For all Mac supporters, who gets the blame?

**UNIGuy4Cy** · 01-20-2010, 12:48 PM

Seriously who gets the blame for all the lost talent, the lack of on-court performance, and the locker room issues, no BIG wins. Say what you want we won under Floyd, Morgan, and Eustacy even with the transfers. Mac has driven this once proud basketball program into the ground, if not him who is to blame? Sorry but in real life this goes back to the CEO of the company or in this case the coach of the program. Would you still be a manager if everyone started quitting on you and you had no big achievements in your position?

**gocubs2118** · 01-20-2010, 12:49 PM

This couldn't have gone in on of the other 424 threads about this same topic?

**kg-cyclone** · 01-20-2010, 12:49 PM

Blame who you want...Doesn't change the situation.

We're okay...Big game tonight.

**bawbie** · 01-20-2010, 12:50 PM

The season isn't over. We don't know if we'll be Big 12 champs, or 10th place in the Big 12. We don't know if we'll be home for the postseason or in the Sweet 16.

Until that is decided, it is just plain wrong to say that this team has a "lack of on-court performance".

the responsibility definitely goes to McDermott, but prescribing this season to the trash heap now is giving up on this team, something I refuse to do.

**kingcy** · 01-20-2010, 12:51 PM

Hasnt this been talked about over and over and over again?

**rbrook** · 01-20-2010, 12:52 PM

How is a record of 12-5 running the program in the ground? I still like this team and there is a lot of games yet to be played.

**cyclonenum1** · 01-20-2010, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by bawbie

The season isn't over. We don't know if we'll be Big 12 champs, or 10th place in the Big 12. We don't know if we'll be home for the postseason or in the Sweet 16.

Until that is decided, it is just plain wrong to say that this team has a "lack of on-court performance".

the responsibility definitely goes to McDermott, but prescribing this season to the trash heap now is giving up on this team, something I refuse to do.

I don't want to give up on the team either.

But we are not in year one of the GM era...we are in year four and GM's performance as our coach to this point is fair game for criticism...middle of the season or not.

Let me ask you a question...what if ISU lost every remaining Big 12 game (which I don't believe is likely)...would you be on this site asking for us to wait until the conference tournament was over because we still had a chance to make it to the NCAA Tournament?

**cyclonenum1** · 01-20-2010, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by rbrook

How is a record of 12-5 running the program in the ground? I still like this team and there is a lot of games yet to be played.

Memo to you...we are not in year one...we are in year four and GM's body of work at ISU is more than just the 17 games played this season to date.

**cycloneworld** · 01-20-2010, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by cyclonenum1

Let me ask you a question...what if ISU lost every remaining Big 12 game (which I don't believe is likely)...would you be on this site asking for us to wait until the conference tournament was over because we still had a chance to make it to the NCAA Tournament?

What if we won every remaining Big 12 game, would you be on this site spewing the same tiresome lines?

**abcguyks** · 01-20-2010, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy

Seriously who gets the blame for all the lost talent, the lack of on-court performance, and the locker room issues, no BIG wins.

1) As another poster has stated - blame fixes nothing.

2) If you must assign blame - how about blaming the players.

**Wesley** · 01-20-2010, 01:01 PM

This is Bush's fault.

**chuckd4735** · 01-20-2010, 01:01 PM

I also will wait out the season on this one. McDermott has to make the NCAA Tourney, IMO, or I will start to be very concerned with his progress. This team can definitely do that, and I do not see losing Lucca has a hindrance to that.

**snowcraig2.0** · 01-20-2010, 01:03 PM

The best thing we can do is support the players and coaches now, see what happens, and then act accordingly after the season.

Somehow I have a good feeling about all of this.

**ISU4ME** · 01-20-2010, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by [B

UNIGuy4Cy[/B];1489643]Seriously who gets the blame for all the lost talent, the lack of on-court performance, and the locker room issues, no BIG wins. Say what you want we won under Floyd, Morgan, and Eustacy even with the transfers. Mac has driven this once proud basketball program into the ground, if not him who is to blame? Sorry but in real life this goes back to the CEO of the company or in this case the coach of the program. Would you still be a manager if everyone started quitting on you and you had no big achievements in your position?

Shouldn't you be an Iowa fan anyway...

**Cyclonesrule91** · 01-20-2010, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy

Seriously who gets the blame for all the lost talent, the lack of on-court performance, and the locker room issues, no BIG wins. Say what you want we won under Floyd, Morgan, and Eustacy even with the transfers. Mac has driven this once proud basketball program into the ground, if not him who is to blame? Sorry but in real life this goes back to the CEO of the company or in this case the coach of the program. Would you still be a manager if everyone started quitting on you and you had no big achievements in your position?

Use your search function to go find all the other posts answering your post and then we don't have to read yet another useless thread.