TU (Ross) fired Douglas Wojcik. Happy Monday!
On This Day 7 Years Ago...
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We need to start a Bring Ross Back! campaign.
If we're talking about possible replacement coaches and somebody is because they started a thread on the pay side....Steve Forbes is obviously on someone's mind. Ben Jacobsen at UNI (remember when he played for them, he was tough), TJ Otzelberger (So Dakota St), Rick Byrd (Belmont).
If we're talking about possible replacement coaches and somebody is because they started a thread on the pay side....Steve Forbes is obviously on someone's mind. Ben Jacobsen at UNI (remember when he played for them, he was tough), TJ Otzelberger (So Dakota St), Rick Byrd (Belmont).
That day was surreal. It was a bad look by Ross to have the players give the statement. And it was a bad look by Wojcik not to talk to Bailey. We all knew it was coming, but there was something surprising in it actually happening.
As much as some people constantly b!tch and moan on here, I think they forget how crappy things were then. That was true mediocrity. This year was us playing in a really hard conference.
As much as some people constantly b!tch and moan on here, I think they forget how crappy things were then. That was true mediocrity. This year was us playing in a really hard conference.
The year when Woj placed a phone on the table waiting for the NIT to call during his last coach's show of the season was can't miss TV. Spoiler....they never called.
I liked the year we stiffed him on the CBI so he couldn’t get the 20 win bonus. That was hilarity. To have a coach that was openly mocked all the time for that long was something.
If ever there was a tangible difference of 18-20 wins per season it was then and now. Even in losses you can tell this team is head & shoulders above of any of Wojcik's teams, even 2008, the year we were waiting for. That team couldn't compete with any top 25 team. This year we should have 3 AP top 25 wins and somehow we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the other 2. Yet we still managed to defeat the Big XII champion. The only team on our schedule we weren't competitive with at all was Houston...hmmmm...maybe because Houston is probably a top 6-7 team overall.
Wojcik's teams...mediocre in a mediocre conference. Haith's teams are competitive in a very tough conference. Speaking of, did anyone see Dan Wolken's column on how he thinks the AAC will surpass the Big East by next year? It's possible. I don't see Houston dropping off, Memphis will come in top 15 in the country, Wichita State is reloaded. What I do fear is how far UCF will fall. They lose Fall, Taylor, and I believe Dawkins (unless he gets a 6th year med red shirt). USF is getting better. Temple-meh, not sure who they have to take over for everything they lose including losing Dunphy. Big questions in the AAC will be us, SMU, and UCONN. can Haith land a big man JUCO who can do some of what Jeffries did on both ends? Can Jankovich learn anything from "Basketball Coaching for Dummies" by next season. And that cupboard is slowly depleting. can Hurley recruit at a better level than Ollie. There are only so many years that UCONN can continue to use the "we had lots of injuries" excuse to explain their poor performances.
I do expect Tulane and ECU to be better as well. Dunleavy can coach....can he keep players from jumping ship. He's got some good FR players. ECU has some guys they can build around as well.
Wojcik's teams...mediocre in a mediocre conference. Haith's teams are competitive in a very tough conference. Speaking of, did anyone see Dan Wolken's column on how he thinks the AAC will surpass the Big East by next year? It's possible. I don't see Houston dropping off, Memphis will come in top 15 in the country, Wichita State is reloaded. What I do fear is how far UCF will fall. They lose Fall, Taylor, and I believe Dawkins (unless he gets a 6th year med red shirt). USF is getting better. Temple-meh, not sure who they have to take over for everything they lose including losing Dunphy. Big questions in the AAC will be us, SMU, and UCONN. can Haith land a big man JUCO who can do some of what Jeffries did on both ends? Can Jankovich learn anything from "Basketball Coaching for Dummies" by next season. And that cupboard is slowly depleting. can Hurley recruit at a better level than Ollie. There are only so many years that UCONN can continue to use the "we had lots of injuries" excuse to explain their poor performances.
I do expect Tulane and ECU to be better as well. Dunleavy can coach....can he keep players from jumping ship. He's got some good FR players. ECU has some guys they can build around as well.
SMU is applying for a sixth year for Murray.
Dawkins can play next year but with the transfer, injury, etc he will be 24 and many think he will go play pro somewhere. UCF has some pieces coming back but they will lose a ton, they will be a more athletic and mobile. It will be a different team.
The point guard situation killed Tulane. Dooley is already upgrading ECU, talent and effort.
Most teams will add experience and maintain talent. Already our top 5 are significantly better than the big east this year by rankings. Our next five are very competitive with their bottom five. Tulane and ECU pull us down this year. Improvement from them and this will be a top 4/5 conference.
Dawkins can play next year but with the transfer, injury, etc he will be 24 and many think he will go play pro somewhere. UCF has some pieces coming back but they will lose a ton, they will be a more athletic and mobile. It will be a different team.
The point guard situation killed Tulane. Dooley is already upgrading ECU, talent and effort.
Most teams will add experience and maintain talent. Already our top 5 are significantly better than the big east this year by rankings. Our next five are very competitive with their bottom five. Tulane and ECU pull us down this year. Improvement from them and this will be a top 4/5 conference.
