And now he's lost the momentum, and will find it hard to get back. I don't expect to see much better than this for the rest of the season. The team will find it really hard not to pack it in after these last couple of games.
Konkol gets a pass, but…
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Yawn. I know for a fact we are only keeping a small hand full of these players. The coaches know this is a year we won’t win much, so you install your system and see who fits it, and whoever doesn’t? Then bye. Go snap somewhere else
Konkol deserves some criticism. The effort and intensity in some of these games is lacking. We still look lost defensively at times. I understand he was dealt a short hand but it’s February. I expected better by this point. This team is historically bad.
Isn’t there an old saying that a good coach can take his and beat yours, then turn around and take yours and beat his. I don’t think that’s the case here.
Thank god we only have to deal with this(concurrent and post game complaints) for 7 more games.
I think an idea floating around here is that he is not really coaching to maximize wins based on the mix of talent but rather to install his system and see who will fit into it.
That is ok year one I guess. We shall see.
Either way, we do need to fix football first. The Olympic sports can wait.
And speaking of Olympic sports, how dull would basketball be if it were still limited to amateurs.
And how many more years would LeBron have to chase Jabbar had Kareem been allowed to go straight to the NBA.
College basketball isn’t what it used to be.
I think he was trying to maximize wins in non con. When the freshman showed they were ready to be thrown into the fire and he realized maximizing wins wasn't going to get him a good season, he started switching priorities.(Those two things occurred at about the same time.)
With this low of a talent level, that would be my main concern. 4 or 5 more wins doesn't help prepare for next season as well. I personally don't see much difference between 4-7 and 1-11, if it helps him prepare for next season by weeding out those who should go.
I think Haith might have been a magician with low talent. Apparently he had to be with his recruiting abilities.
I’m so tired of all the excuses and the “we’ll get ‘um next year” mentality. Konkol took over and we got worse…period, end of story. Bottom line is that we are stuck with him for the time being and have nowhere to go but (hopefully) up.
Understand the difficulty recruiting to TU and maybe it is unsolvable problem and have to get lucky like ORU did with Abmas. However, Konkol ability will be telling this spring.
Friendrickson is available down the street. Then you get to the Oklahoma 2024 class. If he can not entice a couple of those studs we have real problems. Doesn't appear he has even offered Forsythe. Have 2 other studs Edmond North, and Bartlesville top 100 in the country..
Friendrickson is available down the street. Then you get to the Oklahoma 2024 class. If he can not entice a couple of those studs we have real problems. Doesn't appear he has even offered Forsythe. Have 2 other studs Edmond North, and Bartlesville top 100 in the country..
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Sampson won 11 games his first year with Houston. When you are rebuilding an absolute disaster and trying to change the entire culture you don’t automatically get better. Stick to something other than basketball k thx
Parker Friedrichsen........Get the name right....Konkol and Staff are prominently seen at every one of his games they can attend. I've never seen a TU staff recruit a player so heavily , ever.... So if he leaves again for ctt's old choice Forbes for replacing Haith 2 years ago, it is not Konkol's fault. It may be lack of NIL but don't put this on Konkol. This may be the reason for the big NIL announcement today????
THAT is Konkol’s fault. You can easily bring in 5 players that would make you better than 25% of the NCAA during any given off-season, especially with the portal.
Clearly you know nothing about the realities of that league’s competitiveness.It was a one bid league. Stop. That league was.
You should ask Konkol privately how many kids he has lost only because of NIL already. Don’t put his answer on here.
I find it humorous that some act like Konkol could snap his fingers and somehow some undiscovered ballers just appeared and immediately want to come play for a program with a new coach, coming off a 10 win season, with no NIL options to entice.
Kind of reminds me of the South Park episode with the under pants gnomes. We’re missing a step in the middle here that some are forgetting:
He couldn’t even lure any of his La Tech players (and I’m not even talking about the one that went to the NBA)I find it humorous that some act like Konkol could snap his fingers and somehow some undiscovered ballers just appeared and immediately want to come play for a program with a new coach, coming off a 10 win season, with no NIL options to entice.
Kind of reminds me of the South Park episode with the under pants gnomes. We’re missing a step in the middle here that some are forgetting:
There were hundreds of transfer player last season, and they didn’t all transfer to NIL schools. NIL might be the reason we wouldn’t be too 100 RPI, but it’s not a reason for being bottom 100.
LOL he lured his freshman recruits to come with him.
It's a
bag move in the coaching profession to leave a job and gut the roster to take it with you. Ever heard of Tubby Smith? He preached this to the TU players when he left.As I said before, save your criticism for next season.
Also, the PROPER way to build a program from the ground up is still the high school route. He will obviously hit the portal hard this offseason as well, but building a team completely of transfers isn't a recipe for success for most.
The proper way to build a program is whatever you can do (within the rules) to build a program that wins basketball games.LOL he lured his freshman recruits to come with him.
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As I said before, save your criticism for next season.
Also, the PROPER way to build a program from the ground up is still the high school route. He will obviously hit the portal hard this offseason as well, but building a team completely of transfers isn't a recipe for success for most.
and winning at TU isn't built on transfers. Yea I trust him more than you here.
Someday the realities of the paradigm shift that has occurred in the NCAA landscape will hit you. I would think a 5 win season might have spurred that… but maybe you just need to be beat over the head lol.
And that is why so many of us are depressed. However, a bunch of other coaches are riding diamonds under recruited. Certainly good to give him a year to get started. This spring and summer will tell a bunch.I find it humorous that some act like Konkol could snap his fingers and somehow some undiscovered ballers just appeared and immediately want to come play for a program with a new coach, coming off a 10 win season, with no NIL options to entice.
Kind of reminds me of the South Park episode with the under pants gnomes. We’re missing a step in the middle here that some are forgetting:
He's riding with Selebangue at the moment. Pretty soon he'll be riding with Selabangue, Williams, Hall, and ?. I don't think people realize/admit how much better we would be with Hall, Williams, & Reed in place of Urbancik & KES, if they were able to play for us this season. And he isn't but halfway done with recruiting. All the depressed people see right now is how bad we lost to Houston. They can't see the forest for the trees. You guys are living in the moment. The moment sucks for TU.
And these freshmen with better players around them and a year of experience, will be so much better than they are now. If Konkol hits a homerun with 1 or 2 recruits in the spring, and does alright with the other 1 or 2 recruits, we will be fine.
You snap somewhere else. I'm pretty damn sure I'm closer to this program than you are so zip it.
