Picked to finish 7th...

[Matt Trump]

...and end up 6th.

[JCPanthers]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

...and end up 6th.

Actually...tied for 5th.

[UNI Prof]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Tied for 5th. We should probably fire Jake or at least start threads regarding the process. Outperforming expectations without your top point guard(s) is not acceptable.

[jman2004]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Most of the threads started about "firing Jake" came out of sarcasm. The majority of people that complained about him, don't want him fired.

[morrism0]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Should we start a "Should Jake get a raise" thread?

[Matt Trump]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Actually...tied for 5th.

Well, the 6th seed anyway.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Let's remember that that pick was also made prior to Kwadzo or Reed getting hurt. 9-9 in this conference with as young and inexperienced a team as we had is a decent finish. The inconsistencies should have been expected, I just wish the February slide can be buried after this year.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Most of the threads started about "firing Jake" came out of sarcasm. The majority of people that complained about him, don't want him fired.

Don't confuse those that wish to create imaginary "us" vs "them" scenarios with facts... their minds are already made up.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Just because we finished better than predicted, doesn't mean we couldn't have finished better.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Jeez, even when we win, people have to be negative.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Jeez, even when we win, people have to be negative.

Grow some thicker skin.

These marks - & - are intended to indicate sarcasm.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

I wasn't being saracstic. Maybe lighthearted, but serious. We have a better seed if we don't blow those games that people are mad about.

[BCPanther]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Actually the three losses that I found most disappointing are all OOC (SDSU, Iowa, UIC), so it wouldn't have affected our seed

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Preseason coaches/media predictions aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

Over the course of the year, you see who you are and where you should be, and while a T-5th finish is nice, we had plenty of opportunity to be better this year. To reject cries of "under performing" now something far short of objective.

[Newt99]

Re: Picked to finish 7th...

Just because we finished better than predicted, doesn't mean we couldn't have finished better.

Quoted for truth! This is what many of us have been trying to say all along. This team coulda/shoulda/woulda been better, if a few things had fallen into place. Some curious coaching decisions certainly factored into that.

Well I'd better go hide before the angry mob shows up to berate me. I'm sure somewhere in that post someone will find where I just called for Jake to be fired right now, even before the Valley tourney game.