Pig SIUE

[patso]

He was asked what he would do on an inbounds play late in the game and he gave some non answer like I would get it to a ball handler. He is pretty bad.

[Dr. Blackheart]

It's really not if you read my first post, it's more of a "at least we survived, let's clean it up, get better." Mentality. You responded saying I wasn't factoring in the rating. I responded with the one example I was willing to look up (my dad went to NIU so I passively root for them) and I reiterated that we're not alone and at least we survived let's clean it up.

There's no "explaining it away"

I guess we agree. My point is, even bringing it up makes it sound like a 13th place ribbon. We had too much of that the past seven years.

Here is something I am watching on Shaka: Can his teams play in a slower paced game? We don't really have a half court offense or rebounders (despite some Scoopers saying preseason we upgraded on the front line). In his early exits, opposing teams knew to take the air out of the ball like SIUE tried to do in the 1st. Their 13-0 run put MU in a hole and it was a struggle all game. If havoc isn't working early, we need to be good in the half court (despite what Scoopers critique me on). I am not seeing it yet.

Frankly, the team's rebound against a slow paced UNH team will be telling. And, yes I know we won't be very good this season, but we need to play to our potential, not play down.

[Big Papi]

I guess we agree. My point is, even bringing it up makes it sound like a 13th place ribbon. We had too much of that the past seven years.

If havoc isn't working early, we need to be good in the half court (despite what Scoopers critique me on). I am not seeing it yet.

SIUE had 15 turnovers in the first half.  Pressing was working to speed them up and get them out of their comfort zone.  We didn't do a good job of creating those turnovers into points.

[Dr. Blackheart]

SIUE had 15 turnovers in the first half.  Pressing was working to speed them up and get them out of their comfort zone.  We didn't do a good job of creating those turnovers into points.

On a 64% efg% with just one trey made. Easy.

[Jockey]

Yes. What the hell was that scoreline? That was something out of 1996. And then you compound it with the very worst announcing team that FS employs ... ugh.

I thought it sounded like Dickie had taken some announcing lessons since last year. He wasn't great, but was 100% better than last year. I don't think we heard a "hashtag (fill in the blank)" a single time last night.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I thought it sounded like Dickie had taken some announcing lessons since last year. He wasn't great, but was 100% better than last year. I don't think we heard a "hashtag (fill in the blank)" a single time last night.

He threw the #Security out at least once

[MU1980]

How many of those P6 teams that lost, have a new coach, a new system, only 3 players from the year before with 1 of the 3 being suspended and gave lots of minutes to inexperienced players?

We don't have a good team.  We are projected to finish between 9-11 in our conference this year.  There will be a lot of losses.  We will quite possibly have a losing record and not make any tournaments.  That we won yesterday was a huge success.  Enjoy the journey.

I am confused by your statement.  So you are saying these other teams that did end up losing, didn't have a new coach and a bunch of new players and yet they still lost.  Our team has all the things going against them that you mentioned, playing in their first game of the year and yet they still won.  I see our team as having a much greater chance of improving throughout the year than many of the other teams that ended up losing, simply because of how young we are and dealing with a new coach, a new system and a lot of new players.  So your first paragraph seems to contradict the second paragraph.  Despite the obstacles, we still won and learned a lot and I saw so much to be optimistic about.  I was happy to see that Shaka was a bit more optimistic (although realistic) about the game in his press conference than the majority of posters on here.  You could tell he knows exactly the things they need to work on and what they need to build on, and unlike us, he sees them everyday at practice and knows that for some of them, it will take a few games to transfer their practice ability to game ability.  I think the turnaround from last night to Friday will be huge and you will see a much better game and even more reason to be optimistic for a solid season from a young, inexperienced team. 

[Pakuni]

SIUE had 15 turnovers in the first half.  Pressing was working to speed them up and get them out of their comfort zone.  We didn't do a good job of creating those turnovers into points.

Not sure about this. About 44 percent of MU's first-half points came directly off turnovers.
The problem wasn't the lack of turnovers, though. The problem was the lack of defense when they didn't create a turnover.
And as Doc notes, it's hard to say that a team with a 64% eFG was forced out of their comfort zone.

[MU82]

Forgot to notice ... how were Shaka's cuddles?

