You know this how? Examples?
Let people have their opinions....if not change your name to McD-Apologist
You know this how? Examples?
I guess because he has had success everywhere else he has been? Maybe he just got lucky everywhere else and he doesn't know anything. Maybe I am just trying really hard to be optimistic who knows.
I guess because he has had success everywhere else he has been? Maybe he just got lucky everywhere else and he doesn't know anything. Maybe I am just trying really hard to be optimistic who knows.
You know this how? Examples?
I'll say that if McDermott doesn't last at Iowa State, I suspect he'll be very successful wherever he ends up and I don't think it will matter if it is a high major or a mid major. His problems so far at Iowa State can be mostly summed up as luck and circumstance.
I am still 100% in his corner at Iowa State and think he'll get it worked out. I was very happy to see the players come out and play really hard for the entire game on Saturday. We obviously, had our lapses, but I don't think it was effort related, which is great to see. If there is any justice in the basketball world, we will get an upset win or two.
Let people have their opinions....if not change your name to McD-Apologist
Sweet, if I let people have their opinions...Can I ask questions or have my own?
My personal opnion, but I have known McD. since the Uni years.
I'll say that if McDermott doesn't last at Iowa State, I suspect he'll be very successful wherever he ends up and I don't think it will matter if it is a high major or a mid major. His problems so far at Iowa State can be mostly summed up as luck and circumstance.
I think GMac is 0-19 against ranked opponents. That really is a remarkable statistic. GMac hasnt even accidentally pulled an upset. And upsets happen all the time in college basketball.
Look I am just as frustrated as most fans and I have been supporting Mac the entire time. I always wonder how much of the mess you can blame on Mac. He's not entirely "immune" to criticism but it's been a trend lately not just at ISU of players leaving. Seems like some kids these days don't have a sense of loyalty to the schools they commit to or the same desire and passion of what it is to be a Cyclone or whatever team they are as their coaches, teammates, and fans do.
Another example is a coach can coach a kid till he is blue in the face and if that kid still is not executing it on the court other than pulling him from the floor what else can you do? DG is the 1 example of this. He's a 3 year starter and he still makes freshman mistakes. He gave up 4 easy points to start the 2nd half when he didn't take care of the ball at mid court and let KSU steal the ball for 2 easy dunks. We are so thin on the bench right now at some point some of these players need to step up and play smarter. I'm sure it's being coached to them every single day to value the basketball on every possession but the coaches aren't on the floor with the ball making stupid passes or carelessly dribbling the ball where the defender can steal it.
I guess because he has had success everywhere else he has been? Maybe he just got lucky everywhere else and he doesn't know anything. Maybe I am just trying really hard to be optimistic who knows.
From hind side, I know he wishes he would have cleaned house the first year and started from year 2. That's the only second guessing I know of.
True but we've had games that we played right there with top teams and all it takes us is a few minutes of losing our focus and that's all a good team needs to win a game. The first 5 minutes of the 2nd half have been our kryptonite it seems like. We've taken halftime leads or kept it close going into the locker room at against some good teams this season only to watch the other team come out with a 12-2 run or something in a matter of minutes and put the game out of reach. Just baffling how it keeps happening and even Mac has tried to stop it with some quick time outs only to watch us come out of the timeout and cough the ball up right away again.
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This is a phenomenal comparison. It's the one that I made two years ago.
Mac is more comfortable in a coach's conference like the MVC. He is like a fish out of water in an athlete's conference like the Big 12. It's not his fault, it's the way he is made.
I think McD is questioning himself and whether he can turn it around. This might sound crazy, but I think he might step down.
LOL at you. I know that you are trying to defend Mac here, but you realize that what you wrote is a huge indictment of his coaching prowess.
You are saying that we have played teams close, but then they make adjustment, and Mac doesn't. And he turns opportunities for big wins into losses.
I think what you wanted to write was that Mac has been close, and leave it at that. You aren't helping his argument with what you wrote.