I dont like Mac as much as the next guy, but he had nothing to do with this loss
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I dont like Mac as much as the next guy, but he had nothing to do with this loss
Agreed. This team has several areas they need to work on but there is no reason to get down on them. They play hard and do their best to compete. I have been really impressed with how some guys are starting to step up like Godfrey. He is a bit undersized but he plays like a wild man down in the post. His effort level is second to none on the team. He is going to be a good one in the future as he seems to really be finding his niche on this team. Bubu has found a way to contribute on both ends of the floor as well... he had a great game against Okie State, got to the FT line and hit a couple of huge FT's in the closing seconds of regulation to push the lead from 1 to 3. That is clutch play from a kid that is seeing his first action at the college level.
Is this an NCAA Tournament team? No. Is this an NIT team? Maybe? Any success that this team has this season is a bonus. I see a group of players that are developing their games and will have great value to this team in the future, some as starters and some as role players for next year when we add quite a bit of talent. The playing time these kids are getting will prove to be invaluable come next season because there won't be a single kid on the bench that will get put into a game in any situation that won't have experience. Not many teams will have that luxury.
Well said Cyclonestate78 and Clones85. Dissappointing loss, but Tech is a senior laden team that played well last night. They were picked to finish in the middle of the conference and we were picked dead last by the coaches. Maybe they know a little more than some of our expert fans.
Agree that we weren't overpowered, yet about 1/2 their points came in the paint, even with a small lineup. We couldn't stop dribble penetration and played zero help defense.
We may not have been overpowered, but we had to guard Singletary with a guy 4 inches shorter than him or freshmen, and he destroyed us inside. Tech also had it going outside, and they start 5 seniors with a ton of Big 12 experience. As poorly as we shot outside, it could have been worse.
What are you talking about? Whenever we lose it's Mac's fault. Didn't you get the memo?
I think this gets far to overblown. Yes, we are thin. But DG, JVB, Scotty, Anderson, and Ejim are talented players. What Anderson lacks in talent, he makes up for in leadership and hustle. Yeah, we arent Kansas. Or Texas. Or alot of other talent-laden D1 schools. But blaming the OKie St debacle or that performance last night on "lack of talent" is making excuses. I'm not buying it.
Okay since we have so much talent, tell me all the conference teams we will beat up on the rest of the season.
Like I said the naysayers need to get behind freddieball and stop bellyaching.
To be fair... McDoormat did take a huge dump in a brown paper bag, then set it on fire just outside the doors at Hilton before ringing the doorbell and running to Creighton.
CFH and staff have done a great job but they still have some **** on their shoes from putting out the McDoormat fire.
You know what is driving me nuts? The people that leave the game with 10 minutes left in the 2nd half. Are you kidding me? Do you leave a movie right when it starts getting interesting? Have to get home for the 4th showing of your favorite 'Two and Half Men' episode?
And then to top it off, about the time we got back to 5 points down in the 2nd half the guy sitting behind me pipes in to his friend 'in the past, this is were the crowd would will the team to victory.' Then he proceeds to ask me to sit down about 30 seconds later. This is the second time this season they've asked us to sit down.
And yes...asking me to sit down only makes me stand up longer...
So what...JVB had a guy on him that was 8 inches shorter. How well did JVB do last night? WE were out hustled last night and that is it. Fred has said as much and people claiming otherwise are making excuses.
I am not a naysayer and am in fact a Fred fan. That is why I listen to him when he speaks of the talent our players have. He thinks DG is a NBA caliber player. He thinks Scotty and JVB are great shooters and he thinks Ejim is talented but young. Guess what...erase the names and you just described every Big 12 team except KU and Texas. That means you have to win at home and when you have a chance to win on the road you have to do it. For someone that is a such a Freddi fan, you sure don't pay attention to what he says very much. Guess what. Freddie stated it was a lack of effort.
CycloneErik
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Went to the Coach Talks thing at the MU.
Fred still calls it a lack of effort. He was politely absolutely unthrilled. Said he watched the game tape twice last night, and did not like what he saw.
It's a little negative, but I feel free throwing it out there :wink:
Fred still calls it a lack of effort. He was politely absolutely unthrilled. Said he watched the game tape twice last night, and did not like what he saw.
It's a little negative, but I feel free throwing it out there :wink:
Wow... who would have thought that the coach thinks it was a poor effort. Hmmm. now I am torn... If I say it was poor effort then I am a naysayer/not a fan of Fred...But if I disagree with Fred then I am a fan of Fred. I don't see the logic in that.
Really, the people that claim lack of talent and that every win is due to Fred are not being realistic. There is some talent on this team and we should not lose to TT in Hilton.
I think the guys may still be stunned by what happened last week in Stillwater. That was a crusher. Believe this team makes a wave or two before it's over.
We've got so much talent we were picked to finish dead last by the coaches. We start two players getting their first Big 12 experience and have a short bench with only freshmen. We have nobody to go to inside and nobody that can stop an opposing big man. Yes we're well equipped to win big 12 games.
