The one problem with the entire Tim Miles era was the lack of definable and reliable post presence. The revolving door of sub-standard and inconsisent bigs was never solved. Which lead to guys like Dererk Pardon having career afternoons inside PBA (still nightmare fuel).
I think your interior with this year's squad is undeniably better than anything Miles had and that's enough to keep games in the B1G closer night-in and night-out, overall. Copeland and Roby are some of my favorite players to have watchd and very talented, but they weren't dominant defenders in the paint or streetsweepers on the boards. What this team lacks (and what takes last year's team to a different level) is a player like JPJ. Perhaps Brice Williams can fill that role? Glynn was great but I think Lawrence has the ability to grow into a similar role with a potentially higher upside.