And that's ok. We needed to bring our men's BB program out of a dumpster. No better way to do it than to bring a guy in with a winning pedigree. I bet Howland blew the interview out of the water...that's great....But now we are faced with a cold hard truth?! Does he reach the fire inside of a college player? No, is my answer.
i just don't see the motivation behind anyone on our team that leads me into thinking any fire exist. There is no fear of getting benched, there's no hard stares, there's no chew out sessions.....these kids are coddled. The lack of discipline is disturbing. There's not even any smoke. Just a few lighting bugs floating around the 17ing court.
Some coaches can reach down, grab a hand full of sack and pull it out of your mouth....and make you swallow it back, just to prove that you DO have nuts. Howland, hurts me to type, doesn't possess this anymore. He'd rather massage the nuts instead of kick em. That does not work with the style players we recruit. I believe leadership starts at the top and its gloss is unwavering as it trickles down. Without much gloss, we don't shine.....and we don't have 1 guy on the team who WANTS to be the torch barrier. That shows a lack of respect to your coach.
From what I've watched, on into the 3rd year, we have a coach who appreciates his retirement job, enjoys the "slowed down" lifestyle of Starkville.....and has completely rounded his edge to his once fiery demeanor. We know he is been to final 4's. We know he is upthere with the Addidas folks. What we don't know, can he lite a fire?
JoMo sounds like he is going to hold kids accountable. In fact, it was the first thing he said in his presser.
We already know that Andy C ain't putting up with the ********. His kids respect him.
Vic....Vic is a top 5 women's coach in the world. He lights the entire floor ablaze with his passion.
If Howland wants to stick around he might wanna sit with these folks at the lunch table.....not before dumping his tray of granola bread and Nutella.
i just don't see the motivation behind anyone on our team that leads me into thinking any fire exist. There is no fear of getting benched, there's no hard stares, there's no chew out sessions.....these kids are coddled. The lack of discipline is disturbing. There's not even any smoke. Just a few lighting bugs floating around the 17ing court.
Some coaches can reach down, grab a hand full of sack and pull it out of your mouth....and make you swallow it back, just to prove that you DO have nuts. Howland, hurts me to type, doesn't possess this anymore. He'd rather massage the nuts instead of kick em. That does not work with the style players we recruit. I believe leadership starts at the top and its gloss is unwavering as it trickles down. Without much gloss, we don't shine.....and we don't have 1 guy on the team who WANTS to be the torch barrier. That shows a lack of respect to your coach.
From what I've watched, on into the 3rd year, we have a coach who appreciates his retirement job, enjoys the "slowed down" lifestyle of Starkville.....and has completely rounded his edge to his once fiery demeanor. We know he is been to final 4's. We know he is upthere with the Addidas folks. What we don't know, can he lite a fire?
JoMo sounds like he is going to hold kids accountable. In fact, it was the first thing he said in his presser.
We already know that Andy C ain't putting up with the ********. His kids respect him.
Vic....Vic is a top 5 women's coach in the world. He lights the entire floor ablaze with his passion.
If Howland wants to stick around he might wanna sit with these folks at the lunch table.....not before dumping his tray of granola bread and Nutella.
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