[tower912]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFqTZXgLkw

Shaka's press conference. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DlV8MJOxM

[avid1010]

Not sure about this. About 44 percent of MU's first-half points came directly off turnovers.
The problem wasn't the lack of turnovers, though. The problem was the lack of defense when they didn't create a turnover.
And as Doc notes, it's hard to say that a team with a 64% eFG was forced out of their comfort zone.

Agreed...but its hard to say a team with that many turnovers was comfortable...

[rocky_warrior]

Ben: "How does your length fit into his system?"

Oso answers (fly around, lotta length, etc.), Darryl gives a couple side-eyes and smirks, and does his best to keep from cracking up

[Johnny B]

Ben: "How does your length fit into his system?"

Oso answers (fly around, lotta length, etc.), Darryl gives a couple side-eyes and smirks, and does his best to keep from cracking up

thats kinda funny

[Jay Bee]

Ben: "How does your length fit into his system?"

Oso answers (fly around, lotta length, etc.), Darryl gives a couple side-eyes and smirks, and does his best to keep from cracking up

Would the site be shut down if he had said ... you know what??

[loid walden]

Lots of Negativity.. Didn't expect it.  For me....I thought they played OK..Pleasantly surprised

[Newsdreams]

Lots of Negativity.. Didn't expect it.  For me....I thought they played OK..Pleasantly surprised

LOL

[Spotcheck Billy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFqTZXgLkw

Shaka's press conference. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DlV8MJOxM

"We've got Notre Dame first" instead of New Hampshire

[rocky_warrior]

"We've got Notre Dame first" instead of New Hampshire

It was "We've got another game first"
https://youtu.be/BnFqTZXgLkw?t=266

[wadesworld]

It was "We've got another game first"
https://youtu.be/BnFqTZXgLkw?t=266

Love it.  Biggest game of the season.

[rocky_warrior]

Love it.  Biggest game of the season.

I don't always agree with this take.  But at this point, New Hampshire is literally the biggest test of the season so far...

[dgies9156]

Look, I'd liked a 100-42 win as much as the next guy. Heck, I thought we should be scheduling tougher opponents.

But gang, it's one game. Just one.

I suppose many of you complainers thought Green Bay's season was over after the New Orleans game. Or that the Brewers could not sustain their success past June.'

If, it mid-December, the SIU-e game is our highlight reel, then OK, we have problems.

Until then, just one word:

R-E-L-A-X ! ! !

[Pakuni]

Look, I'd liked a 100-42 win as much as the next guy. Heck, I thought we should be scheduling tougher opponents.

But gang, it's one game. Just one.

I suppose many of you complainers thought Green Bay's season was over after the New Orleans game. Or that the Brewers could not sustain their success past June.'

If, it mid-December, the SIU-e game is our highlight reel, then OK, we have problems.

Until then, just one word:

R-E-L-A-X ! ! !

I'm honestly struggling to find a lot of complaining in this thread. There's more complaining about complaining than there is of the game.

[brewcity77]

Look, I'd liked a 100-42 win as much as the next guy. Heck, I thought we should be scheduling tougher opponents.

But gang, it's one game. Just one.

I suppose many of you complainers thought Green Bay's season was over after the New Orleans game. Or that the Brewers could not sustain their success past June.'

If, it mid-December, the SIU-e game is our highlight reel, then OK, we have problems.

Until then, just one word:

R-E-L-A-X ! ! !

Seriously? Before the SIUE game, you said this, now you're the voice of reason?

If we lose tonight, our season is over.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Seriously? Before the SIUE game, you said this, now you're the voice of reason?

Well he also posted this, perhaps he's stirring the pot again?

I was the kid most likely to stir the pot. With that privilege comes the reality that my intellect just might be over the heads of some. LOL

[dgies9156]

Seriously? Before the SIUE game, you said this, now you're the voice of reason?

Brother Brew:

But we didn't lose.

Listening to Scoopers on this board, we played crappy, but at least we won.

We closed out when we had to. We did what we needed to do.

Again, if this game is the highlight reel of the non-conference season, then OK, we have problems. But I'll wait until we lose to some podunk university not worthy to carry our water before I push the panic button this soon.