My conspiracy-mindedness will not allow me to discount the possibility that what we are suddenly hearing about DGL and Ty's abilities & potential at PG is coming from an in-house desire to get the fans off of Underwood's backside, in regards to the perceived failure to procure RayJ or <insert any PG here>...
A veritable blue and orange spin-zone of gumdrop & lollipop flavored smoke aimed directly in an upward trajectory, into our collective orange and blue a$$e$. That being said, I do dig what I'm hearing... I hope that smoke is substantive and not purely propaganda.
However, since we are all strictly dealing in hypotheticals, consider this OBVIOUS angle: Last year's struggles had WAY less to do with the absence of a pass first floor general and so much more to do with (a lack of) team chemistry and particular player(s) going off script, refusing to run the plays called by Brad. This can do way more to derail success as a team than any particular position or player acquisition.
This has been mentioned repeatedly by many level-headed fanatics, but invariably gets lost in the scrabble of "but but but muh POINT GUARD!!!"
Beyond having an alpha, best player/best scorer do most of the ball handling/dominating... having a team of selfless, team-first players with just enough dawg in them to know when to lead vs when defer to equally capable teammates is a great recipe for success, at any level of basketball.
Addition by subtraction is a real thing. MM, SC and JE are all fine hoopers, this cannot be denied. But striking the proper balance of skills & personalities is FAR more consequential to regular and postseason success than getting any one mercenary to come in and hope he doesn't Jekyll & Hyde into a me-first/team-last ball hog when push comes to shove in pressure situations as the season gets deeper in the schedule.
That is more demoralizing to fellow teammates than any other perceived failings as a team and a recipe for exactly what we all saw play out last year.
We root for a program full of skilled players, capable of moving the ball swiftly and selflessly, shooting at a high %, defending & rebounding at a high level, and getting the ball out in transition. The absolute key to success for this upcoming season relies on THIS far more than anything else.
All of that being said, apologies for the verbosity and excess "..." but the constant hand-wringing and whataboutisms in regards to Dennis/Love/Campbell/Williams/Krissa etc is mind-numbing to the point of devolving this forum into a maddening cycle of tribalistic post-mortem equine abuse.