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Buzz had 13 NCAA wins in 6 seasons. Here we are justifying a coach on the prospect of maybe winning 1 game in 8 seasons. Honest question: has any coach since 1980 ever won consistently after not doing so for seven consecutive seasons?
Rocky, I’ll continue to try and enjoy what we’ve got (I was optimistic thru Monday) and I understand that Steve will likely not be fired, but this mediocrity should not be tolerated by the administration and we as a fan base can choose to accept it or strive for something greater, by making noise about our unhappiness.
Fair. But just so everyone knows, the MU administration generally doesn't follow MUScoop
Apathy has set in for many of us. Been a fan for over 50 years and even during down times I always had the energy and desire to care about the program. Going into the Badger game has always been a fun time of year and trying my best to get jacked for the game.
Woe IS us. Look what our alma mater has allowed this program to become! Perennially average. Enjoy living out the rest of your days in "others receiving votes"...
I am going to enjoy living out the rest of my days (lots of them, I hope) surrounded by family and friends and fun.
MU moved the ball great against the Pine Bluff zone. Stood still against OK St. The difference was the length of the defenders. Give credit to the D.
My goodness what a sap. It was a figure of speech akin to your own call to Kevorkian. Read your own posts.
Buzz had 13 NCAA wins in 6 seasons. Here we are justifying a coach on the prospect of maybe winning 1 game in 8 seasons.
Logistically speaking, it seems like a pretty good time to do so imo- in that scenario you’d have a good frosh turning soph class (I include Carton here even though he will be a jr next season) that would hopefully stay and an average instead of great incoming class. Even with a few transfers/decommits seems like a good time to make a change that hopefully won’t be needed
Passed up on several golden opportunities to fire him. If only someone had been saying this since 2017...
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
GooseThe Dukiet era was depression followed by apathy and embarrassment. An all time low.The Wojo era has enough teases (recruiting successes, a big win here or a nice streak there) to save me from those dark places. That said, unless there is a major turn I’m resigned to the fact that the best we can hope for under Wojo is a middling up and down program. His experienced teams will be average to above average, his inexperienced ones average to below average. This is year 8, and we’ve never finished in Pomeroy’s top 30 under Wojo. That, plus the fact that he looks good in a blue blazer and never says anything controversial (or interesting, IMO) is enough for the ProJos. Some may even be still clinging to that “Duke North” nonsense. I’d love for them to be right but 7+ years of data says differently.
What golden opportunities are you referring to? Wojo has unquestionably preformed well enough every year not to get fired.Fans may not like it, but there is a space between "good enough to inspire confidence" and "bad enough to fire." Unfortunately for us sorry louts, Wojo has set up camp in that space and past evidence suggests that he ain't moving in either direction.I don't fault anyone who has seen enough of Wojo and has concluded that he will never get us to the next level. I'm closer to he won't get it done then he will at the moment. But the reality is, other than the top 10 or so programs in the country, Wojo could have had the exact same results, and he would still be employed at any other program.And again, while I understand why people are pessimistic about the team moving forward...It was an 8 point loss in the third game of the season to a good (not great) high-major team. We have seen Wojo coached teams take much worse early season losses and then turn around to make the dance anyway. Let's not throw the season on the meat wagon quite yet.
It wasn't that the loss happened, it was how inept and unprepared the team looked that has a lot of people rankled. I think the real problem is the lack of post season last year, and the low expectations setting in for this year. We all feel like we should be in the tournament every year... and when we get there, we win a game or two sometimes. Instead we miss the tourney or we get our doors blown off when we get there.It's awful hard to be a basketball only school when you're bad at basketball.
The sign of a good program and coach is quickly bouncing back after an underachieving season. Mediocrity is a problem when it begins to become a pattern.