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You guys got truly dominated! This will propel us into the top 25. JackRabbit Nation is on the rise. Move over Little 12, the Summit is upon us.
Iowa State MBB is an absolute mess right now. Going back to the Eustachy hire. Eustachy comes in and has a 15-15 year and follows it with years of 32-5 and 25-6. Largely in part to Floyd's boys. Keep in mind this was a fairly "smooth" coaching transition and Tim kept his hands in quite a bit player and recruiting wise to ease the transition. Then Larry follows with seasons of 12-19 and 17-14 before getting the boot. Enter Wayne Morgan. While he was "developing his talent" with players like Stinson, Blalock, Carr, Degand, Clark (ISU Legend), he was winning less games every year he was here (20, 19, 16). Enter GM. I was a big fan of the hire. Anyone else remember how he used to develop big men and get players to play above their talent level (Eric Coleman?). I've yet to see this sort of development with any of our players. Seemed like a lost cause with Jiri, not sure he was too "coachable." Craig is a good player, just not being properly utilized. I like DG as a gaurd. Eik could be a Jake Sullivan, Michael Nurse type player if you put people with drive and kick capabilities around him. I don't see a lack of basketball ability, I see a lack of energy, and leadership.
Leadership has been missing in this program for some time. Larry lost credibility and confidence after the Hampton debacle (cringe). Wayne let Stinson run the show and leadership should come from a coach not a player, thus why we were getting progressively worse. And under the McDermott regime there just seems to be a lack of identity and leadership. People can talk all they want about how it takes x amount of years to build a program, or teams occasionally come out flat, but my God we are Iowa State University. We have 2 regular season championships, 2 conference tournament championships, 5 NCAA tournament appearances, 4 second round appearances, 2 sweet 16 appearances, an elite 8, 2 NIT births reaching the second round in both cases and the final four in the latter, ALL IN THE LAST 12 YEARS! We have a new facility under construction and not to mention some of the best fans in the conference and nation.
One thing that every successful coach at ISU has had is pride. Tim and Johnny's teams came out and fought every night. They took pride in being Cyclones and even when they weren't playing well they were scrappy. We're the fans that applaud for 25 seconds of good defense, that love seeing big Kantrail Horton get on the floor, that love lanky Paul Shirley bumping elbows with some of the best big men in the country, that love the Jared Homan work ethic, the Cato blocks, that love the Dedric Willoughby dedication, the Hoiberg loyalty. These are just recent examples. I could go back years. What makes us mad is an apparent lack of pride and effort. You can come out flat against SDSU and win based on effort and toughness. Being soft, confused, weak, and slow is unacceptable by my standards.
This one is on coaching and leadership. Someone needs to step up and lead this team. Put them on your back. That HAS to start at the HC position and it's their job to instill that kind of leadership into a player or coach on the court if you will (CB). This is absolutely absurd.
Others have beaten UW-Mil and they are from the MVC like Creighton and UNI. Hey, we have a trendline like the recent football team. We are not oimproving as much as the opposition. Watch out for SDSU when they are on the road, their first year in Div 1. Gimme a break. Are we just going through the motions or the emotions of playing. Looks like motions.
Looking at SDSU they have some quality wins and tough losses.
Minnesota beat them, Tubby's got his boys in the top 25
They got beat by UNI, who we beat
Drake beat them, Hey they are the best team in Iowa
They beat Mayville State by 31 (92-61)
A big win at Central Arkansas (72-67)
And the won a knuckle biter against Upper Iowa at home by 4
We suck!
might be the problem right there. spending all of their time on CF when they should be in the weight room!Please also remember that our athletes visit the site, and they give their all.
Thanks.
might be the problem right there. spending all of their time on CF when they should be in the weight room!
You must have been the Dbag Bunny fan that sat behind us in Hilton.
I hope you enjoyed getting murdered by the worst D1 football team.
It felt good granted we had ten guys injured. How does it feel getting stomped by a new D1 basketball team? A D1 team that will follow its women right to the Top 25.
It felt good granted we had ten guys injured. How does it feel getting stomped by a new D1 basketball team? A D1 team that will follow its women right to the Top 25.
They probably all realize they are in over their heads too.
Coaching in a system is harder than letting the players play 'and1' style ball.
These assistants have a job, how are Wayne's assistant/ grad coaches doing? I am guessing some are working in Des Moines out of the coaching profession.:wideeyed:
How many wins does this staff have after 2.5 years compared to the previous staff?