Not to mention that we know, without a doubt, who would be the coach if Prohm left or was fired.
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Not to mention that we know, without a doubt, who would be the coach if Prohm left or was fired.
IQ part is big - especially when you see a missed block out, or no block out, or doubling on a post and leaving your 3 point shooter wide open... I think you can learn that. Effort is 100% under a players control but knowing these are at best KIDS, hard to expect them to know what "effort" means at this level both in games, in practices and in the quiet hours in between when bad things happen.
Did the old Cyclone teams make it special? Or is/was it that FANS that made the Hilton experience?
We know exactly what this team is. It's the sum total of the goods and the bads throughout the year. So we know exactly what this team is - it is inconsistent.
I like TJ, and if he’s the coach I will be his biggest fan. My concern is that he went to a good program, and had a historically great player there already. How will he do without daum?
I would assume he is going to leave there after this year. Will be interesting to see how he does if he has to rebuild a program.
It was the team responding to the fans. And it was the fans taking responsibility for pulling the teams through.
Wow. They’d beaten them by 42 and 20 points in the first two meetings.
Playing for all intents and purposes a home game, they lose to a 20 loss team.
Daum only got 10 shots in the game. Could you imagine how eviscerated prohm would be if he lost the same way; and the 3000 point scorer got 10 shots?
The team never responded to me when I was front and center during the McDermott years. It takes two hands to count the number of times that I’ve seen JEREMIAH MASSEY shush the student section while I was there.
People need to get a grip and probably have a think on their lives when a 5th place finish in the league and what looks to be a 5-7 seed in the NCAA tourney is considered a fireable season. After just bringing in one our best recruiting classes ever. I don’t like it that these people are fans of my schools athletic teams. It’s like Groundhog Day every season. Crazy too high. Insanely too low. 3 or 4 peaks in a year (we’re winning the league! Most talented team ever!) 4 or 5 dips in a year (everyone is transferring! Bad inbounds plays!). It happens EVERY YEAR. This is what CBB is for the non blue-bloods. It’s a grind and if you’re jumping ship you’re off the grind and it looks weak.
You’re not wrong, and they would have crushed johnny and his teams too.
But to be in Hilton for some of those great moments, you could feel it. The year the term was coined, they had gotten destroyed at Missouri and they beat them.
They got crushed at okie state, and got them at home.
Kansas beat them 127-82, the worst beating I’ve ever seen an Iowa State team take, even worse than Indiana a couple years later. They got them in Hilton. Mike Born became my favorite Cyclone ever during that stretch. Back to back 26 point games. The place was phenomenal then. The crowd reached out and told the guys, we got you.
I felt bad for Drake. They are down to nothing, and uni was lucky to get through it regardless
Didn't Mooney nearly come here instead of TT? I was thinking we nearly had him.
I think he could have been the difference maker this team needed this season. I love his game. I think he could have been a team leader possibly too. He's just tough.
I think he could have been the difference maker this team needed this season. I love his game. I think he could have been a team leader possibly too. He's just tough.
I don't know if we "nearly had him," but yes he came for a visit, and I remember when he chose Tech (and I couldn't understand why, but now I do), thinking, 'that's the type of guy we needed.'
The heart and effort displayed in yesterday's game was encouraging and hopefully will continue going forward.
However, all other shortcomings already over-discussed ad nauseam aside, (i.e. freshman inexperience, lack of basketball IQ, poor defense, poor shot selection, etc, etc, etc.), yesterday we left NINE free points on the table. Tech hit 100% of theirs.
Final score could have been
82 Cyclones - 80 TT.
However, all other shortcomings already over-discussed ad nauseam aside, (i.e. freshman inexperience, lack of basketball IQ, poor defense, poor shot selection, etc, etc, etc.), yesterday we left NINE free points on the table. Tech hit 100% of theirs.
Final score could have been
82 Cyclones - 80 TT.
Very impressed with the turnout and enthusiasm yesterday. But more disappointed in all of the "Cyclone fans" who not only didn't stick around for the senior speeches, but there must have been a thousand or two who filed out while we were still in the game. C'mon guys and gals, I have places to be too, but my favorite team deserves more respect. Are we becoming that jaded?
