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jay santos · 03-16-2007, 02:31 PM

I'm so upset I'm listening to my Johnny Cash collection now. I think Simon and Garfunkel's next.

I feel so frustrated. We've been waiting for a first round opponent that didn't play like a top 10 team for over ten years. We get one and we lay an egg.

The Wesley year against Cincy the game was like a #40 team playing a #15 team. The Hansen/Haffa year it was like a #25 team playing a #10 team. And the Bigs/Haffa year was like a #12 team playing a #8 team. This was more like #42 vs #40.

Why the zone? It killed us. We couldn't rebound, we got out of position and fouled, and they shot the 3 over it.

I like Plaisted a lot, as a player and his character. But he's got to step it up his jr and sr seasons. Keena and Rose saved our butts. Thanks guys. Thanks to all the seniors. It was a great season, and one game doesn't change it, but ARGHH it's frustrating.

Rose is a good coach. Two time MWC coach of the year and he's obviously got a lot out of his talent those two years. But his D is troubling. We've come full circle from where we were 8 years ago. Cleve's first few years our offense was atrocious but the D was spectacular at times. Schroyer was the "defensive coordinator" and did a great job. You remember him barking out defensive instructions voice booming throughout the MC. After he left, our D got worse little by little each year. (Side note, I always thought Schroyer was a coach on the fast track to sucess, he got his own head job at Portland, and I thought he was doing well, and the next thing I hear he's Cleve's assistant again. What happened?) But also during that stretch, our offense has gotten better and better. D seems to be easier to coach than O, so why can't we get our D working again? That's got to be an emphasis for Rose.

I mainly feel frustrated because I don't know when this opportunity's going to come around again. I expect next year to be a 20 win season, and possibly if they overachieve they could make the tourney, but not in a situation where we have this good of a chance to win a game. I don't see two years from now being that much better either.

Plaisted is the key the next two years. I hope he does what it takes to get his game where it should be, given his talent.

03-16-2007, 02:31 PM	#1
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Game thoughts and state of the program I'm so upset I'm listening to my Johnny Cash collection now. I think Simon and Garfunkel's next. I feel so frustrated. We've been waiting for a first round opponent that didn't play like a top 10 team for over ten years. We get one and we lay an egg. The Wesley year against Cincy the game was like a #40 team playing a #15 team. The Hansen/Haffa year it was like a #25 team playing a #10 team. And the Bigs/Haffa year was like a #12 team playing a #8 team. This was more like #42 vs #40. Why the zone? It killed us. We couldn't rebound, we got out of position and fouled, and they shot the 3 over it. I like Plaisted a lot, as a player and his character. But he's got to step it up his jr and sr seasons. Keena and Rose saved our butts. Thanks guys. Thanks to all the seniors. It was a great season, and one game doesn't change it, but ARGHH it's frustrating. Rose is a good coach. Two time MWC coach of the year and he's obviously got a lot out of his talent those two years. But his D is troubling. We've come full circle from where we were 8 years ago. Cleve's first few years our offense was atrocious but the D was spectacular at times. Schroyer was the "defensive coordinator" and did a great job. You remember him barking out defensive instructions voice booming throughout the MC. After he left, our D got worse little by little each year. (Side note, I always thought Schroyer was a coach on the fast track to sucess, he got his own head job at Portland, and I thought he was doing well, and the next thing I hear he's Cleve's assistant again. What happened?) But also during that stretch, our offense has gotten better and better. D seems to be easier to coach than O, so why can't we get our D working again? That's got to be an emphasis for Rose. I mainly feel frustrated because I don't know when this opportunity's going to come around again. I expect next year to be a 20 win season, and possibly if they overachieve they could make the tourney, but not in a situation where we have this good of a chance to win a game. I don't see two years from now being that much better either. Plaisted is the key the next two years. I hope he does what it takes to get his game where it should be, given his talent.