Good article Jeremy.
Here's my comment:
- McD is trying his best to stay above 500 during his first season at
ISU and I think he will get it done. How, we will find out soon.
- I say even with our bad losses this year, we "played with the heart" for much of this season compared to WM's ball club.
- Next year will be even more difficult for McD to stay above 500. I do not think we will bounce back for another couple years. This is tough!
- Big 12 is full of great coaches. McD is a good coach, he will have to be a great coach soon and I am certain he will get there. Here are my reasons why he is not so great yet:
-- Texas game, 2 minutes remaining -
ISU gets the momentum - down by 8 points while they trailed by 20 points on average the entire 30 minutes prior to that. Big coaching decision, what will McD do? Well, he brought Brock in for shooting 3's - clearly a mistake, bad decision!
-- Ohio State game, 7 minutes remaining - game has been pretty tight so far. No major adjustment was made defensively, OSU gets easy baskets and gets away with a win.
-- Oklahoma State game, despite a sluggish start by OSU,
ISU is only within 3 in half time. It seems like we play to the level of competition, we don't take advantage of teams looking sloppy.
-- Many of the games this seasons, we played excellent in just one half - first or second. Not both halves - not the entire 40 minutes. Granted its a rebuilding season, but for how long??? This is a big 12 league that is full of great coaches, great opportunities, and yet some miserable teams that should get us "easy" wins. We need to establish some dominance against teams like Missouri or Colorado and prove that we are at least better than the bottom feeders. McD has been unable to take us to that level.
