Nobody including me said we would win 10ish games. You read words in peoples mouths. I gave a range of all the possibilities that would exist between winning 10 and 20 games.(With a possibly talented, but very young team.) And all you could see through your rose colored glasses is 10, not 20. I hope we win at least 14 games. You need to read with your mouth shut and stop jamming on anybody that doesn't believe like you do.
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I'm sure you and everybody else didn't believe our floor would be 5 last year.
Lot's of things can go wrong in a season. Injuries, things absolutely not gelling to begin with, bad shooting streak infecting the whole team for six or eight games, somebody being deemed ineligible for the second semester, the team having way too many turnovers for a spate, etc, etc. We are a delicate inexperienced team to start out. Hopefully none of that happens, but it is in the possibilities. Thus 10-20.
I think most people had a feeling last year would be terrible. Maybe not 5? But I had us around 8-9 wins going in. It was a total throwaway.
Heff is starting to remind me of former poster Mikey the Clone, who eventually fell on his sword defending his favorite coach.
I really do hope the new guy does ok. I’m just afraid that he may be in over his head.
Zero reason to think that, especially with this offseasons recruiting efforts. I can't think of many coaches, if any, who would have won last year with that roster.
We’ve had an influx of talent that we haven’t seen in quite some time. That alone gives me some hope that Konkol will get this turned around sooner rather than later.
Sure there are going to be some growing pains at the beginning of the season, but hopefully smart scheduling will take care of that. I know Konkol didn’t have much control over that last season but he should have had much more of a say this go around. Starting the season with 4-5 cupcakes would go a long way with getting this roster to gel.
Could this thing crash and burn again this season? There’s always a chance, but I think our chances of at least .500 have gone up drastically based on talent level alone.
Realistic goal, in my opinion is at least 16 wins. If things click sooner rather than later, we could potentially win more than that.
I hope I don’t have to come back and eat these words/predictions, but I’m pretty optimistic about this season.
Sure there are going to be some growing pains at the beginning of the season, but hopefully smart scheduling will take care of that. I know Konkol didn’t have much control over that last season but he should have had much more of a say this go around. Starting the season with 4-5 cupcakes would go a long way with getting this roster to gel.
Could this thing crash and burn again this season? There’s always a chance, but I think our chances of at least .500 have gone up drastically based on talent level alone.
Realistic goal, in my opinion is at least 16 wins. If things click sooner rather than later, we could potentially win more than that.
I hope I don’t have to come back and eat these words/predictions, but I’m pretty optimistic about this season.
Agree with all your words here, except I don't see ANY chance of our season "crashing and burning" unless we have a massive rash of injuries or something fluky happens (knock on wood)
We WILL win at least 20 games if not more this upcoming season I can assure you of that!!!
Who the hell knows?
And that was my greatest hope. That we would end recruiting with the feeling of "who the hell knows."
And that was my greatest hope. That we would end recruiting with the feeling of "who the hell knows."
Mikey the Clone. The last to defend the Alamo.
FAU won 30+ games, made the elite eight and they bring almost everyone back so there’s that. Really, unless something changes I think they should be the favorite in the conference next season.
give coach K a chance. coach K was 38-47 in his first 3 years st Duke.
Couple of those CUSA schools had damn fine seasons, one of which made the Final Four and returns everybody.
Tom Landry didn’t have a winning season his first 5 years. He never would have made it in our “win at all cost” society. Steadily building athletic programs, teams, is a thing of the past.
And the thing that turned Duke around for Coach K was convincing a couple of players to come to Duke like Danny Ferry and Mark Alarie. If Coach Konkol can find one of those players, and maybe Hall is really one of those guys, he will be in business. Konkol has a distinct disadvantage that the OG Coach K didn't have to face....open transfer and NIL. If a player explodes here, he will have $100k staring him in the face from Texas or Kansas in a heartbeat.
I don't drink or smoke .... just remember my comment at the end of Basketball season.
There’s a certain guy who was supposed to be selling car insurance but decided to forego that career path for professional basketball who would disagree with you.
I am enthused by the recruiting class.
I have no idea how they will gel together, or if we will have a winning season. But to put that in perspective, if we were returning most of the same players there would be no doubt: Losing 20 games. So uncertainty is a huge improvement from a very low point.
I know nobody expected great things last year, but the dismal showing was... bad. I don't know if it was a total lack of talent, some toxic players that didn't play well together, just plain bad coaching, or some blend of all three. There were legitimate questions as to whether TU made the right hire that you can't blame people for asking out loud.
