I would like to set a couple things straight.

[clenz]

OK so I know I've pissed a lot of you off, and when I say a lot I mean a lot.

I really don't ***** and moan as much I have the last 2 weeks. I'm just having fun with some of the posters on this board. I'm amazed at the anti-disagree with the coach sentiment of this board. I’ve never seen a group of people get so upset when a coach is questioned, but that isn’t my point.

Anyway, I really don’t hate Coach Jake or the moves he makes. I realize he is the coach, with much more experience than any of us; probably most of us combined. I don’t agree with some of the moves he makes, but I come of as not agreeing with them much more than I actually do.

Why do I do this?

It is simple really, and I have stated it many times. People are so uptight here. Some of you claim to post on other boards, such as HawkeyeReport, IowaPreps, ect… but judging by the way you react to things that are said I have a hard time believing some of you spend much time on the college sites. I frequent TheWolverine.com, and that is where I get my posting mentality. They are a much more harsh, brash, and much less sensitive.

I apologize for the way I have acted over the last couple weeks and I will try to conform to the board’s decorum more. I didn’t have a problem with it during football season, but basketball must be different.

Go Panthers!

[MarshallTucker]

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I think people were aching for a successful program for so long when things were pretty poor for quite a few years....so people are sensitive and not ready to look at anything negatively yet. Exciting recruits, a new arena and the time and money that people put intothat, and an enhanced sense of pride that both instill, is another reason for the sometimes defensive stances I think.

People are much quicker to question Farley and openly say we were, for example, outcoached (for at least 3 quarters) against Youngstown because the football program has always been good. Even the "dark years" of Mike Dunbar the team went 7-4, 7-4, 8-3, 7-4.

The mood for basketball is, like you say, different.

[GonzoCat]

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You don't really piss that many people off. I'd say about 4-6. Remember, according to the poll 82% on here agree with you. The 18% is just a lot more vocal (typeral?) in their defense of the coach, really mainly for personal reasons.

Some of them have gotten so carried away in their defense that they make it sound like the greatest coaching strategy since Adolph Rupp, when in reality there is no statisical evidence that it has had any positive effect, and there really can't be. There's no way of knowing what EC and JE would average if their roles were reversed. Some are proclaiming that it will have great benefits late in the season. We'll see on that I guess. It certainly is a novel coaching strategy. Has anyone come up with any other example of a team that doesn't start it's best player?

In the end, even though I disagree with the strategy, I guess I agree that it is Jake's team to coach as he pleases and all we can do as fans is support the team.

I just hate seeing a young man who has been one of the best players ever at UNI, who has done so much for this team and contributed so much to the recent success we've had, not receive some of the recognition he deserves his senior season. I propose that for each remaining home game the crowd give the sixth man a standing ovation when he enters and not sit again until the Panthers score.

[MarshallTucker]

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I just hate seeing a young man who has been one of the best players ever at UNI, who has done so much for this team and contributed so much to the recent success we've had, not receive some of the recognition he deserves his senior season.

It's that respect and recognition factor that bother me. No one questioned that Eric Sanders should be starting despite having a strained throwing shoulder...he earned that right. I guess I view this situation in a similar fashion.

[UNIPNTHR]

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What about some sign ideas for the next home game. Let me know if I've got any winners, Griff:

"Eric Coleman
Says
Play me
Now!"

"6th on the roster,
1st in my heart."

"EC, even though you are being
uSed
exPerimentally
as a sixth maN... you'll
always be a starter 2 me."


2317 could hold this one...
"At lEast
our Subs
imProve the
liNeup."

[MarshallTucker]

Re: I would like to set a couple things straight.

Eric
MiSsed
His P.E. Class
At Noon Today

[Matt Trump]

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This is awesome

[UNI05Alum]

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Clenz,

You don't even piss me off. You only began to annoy me when you started the sarcastic "agree with Jake" schtick. Coaches make decisions and they have to live with thenm right or wrong. It may cost them their jobs in some cases, but fans shouldn't get to dictate policy of a coaching staff. You can debate all you want, but at the end of the day, the coach makes the decisions for this program. We can disagree...but it's going to fall on deaf ears.

If our fans make signs asking for EC to start on ESPN...I'll puke. They are cute on the message board and they all made me laugh, but is EC starting the focus on the season...or is winning games?

Well considering most of us on here are taxpaying citizens of Iowa, why shouldn't we get to dictate policy a little? Jacobson is dribbling this one down his leg, and it's getting ridiculous. What happened to the good old days when the best 5 players were on the court to start the game; period?? We don't have a PG, Koch is NOT a great post player, so why not use what we've got and focus on being 'big' instead of starting Dunham/Brown/etc.?? Put Koch, Egleseder and Coleman ALL in the starting lineup. Enough is enough.

[unigriff]

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lenzie..u know i like ya so end point there.
There are times on this board that it seems like the high school iowapreps board. Which is really sad and why i basically left that board and why I tend not to post as much as I used to on here. Too many cynical aholes at times.

as for the sign ideas....its a ESPN2 game? ooo fun. I still have a Cookie Monster Sign from 2 seasons ago and an UNI + ESPN2 = College Basketball Lives Here sign from last year. I'll have to consider some of yours too!
PS...oldcat I need another picture of Cookie Monster and EC. My Roommate through my others out!

Marshall...clever, but not funny.


As for tonight....huge game on the road, kinda need this one!

[bendbutdontbreak]

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2317

This is a message board not the newspaper. Message boards were created for fans to voice their opinions and ideas. Anyone can give their opinion on what they think will work. Example what alum said about three bigs. He can slam the coach on here thats what alot of these boards were created for to state your own opinion. Jake is the coach but anyone can still say what they would do or would like to see on here. None on here is as qaulified as Jake but they can still state their thoughts.

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

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Bendbutdontdbreak,

Please refrain from making any negative statements regarding anything. You may only express supportive comments publicly until otherwise notified.

Regards,
Kim Jong-Il

[NorthernIowaBacker]

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Eric
MiSsed
His P.E. Class
At Noon Today

These are awesome

[Purple Blood]

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Gee we have what 1 loss in the MVC and some of you want to fire Jake ? Get real ! I also have news for all you tax payers it will be the AD & the big money boosters that determine if a coach gets removed more than anything else, ask old coach Dan formerly of ISU. Coaches all make mistakes, live with it, and move on to the next game !

[NorthernIowaBacker]

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I'm

Erics
JerSeyChasin
Panther
faN

Love,
unigriff

[joecooll6]

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This is a conversation that cant be had too many times.