FrogPreacher
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Iowa State is having a terrible season in basketball. Folks here in Iowa are disappointed but still excited about the success of the football team.
No, the TCU job is not easy. Every team in the conference has a better basketball tradition than TCU. The Big12 is a buzz saw. My expectations are a team that plays hard and competes every night. Also I expect an upwards trajectory in the program. We've just seen 1 half of decent basketball out of the last 6, and even in that one the offense was horrible. Tonight it seemed that most of our team checked out from start, which is unacceptable.
Agree with most of what you have said. But the TCU job isn't any harder than the baylor job before Drew got there. Now they are talked about in final four terms.
Tech had a little bit more of a basketball pedigree than the frogs before Beard but certainly they were no blue blood program.
TCU can and should be a consistent tourny team. All it takes in this league is a 7th place finish every year.
Night and day difference between the teams we have seen pre Hawaii trip and post Hawaii trip (and the Pat Sullivan-esque ucla flirtation). I don't know what changed but it was clearly a watershed event in JD's tenure.
We are now treated to more basketball talent than we have ever had giving sloppy, lazy, without a clue performances at a disturbing rate.
Anyone know how many more years are on JD's contract?
Rifle. We're a rifle school.C'mon guys, we all know we're a football school.....I mean how good is Alabama at basketball?
Agree with most of what you have said. But the TCU job isn't any harder than the baylor job before Drew got there. Now they are talked about in final four terms.
Tech had a little bit more of a basketball pedigree than the frogs before Beard but certainly they were no blue blood program.
TCU can and should be a consistent tourny team. All it takes in this league is a 7th place finish every year.
Night and day difference between the teams we have seen pre Hawaii trip and post Hawaii trip (and the Pat Sullivan-esque ucla flirtation). I don't know what changed but it was clearly a watershed event in JD's tenure.
We are now treated to more basketball talent than we have ever had giving sloppy, lazy, without a clue performances at a disturbing rate.
Anyone know how many more years are on JD's contract?
One time a former pitt player came out and said players on his and howland’s teams shaved points at one point or another. Sometimes I see some of these inexplicable turnovers and wonder....I kid ..but not really.Agree with most of what you have said. But the TCU job isn't any harder than the baylor job before Drew got there. Now they are talked about in final four terms.
Tech had a little bit more of a basketball pedigree than the frogs before Beard but certainly they were no blue blood program.
TCU can and should be a consistent tourny team. All it takes in this league is a 7th place finish every year.
Night and day difference between the teams we have seen pre Hawaii trip and post Hawaii trip (and the Pat Sullivan-esque ucla flirtation). I don't know what changed but it was clearly a watershed event in JD's tenure.
We are now treated to more basketball talent than we have ever had giving sloppy, lazy, without a clue performances at a disturbing rate.
Anyone know how many more years are on JD's contract?
It took baylor quite a long time. Longer than 5 years I think.Agree with most of what you have said. But the TCU job isn't any harder than the baylor job before Drew got there. Now they are talked about in final four terms.
Tech had a little bit more of a basketball pedigree than the frogs before Beard but certainly they were no blue blood program.
TCU can and should be a consistent tourny team. All it takes in this league is a 7th place finish every year.
Night and day difference between the teams we have seen pre Hawaii trip and post Hawaii trip (and the Pat Sullivan-esque ucla flirtation). I don't know what changed but it was clearly a watershed event in JD's tenure.
We are now treated to more basketball talent than we have ever had giving sloppy, lazy, without a clue performances at a disturbing rate.
Anyone know how many more years are on JD's contract?
It took baylor quite a long time. Longer than 5 years I think.
Forgive me for not knowing exactly but where is dixon in comparison so far?Win totals in Drew's first seven years were 8, 9, 4, 15, 21, 24, 28.
The "4" is a little misleading because that was the year they couldn't play OOC games I believe. Only played 17 games. He took over about the biggest mess imaginable and made steady improvement, and now look at them. At a school with below average facilities, in a [ #2020 ]ty town, and with virtually no basketball history.
Forgive me for not knowing exactly but where is dixon in comparison so far?
If you were alluding to the trend sure. But I am just saying immediately after dixon came here our win totals skyrocketed(relatively speaking). I agree. We’ve had some bad luck. Apparently health/practice issues are bigger this year than even I knew, though.Trending down.
Didn’t mean to sound condescending, but people want to see well coached basketball and we haven’t for a long time. Just seems to be getting worse, not better.
I would roll the dice on Ryan Miller. We have to play faster on offense!If I remember correctly, JD has 2, maybe 3 years left on his contract. To me, that's too long. That's why I asked earlier if there was possibly anyone already on his staff that was HC ready? Just curious.
It is starting to look like it. I could stomach all of the game. It was terrible like you all mentioned. The glaring problem that I see is there is no offensive plan of the team. It looks like just bring the ball up and see what happens. Guys are cutting into the same space, hard to find an open shot, and yes we need a true point guard. One that can penetrate and dish it others for scoring opportunities. The PG doesn't need to score 15 every night but would provide opportunities for Samuel. That was some of the greatness of the teams we had earlier with Dixon and kicking it out for open shots and getting the ball to Vlad and allowing him to score. You can't run this NBA type of offense with these guys. Obviously, it does not work.The thing that worries me the most is that this is the same team we lost to by 4 points a month ago.
Have we regressed that much in a month?
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Has Jamie lost the team at this point or is there any kind of way that they bounce back from these 3 blowouts?
Contract ends in 2024Agree with most of what you have said. But the TCU job isn't any harder than the baylor job before Drew got there. Now they are talked about in final four terms.
Tech had a little bit more of a basketball pedigree than the frogs before Beard but certainly they were no blue blood program.
TCU can and should be a consistent tourny team. All it takes in this league is a 7th place finish every year.
Night and day difference between the teams we have seen pre Hawaii trip and post Hawaii trip (and the Pat Sullivan-esque ucla flirtation). I don't know what changed but it was clearly a watershed event in JD's tenure.
We are now treated to more basketball talent than we have ever had giving sloppy, lazy, without a clue performances at a disturbing rate.
Anyone know how many more years are on JD's contract?
He couldn’t be any worse in the interimI would roll the dice on Ryan Miller. We have to play faster on offense!
Those were all Trent Johnson's guys except for Bane. Oh, to have Vlad and Williams back.It is starting to look like it. I could stomach all of the game. It was terrible like you all mentioned. The glaring problem that I see is there is no offensive plan of the team. It looks like just bring the ball up and see what happens. Guys are cutting into the same space, hard to find an open shot, and yes we need a true point guard. One that can penetrate and dish it others for scoring opportunities. The PG doesn't need to score 15 every night but would provide opportunities for Samuel. That was some of the greatness of the teams we had earlier with Dixon and kicking it out for open shots and getting the ball to Vlad and allowing him to score. You can't run this NBA type of offense with these guys. Obviously, it does not work.
Yes they were, but Johnson did not get the most out of them. That was obvious with the teams production. Maybe JD is bringing in the wrong crop of guys. Obviously with so many leaving we are not running something great.Those were all Trent Johnson's guys except for Bane. Oh, to have Vlad and Williams back.