I think we as fanbase need to take a step away from the ledge here. We have one of the best AD's in the country and I think people need to remember that.
I'll make 3 points:
- As others have well stated, he has to be impartial when he's on the committee and doing his own rankings and I think he was when he rated us as #8 overall. If I were on the committee, I know I would rank my team 1 or 2 spots worse than what they deserve just to totally eliminate any appearance that I was inflating ISU
- I think it's important to parse Jamie's words carefully. Lots of people disagreeing with the scheduling. But, he said the goal was to help us get into the tourney. They didn't think they were that good. I don't think anyone thought we would be as good as we are! It's a big difference scheduling to get into the dance as opposed to scheduling tougher to get good seed
- Let's be honest, if TJ and Jamie had scheduled harder and we had several losses in the non-con, all of cyclone nation would be mad cause they scheduled too hard and cost us a bid to the dance!!
I have no issue with the scheduling or what Jamie did.
Lets enjoy the best 4 days of the year and make a deep run!!
Absolutely all of this can be true, while it also being true that there is zero value to him going on a radio show and choosing to solely highlight our NCSOS. It was just so unnecessary, and gets to the core of what drives people nuts about JP. It's his unabashed need to feel like he's right about everything.