Build up a huge lead. Call off the dogs. Run down the shot clock. Get no shot or a bad shot. Play no defense. Lose right at the end. Same thing year in and year out. Game in and game out. How much of this crap can we continue to watch? It never gets better.

All comes back to coaching when the same thing continues to happen with different teams and different guys year in and year out.

So sick of it.

Oh, and how about play more guys on the bench. Played some tonight only because he was forced to because of foul trouble and they looked good. Give them more minutes? Nah, burn out the 5 or 6 key guys so they lose their last 4-5 league games then peter out quickly in the tournament because they don’t have anything left in the tank.

Dumb.

No more. Plus one to u.

But Coach K can recruit shooters, so where does UT go from here if they hire a defensive minded coach?

(12-09-2017 09:22 PM)Springboromark Wrote:  But Coach K can recruit shooters, so where does UT go from here if they hire a defensive minded coach?

Don’t even need a defensive minded coach. Simply need someone who doesn’t ignore defense.

If I was a casual observer and didn’t know anything about the program, I’d assume we spent no time in practice on the defensive side of the ball.

As stated numerous times... This is a .500 team.. No better, no worse...
Clock is ticking...

I will be the there cheering them on the rest of the season. If you want to give up on them, that's your choice.

How many more years are left on his contract?

(12-09-2017 09:30 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  How many more years are left on his contract?

Too many ...

(12-09-2017 09:30 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  How many more years are left on his contract?

Think he was extended until 2056...

(12-09-2017 09:33 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(12-09-2017 09:30 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  How many more years are left on his contract?

Too many ...

Beat me to it.

Heard plenty of folks grumbling as they left the building. Attendance the rest of the way will probably take a hit. That’s one way to get O’Brien’s attention...at least there won’t be any more contract extensions.

(12-09-2017 09:44 PM)bcunn3128 Wrote:  

(12-09-2017 09:33 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(12-09-2017 09:30 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  How many more years are left on his contract?

Too many ...

Beat me to it.

Heard plenty of folks grumbling as they left the building. Attendance the rest of the way will probably take a hit. That’s one way to get O’Brien’s attention...at least there won’t be any more contract extensions.

Feel bad for the players. Consistently put in a position to fail. This was instant replay of the Detroit game. Just didn’t get lucky at the end.

(12-09-2017 09:44 PM)bcunn3128 Wrote:  

(12-09-2017 09:33 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(12-09-2017 09:30 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  How many more years are left on his contract?

Too many ...

Beat me to it.

Heard plenty of folks grumbling as they left the building. Attendance the rest of the way will probably take a hit. That’s one way to get O’Brien’s attention...at least there won’t be any more contract extensions.

I will gladly pay for their ticket to sit close to the court

SO... what's the best thing we can say about him? He's a nice guy, he hasn't gotten the school in trouble, and thank God he's not Cross? Need to set the bar a bit higher, MOB.

(12-10-2017 01:55 PM)Carolina Rocket Wrote:  SO... what's the best thing we can say about him? He's a nice guy, he hasn't gotten the school in trouble, and thank God he's not Cross? Need to set the bar a bit higher, MOB.

^^^ This 100%

(12-09-2017 09:29 PM)RocketBBallFan Wrote:  I will be the there cheering them on the rest of the season. If you want to give up on them, that's your choice.

+1

All valid points about the coach. I believe it's as good as it gets now and for the near future. I love MAC BB, but, we are talking about the MAC, not the ACC, AAC, Big 10 or PAC 12. We have not had a dominating great MAC Team since Bobby Nichols retired. For as good as the Toledo class was with Boothe and Pierson as well as the Ohio and Akron teams, the MAC gets left out in the cold when it comes to the NCAA Tourney.

At least Coach K admitted in the post game interview that he made a mistake with his slow down offense at the end. I'll give him that.

(12-11-2017 08:39 AM)Michigan Rocket Wrote:  All valid points about the coach. I believe it's as good as it gets now and for the near future. I love MAC BB, but, we are talking about the MAC, not the ACC, AAC, Big 10 or PAC 12. We have not had a dominating great MAC Team since Bobby Nichols retired. For as good as the Toledo class was with Boothe and Pierson as well as the Ohio and Akron teams, the MAC gets left out in the cold when it comes to the NCAA Tourney.

And will continue to do so. MAC champ or bust. Just the way it is.

Seems we have a quality guy running the program, who also believes in graduation rates, citizenship (maybe wrong term), etc. We could do a lot worse.

Does anyone think to be successful you need to a "little" crooked?

You know damn well crooked is a factor. Where do you draw the line?

You can't be a little bit pregnant. :-)

He is a good guy but we are going no where, period. Not a great coach for sure. Average recruiter. We lucked out on getting Tre-Shoun or we'd be in a pickle again. Lucking out on transfers, little to no D and average W-L record is not what I call a program moving forward...another year of average hoops at UT I'm afraid. http://www.csnbbs.com/images/smilies/03-banghead.gif

"lucking out on transfers"

???

They run out of gas on their way somewhere else?