No kidding. It isn't even close. Find a god damn shooter. And then find another one. And then you can focus on the rest.
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No kidding. It isn't even close. Find a god damn shooter. And then find another one. And then you can focus on the rest.
My wish is to get two sharp shooters, a solid big man, and Otz to hire a coach like Fred did Lutz.
He’s publicly throwing players under the bus for not trying, we are done for the year. And I worry about losing Brockington and Hunter.
Continuity may be a thing of the past, the transfer portal has really changed the game for schools like ISU. You may be able to find players you need, but you also will lose players you develop.
We've got to assume that we'll lose Brockington.
But if we lose Hunter, we are ******. But I doubt we will. Everything TJ has said about him is that he's a pretty level headed kid. Of course, TJ said that Tre was the best teammate on the team and then apparently Tre is a bad teammate all of a sudden.
He’s gotta get some glue guys. Guys that are here for 3-4 years. Georges, Monte, Naz, Matt.
I get that it’s a different world. But if you’re not getting one and dones like Cal, etc. you cannot replace 6-7 guys every year.
Mcdermott did that, and prohm did that the last 3 years.
this is what worries me, his comments don't suggest he really gets it, and that reminds me of Prohm...I love defense, but you gotta score...and we just do nothing that poor offensive teams need to do in order to win...get to the line, rebound, and push hard off turnovers
it's really the same mistakes, same stat sheet, and the same post game comments with sone passive aggressive throwing of guys under the bus
it's concerning, I hope I'm wrong and he finds a couple good scorers and this us just a bad memory
but I'm worried.
He’s got to know effort and urgency only get you so far. As a coach you have to put your players in a position to succeed. Just an example, and I know it’s been beat to death on here, but when you run one set pretty much exclusively, you aren’t doing that.
I had coaches in my playing days that only played the guys they thought “played hard” even thought they maybe weren’t as talented as the others. We lost a lot of games.
I get that, but it's quite literally the coach's job to put them in a position to succeed. Do you think that's been done very well on one side of the court?
Then cite it. Because you don’t exactly have a ton of credibility.
This is completely seperate to this Iowa State team, but I remember my high school team, us on the "B" team beat the "A" team just about every time in practice because the only guys who could shoot he had determined before the year weren't "A" team worthy. Needless to say, that guy got fired shortly after I graduated.
It's unreal to me but Lunardi still has us in and it's not even last four safe or last four play in.
I mean...it's a matter of time before we are out, but shockingly even after today's loss at home, he still has us in.
I mean...it's a matter of time before we are out, but shockingly even after today's loss at home, he still has us in.
What are your thoughts on TJ publicly blaming the players today?
I mean they blew a 15 point lead, and all. But do you think he should have done that?
Its because of our strong non-conference. But we cant lose out and make it, and after today I can't confidently say we'll win another game.
I didn’t hear the postgame? Was he specifically calling out players? And if not, I’m not buying the whole “throwing people under the bus” malarkey. In a way, TJ is right. Still baffled as to why his coaching has gotten so bad though.
I'm well aware of why we are still in the conversation. But he had us as a 9 seed before today. I figured we'd be last four safe/last four in but we are shockingly STILL in the mix and yes @Cyclones1969 I am well aware of the bubble as well. Which is why for ANY shot at the tourney we need all those teams listed on that tweet in the bubble section to lose as much as possible.
I can't believe i am even saying that because we won't win another game so this is all moot anyway
