It’s outdated in that the 4 isn’t your traditional power forward. Our ideal 4 isn’t a banger it’s a tweeter that can stretch the floor and guard smaller players almost as well as bigger players. Kipper could be capable of doing that but I don’t think AJ or Jones can this season.
Unless you develop a reliable inside game one of the big men, Kipper at 4 will not be effective, cut certainly we will be forced out of necessity. It is not that we have many options. Kipper at the 5 with AJ/Jones at 4 will not be adequate. We may still improve from 4-14 due tot he bar being very low (and our backcourt being much improved) but certainly not adequate for making the NCAA tournament. Any hope of making the tournament relies on one (or more) of our big men developing as consistent inside players.