I still don't know the answer to that question, but this recruiting class and off season maneuvering of Konkol builds some confidence. At least, he seems like he has a specific vision and can recruit the players he wants, which is more than we've seen in a long time. It's made me interested in watching the team next year to see how they do. I don't expect to be world beaters, but I do expect to see a different brand of basketball next year that will reveal a lot about the direction we are headed. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I have no idea how they will gel together, or if we will have a winning season. But to put that in perspective, if we were returning most of the same players there would be no doubt: Losing 20 games. So uncertainty is a huge improvement from a very low point.
I know nobody expected great things last year, but the dismal showing was... bad. I don't know if it was a total lack of talent, some toxic players that didn't play well together, just plain bad coaching, or some blend of all three. There were legitimate questions as to whether TU made the right hire that you can't blame people for asking out loud.
I still don't know the answer to that question, but this recruiting class and off season maneuvering of Konkol builds some confidence. At least, he seems like he has a specific vision and can recruit the players he wants, which is more than we've seen in a long time. It's made me interested in watching the team next year to see how they do. I don't expect to be world beaters, but I do expect to see a different brand of basketball next year that will reveal a lot about the direction we are headed. I'm cautiously optimistic.
Me either.
Unless we are talking about a next level X's and O's zen master (Kevin Stallings comes to mind), I am not very adept at watching a team and analyzing the brilliance (or lack thereof) of X's and O's playcalling. If a play fails and the set shot isn't open, it's hard for me to tell if it was a 'bad' playcall, or if the players just "couldn't execute". Or what the difference really is.
If a play results in an open set shot, it's a 'good' playcall in my book, regardless of the sophistication or philosophy behind it. If it fails, you can blame the players, sure, but it's the coaches job to find 'good' set plays that work for the players and matchups they have. Sometimes that is admittedly impossible.
I know our players last year were not very talented. But given that they were bad and had trouble executing anything, it is hard for me to judge the coach. He could be brilliant and extremely frustrated, or he could be just as bad as the players. I like to think a really good coach will find a way to win some games with crummy talent, but maybe that is expecting too much of a first year coach with all new players he's never worked with before.
This will be a telling season. After last year, I would be pretty happy going .500 with all new and mostly younger players.
I agree with all of that, my biggest concern remains the lack of improvement throughout the season.
I get how losing a lot can demoralize a team, so the effort even subconsciously lessens. I hope this group starts the season with consistent hard effort and tough D, and builds on it throughout the season.
I get how losing a lot can demoralize a team, so the effort even subconsciously lessens. I hope this group starts the season with consistent hard effort and tough D, and builds on it throughout the season.
You cannot say with certainty that we will have a good season. If you are impressed with the recruiting then that is great. Basketball is a team sport. You still have to make them into a team. Last year I thought we might have a decent season after the guys learned a strategy with improvement throughout the year. That never happened. I had some glimmer of hope at the beginning few games of the season but was mortified that I was still watching that wreck at the end.
I want these guys to do well but until it is shown out there on the court, you aren’t getting my hopes up
I want these guys to do well but until it is shown out there on the court, you aren’t getting my hopes up
Well that’s not encouraging. We had a coach once that made a pretty good living winning 20 per year on a CUSA schedule.
CUSA has improved since then in depth. Back then there was Memphis and then the field.
The number of wins cannot be accurately predicted until we see all our players in school and the schedule released. I will watch practices and that will give us an idea but it depends a lot on the depth of scheduling. I for one hope we start with an easier schedule to give some confidence to our younger players as the NET rankings are worthless if you can't win early against strong opponents. There will be plenty of top opportunities within the conference later this year.
We might see that in some of the new teams the first season, but with
the Portal and NIL, those gaps will close pretty fast....You would expect
the boosters will be excited about their conference elevations, and will
loosen the purse strings for some NIL money....
This could end up being a pretty stable conference, save maybe SMU's
efforts to "go west"...
It will be fun watching some different teams...And the good news is,
most of them are closer to us geographically....Less travel for our away
games...
P.S. I guess all of that happens today....We have a bunch of new conf.
mates....
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SMU needs to give that some serious thought. That’s a pretty unstable conference.
I’ll go out on a limb here but predict there will be at least 2 former C-USA teams in the top 5 final standings in the AAC.
Someone better tell the SEC as OU and Texas are already part of the SEC schedules. Other than that I would say the Big12 is quite stable for the foreseeable future.
Jordan Clarkson 3-year $ 55 million. Was this Wojcik's best recruit? And the best steal by Haith? And the best agent illegal move in college?
If we’re going off NBA careers, Clarkson is one of the best players ever to wear a TU jersey.
