range, and get to the rim. Not asking much! But that is what this team is missing. Think of how our win-loss record would be different if we had the junior/senior version of Aleah Goodman at the point! Aleah was also the undisputed leader on the floor.

We would definitely be talking about our NCAA Tournament prospects right now if that critical position was in our starting 5.

KG has also lost a heckuva lot more players because of his personality and his coaching style.  Wouldn’t take him over anybody. 

He had one in Destiny Slocum. People act like she was the type to bounce from one team to another, but she played at OSU for three seasons. And she was one of the best to ever play the position for the Beavers. Look at the stats.
From what I was told, she would have finished her career here if it wasn't for Rueck trying to reign her in to play his game. And yeah, I know that she came back for a camp. Big deal. Just because she might have had some differences with Rueck doesn't mean they dislike each other.
But that's as far as I want to get into that because I don't want this to devolve into an argument about why Slocum left.
My point is that IMO there were negative optics surrounding her leaving OSU and there's no doubt that recruits were/are still aware of that (recruiters for other teams no doubt make sure of it).
Combine that and the tendency for top point guards to get lured by teams that play more dynamic, uptempo offenses (which is also no doubt pointed out by rival recruiters) and you have a problem.