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  • #31
    Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

    Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
    It's not about credit for right or wrong regarding Jake; it's about not understanding what good it did to make ignorant comments about his coaching abilities.
    What good our your comments doing now? Nothing more than patting yourself on the back, and trying to make yourself feel like a better fan than others.

    Again, there were plenty of people supporting Jake during the early season struggles, most more vocal and reasoned than you, and many of them aren't patting themselves on the back in every thread.

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    • #32
      Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

      Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
      It's not about credit for right or wrong regarding Jake; it's about not understanding what good it did to make ignorant comments about his coaching abilities.
      Actually, yes, the reason I started this thread was to get the best coach this year some recognition for what he has done with this team. I didn't start it so the pissing match between coach or player credit, or I told you so could be rehashed for the 27th time since November. Congrats on a great win last night coach, I am extremely impressed.
      On a side note, anybody want Mac back? Looks like he might be on Jake's staff after next year if they don't get it together in Ames.
      "Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones."
      -Dwight Schrute

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      • #33
        Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

        Winning is a great deodorant - John Madden

        Coaches look smarter when players make shots. Most coaching takes place in practice (and at the college level - on the recruiting/evaluation trail), and not all of practice is Xs & Os. This is where attitude is developed - defense, the desire to improve, etc.

        Even without Carlton Reed (a starter?) we are enjoying a fantastic 2009, as opposed to a mediocre 2008 (Jan., Feb., Dec.). I think some of the new guys really helped with team chemistry. Eric Coleman, one of our most talented players even as a freshman, did not start last year - but not because Jake was an idiot. This team was put together by a talented staff starting when JE was a high school freshman.

        Thank you all players & coaches, past and present. You have made a cold winter hot!!!!

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        • #34
          Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

          I graduated in 1983, and my two brothers graduated before that, one lives in Peoria and his wife works at Bradley ironically, and I think about both of them and the people who graduated from my dorm house in Shull around my time, and almost none of them who are sports fans see Northern Iowa as their favorite team.

          An example is a friend in Cedar Rapids, who was Class of 1984, who when I called him at halftime of the Drake game and asked him what he thought of it, had no idea that game was on ESPN, and didn't seem to really care that it was on.

          It will take a couple back to back NCAA Tournament appearances in additional to what we had under Mac, for many of those people, and their checkbooks, to jump on the bandwagon. That's why when people discuss wouldn't a deep run in the NIT be just as good as an NCAA Tournament first round loss, the answer is no. Those alumni will care about the NCAA bid. They'll be able to say to their friends when they're in California (my oldest brother) making out their NCAA pool entry, "Hey I went to UNI." They will not care about an NIT semi-final finish.
          Last edited by DWadle1983; 02-04-2009, 01:54 PM.
          "Lot of people talked about Ohio State or Georgetown or Michigan State or whoever, [or] Maryland in our bracket. When the brackets came out, the first team I looked at was Northern Iowa," Kansas Coach Bill Self.

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          • #35
            Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

            Originally posted by MnPantherFan View Post
            Actually all the credit should go to the critical fans from earlier this year. Obviously Jake read the comments and changed his ways.
            Good one. I'm sure they are in the shadows waiting for the due.

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            • #36
              Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

              Originally posted by Panther789 View Post
              What good our your comments doing now? Nothing more than patting yourself on the back, and trying to make yourself feel like a better fan than others.

              Again, there were plenty of people supporting Jake during the early season struggles, most more vocal and reasoned than you, and many of them aren't patting themselves on the back in every thread.
              Could you cite the posts (in every thread) where I'm patting myself on the back (including this one)? Once again it's not about being right or wrong, it's about being reasonable.

              Regarding my comments, they probably aren't doing a lot of good. More importantly, I doubt they're doing much harm (except, apparently, to you.) Perhaps I'm incorrect in this assertion, but I don't think undeserved, persistently negative posts about our coaching staff has a positive impact on the program. If things are truly bad, I can understand some concern, but jumping on the staff that early in the season just doesn't make sense. Perhaps future recruits and potential fans/ticket purchasers don't put much stock in a team's message board, but I can't imagine posts like the ones seen earlier this season are incredibly helpful.
              TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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              • #37
                Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                Pretty sure "unprepared" coaches aren't eligible.
                This was the third post of the entire thread, made by you. It was an obvious slam at those who once criticized Jacobson . . .

                Just sayin'.

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                • #38
                  Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                  Who Cares??

                  Let's move on. The most important thing right now is that we are 11-1 and Creighton comes to the McLeod Center on Sunday. Awards are meaningless (as is this bickering) if we don't keep winning....

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                  • #39
                    Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                    Originally posted by Brett Crawford View Post
                    Who Cares??

                    Let's move on. The most important thing right now is that we are 11-1 and Creighton comes to the McLeod Center on Sunday. Awards are meaningless (as is this bickering) if we don't keep winning....
                    Absolutely.
                    TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                    • #40
                      Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                      Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                      Absolutely.
                      Of course you want to "just move on" after you were put in your place.
                      Illinois State Fan at a St. Louis White Castle 3:45AM Saturday March 6th:

                      "White Castle?" "more like Black Castle..."

                      You stay classy Redbirds.

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                      • #41
                        Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                        Originally posted by jegbomb52 View Post
                        Of course you want to "just move on" after you were put in your place.
                        oh no you didn't

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                        • #42
                          Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                          Originally posted by jegbomb52 View Post
                          Of course you want to "just move on" after you were put in your place.
                          Where did that happen?
                          TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                          • #43
                            Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                            Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                            Where did that happen?
                            Stop being a prick about the Jake thing. You are single handedly ruining a good discussion by ignoring the fact that you're acting like a 12 year old.
                            "Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones."
                            -Dwight Schrute

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                            • #44
                              Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                              Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                              Where did that happen?
                              I believe I was the one to quote you . . .

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                              • #45
                                Re: The official Jake for coach of the year thread

                                Originally posted by Brett Crawford View Post
                                Who Cares??

                                Let's move on. The most important thing right now is that we are 11-1 and Creighton comes to the McLeod Center on Sunday. Awards are meaningless (as is this bickering) if we don't keep winning....
                                Amen....Let's hope that we all learned something from earlier this season. Save the arguments for VT, WE ARE UNI!

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