Yes, Tulane and ECU are the drag on the perception of the AAC. Everyone must get better to get to the type of post-seasons that the AAC, Big 10 and Big 12 expect. The SEC always mystifies me - not really more than 2 or 3 good teams, lots of mediocrity. The Big East is apparently living off of Villanova. And, the PAC 12, nothing needs to be said. The Mountain West, with really good teams in Nevada and Utah State this year, gets no exposure due to the times of the games, and the bottom of the league is really terrible. The MVC is no longer relevant with Creighton and Wichita State gone.
Give Marquette it's due. They're pretty good and have been quality despite losing Tom Crean and Buzz Williams. Just a good program.
This does not count incoming recruits from November or April of this year..just transfers and sit outs.........
RE: AAC Hoops: Players sitting out this year / preseason trips
the list would be: ranking on the impact i think they make next year
1) akok akok (uconn)- top 30 big recruit, early enrollee
2) Teddy Allen (wichita)- transfer- key player/guard on an elite WVU team
3) James monty Scott (temple)- transfer- 18pts per 6'5 guard transfer from kennessaw state
4) Justin Gorham & Caleb Mills - (Houston/in the OP)- transfer and early enrollee
5) Zack Dawson (USF)- transfer, #76 in the espn 100 originally OKstae till dismal, 6'3 Guard
6a) Lance Thomas & Ryan Boyce (Memphis/transfer and gray shirt)- thomas was bench in previous school but touted (top 130 4star big)
6b) Yuat Alok & Ibrahim Doumbia (UCF/transfers)- Former #1 juco big/TCU Transfer (mid-year eligibility)/ ibr. is a former 4star pf from south Carolina..both bench in previous locations....
--tough to rank 6, yuat is only a mid year enrollee...but thomas will be blanketed with depth
8) ray ona embo & Jordan Walker (tulane) (medical redhsirt and transfer)- embo starting pg for tulane in 2018. held out for medical reasons. walker is a 4star on rivals (composite 3star) not productive at seton hall but internet famous for style of play
9) Reggie Jones (tulsa)- 6'6 guard 10pt per scorer from WMU
10) Isiah Jasey (smu) 3 star big transfer from a&m who was bench (mid-year eligibility)
RE: AAC Hoops: Players sitting out this year / preseason trips
the list would be: ranking on the impact i think they make next year
1) akok akok (uconn)- top 30 big recruit, early enrollee
2) Teddy Allen (wichita)- transfer- key player/guard on an elite WVU team
3) James monty Scott (temple)- transfer- 18pts per 6'5 guard transfer from kennessaw state
4) Justin Gorham & Caleb Mills - (Houston/in the OP)- transfer and early enrollee
5) Zack Dawson (USF)- transfer, #76 in the espn 100 originally OKstae till dismal, 6'3 Guard
6a) Lance Thomas & Ryan Boyce (Memphis/transfer and gray shirt)- thomas was bench in previous school but touted (top 130 4star big)
6b) Yuat Alok & Ibrahim Doumbia (UCF/transfers)- Former #1 juco big/TCU Transfer (mid-year eligibility)/ ibr. is a former 4star pf from south Carolina..both bench in previous locations....
--tough to rank 6, yuat is only a mid year enrollee...but thomas will be blanketed with depth
8) ray ona embo & Jordan Walker (tulane) (medical redhsirt and transfer)- embo starting pg for tulane in 2018. held out for medical reasons. walker is a 4star on rivals (composite 3star) not productive at seton hall but internet famous for style of play
9) Reggie Jones (tulsa)- 6'6 guard 10pt per scorer from WMU
10) Isiah Jasey (smu) 3 star big transfer from a&m who was bench (mid-year eligibility)
I see us being one of the bottom two or three teams next season unless we land some game changing recruits in the offseason. Not sure Hill and the transfer are going to be enough to do any real damage. I like Igbanu as a roleplayer but I don't see him reliably carrying the team. Same goes for Horne. I'm already looking forward to 2020-21. Haith will be gone, and hopefully we'll have Phipps and another piece or two to build with along with a new coach.
Horne has been unstoppable at times as a sophomore and probably will be all-conference at some point. He has some athletic limitations but roll player is not what I see
Doug also was just such a turd. And he screwed us so bad with manufacturing leverage for that extension. Frank at least is a good guy. I’d much prefer being mediocre with Frank than being mediocre with Doug.
Frank has won some big games. We beat the effing Big 12 champs. If Doug had won a game like that, that’s literally all you would hear about on the coaching show. We’d then lose to ORU, Yooler, OU, Marshall, UCF, and SMU. But he’d have a ring for the K State game and demand his jersey to hang in the rafters.
As has been discussed too many times, he wasn’t all bad. But it was a very interesting era for not being very good. Really, @TUMe said it best. “His name is Ojcik. There is no ‘W.’”
I remember sitting at Lucky’s after we got blowed up at the BOK against effing UTEP. Everyone in there was mad. That was the year we had been waiting for. And still are. I didn’t think it would ever get better.
Probably the sweetest moment since the Eite Eight was sitting in the stands four years later in El Paso when we won the tournament there. With spare parts no one wanted and plenty of interference by handlers. That was a fun night. I think @amie deleted his account.
I never let you down with this one. Not sure why but I called this one Ikea Doug. Not sure how to get rid of that stupid watermark. They didn't use to show up.
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lol, I wholeheartedly agree. I'll always know where I was when Reagan got shot and the monkey got lost in IKEA.
