You act like we are trying to replace 17ing Phil Jackson.We dont have a top BBall job, butany living breathing human being that knows basketball could replicate what Stans has done here.I don't even know where to begin to show you ignorants how much better off we'd be with a "Student of the Week" head coach. Have any of you been paying attention to games the past 14 years. Even Bobby Knight said MSU Basketball has been the biggest waste of talent in NCAA Basketball over the past decade. I think that guy knows at least a couple things about college hoops.
We are trying to replace a coach who, yes won 20 games a year, but this was against **** non conference opponents most years. Not to mention some of the best bed shitting demonstrations Ive ever seen. The best games we played this year, Stans sat his *** on the bench and didn't say a 17ing word. I've been following MSU basketball seriously since the early 90's and the past few years have been some of the most frustrating seasons I've ever witnessed. The most frustrating one was probably the 03-04 team. His teams have been losing more and more respect for him over the years. The last two years have been a complete circus. We have not even had a resemblance of an offense as long as I can remember, and the defense and rebounding has been swirling down the ******* during recent years, minus the Swat machine that covered up a lot of deficiencies.
I can see the frustration with being turned down by coaches currently coaching in **** conferences, but it's not like we're trying to replace a Rembrant or a Van Gogh. We are replacing an underachieving coach who did not have the respect of his players. A coach who did less with more, year in and year out.
Not to mention, how many teams play themselves from a 5-7 NCAA seed in February, to an NIT **** 4 seed a few weeks later?
I know most of you have thrown logic out the window years ago, but this is a 17ing no brainer. I honestly do not see our record from this past season being any different if Stans had stayed in the locker room and taken a nap during every single game. I really believe we'd have won more games and made the tourney had he been absent for the crucial games.
Let me ask this question. Have any of you noticed Stans substitution policy during his tenure? It was very evident this year for certain. We would build a nice comfortable double digit early lead. Wizard Rick would then sub at least 3 sometimes 4 starters, at the same 17ing time. That double digit lead would be cut to 2 withing 5 posessions and 3 min of clock. Do you see any other coaches doing this dumbass type substitution? 17 no you don't. He's been doing this forever and blowing huge leads as long as I can remember. I know some of you enjoy winning 20 games a year and fail to observe the consistently winning programs, and what their coaches do during games, but I guarantee, those coaches sub 1 or 2 starters at a time and stagger their subs (barring foul trouble).
Wondering why this is still so very difficult for some of you to see. And we could hire any coach 9th grade through NBA waterboy, and he'd be able to take this years team to 20 wins. Its really not that hard.
Don't mean to rant, but I've read all these posts about getting turned down like were the GD lakers looking to replace Phil and keep Kobe from whining all season. If we'd had a competent coach the past 8 years, we'd be the top program in the SEC West and probably #3 behing UK and FL in SEC. Stans would retire after next year, as planned, and we'd have coaches contacting us. But instead we were fine with mediocrity, sat on our cocks,andallowed Stans to keep underachieving. Thus, we have brought ourself back to the middle/bottom of the pack in the SEC.