Hey Jake...

[jegbomb52]

Re: Hey Jake...

If you guys don't care for the team get outta here. Don't come to the games. I would rather have 2000 fans there who really care about the team and the coaches and the players than 7000 when 5000 of them don't give a crap except when the team is "good"

You my sir, are a Derelict. Did you seriously just tell people to leave?

Do you really want 2,000 people at games?

We DO care about the team. That is why we are so disapointed.

[UNIFanSince1983]

Re: Hey Jake...

You are correct I overreacted a little bit. But I think you did too when you called this the biggest collapse in Panther sports history.

I just get mad when people get overly excited about losing one game. I don't like to lose either and I think some adjustments need to be made, but overacting by calling this a collapse of massive proportions kills me. This team will learn. We have one senior! We are young and should get better. Now if we end up only winning like 10-12 games this year I think we might be talking about a massive collapse. But if we win 16-18 games again we should be alright.

[FerociousCat]

Re: Hey Jake...

On that note. Where was Kyle Green last night? I know he tore his achilles last week. Did he have surgery and then is not allowed on the sidelines? He is usually the one in Jake's ear the way Jake used to be for Mac.

I believe Green had surgery yesterday & was resting last night.

[run&blade]

Re: Hey Jake...

Apparently you should be the coach then. Sounds like you're making it that simple.... just put the ball on the floor and get to the rim....okay, Naismith, the job is yours, have at it.

No it isn't easy but that is why I don't want to hear people connected to the program just blowing off losses because they went 6-32 from the three point line. They act like that was the only solution to the problem. If that was it then why pay for a coach?

[oldcat]

Re: Hey Jake...

I remember going to games in the Dome a "few" years ago....................you could throw a rock in any direction and not hit anybody!!!! That was some ugly basketball!!!! The level of basketball today is light years ahead of what it used to be.

[jegbomb52]

Re: Hey Jake...

You are correct I overreacted a little bit. But I think you did too when you called this the biggest collapse in Panther sports history.

I just get mad when people get overly excited about losing one game. I don't like to lose either and I think some adjustments need to be made, but overacting by calling this a collapse of massive proportions kills me. This team will learn. We have one senior! We are young and should get better. Now if we end up only winning like 10-12 games this year I think we might be talking about a massive collapse. But if we win 16-18 games again we should be alright.

You admitting your over reaction makes me want to admit my own.

My frustrations stem from long before last night. Am I over reacting by making the statement I made? Yeah, probably (even though no one can give me another example).

I am just so frustrated by looking at where this program was to where it is now. Those of you that say "remember when we played in front of a couple hundred in the dome" yes, we are light years ahead of that. The problem is, we were light years ahead of where we are now.

[fur ball]

Re: Hey Jake...

We have one senior!

Why do you think it is we only have one senior and other teams have three, four or more?

[Victory_For_UNI]

Re: Hey Jake...

Why do you think it is we only have one senior and other teams have three, four or more?

Do you think it's because of bad coaching that we don't have any seniors other than TB this year.....?

[06panther10]

Re: Hey Jake...

Bottom line is that game last night was a BIG game for our team and the program going into the rest of the season. Much bigger than it was for ISU. And we LOST. And we had a great chance to win. But did not.

[Kyle]

Re: Hey Jake...

As for biggest disappointment in UNI Athletics History?

How about the 2006 football team pi$$ing the momentum from 2005 down their legs with embarrassing home losses to D-II North Dakota in the "banner dropping game" and then not showing up against Western Illinois when the season was on the line?

I will repeat. This program is not in decline.

True, the 2006 football team was definitely a bigger decline, albeit short lived, but still a drastic landslide from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the grand canyon.

People, get real, all sports programs are cyclical, even the greatest programs of all time (ie-Michigan). I'm not a huge Jake fan, but to claim the sky is falling is ridiculous. In Mac's three years of glory, we made the tourney once because we got hot for three days, once because we had a couple nice BCS wins/played in a good MVC, and once because...well no one really knows why we got an at large in 05.

I can point to about a dozen other sports programs which have fallen a lot further than we have and they will bounce back just like we will. Look at SIU going from 6 straight tourneys and a couple sweet 16's to a 17-14 regular season record last year. Look at Iowa going to the tourney as a 2 seed in 2005 and than not making it back for three years straight.

If this is program is the biggest disappointment in UNI sports history...than I am celebrating not panicking.

[fur ball]

Re: Hey Jake...

Do you think it's because of bad coaching that we don't have any seniors other than TB this year.....?

Honestly, I'm just asking the question. It was before my time -- where did all the kids who were
to be seniors this year go and why? We had to have recruited more seniors than TB. Reed was a transfer in, correct?

[06panther10]

Re: Hey Jake...

the '06 football team was dissapointing. But a few short months later, they were ranked number 1 and were 12-0.

We are now in year three of dissapointment for the b-ball team.

[jman2004]

Re: Hey Jake...

I remember going to games in the Dome a "few" years ago....................you could throw a rock in any direction and not hit anybody!!!! That was some ugly basketball!!!! The level of basketball today is light years ahead of what it used to be.

I'm getting a little tired of this same old argument (no offense oldcat).

So what? Wartburg fans can probably say this exact same thing. Heck, that's the progression of sports in our society in general. Even high school sports. My brother's high school basketball team has their own web site with video clips.

Just because we have a flashy new arena and cool Nike jerseys playing in close games DOES NOT mean that our actual level of play is "light years" ahead of what it used to be. Sometimes the emphasis we put on sports and the money we spend on sports, gives everyone the impression that things are more entertaining. It just means that the culture of sports has changed. Don't confuse entertainment with quality of play.

If you want to be satisfied with mediocre seasons just because it's better than what you've personally experienced in the past, good for you. But please, don't get down on young Panther fans who feel that this team is WAY more talented than they look right now.

[jegbomb52]

Re: Hey Jake...

7-4 is not the bottom of the grand canyon. Ask Indiana State what that is like.

[joecooll6]

Re: Hey Jake...

Well when you can't even fill the place of 7,000 for an IN STATE rivalry game, echo's happen a lot

last night was a statement game like last years Iowa game to get students to the game. Another failure and I'm guessing another down year for student attendace. Just have to wait I think.

Were you there last night? There were a ton of students there? What do you want from us, honestly!