If Jim Larranaga never wanted to talk about last season again, who could blame him?
It started off with Miami being implicated in the Adidas scandal (actually that was prior to last season) and soon enough Larranaga lost center Dewan Hernandez because the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible. Larranaga was later cleared of wrongdoing but the damage had been done.
The hits just kept coming and Larranaga was eventually down to seven scholarship players. You can go with a small rotation but seven players just isn't usually enough for a long season, least of all when your big men are falling like leaves.