[quote author=melkor link=topic=7465.msg8653#msg8653 date=1147891946]
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You are correct, there are certainly justifitable reasons to be a little worried about the recruiting class because they are as you said pretty much exclusively spring signees. But the fact is, we don't know how good or bad we'll be next year, so why not at least hope for good? It seems discombob. KNOWS ISU basketball will be bad next and in the future, and if they are decent, they'll be boring to watch and scoring under 70 points, thus making them impossible to cheer for. It's not his opinion itself that bothers me (because he has the right to it) but the way he presents it, as if it's fact, that us fans who hope GMAC can make next year a positive experience are insane or smokin' weed or something. I realize we all do it from time to time (who likes to be wrong?) but I haven't seen a post of his yet where he hasn't come off that way.
He may turn out to be right, we may suck balls next year, and he may be right on that GMAC will not recruit top notch talent. Until I see that proof here at ISU though, I'll continue to support GMAC and be impressed with what he's accomplished on such short notice.
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I write this all the time, but I'll do it again. I sincerely hope that my concerns and fears are unfounded because that will mean nothing but good things for ISU basketball. Additionally, I will support the team every time McDermott (or whoever) leads them onto the court. No coach or questionable recruiting class could make me do otherwise. I will not support McDermott untill I see results however, based on my misgivings about his coaching and recruiting abilities.
You say to wait and see before being too pessimistic, but how about all the people blindly supporting McDermott do the same before bashing people who hold a different opinion.
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(First of all, I don't know if you were referring to me discombob., but I am not a blind loyalish - just a guy who thinks GMAC might just be the right guy for the job, or at least is excited about a change in MBB)
You make some really good points, Melkor. Actually I am kind of in the same boat as you. I said when he was hired that I wanted to see results before I started forming some intelligent opinions, so I guess I'm basing my opinion now on the little results we seen so far - his first recruiting class and comparing things now to where I think we'd be if Wayne we still here. I just have a good feeling about these spring signees, which I know is odd. Either way the main reason why I have been replying so much to posts like discombobs. is because as much as I am bothered by "blind loyalty" sometimes, I hate blind pessimism, and that's what discombobs posts, IMO, are all about.
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You are correct, there are certainly justifitable reasons to be a little worried about the recruiting class because they are as you said pretty much exclusively spring signees. But the fact is, we don't know how good or bad we'll be next year, so why not at least hope for good? It seems discombob. KNOWS ISU basketball will be bad next and in the future, and if they are decent, they'll be boring to watch and scoring under 70 points, thus making them impossible to cheer for. It's not his opinion itself that bothers me (because he has the right to it) but the way he presents it, as if it's fact, that us fans who hope GMAC can make next year a positive experience are insane or smokin' weed or something. I realize we all do it from time to time (who likes to be wrong?) but I haven't seen a post of his yet where he hasn't come off that way.
He may turn out to be right, we may suck balls next year, and he may be right on that GMAC will not recruit top notch talent. Until I see that proof here at ISU though, I'll continue to support GMAC and be impressed with what he's accomplished on such short notice.
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I write this all the time, but I'll do it again. I sincerely hope that my concerns and fears are unfounded because that will mean nothing but good things for ISU basketball. Additionally, I will support the team every time McDermott (or whoever) leads them onto the court. No coach or questionable recruiting class could make me do otherwise. I will not support McDermott untill I see results however, based on my misgivings about his coaching and recruiting abilities.
You say to wait and see before being too pessimistic, but how about all the people blindly supporting McDermott do the same before bashing people who hold a different opinion.
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(First of all, I don't know if you were referring to me discombob., but I am not a blind loyalish - just a guy who thinks GMAC might just be the right guy for the job, or at least is excited about a change in MBB)
You make some really good points, Melkor. Actually I am kind of in the same boat as you. I said when he was hired that I wanted to see results before I started forming some intelligent opinions, so I guess I'm basing my opinion now on the little results we seen so far - his first recruiting class and comparing things now to where I think we'd be if Wayne we still here. I just have a good feeling about these spring signees, which I know is odd. Either way the main reason why I have been replying so much to posts like discombobs. is because as much as I am bothered by "blind loyalty" sometimes, I hate blind pessimism, and that's what discombobs posts, IMO, are all about.
