Made this post elsewhere but I hope TJ learned 2 things from this year

[CoKane]

1. Never bank schollies

2. Never bank on anyone being here who hasn't committed

Those 2 things are why the season turned out how they are. We're massively overachieving but could be actually good if we had better breaks in the offseason. Hopefully TJ and the staff learn from this

 

[NoCreativity]

The story to this season was written last May. Thats why I was so upset after the Hunter and Green debacle last spring.

I was worried about the jump in competition from the Bonnie transfers also. They've had some good moments but as a whole they've been pretty average. We needed Osuni to be 2014 McKay and he looks more like 2015 McKay. Holmes has been a decent complimentary piece but not anybody who can carry a game like IB last year.

This year has pretty much been a continuation of last year except Grill and Gabe got on a hot shooting streak until late January. It gave us alot of false hopes that this team could compete for a championship when in actuality they are probably the 8th or 9th most talented team in the league.

We definitely overachieved now that you look at the season as a whole.

 

[JP4CY]

I don't think TJ or anyone expected the injuries or maybe even an ineligible for part of the season Tre.
Our expected PG missed the whole year, our best perimeter shooter missed games and still looks hobbled, our most versatile player lost maybe a month?

I know a lot of teams get injured but it seems to have really snagged us this year.

 

[clone52]

1. Never bank schollies

2. Never bank on anyone being here who hasn't committed

Those 2 things are why the season turned out how they are. We're massively overachieving but could be actually good if we had better breaks in the offseason. Hopefully TJ and the staff learn from this

You think grabbing one last scholarship player who didn't fit the team chemistry would be the difference? Really?

 

[Gary_ISU]

You think grabbing one last scholarship player who didn't fit the team chemistry would be the difference? Really?

Agreed and exactly who would that have been?

 

[nfrine]

I just wish Pollard checks in with CF before he hires any new coaches. Probably at least a dozen excellent folks to choose from....

 

[CoKane]

You think grabbing one last scholarship player who didn't fit the team chemistry would be the difference? Really?

You have 0 idea if they'd fit the chemistry or not. While we drug our feet on Green there were plenty of guys out there

 

[Rabbuk]

I'm just here to say bowen born without adding any more context.

 

[dirtyninety]

Never let them see you sweat. I am not sure how you do it with those guns in the tight shirts, but you do.

Anyway..... a Technical once in awhile is ok. Otherwise, you are just playing at the other teams' foul-call-generating-culture.

 

[jbhtexas]

1. Never bank schollies

2. Never bank on anyone being here who hasn't committed

Those 2 things are why the season turned out how they are. We're massively overachieving but could be actually good if we had better breaks in the offseason. Hopefully TJ and the staff learn from this

3. A defense scheme based on excessive double-teaming, trapping, over-helping etc. will be exposed in the Big 12 if you don't have athletes superior to the competition.

4. Running the weave on the perimeter for 15 seconds every possession and pulling your post out to set high screens doesn't really work in the Big 12.

5. Being the worst in-conference FT shooting team 2 years running is not a good thing.

 

[Messi]

You have 0 idea if they'd fit the chemistry or not. While we drug our feet on Green there were plenty of guys out there

watching this Pitt / Syracuse game and i find myself wondering how Blake Hinson would've helped this squad

 

[BCClone]

watching this Pitt / Syracuse game and i find myself wondering how Blake Hinson would've helped this squad

Can he score?

 

[NoCreativity]

Can he score?

Very efficiently, wasn't the best at defense though so we ran him off, same with Enuruna last year.

 

[CoKane]

Very efficiently, wasn't the best at defense though so we ran him off, same with Enuruna last year.

I mean, Enaruna couldn't do either thing

 

[Messi]

Can he score?

in 17 acc games this year
14.8 ppg 5.8 rpg 38.7% from 3

playing 'Cuse right now and has 22 pts and 6/16 from 3P

 

[CoKane]

in 17 acc games this year
14.8 ppg 5.8 rpg 38.7% from 3

playing 'Cuse right now and has 22 pts and 6/16 from 3P

Why has he taken 17 3s

 

[3TrueFans]

3. Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

 

[JP4CY]

I mean, Enaruna couldn't do either thing

Tristan reminded my so much of Jordan Railey.
Would get yanked 30 seconds into a game.

 

[Messi]

Why has he taken 17 3s

because he ran out of gametime to take 18

 

[clone52]

You have 0 idea if they'd fit the chemistry or not. While we drug our feet on Green there were plenty of guys out there

You have 0 idea if any of those guys would have come. TJ has the best idea of who would fit with the team.

Maybe TJ thought Green was the best piece to win a conference title. If you want Iowa State to not try and get the best players they can and instead settle for someone else, then I don't know what to tell you.