So in two weeks we go from projected #9 seed to projected first four out and people are freaking out, calling for JD to be fired
Then we win back to backs against ranked teams for the first time in TCU basketball history and we are back to get the statue mold finished because we are dancing!
Where are we if we lose out the season, lose the first game in the B12 tourney and then are 1 and done in the Dance?
Or if we make a deep run in either the B12 and NCAAs?
2 games doesn’t change the past but it does give a foundation for hope - and that should always be balanced with do we really have another option that would be any better fit for TCU?
response to your question on losses i would guess it depends on how we see this team play. play their arses off, compete, and still lose because say kansas is pissed at home or huggy announces he is retiring and wvu goes nuts to send him off are completely different scenarios than if the team goes brain dead again, doesn't compete, loses its aggressiveness on the offensive end, players become selfish again, and general reversion of the progress we have seen in the last two weeks
the issue for me with dixon wasn't a single game this year or a stretch of games this year, but instead of continuation of the same fog that has been over HIS program for 4-5 years and i stress HIS because it was HIS recruits that were turnover at a very high rate and HIS staff that changed over as well
the only constant during that stretch was poor half court offense, some poor coaching decisions at end of game, and highly regarded recruits that for some reason never seemed to develop let alone stay around
i have read multiple people say tcu is lucky to have tcu, but i would say he was lucky to be at a school that has given him this many years to sort some things out. highly doubt ucla would have been very happy with a sub .500 conference record and doubt there would have been no media scrutiny in la
agree that what we have seen in how those games were won is signs that something has taken hold in this squad that for some reason(s) hasn't in the last 4-5 years. maybe it was talent, chemistry, how the message has been delivered, don't know but something has definitely changed from not just a few weeks ago but the past seasons and that i agree is reason to be optimistic