(03-22-2018 02:06 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  The FBI?

Lol. Good one

(03-22-2018 02:57 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:23 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:   in all seriousness he turned WKU around in a season rather than dragging the mediocre crap over four seasons like Jeff turd Jones

Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

There's a number of our fan base who wish Rick wouldn't take the chances he's been taking on recruits. We went from having a top 10 recruiting class to losing 3 very good players in the months leading up to the season starting and then having 2 players having to sit for the first semester.. that led us to only having 7 scholly players for the first 2+ months of the season.

High risk / high reward, and hopefully we are able to get a few more recruits that we 'aren't supposed to get' in the years to come. I do love the group that we have now and am pretty excited about who is coming in next year. Crazy to think how many of those 1,2,3 point loss games we may have won with just one of those guys who didn't make it on the floor this year.

Hopefully it won't be necessary to take those risks in the future. He felt he had to take those risks at the time if he was going to make a quick improvement in our caliber of recruits. At this point looks like it was a good gamble that no one can argue that it didn't pay off. If we continue to play winning fun bb we will have more and more successful in our recruiting. Maybe we can become the eastern version of Gonzaga. Who knows. I believe Stansbury could be one of those rare coaches who can possibly pull it off. GO TOPPERS!!!

Many on here felt we made a bad hire when we got Strasburg. They said he can recruit but is not a good game time coach. I thing this year has debunked that theory. He has done a masterful job during games and gotten the most out his players. I bet if you asked the players they would say he has been a great coach to play for. Ask the Okie st fans about him. They felt he out coached their coach.

Unneeded thread.Thanks '69---could we not enjoy a little glee for ONE day?

If he did like he did at MSU, it might be the NCAA

(03-22-2018 06:10 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  If he did like he did at MSU, it might be the NCAA

I wasn't aware that Miss. St. was sanctioned under his tenure.

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You are right, and you aren’t in the SEC.....

(03-22-2018 05:57 PM)69topper Wrote:  Many on here felt we made a bad hire when we got Strasburg. They said he can recruit but is not a good game time coach. I thing this year has debunked that theory. He has done a masterful job during games and gotten the most out his players. I bet if you asked the players they would say he has been a great coach to play for. Ask the Okie st fans about him. They felt he out coached their coach.

I was just poking my head over on the Miss St board since we have a chance in playing them next week. Some were watching our game and thinking he would choke at the end of the game. Then when that stat of us being 35-0 when leading with 5 minutes left in the game under Rick - they were kinda floored. They think he was a good coach but couldn't get his teams to close out games. I think Stans might be in his coaching prime... we'll have to wait and find out.

(03-22-2018 02:06 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  The FBI?

The statute of limitations is about up on the infamous (in south mississippi) Johnathan Bender tape

Stanz’s oldest son will be a senior in high school. He’s already been at 3 different high schools in 3 years. His middle son will be a sophomore. Both play varsity basketball. I really don’t see him picking up and moving again, at least not anytime soon. I hear the Ms. has got quite a bit of say so in the matter, especially concerning the kids.

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:23 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:06 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  The FBI?

in all seriousness he turned WKU around in a season rather than dragging the mediocre crap over four seasons like Jeff turd Jones

Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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I think community support is high on Stanz list in terms of if he sticks around. Judging by the end of our season and the excitement going into next I think he is and will be quite pleased with the level of support the program receives.

(03-23-2018 05:29 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:23 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:   in all seriousness he turned WKU around in a season rather than dragging the mediocre crap over four seasons like Jeff turd Jones

Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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Wasn't this Rick's first year? In JJ's first year he finished 18-18 and 6th in the conference.

Those 2 dumbfolk announcers couldn't understand the crowd against BC. Bgreen shows up for good teams and championships. Stans is doing both right now.

(03-23-2018 07:35 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:29 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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Wasn't this Rick's first year? In JJ's first year he finished 18-18 and 6th in the conference.

This is Rick's second year. Last year was a bit of a mess, but that is because we had 3 players (no guards) left on the team when we hired him and he had to scramble just to find live bodies to put on the court. He had more time to be judicious leading into this past season.

(03-23-2018 07:41 AM)freshtop Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 07:35 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:29 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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Wasn't this Rick's first year? In JJ's first year he finished 18-18 and 6th in the conference.

This is Rick's second year. Last year was a bit of a mess, but that is because we had 3 players (no guards) left on the team when we hired him and he had to scramble just to find live bodies to put on the court. He had more time to be judicious leading into this past season.

Gotcha. In JJ's 2nd year (in response to Ever's comment too) we finished 2nd in the conference and NIT final 4. His first recruit that wasn't a transfer was Zoran Talley (dismissed this past year). I suppose it can be similar. Just feels like Rick did more. Maybe all the media attention on the recruiting class.

(03-23-2018 05:29 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:23 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:   in all seriousness he turned WKU around in a season rather than dragging the mediocre crap over four seasons like Jeff turd Jones

Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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Yea but look at who ODU beat to get to MSG in 2015, unreal the draw they had, Charleston Southern, Illinois St. and Murray. all at home...WKU still needs to have a good showing in MSG, but beating BC, @USC, @Oklahoma st. is impressive to say the least...Our guys should be prepared one we hit MSG floor Tuesday night win or lose.....Would be interesting to see a gauntlet like WKU has gone to get this far in this NIT, hard to imagine a harder road to make to MSG for a so called "mid major"....

(03-23-2018 02:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:29 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:44 PM)kem411ocd Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:34 PM)odu09 Wrote:  Let's not turn this thread into something about us. But... JJ was left with a way worse situation to start than Rick. Look at me.

Harper didn't exactly leave the program in good shape. What as there, like 2 returning players or something crazy like that? Stans had to grab a ton of Grad transfers then this year we only had Johnson return. I don't know all the details of what JJ walked into, but Rick had to work hard to turn this around to where it is in just 2 years as well.

That's true. The situations could be quite comparable. JJ hasn't made any big splashes and is taking his sweet time building up. Rick has definitely accomplished more in his short time at WKU compared to JJ at ODU, make no mistake about it.

The years kind of blend together over time, but wasn't JJ in the exact same position (NIT Final 4) in the same amount of time? You could even argue JJ's season was better given they were in the at large conversation and got the NIT 1 seed as the first 4. Of course that would change if Stansbury wins the thing.

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Yea but look at who ODU beat to get to MSG in 2015, unreal the draw they had, Charleston Southern, Illinois St. and Murray. all at home...WKU still needs to have a good showing in MSG, but beating BC, @USC, @Oklahoma st. is impressive to say the least...Our guys should be prepared one we hit MSG floor Tuesday night win or lose.....Would be interesting to see a gauntlet like WKU has gone to get this far in this NIT, hard to imagine a harder road to make to MSG for a so called "mid major"....

I think if anything, that just builds Ever's argument even more. ODU was a 1 seed in the NIT so we got to play host the entire way, meaning we had a better season that year. But you are right, that is a crazy good path. WKU is making a statement right now, don't stop.

(03-22-2018 02:23 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 02:06 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  The FBI?

in all seriousness he turned WKU around in a season rather than dragging the mediocre crap over four seasons like Jeff turd Jones

You realized Jones won 27 games in his 2nd year and went to the final four of the NIT, correct?

Good luck in New York...