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With a thread title like this, I thought I was going to read that the Hausers changed their minds or we landed Kerry Blackshear or something. It’s nice that no one else is transferring, but this is now a fringe top 25 team at best.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Unfortunately when Jamal says "big things coming our way" That BIG thing is now likely a top 25 ceiling, as opposed to the top 5 and potential 1 seed they had previously.
Y'all are misinterpreting this photo.Ed and Ike are looking down and away, like they want to not be there.Theo isnt smiling, probably ready to slam Markus to the groundBailey seems distant from the rest of the bunch. Serious disconnect there.Smoke and fire, boys. Smoke and fire, aina.
But teams can outperform (or underperform) preseason expectations.
Don’t spin a much needed positive into a negative
Picture tells a thousand words. We need Stan and We need Stan now. Wojo needs to be sent to pasture.
Thank you for posting! I have pointed out in great statistical detail that Markus shooting is a huge plus and not a negative, to which the few fans who hate having an All-American on their team seem to imply he's a big locker room issue or something that somehow offsets being one of the greatest scorers in the game.What if the locker room issue really was the hausers?Statistically I can't deny they are good.However their departure does remind me of my conversation with the coach of jae Crowder's dad down here in Alabama (buddy Knapp coached in GA and Al) .Corey Crowder's starting teammates in high school were killed in an auto accident. The team decided had a meeting to decide whether or not to even continue the season. Corey not only LED them to continue this season but an unbelievable state title with the reserves that were left.Luckily we aren't dealing with any kind of tragedy like that, but we have a lot of talent and Cain and Bailey's minutes were cut drastically to try to make Joey work through a two-month slump and Joey just never came back for us. I'm looking forward to the next season and let's just see where it goes.I also remember when one of Alabama's most prominent boosters walked alongside new Alabama coach Nick saban to start to to give suggestions like we see on this page from some re what he thought would work on personnel and saban responded I don't have time for this crap and continued walking. Unfortunately for me as an Auburn resident that was the key moment that turned around the program from years of whiners to an incredible run.If the hausers were trying to tell Wojo how to run the team then I'm glad the page is turned. Obviously if current players have an issue with him or anyone else then I hope that's worked out a locker room but it really has nothing to do with the rest of us on the outside.
Interesting how everyone assumes that a team with the exact players who went 1-6 when the games really counted would be a top 5 team next year.Brendan and Koby will replace the Hausers and should put up similar numbers next year as those two did - minus a couple rebounds a game, but better defense.Where we will get hurt is depth-wise if we don't get a decent grad transfer or two.
Maybe. Haven't run the math yet but fringe top 25 does sound right (assuming no more defections or additions). But teams can outperform (or underperform) preseason expectations. Im looking forward to seeing if this group can get it done. I posted a while ago that the toughest are forged by adversity. Losing the Hausers is a whole pile of adversity. Im hoping this strengthens our team instead of breaking them.
You hit the nail on the head...everyone talks about how there's reason to be optimistic because Brendan, Jamal etc will just step up and MU will be ok. That may be true. However, in order to make up for the production leaving now you will have to use 3-5 guys from your depth to cover that(where as before it was 2 covering it). In an ideal world, I would like to see a "trade" if you will. Two guys leaving that averaged about 25/12...so what you'd like to do is bring in two guys that can cover as much of that as possible, and then your depth stays as your depth and it's not like you miss much of a beat at all.Easier said then done, I know, but I'm going to hope for this, until there isn't any hope to have.
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Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Must be the wrong webcam... I see neither a shovel in his hand nor a hole in the ground.
Horribly stated.Ur really focused on the lost production of Joey arent u? Was it his turnovers or turnstile defense that u belive will be the hardest to replace? I couldnt for the life of me understand how Joey got so much time. Its now clear that Wojo was attempting to placate the crybabies and their parents. We have better players on the roster than Joey that will step right in and we will not miss a beat. Bailey is a better player than Joey. Will we miss Sam for one year on offense? Yes, however, the defensive improvements at Sams spot may go along way to mitigate his loss on offense.I think MU is gonna be waaay better than peolpe think
Not exactly. What we need to replace is numbers off the bench. I think Brendan/Kobe will replace Hauser numbers.
but Sam's offensive production will be VERY tough to replace, at least from one guy.
No, actually, I'm not that worried about covering Joey's production..but Sam's offensive production will be VERY tough to replace, at least from one guy.
I'd love to know how many guys who played major minutes in D1 had 46/40/92 shooting slash lines.
It took 7,000 posts but finally something you said didn't make me roll my eyes... all kidding aside, I agree it is nice to see the group staying tight when there is alot of negativity around