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I was originally going to write an article about this, because it occurred to me that I haven't written one about the basketball team yet this season, but I figured the timing was all wrong and there would be a strong contingency of people who disagree with me that would call me every name the moderators would let them. That being said, I feel a few things should be addressed:
-Regarding the game on Sunday, no one has bothered to answer this question for me: what were the causes of UNI going down 17 in the first half to a last place Valley team that clearly will not win more than six games in conference this season? Yes, the Panthers stormed back and erased that deficit. So here's the question: who was responsible for what? Were the players responsible for coming out flat and allowing Indiana State to score behind the arc at will (according to Jacobson's post-game comments), or was it lack of preparation? The latter is something that can be attributed either to coaches OR players.
It seems to me like there's a few posters on here who believe that when the team does well, the game plan and the coaches' preparation was essential to that performance. When they do poorly, that's the players coming out flat. Any good coach will tell you that it is ALWAYS the exact opposite of that; games are won by players and lost by coaches. Please note that Jacobson has not said anything on this subject, so don't drag him into this.
One more thing: yes, the Weaver days sucked. Yes, you could fire a cannon from one end of the Dome to the other and not hit anyone. Is there anyone who would disagree that this was the lowest point in our program's history? Follow up question: is that the standard by which we will judge all future seasons of UNI Basketball? I would think that's a bad idea.
All I'm saying is that those who are frustrated with the current performance of the team should have their opinions respected, as should those who are disagreeing with the things they are saying. There doesn't seem to be very much of that happening right now.
Oh, and let me just answer the next question for you: I have been to every single game this year except North Dakota, and have been at 90% of UNI home games since 2002. In fact, if you saw a big hairy dude lumbering around with a cane for the SDSU game... yeah, that was me. I was there. So there's no using that as a point of challenge. Don't even try, no matter what side you're representing.
-Regarding the game on Sunday, no one has bothered to answer this question for me: what were the causes of UNI going down 17 in the first half to a last place Valley team that clearly will not win more than six games in conference this season? Yes, the Panthers stormed back and erased that deficit. So here's the question: who was responsible for what? Were the players responsible for coming out flat and allowing Indiana State to score behind the arc at will (according to Jacobson's post-game comments), or was it lack of preparation? The latter is something that can be attributed either to coaches OR players.
It seems to me like there's a few posters on here who believe that when the team does well, the game plan and the coaches' preparation was essential to that performance. When they do poorly, that's the players coming out flat. Any good coach will tell you that it is ALWAYS the exact opposite of that; games are won by players and lost by coaches. Please note that Jacobson has not said anything on this subject, so don't drag him into this.
One more thing: yes, the Weaver days sucked. Yes, you could fire a cannon from one end of the Dome to the other and not hit anyone. Is there anyone who would disagree that this was the lowest point in our program's history? Follow up question: is that the standard by which we will judge all future seasons of UNI Basketball? I would think that's a bad idea.
All I'm saying is that those who are frustrated with the current performance of the team should have their opinions respected, as should those who are disagreeing with the things they are saying. There doesn't seem to be very much of that happening right now.
Oh, and let me just answer the next question for you: I have been to every single game this year except North Dakota, and have been at 90% of UNI home games since 2002. In fact, if you saw a big hairy dude lumbering around with a cane for the SDSU game... yeah, that was me. I was there. So there's no using that as a point of challenge. Don't even try, no matter what side you're representing.
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