*** Official IOWA STATE VS #2 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***
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A couple of things:
1. Only 2 Big 12 teams are undefeated in conference. It would have been amazing to get that win.
2. We have played consistently good for 3 halves in row now. That's a good thing. This team looked a lot better than they have.
3. If I spent my life as miserable as a lot of you, I think I wouldn't bother following sports.
1. Only 2 Big 12 teams are undefeated in conference. It would have been amazing to get that win.
2. We have played consistently good for 3 halves in row now. That's a good thing. This team looked a lot better than they have.
3. If I spent my life as miserable as a lot of you, I think I wouldn't bother following sports.
We play every game like this one and we only lose a few conference games - I'm good with that.
You mean the #2 team in the country with wins over several ranked teams, might have had an affect on our last play? It wasn't all our worthless coach and players? I'm shocked.
Our game plan was awesome coming into the game. I generally think that's Prohm's best strength.
But there is no denying our end of game offensive issues and inability to close out close games. I haven't doubled checked it but someone said Prohm is 4-11 in games decided by 5 or less.
We DEFINITELY need improvement there or will be sweating come March.
For all the people saying there was a play call it just wasn't executed that may be but where's the proof that he can do it. The problem with saying that is this is always the case. The way you get to the point that people will say it wasn't executed well or they defended it well is to actually execute it well sometimes.
Set play execution remains are largest weakness.
Set play execution remains are largest weakness.
The idea that Scott Drew is a bad coach is one that needs to die. He may have been at one time be he isn't anymore
They got rolled @ Syracuse today too. Not sure how good Cuse is but that isn't promising
Well they did get dominated inside but they found a way to counteract it.
I'm over the loss. Just hope they build on it. Showed some gumption finally.
He is and always has been a very good coach. We joke about how he always calls lots of timeouts in Ames. But the fact is it has been great strategy. I seemed to recall it helped cost us a conference title one year when they beat us Ames.
This is exactly right - whatever perceived shortcomings people think Prohm has just think how much Drew improved and we are already seeing how well Prohm recruits.
The thing is that 8-second set plays against any set college defense, much less a great one in BU, are not a winning proposition. The defenses are too well coached to be beat for an easy shot in 8 seconds.
NET NEGATIVE
It does NOT MATTER to team success just HOW AMAZINGLY TALENTED and awe-inspiring ANY player’s raw talent IS. Kobe Bryant did crazy “cool things” the last several years of his NBA career (D*m^e^ selfish gunner). If/when you have ANY player whose team’s success SUFFERS when he (or she) is on the floor (like a net LOSS of points - and especially giving up leads) CONSISTENTLY – SUCH a person certainly does NOT BELONG on the floor during “crunch time!
The loss to Baylor is the SAME AS ANY OTHER LOSS – whether by ONE or by SIXTY. Put Solomon Young or Donovan Jackson into THAT game for the last FIVE MINUTES, and IMHO it would be a Cyclone WIN! Baylor was TOTALLY set up to lose, and wishful thinking LET Baylor off the hook!
Burton is NOT yet READY to come back and be reliable ENOUGH to fill the role that he NEEDS to fill - AND which this team NEEDS HIM to fill. …same old habits and tendencies” AND net negative game margins WHENEVER on the floor.
If he is blessed with all of this talent, then he is capable of CHANGE. Unless change is demanded and insisted upon, it WILL NOT HAPPEN!
Signed,
2 bad, so sad.
It does NOT MATTER to team success just HOW AMAZINGLY TALENTED and awe-inspiring ANY player’s raw talent IS. Kobe Bryant did crazy “cool things” the last several years of his NBA career (D*m^e^ selfish gunner). If/when you have ANY player whose team’s success SUFFERS when he (or she) is on the floor (like a net LOSS of points - and especially giving up leads) CONSISTENTLY – SUCH a person certainly does NOT BELONG on the floor during “crunch time!
The loss to Baylor is the SAME AS ANY OTHER LOSS – whether by ONE or by SIXTY. Put Solomon Young or Donovan Jackson into THAT game for the last FIVE MINUTES, and IMHO it would be a Cyclone WIN! Baylor was TOTALLY set up to lose, and wishful thinking LET Baylor off the hook!
Burton is NOT yet READY to come back and be reliable ENOUGH to fill the role that he NEEDS to fill - AND which this team NEEDS HIM to fill. …same old habits and tendencies” AND net negative game margins WHENEVER on the floor.
If he is blessed with all of this talent, then he is capable of CHANGE. Unless change is demanded and insisted upon, it WILL NOT HAPPEN!
Signed,
2 bad, so sad.
So, they're still 36 in Kenpom. That's a perfectly good win. Haters haters haters.
Which is why the stoppage was so critical. 10 times easier to score in a scramble than by inbounding it with the defense all set and in position.
We have lost to the only undefeated teams in the nation by a combined total of 4 points. One game on the road and one on a neutral site. This is the team that we have. It might not be built like the team we thought it was going to be or hoped but it's what we have. I think they shown that they can compete with anyone just gotta figure out how to win. I hope they learned a thing or two the last few games.
