(02-07-2020 11:49 PM)ToledoFan1 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:23 PM)RocketBBallFan Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 07:20 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 04:26 PM)Sleepy Wrote:  I think not. Despite the struggles this season I believe this is an excellent coaching staff with Kowalczyk, Massey, Offutt, Ingram and Lauf and that the problems this year are an aberration.

The staff is good, but the HC will not adapt or change, subsequently sending this program into a downward trajectory that we are seeing now...

I don't see how one down year after back to back 20+ win seasons means the program is in a downward trajectory. If they have multiple losing seasons in a row, that would be a downward trajectory

THIS TEAM HASN'T GOT BETTER UP TO THIS POINT! RUN OFF FIFTY SCREENS JUST TO TAKE A THREE POINT SHOT. A ONE DIMENSIONAL TEAM. IF THEY AREN'T SHOOTING A HIGH PERCENTAGE FROM THE 3 POINT LINE THEY WONT WIN. ITS TK SCHEME! WHEN DOES TK AND STAFF TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ? LETS FACE IT THIS TEAM LOOKS THE SAME FROM DAY ONE. WHEN FANS SPEND THERE HARD EARNED MONEY THEY DESERVE MORE THAN BLAME AND EXCUSES FROM TK! FANS DONT WANT THE PLAYERS COACHING THE TEAM! FANS PAY TK AND STAFF TO COACH! HOW IS IT THAT PLAYERS TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND TK TAKES 0 RESPONSIBILITY. THE SMOKE HAS CLEARED AND TK AND STAFF CANT ELEVATE THIS TEAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THEY'VE SAID IT AND MADE IT CLEAR THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING. RUN FIVE PLAYERS INTO THE GROUND BECAUSE MAYBE THE BENCH ISNT READY BUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ? IF TK COACHING STAFF WAS GOOD THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPPORTING CAST WILL SHOW? NEXT SEASON WILL BE EVEN MORE EXCUSES FROM TK AND STAFF BUT PERHAPS DECLINING TICKET SALES WILL FORCE A SHAKE UP.
Doing the same thing and expecting different results = insanity .. but let’s go rockets?

WRITING IN ALL CAPS INSURES MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT READ YOUR POST. When your bench guys provide minimal production it's hard to justify playing them more. Everyone on here gets that Coach K likes to ride his top 6 or 7 guys and often there's a debate about whether to try and get more out of the bench. Personally, having mostly been a 6th/7th man in my competitive bball days I want the bench guys to get a shot. It's always fun when that mostly forgotten player makes a couple big plays and sparks the team. Really, I think the part coach misses in this debate is the human emotional aspect of bench play. the guys on the bench are there cuz they are not good or consistent enough to play more, but their teammates are always rooting for them, so when a bench guy contributes the team feeds off that energy. NIU got a big boost from Mateen coming off the bench and hitting a couple tough shots. BG got energy from that latvian kid making a few plays. Kent turned that 20 point deficit around when Williamson came off the bench and got hot from 3. That said, all those guys are 3rd 4th 5th year players. Our bench is all freshmen.