CycloneErik
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I kinda thought so, but I was writing today and the brain is tired.
We need something better than discussing bad records.
This is why Prohm must go........
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I kinda thought so, but I was writing today and the brain is tired.
We need something better than discussing bad records.
Yes. My donation allows me to buy season tickets to football and basketball (and the other sports if I so choose).
Prohms teams might have better wins, but I challenge you to find a worse loss than famu that McDermott had, or a worse home beat down than Kansas gave us this year.
That's without the other 3 recruits coming in, or Javahn Johnson, the transfer from Troy that's currently on the team but is sitting this year.
Possibly, but he did manage to lose to UNI in 2006 by 13 in CF and then turn around and help Drake to its first winning season in over two decades by getting beat by them in Hilton in the very next game. Drake finished the season 17-15; UNI 18-13.
The next year, he lost to UNI at home by 13 and a couple of games later in Des Moines to Drake by 35. UNI finished 18-14 on the year. Drake proved to be very good finishing with only 5 losses.
In 2008-09 he had home losses to South Dakota State (only by 7), Missouri by 14 and Kansas by 15. He lost at Missouri by 31.
In 2009-10 he lost to Kansas in Hilton by 23.
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Yep, which is why I included Jackson with our good shooters of the past. He and Grill have a decent pedigree when it comes to their shooting ability, so I expect them to be above 35% sooner rather than later.
But there aren't a lot of guys who are average shooters in high school that become good shooters in college. It's probably the most practiced skill at all levels, so habits are hard to break, and the ceiling for improvement is the lowest.
Hold my beer.
Glen Anderson, Maury John
and Ken Trickey. The bookends there had a 20 game loss season each while I was still around Ames/DSM. After Maury John died of cancer we didn't have a winning season for another ten years. Ten ******* years. John was a huge hire at the time, nabbing a Final Four coach to coach in the then brand new Hilton. Might still have hired Johnny at some point but he won't likely be seen as the savior but maybe more of the successor to the program Maury might have built. Biggest coulda been in Cyclone history for hoops.
He's not unique. Just this year, Fatts Russell (all name team) of Rhode Island is proving it can be done again even with the new arc. The last two years he shot .298 and .223 with over 100 attempts each year. This year he is shooting .385 on over 50 attempts.
Mike McGuirl of K State shot poorly his first two seasons. I would probably throw out the freshman .238 since it was only 21 attempts. However last year he shot 65 threes at a .277 pace. Don't look now, but he is shooting .481 on 52 attempts this year.
Want another ISU example? Abdel Nader: .299, .277, .217 then .371. In the NBA he has been .354, .320 and .364.
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Ticket sales might drop of some, donations will stay the same, I'm guessing. The success in FB will cover the slack in BB. Most people who have their season tickets are in it for the long haul they've made the commitment to spend X amount of dollars on ISU athletics. Single game tkt sales will decline we've seen that already this yr with the text sales alerts coming over phones on the day before the game. The big donors aren't going anywhere IMHO.
But he made the commitment to stay. There was still a chance that he could have gotten injured etc... So give the kid some credit.
^This. All of the posting and speculating about how the parquet level folks are going to bail is seemingly just trash talking by folks who aren't in the parquet or even ticket holders at all for that matter. I only know one parquet level MBB poster here and he ain't bailing for one bad or two bad years. Peeps didn't bail when the largest portion of their ticket cost, the donation, was no longer deductible like it was.
Quite right. I know a guy with a group of 6 (I think) parquet seats and they won't ever be giving those up. I think his son and grandkids already have plans for them.
Just checked Ticketmaster via ISU ticket sales looking for tickets to KSU. Thinking about popping down I-35 for a double header next weekend, with both WBB/MBB at Hilton Saturday. Only 12 tickets listed in the parquet, six pairs. Always a pain trying to find a single. Maybe more will pop up next week. Might have to buy a pair and find a friend to treat.
Damnit, hope the weather gods don't see this. they kinda hate me.
