Oso planning to go pro
I agree. I said in another thread, we saw 3 games and 37 minutes of beautiful team ball, where Markus was still Stud of the Game but everyone was getting involved and contributing. That went out the window in the last three minutes of this one with disastrous results.We give Markus his proper accolades when he plays well, it is fair to point out when he costs us the game as well.
Markus is a great guy and has done awesome things at MU. That said, tonight he cost us a win. Strange to say and very rare to say but IMO he lost the game.
He helped lose the Providence game as well by dribbling into double teams 4 different times resulting in turnovers.......
Are you the same guy with the other mike dean accounts
No, I'm not. I have one account. Don't tell me you're another Pro Wojo guy who thinks he's a great coach. Tonight just underlines what I've said before out of the guy: He doesn't know how to coach and costs us games. MU can do better than this.
There’s just no excuse for that foul.- a tie game with 20 seconds left- intentionally foul their best player- an 85% ft shooter- a player who scored all their points down the stretchHow can Wojo not know the score? They just had a timeout. What did they discuss? Wojo said there was confusion in the huddle - how can that be? There are scoreboards. Marquette deserves better than this. Wojo needs to be better than this, as does his staff. The players played their hearts out tonight. Coaching let them down and that’s inexcusable.I’m not close to fire Wojo, but he needs to make coaching changes so this doesn’t happen. They need experienced coach who is calm in final minutes and put players in best position to win. That did not happen tonight.
Per Ben Steele, Wojo says this falls on him - "When you're the leader of a group or an organization, you hold your kids accountable but the main person you need to hold accountable is me." And while that's the right thing to say, it holds no weight, because nothing will happen. If a player makes a bad play, he can get benched or lose minutes. If an assistant puts together a bad scouting report, he could be demoted or fired. But what happens when the head coach, who already signed his contract extension, screws up? I'm not saying he should lose his job over this. I'm just saying that his words are empty because nothing will happen. There's no actual accountability.
So should he have said nothing and not taken responsibility? What is your answer to how he should have handled it?
True. But. I do respect him for owning it. Mistakes do happen...and in this case we got lucky and it ultimately didn’t cost us the game. The bigger coaching mistake was not changing defensive strategy on Baldwin - to either force him left, or go zone.
There's nothing he can say. He's inept. And You're comfy with this guy. Just think if there's a similar situation in a tourney game....... I mean how many times does it take?
35 posts tonight and none since January 10th. Sigh.
Lavin and crew were talking about this in the postgame. Saying that there were noticeable situations where Markus was taking bad shots with teammates wide open and calling for the ball. It's easier to call out after a loss, of course, but those kinds of plays could be the difference between a win and a loss in a few more games this year. If he can get out of the tunnel vision just a little bit more, it will gives us some more opportunities. He's having a helluva year, but this one little improvement could be big for the team.
ESPN said most missed threes by a player in BE since 2009
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE MAD AT! NOT WOJO!Pass the ball Markus!!!
I’m at least happy he owned up to it as that was the ONLY defense he had.Markus was a chucker tonight, haven’t seen that much this year. Shame...a game we should have won.
A prediction: Wojo will say he did it to make sure MU had the last shot, or some variation thereof. Instead of letting Butler hold for the last shot, foul early, get the ball back with time to make a play. Didn't ultimately cost MU the game. Certainly was unusual.
Yes. I will always bet on my team doing what they need to do versus giving points to the opponent. Yours is a defeatist mindset.