Deep Friar thoughts

[tower912]

1.  When Sam went out with 2 fouls in the first half everything changed.
2.  Those announcers sure liked to talk about Marquette's lack of size and experience.  Doug must check my posts.
3.  Theo looked great for a while, then he looked like a freshman.  Then he looked great again.  He has the best lateral quickness of the bigs.
4.  Run MH, AR, and Sam off the 3 point line and dare anything else to beat you.
5.  Confidence is ebbing without the easy 3's. Guys are attempting extra passes to try to compensate.  Turnovers ramp up.
6.  Where was the bat when Marquette needed it.
7.   Providence decided to attack the paint and dare Marquette to stop them.  And then just defend the 3.
CRAP.  POSTED TOO SOON.  WHAT A MORON.
8.  Cooley just kept having his guys attack the defender on foul trouble.  Good coaching.   Not enough options.
9.  This is the hill  on which I will make my stand.  This is a case of not enough players, not enough size, not enough experience.  It is almost to be expected, when looking at it without the homer glasses.  If it still looks like this year from now, I will start to doubt.

[skianth16]

We just don't deserve a tourney bid right now. No way around it.

[GGGG]

#4 #4 #4 #4 #4 #4 #4

That is the essense of the problem.

[tower912]

Getting as little as Marquette got from the big 3 and as much from the rest of the team is actually something to build on.

[GGGG]

Getting as little as Marquette got from the big 3 and as much from the rest of the team is actually something to build on.

Exactly.

[ATWizJr]

1.  When Sam went out with 2 fouls in the first half everything changed.
2.  Those announcers sure liked to talk about Marquette's lack of size and experience.  Doug must check my posts.
3.  Theo looked great for a while, then he looked like a freshman.  Then he looked great again.  He has the best lateral quickness of the bigs.
4.  Run MH, AR, and Sam off the 3 point line and dare anything else to beat you.
5.  Confidence is ebbing without the easy 3's. Guys are attempting extra passes to try to compensate.  Turnovers ramp up.
6.  Where was the bat when Marquette needed it.
7.   Providence decided to attack the paint and dare Marquette to stop them.  And then just defend the 3.
CRAP.  POSTED TOO SOON.  WHAT A MORON.
8.  Cooley just kept having his guys attack the defender on foul trouble.  Good coaching.   Not enough options.
9.  This is the hill  on which I will make my stand.  This is a case of not enough players, not enough size, not enough experience.  It is almost to be expected, when looking at it without the homer glasses.  If it still looks like this year from now, I will start to doubt.

# 9 all day long.

[Shark]

Not even gonna make the NIT lmfao. Can't even be mad they just suck.

[Eye]

I officially turned the corner in the 2nd half today. Time has come to ask the question. Can they get a better coach?

[NickelDimer]

Still waiting for solid evidence that Wojo knows how to coach. That small lineup he stuck with cost us the game

[Johnny B]

10. Fire wojo

[1SE]

1) Tired of losing.
2) Tired of losing at home.
3) Tired of excuses.
4) Tired of "everyone has adjusted to the big three" but having no adjustments of our own.
5) Tired of "next year will be better"
6) Tired of "at least we have a squeaky clean program". We could have that for a fifth of the cost of what we out in.

I don't see how this team wins 5 more games without given the coaching creativity we've seen in these past four. Heck, I'm not sure this team even gets past .500 on the season. Hope I'm wrong, and I know we were in a similarly dark place last year. But at least then we had a win against a #1 on our resume.

[nyg]

Too many fouls again.  Sam goes out with MU up 7, six minutes later, has to put Sam back in with PU up 7.
Every game someone gets in trouble, today two guys.

Too many floaters missed by Rowsey and Markus.

Anim missed at least four layups, you can have all the energy you want, but have to make layups.

PU got layups, plenty and they were fouled a boatload of times.  Just abused again down, with exception of John.  Morrow will help, but hey that's next year.  That small lineup with Theo sitting for a long time didn't help. 

Run them off to shoot threes, believe 4 for 16 today.  Not working.

Team can't win at home and is in disarray right now.  Recipe for disaster.

[CTWarrior]

Still waiting for solid evidence that Wojo knows how to coach. That small lineup he stuck with cost us the game

+1,000,000

Rowsey with 4 fouls and you purposely put him in a position where he has to guard a big in the low post one on one.  What was he thinking?  That timeout with 1 minute to go was also a killer.  Lets Providence set the D and eliminates our last one in case we need it.

[Dish]

MU out of timeouts, with possession in the front court, was terrible today.

