No one is saying "don't panic" though, they are disagreeing with what the problems are and how severe they are.
*** Official Virginia Tech vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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No one is saying "don't panic" though, they are disagreeing with what the problems are and how severe they are.
I personally would like to see more consistency from the offense, but every team is going to have a few “off nights”. The season is way too early to know if the offense will be similar to last year or an offense with more fluidity. It’s easy to be more fluid in non-pressure situations. This tournament is the first time this season they had any pressure. Let’s see how they will adapt from this experience
He’s not going to wait around a year for an opportunity here. He’d probably go to the g league before doing that.
“But if we don’t play him much, we’ll get him back again next year!”…. don’t be too sure about that. He might be one of those that gets picked anyway on potential alone…. or he says “F ISU” and transfers to somewhere that runs a lot better system.
Or goes to G League as someone just mentioned. It sure sounded like he was going to be a one and done in college no matter what. So he likely already has other plans than ISU next year no matter how this year goes. He might not like school at all…. it’s not for everyone.
You must be best friends with him.
It’s not like he’d be starting in g league right now, only if a team spent a first round pick on him and paid him a chunk.
He gets an opportunity every game and he gets in foul trouble or misses easy rebounds with exception of the one game he played well. It’s not like TJ has him on the end of the bench.
There’s no “wasting his one year”. That’s absurd. Milan is playing because he’s elite at some things, Omaha just needs time. If that time has to be somewhere else it’s not that TJ “wasted” his time.
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and a reminder too that this very team that most of you are down on right now lost to Creighton by 3 in a closed scrimmage. Some of you folks need to chillax
The team will be fine
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I think ISU is 33-56 at free throw line last two games (and how many misses on front end of 1 and 1?).
Not going to win that way
Not going to win that way
The 1 and 1 first misses are really tough to recover from.
You don’t think the NBA drafts on potential? They don’t need to see it proven on the court. It’s insane who gets taken some years. Omaha could have been in the G League this year had he chosen that route.
Halliburton is a great example.of drafting on potential. He was not a lottery pick based on output alone.
It doesn't do any good to argue with you now but, we're telling you that we think he's help this team and when that consistent stretch of games comes for him, we expect you to admit being wrong
I will say this--to say he's the worst player we have is just laughable
He is going to have to play a lot more
He just has not shown that he deserves more time. It seems his offensive skills have been greatly exaggerated or doesn't fit into our offense very well. The fouls seem like he is trying to do too much.
It also isn’t High School JV basketball. TJs job is to win games this year. Sure, you give guys with high ceilings a lot of opportunities, maybe more than his play on the court suggests, but there has to be a limit.
He will probably get to the point where his play earns him big minutes. But he isn’t there yet, and every game matters when it comes to the tournament.
Right, that type of language isn’t warranted. The VAST majority of posters here though are not using that type of language. A few are - block them and be done with it. It is that freaking simple.
Many of the critical posters are not using personally derogatory language, yet are called out INSTANTLY by a “holier than thou” army. And army that apparently feels compelled to patrol every post meticulously and personally retort anything that doesn’t meet their brand of (toxic) positivity, claiming they are the true fans, the true realists, the true holders of truth and perspective, desperate to “counter-attack” the poster who simply shared a passionate Cyclone sports opinion - on a free message board…where opinions are to be shared. It’s much, much harder to block this entire annoying army than it is to block the idiot posters who personally attack players, etc (which again - is very, very small number of posters).
It’s OK to wonder if we’re actually a bad shooting team (yes, even after only 6 games).
It’s OK to worry that some of the ‘bad’ offensive themes of the last couple years are still going to plague this team.
It’s OK to be a bit bummed at the performance of the squad the last couple nights and worry that this team actually isn’t the most talented roster of TJ’s tenure.
It’s OK to be frustrated. You can rest comfortably tonight that no one here thought we were going undefeated; it is OK to lose games and it’s also OK to be frustrated when (and how) those losses come. The team does not look like a good team right now. And that’s fine too, long season ahead to flip things around…
Not the best time to use Creighton as a pick me up after what Colorado State just did to them.
But I agree, they will be fine. I am thinking this year might end up being a lot like last year. Not overly athletic, still a bit challenged on the offensive end. Not great but not bad. Is what it is.
Halliburton was an excellent college player. He shot 43% from 3, was one of the best off the ball defenders in college basketball. He had a 3:1 A:TO. His last year at ISU he averaged 15, 6 and 7. He wasn’t a Buddy Hield type college player, but he was a terrific PG on a bad, poorly coached team.
