First, just a little correction to your post. ISU only beat UNI by 7. I don't think 7 points is quite smoking an opponent (unless you are an Iowa fan, than winning by two points is considered smoking an opponent. :wink
And in the last 14 games of that season, Morgan's team went 5-9 -- including a 10 point loss to a bad Nebraska team at home. You are right, though, they fell apart in Big 12 play, but the Big 12 was down that year. Colorado was ranked 25th when ISU beat them at home (beat them bad, actually), Texas was ranked 8th (lost to them) and Oklahoma was ranked 9th (lost to them).
But isn't that what the discussion is about. Morgan's last team started off fairly well as you pointed out, but stunk in a weak Big 12.
Did Morgan deserve another year to right the ship? I can see your argument on that point and sort of agree with you on it.
However, it's no good to rehash the past. Morgan's gone, won't return.
If Gmac's team does as poorly this year as Morgan's last year, than, yep, pull the plug.
OK I agree. I wasn't trying to state that Morgan was the answer.... just that its obvious that Gmac isn't either, unless we are judging them on a completely separate scale.
I was fine in some ways with the firing of Morgan because I thought we were heading the wrong direction and I didn't believe we would be competing for any Big 12 championships under Wayne. Its clear to me that the program has not improved at all (and possibly regressed) under Mcdermott. It drives me nuts that so many of our fans blame everything on Morgan and only remember the bad parts of the Morgan years while going out of their way to give Gmac the benefit of the doubt.
He still has conference season to turn it around and change our minds. At this point with the way we are playing I don't see us winning more than 6-7 games during conference and ending up in the NIT at best..... however we have the talent and ability to win more. So if Gmac can do some coaching and get his team playing together and playing with fire and passion and some balls (I'd give anything for a Homan) we can still turn it around in Big 12 play and make the tournament. But he'd better get a move on, cause the beginning of our Big 12 schedule is just brutal.