That spot around the 12 minute mark of the second half of:

-Hauser/Froling WTF play
-Rowsey 4th foul
-Howard hero 3 that had zero chance
-Friar layup
-MU timeout
-Howard turnover out of the timeout

Bad, bad, bad.

[79Warrior]

I officially turned the corner in the 2nd half today. Time has come to ask the question. Can they get a better coach?

Next season will be the key for me. If its more of the same then we have a problem.

[CTWarrior]

-Howard hero 3 that had zero chance
-

Howard has got to learn to share the ball.  Look for cutters or jump shooters on his drive.  His 3 pt % is down this year because he takes a lot of unnecessary bad threes.  He did not play well tonight.

[CTWarrior]

Getting as little as Marquette got from the big 3 and as much from the rest of the team is actually something to build on.

Theo John, other than that brain cramp on Howard's shot, was brilliant today. 

[mileskishnish72]

Well, for all the nits that argued semantics as to whether the last two games were "must win," let's see how you see in selection Sunday.

I think the torch has been pretty well passed at the 5.

The scouting report is definitely out, as mentioned in #4. I bet Mullin has read it.

I hope anyone who really thought Markus could handle the point next year has been thoroughly disabused of that notion.

Frosh looked great at times. There were a lot of Frosh mistakes. I guess that what Freshmen are.

Honestly, 6-12 in league looks most likely. That's annoying 'cuz I can't get to NYC for a Wed. game come BET time.

Play for next year, Woj, because if you don't turn it around then, I, unlike Tower, won't just begin to doubt, I will really become convinced that you are not up to the task.

[Eye]

I'll answer my own question 79. Long view, they realistically probably can't get a better coach for next season. And I understand the administration's view is pretty different than mine, so the odds of it happening are in the low single digits. But I think they need to start keeping an eye on the national landscape this off season. If someone really good becomes available for whatever reason, time to consider a change.

[GGGG]

Sam, Markus, Rowsey:

12/30 with 9 turnovers.

[79Warrior]

I'll answer my own question 79. Long view, they realistically probably can't get a better coach for next season. And I understand the administration's view is pretty different than mine, so the odds of it happening are in the low single digits. But I think they need to start keeping an eye on the national landscape this off season. If someone really good becomes available for whatever reason, time to consider a change.

No chance MU gets rid of him this year. Zero.

[Eye]

I'd have to give you a realistic specific example, and one is not immediately coming to mind.

Just had this thought as a comparable. Not sure if it's a great example, but here goes. The Cubs didn't go into the 2014 to 2015 offseason planning on getting rid of Renteria I don't believe. Joe Maddon become available. They changed managers. If something like happened to happen in college basketball late this March, I think it would be unwise for MU to not consider making a move. I fully understand there's an absolute bare minimum 95 percent chance Wojo will be MU's coach next season.

[JakeBarnes]

I feel like the midgets are drinking too much kool aid. Forget they have a team to use.

[mu_hilltopper]

1) Tired of losing.
2) Tired of losing at home.
3) Tired of excuses.
4) Tired of "everyone has adjusted to the big three" but having no adjustments of our own.
5) Tired of "next year will be better"
6) Tired of "at least we have a squeaky clean program". We could have that for a fifth of the cost of what we out in.

I don't see how this team wins 5 more games without given the coaching creativity we've seen in these past four. Heck, I'm not sure this team even gets past .500 on the season. Hope I'm wrong, and I know we were in a similarly dark place last year. But at least then we had a win against a #1 on our resume.

All of this +1m.  You know, right before last year's win against Nova at home, I was thinking Wojo had 13 months left at MU.  That Nova win got him an extra season.  While it's fun to storm the court, that game probably just cost MU another fruitless season, waiting for Wojo to turn the corner.

Next season will be the key for me. If its more of the same then we have a problem.

79W .. you know what'll happen.  There'll be 18 different excuses as to why next year doesn't work out.   All this talk about 2019 or 20 being special seasons.  I just don't see it.

I like Wojo for a bunch of reasons, but I no longer think he can bring Marquette to a competitive level in the Big East. 

[GGGG]

All of this +1m.  You know, right before last year's win against Nova at home, I was thinking Wojo had 13 months left at MU.  That Nova win got him an extra season.  While it's fun to storm the court, that game probably just cost MU another fruitless season, waiting for Wojo to turn the corner.

79W .. you know what'll happen.  There'll be 18 different excuses as to why next year doesn't work out.   All this talk about 2019 or 20 being special seasons.  I just don't see it.

I like Wojo for a bunch of reasons, but I no longer think he can bring Marquette to a competitive level in the Big East. 

What did you expect this year?