Im guessing if things dont improve by the end of next year We will be looking for a new coach this is the worst game ive whatched ISU play ive whatched cyclones sports since 87 Wow
MBB: Meltdown thread
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Did you just watch any of that game? We got THROTTLED by Drake. We made Drake look like the spurs.
I really hope we see BIG improvements in our basketball program quick. Because one of the more devastating things that could happen would be a 5 star in the making sitting in our backyard turning us down. And it is going to be hard for him to pick the good guys over the Kansas of the world if we don't make huge improvements!!
I'm guessing your guess is wrong. Coaches should get three years to build their team, and in this case, it should be 4. I will be right there asking for a coaching change when GMac has a senior class he recruited go through his system, if they are unsuccessful.
Iowa had 29 turnovers at home against Lousiana Monroe.
Their guards are better scorers, though.
The line in that game is going to be VERY interesting.
Ok, we all need to hold hands and start singing Kum Ba Yah or some other feel good song. Brian - come back to the light, come back to the light!
Have you seen Iowa play?!? Plus it's in Hilton (even though that hasn't mattered much)
We may need a couple more Iowa players to pass out in a bathroom stall.
Ooh, that could be a good chant for the Iowa game...
"Bathroom Stall Bohall" *clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
A few random thoughts.
I agree that college basketball is a guards game, but it is very frustrating that we missed so badly in the recruitment of guards. BP and SH both walk ons are starting ahead of all the scholarship guards. It is very frustrating that amongst Brister, Boozer and Garrett none of them have shown enough to beat out the walkons. Additionally Brister is already gone, and Boozer only sees time in mop up situations.
It is very disturbing that this team is constantly getting pounded on the glass. We have enough talent in the front court that this shouldn't be happening.
I don't like the coaching philosophy where players can sit out practice due to injury and still play in the games. This is a dangerous precedent that can lead to chemistry issues and lack of toughness. Teams play as they practice if a player isn't able to go in practice then they shouldn't be rewarded with playing time. This in no way is a knock on injured players.
I agree that college basketball is a guards game, but it is very frustrating that we missed so badly in the recruitment of guards. BP and SH both walk ons are starting ahead of all the scholarship guards. It is very frustrating that amongst Brister, Boozer and Garrett none of them have shown enough to beat out the walkons. Additionally Brister is already gone, and Boozer only sees time in mop up situations.
It is very disturbing that this team is constantly getting pounded on the glass. We have enough talent in the front court that this shouldn't be happening.
I don't like the coaching philosophy where players can sit out practice due to injury and still play in the games. This is a dangerous precedent that can lead to chemistry issues and lack of toughness. Teams play as they practice if a player isn't able to go in practice then they shouldn't be rewarded with playing time. This in no way is a knock on injured players.
I've been following ISU sports since 1983. This is the worst BB team that we have fielded in that entire timeframe. The guard play is absolutely horrible. Bryan Petersen and Sean Haluska should never see the court, but for some reason ISU can not retain guards. I recall many people (*****, Tirrell, etc) blaming LE for all of the attrition. Well, LE is long gone and still we are 'short handed'.
I am convinced that ISU has a tradition of losing in BB and FB because patience has too long been the byword for excusing lousy performance. Too many years are written off because it is a no coach or someone is hurt or some other excuse. Under no circumstances should ISU ever lose by 35 to DRAKE.
I agree with what you said. But we still do not lose to Drake. At least not like that. Ever. Drake cannot own us like that. 0-12 in the Big 12 I can see. But Iowa State cannot lose to Drake by 30 and expect anything great on the horizon.
And your point is? LSU had a decent team that year, but they were without one of their main guys that game. It was early in the year...similar to when Drake beat our '99 team. After that win and the start UNI had...everyone thought they were going to dominate the Valley and they didn't even finish top 2. In fact, if memory serves me, they petered out badly late and finished something like 4th or 5th, but got into the NCAA because of their early season success.
Yeah, I am not saying I am happy about this team. I think we hit the perfect storm tonight...a hot-shooting, quick backcourted, jacked-up team that went up against a shorthanded, confused, young team.
I hear your frustration, though.
I wasn't thrilled with the hire and said so on this board. I am willing to wait and see because there is nothing else I can do. That said, it is extremely difficult for me to see how year 3 or 4 is going to magically be better. The offense is mechanical at best. Buckley and Eichmeir (sp?) may help some, but Mann and the kid from Utah are a reach at this level. Not going crazy here or anything, but I just am not impressed with the results of this coaching staff to date. There was an utter lack of discipline and fundamentals displayed tonight. And isn't that what we were (justifiably) upset with the previous regime for?
