Interim Coach Stan Johnson

[BallBoy]

The problem here is that your last 2 paragraphs are WHY Stan can take no blame in the team's struggles.  After all, he has had no time to do anything but re-recruit the kids who wanted to leave because of Wojo to stay.  No time to do anything but that, which means all the team's struggles are solely on Wojo.

Yep. He convinced all of the players things would be different. Wojo has changed but when they haven't he still needed to tell them that Wojo loves them and he has changed.

At the end of the day, Stan is either part of Wojo's team who produced the results or he is not part of the team. If he wasn't part of team then he created a divided locker room which would have driven the same results.

[Elonsmusk]

The need to build self-reinforcing narratives is a powerful one because admitting you were wrong on a message board is a very dishonorable thing to do.

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

As for assistant coaches making subs - that is asinine. The closest that comes to happening is an assistant telling the head coach a guy is in foul trouble. Head coach then specifies who goes in game.

It is pure ignorance to believe that Stan Johnson is calling the shots as to in-game substitutions, and the lineup combinations. They give input. That's it.

You, pettysworld, and BallBoy continue to provide comedic and moronic analysis. Carry on.

[Jamo]

The fact that you "called it" after 7 games says more about you than anyone else.

[wadesworld]

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

As for assistant coaches making subs - that is asinine. The closest that comes to happening is an assistant telling the head coach a guy is in foul trouble. Head coach then specifies who goes in game.

It is pure ignorance to believe that Stan Johnson is calling the shots as to in-game substitutions, and the lineup combinations. They give input. That's it.

You, pettysworld, and BallBoy continue to provide comedic and moronic analysis. Carry on.

Coming from a guy who claims Stan has no time to do anything to help the team besides re-recruit players who want to quit because of the head coach, this is awesome.  Stan would have developed every single one of the guys on this roster into all time greats at MU...had he had even a single free minute available to do anything besides re-recruit the players on the roster.  Unfortunately, zero time for anything but that, so the players couldn't develop at all.  Oh, that and he would've petitioned for Marquette games to last 104 minutes each so he could've granted all 13 players 40 minutes of playing time.  I mean, how else can these players develop?  The fact that Wojo hasn't done that is just complete incompetence.

Not to mention wanting to fire the head coach...and promote the assistant coach.

Now, can you imagine co-coaches, where Stan handles the huddles and Wardle handles the post game interviews?  SHEESH!  Talk about a dynamic duo!

Comedic and moronic analysis defined.

[BM1090]

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

As for assistant coaches making subs - that is asinine. The closest that comes to happening is an assistant telling the head coach a guy is in foul trouble. Head coach then specifies who goes in game.

It is pure ignorance to believe that Stan Johnson is calling the shots as to in-game substitutions, and the lineup combinations. They give input. That's it.

You, pettysworld, and BallBoy continue to provide comedic and moronic analysis. Carry on.

He's an average coach. 3 NCAA tournaments in 4 years. Lots of power conference schools would kill for that. He's just not very good and MU can do better.

Stop stating your opinion as fact.

[Billy Hoyle]

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

As for assistant coaches making subs - that is asinine. The closest that comes to happening is an assistant telling the head coach a guy is in foul trouble. Head coach then specifies who goes in game.

It is pure ignorance to believe that Stan Johnson is calling the shots as to in-game substitutions, and the lineup combinations. They give input. That's it.

You, pettysworld, and BallBoy continue to provide comedic and moronic analysis. Carry on.

That's actually the job of the DOBO, not the assistant coach. Did you not see the video of Stan coaching in the huddle during a time out during the SJU game? I guess that was just to tell the guys who was in foul trouble, right?

You Standinistas are hilarious. "Stan does nothing on the sidelines during games. We need to hire Stan stat."

[MUBBau]

If Stan's main job is re-recruiting players to stay on the team, he didn't do that very well since the Hausers transferred anyways.

[BallBoy]

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

As for assistant coaches making subs - that is asinine. The closest that comes to happening is an assistant telling the head coach a guy is in foul trouble. Head coach then specifies who goes in game.

It is pure ignorance to believe that Stan Johnson is calling the shots as to in-game substitutions, and the lineup combinations. They give input. That's it.

You, pettysworld, and BallBoy continue to provide comedic and moronic analysis. Carry on.

Oh Little Chihuahua - You are only making yourself look worse.  You are still unable to comprehend that high level basketball is nothing like your junior varsity basketball team.  This is a big time business.  Even ex-D1 players have told you as much but you have to keep arguing the same incorrect points ad nauseam.

Part of the pre-game scout is to come up with the game plan which means you are specifying where the mismatches are and could be based on lineups.  Those big swings you think are unfair to the players are directly connected to that.  There is a reason that Jayce gets more time in some games versus others.

Gus Macker season is back.  You can relive your glory days and make all the head coaching substitutions that you want.  Might be too high level for you.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

That's actually the job of the DOBO, not the assistant coach. Did you not see the video of Stan coaching in the huddle during a time out during the SJU game? I guess that was just to tell the guys who was in foul trouble, right?

You Standinistas are hilarious. "Stan does nothing on the sidelines during games. We need to hire Stan stat."

The Hire Stan clique would hire anyone articulate and engaging.  In essence, they're picked apart by any half decent car salesman.

[WarriorDad]

Lol. It took you 5.5 seasons to admit Wojo wasn't a good coach. Some of us called it within 7 games of his time at MU.

You were not here back then so how would we know?

[brewcity77]

You were not here back then so how would we know?

Sure he was: https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?action=profile;u=3504

[f/k/a humanlung]

I like what little I have seen from Stan but the fact of the matter is that NO ONE has a clue about what kind of a head coach he would be.  Just like we had no clue about Buzz when he was on TC's staff.  In fact, I think we saw less of Buzz than Stan. 

Let's agree to disagree on Stan, especially since it doesn't matter because Wojo will remain coach until such time that donations start to drop - the only thing that seems to get the attention of the BOT and administration.

[Eldon]

Oh Little Chihuahua - You are only making yourself look worse.  You are still unable to comprehend that high level basketball is nothing like your junior varsity basketball team.  This is a big time business.  Even ex-D1 players have told you as much but you have to keep arguing the same incorrect points ad nauseam.

Part of the pre-game scout is to come up with the game plan which means you are specifying where the mismatches are and could be based on lineups.  Those big swings you think are unfair to the players are directly connected to that.  There is a reason that Jayce gets more time in some games versus others.

Gus Macker season is back.  You can relive your glory days and make all the head coaching substitutions that you want.  Might be too high level for you.

So now we're going the other direction: Wojo is a bball genius, but he's being held back by inept assistants.

[BallBoy]

So now we're going the other direction: Wojo is a bball genius, but he's being held back by inept assistants.

No. That you don't hire the assistant coach of a coach that you just fired because they were part of the problem. If you fire the head coach you fire the group. Either they were aligned on who to recruit, who to play, the approach or they weren't. If they were then expect the same. If they weren't then the assistant was undercutting the head coach and creating division. Either way no bueno.

Assistants have their hands in every part of the program from recruiting, player development, gaming planning etc. so they have to be part of the problem as well

The only reason you would hire the assistant is if there were off the court issue the head coach created and the firing was disciplinary.

[f/k/a humanlung]

The fact that you "called it" after 7 games says more about you than anyone else.

That he has solid analytical abilities?

[Eldon]

You were not here back then so how would we know?

LOL