Eagle’s Rug

It’s pretty telling that a long time insider like @KathywithaC made a statement that not all of Buckner’s influence has been bad. Then when asked for an example, pointed to a lame duck coach firing that the public was clamoring for. Makes it very clear that Buckner should be nowhere near basketball decisions.

He made sure Crean was fired. Is there anything else he did to benefit hoops?

Where and when has Buckner’s influence been good for hoops?

Knight certainly physically abused his players. Personally witnessed it during games multiple times. He would kick players in the shins as he crouched down to start his timeout rant. Even did it to his own son. Everyone looked the other way because he was a legendary coach.

He was fired from Tulsa last week after 2 years.

Miserable Mike

I’ve done that the last two days. I’ve had everyone of them mad at me at some point.  It’s good to be the king. Won out on back to back loners between my brother in law and I.

We averaged a turnover a minute in the first 8 minutes of the game. Still not boxing out. Still not guarding the 3 point line. This is what poor coaching looks like.

He’s also played 11 games to our 2. Just a nonsense comparison.

…as an assistant. I do agree that Archie was worse here. Should have never made it past the interview stage when it should have been obvious that this job was too big for him.

He went to the Elite 8 with Dayton. He sucked hard here, but was a much more successful coach than Woodson prior to being hired.

Tamar Bates won an offseason trophy too

He nailed Buffalouie’s. 6 out of 10 is about right for them these days.

Another possible factor could be that his dad did not have him play AAU ball. Woody doesn’t seem to care for that and just generally anything recruiting related. Maybe that philosophy/attitude was common ground that turned into compatibility.

The Gamer

Ghost of Chuck Marlowe

I think Huber would be on that list too

@RaceToTheTop answered earlier that SOS is taken into account. I’m not an advanced stats guy so I’ll take the L on that point. I would hope we could provide May a bit more resources than FAU to combat the step up to the B1G. The program has never lacked support or resources. We all know the right dude can turn this thing back into a monster. I’m not sure that’s him, it’s seems risky. I’d like to see us just one time swing for the fences. Throw out a really stupid big number at someone who is an established winner. The upfront investment would pay off in the long run.

Could FAU’s schedule being more difficult this year than last have anything to do with the dip in defensive efficiency numbers?

I don’t think it is the same Dusty May. The Dispatch has him hailing from Peoria, Illinois. Good journalism.

That is some deep knowledge there. Bravo

Knight never missed being in the AP top 25, at least once, during any season he coached here. Including this year, we have not touched the AP top 25, at least once, 10 out of 24 years since. Fans have every right to be impatient and pissed when they seem the same mediocre to bad management of the program year after year. We were spoiled with a legend, but we should be demanding better than failure, 42% of the time. At least make the top 25 once every year, that’s not too much to ask. Woody failed that in year 3.

When that Neil Reid team was 16 year olds they were runner-up at nationals in Tennessee to Ron Mercer’s team.

That website also claims that Malik Reneau is not in our best 2, 3, 4, or 5 man lineup. That’s some clown show analysis.