Daivien Williamson Transfer Necessitates ETSU Schedule Soft in 2020–21

The Buccaneers simply aren’t the team they were two months ago

Marky Billson

With the departure of Daivien Williamson to Wake Forest new ETSU head men’s basketball coach Jason Shay should take a page out of John Thompson and Joe Paterno’s book.

Schedule soft.

Shay inherits a team with no starters returning. His leading scorer from last year has been injury prone and averaged 7.5 points a game.

No, the cupboard isn’t bare. But his seven-foot center is a transfer from Casper, not Oklahoma State.

Shay’s hoping for waivers, prospects, a transfer who put up good numbers at Southeast Missouri State and another who primarily sat on the bench of a mediocre Tennessee team last season.

Jalen Johnson started only two games for the Vols last year before becoming a graduate transfer to ETSU

So maybe this isn’t the best year to play two Southeastern Conference teams, participate in a multi-team tournament, and enter in to series with high level mid-majors, as Shay’s predecessor Steve Forbes was scheduling before departing to Wake Forest.

Maybe it’s time to instead see what contracts have been signed, which ones haven’t, and try to…