Season Perspective

[madtownwarrior]

What's going to change next year with senior Derrick Wilson and senior Juan Andersen starting and play 30+ mins each ?    That ought to sell some season tickets.   

Not to mention he HAS to better utilize them next year

[brandx]

I like the way you think and agree.  Add in a healthy Mayo at ASU and no suspension at UW and a healthy Gardner against Sd. St. and even if we only win 1/2 the OT games we would be at least 21-10 and dancing.

There will be 50 teams that can say "if we would have won the close ones, we'd be in the tournament". Means nothing other than that you lost and are looking for the silver lining.

Chicos is right. We are what our record says we are.

[tower912]

If that were true, then we were an elite 8 team last year.    Not just 'lucky'.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

What's going to change next year with senior Derrick Wilson and senior Juan Andersen starting and play 30+ mins each ?    That ought to sell some season tickets.   

That's a heck of an assumption.

[MarquetteDano]

What's going to change next year with senior Derrick Wilson and senior Juan Andersen starting and play 30+ mins each ?    That ought to sell some season tickets.   

Madtown,

  I get you are a negativo but do you honestly believe that?  Unless we have major injuries or Andersen blows up his senior year he isn't even going to average 20+ minutes let alone 30+ minutes.

  I also have a sneaking suspicion that Derrick only averages 20-25 minutes next year.  Too early to say for sure but that is my guess.

[Lennys Tap]

If that were true, then we were an elite 8 team last year.    Not just 'lucky'.

Lose and you are what you are. No excuses. Win and you're lucky. Chicos Law.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Lose and you are what you are. No excuses. Win and you're lucky. Chicos Law.

"We are lucky to be here"

Brent Buzz Williams


Buzz's law.  Common sense law.  Smart people law.  Feel free to interchange as you wish.


Don't forget to say "coach's speak" and "nuance" in the rebuttal.

[Lennys Tap]

"We are lucky to be here"

Brent Buzz Williams


Buzz's law.  Common sense law.  Smart people law.  Feel free to interchange as you wish.


Don't forget to say "coach's speak" and "nuance" in the rebuttal.

Buzz = humble

Chicos = disingenuous and passive aggressive

Thankfully all but a very few here can tell the difference.

Always some luck in a 1 point win or loss. For you, though, either we're lucky (win) or choke (lose). Since April 8, 2008 close games are a lose/lose proposition for you. Funny.

Oh, and to the best of my knowledge Buzz said it once to be nice. You're still harping on it almost a year later.

[mu03eng]

What's going to change next year with senior Derrick Wilson and senior Juan Andersen starting and play 30+ mins each ?    That ought to sell some season tickets.   

Honestly, what do you get out of being so negative and disingenuous?  If what you say happens either half the team will be injured or those players will be performing way above expectation.  I suppose the third option is that Buzz is an idiot and will do what you say, but why dwell on that?

[willie warrior]

Buzz = humble

Chicos = disingenuous and passive aggressive

Thankfully all but a very few here can tell the difference.

Always some luck in a 1 point win or loss. For you, though, either we're lucky (win) or choke (lose). Since April 8, 2008 close games are a lose/lose proposition for you. Funny.

Oh, and to the best of my knowledge Buzz said it once to be nice. You're still harping on it almost a year later.

Man, Lenny--I love you but Buzz has you slurping. You talk about disingenuous. Try this on for the definition. Buzz has said on more than one occasion: Derrick is a gamechanger and the best defender he has ever coached.
BINGO-now there is a good example of disingenuous. Or "Buzzspeak", glad I was able to get that into the rebuttal.

And Humble? I admit I have never met Buzz, but have watched and listened to him plenty. Was he humble when he danced at West Va.? He likes to project that lonesome cowboy persona, but as stubborn as he is I really doubt that this equation fits: Buzz=Humble=Stubborn

C'mon Man!

[connie]

Absolutely true. This team was mere points away from being either a tournament lock or trash that not even the CBI would sniff. I just wanted to point out how thin the margin was.

Last year was a thin margin year where we stayed healthy, caught some breaks, had some players step up their games and came out better than we could have hoped.  Not surprisingly this year those hopes were higher, we had injuries and defections, caught few breaks and had no one step up their game (ok, Todd did at the end, and may have single handedly kept this from being a total disaster) and we are left with a lot of disappointment and disharmony.

I am trying to keep my perspective broader than just this season, mainly because this season was the most frustrating that I can remember.  There are a lot of lessons to be learned this year, and Buzz has to live up to the "humble" part of his nature and accept them.

[bilsu]

Under Buzz, who coaches so one possession matters, the season will always depend on who wins the close games.