Printable View
Long way to go till season and a lot could change but I think an honest conversation is due. How do yall feel about Howland and what do yall expect from him and the team going forward? I think this is a big year for him, if we're bad again I think pressure and questions could really ramp up. He gets the benefit of the doubt though bc of his 3rd year streak he has going
I think howland is still a good coach... happy with him. I do think although this is howland's 3rd year here, it's really his 2nd year bc there was such complete turnover after year 1. I expect NIT/bubble NCAA this season and to really have a good team next season
I concurQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Actually, I think we win 23+ and are in the conversation for the NCAA tournament this year. I think Tyson Carter will be a kid that makes a big jump especially if he can gain 10-15 pounds this offseason. I think we see a big jump from Peters and Q will show the type of dominance he did early last year and will inch up to the 17-18 ppg range. I think Nick Weatherspoon will be a player that gets us in position for Peters, Q, and Carter to shoot wide open threes. I think a big key will be can we have Feazel be a player who challenges Holman in practice? How good can Ado be? How much will Herard improve? We still have a lot of good pieces and experience this year to do some things. Ado and Feazel could be difference makers in the post. We will have one of the best backcourts in the SEC.
I think our season this year will be similar to what South Carolina had the year before last when they won 23 games or so but made the NIT. I think Q projects very similar to Sindarius Thornwell and if Q stays all four years he will have a similar senior season.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I am disappointed in Howland right now. He hasn't done shit since his initial splash with recruiting. He passed on Tookie which was an obvious **** up. He told Black to pack his bags and we've sucked at the 4 for two years so that was another **** up. He royally ****ed up the Newman situation when he let Malik and Horatio hold his roster hostage when it was so obvious MN was never coming back and Howland didn't sign another player to make up for that loss. He let George Brooks talk him into signing a player who was never coming here in his own damn son. The Q Spoon injury and waiting before having surgery was a total **** up. Spoon coulda had a medical redshirt but that's not happening now. Now Howland is almost in June and just lost two spots on his roster with nobody replacing those spots. I get it that maybe he wants to clear room for two HS signees he has his eyes on but there's no harm at all in signing two grad transfers with only one year left that will play immediately. Yet he can't or won't do that despite there being a ****ing ocean full of transfers available to anyone that wants one.
I trust Coach Howlands's judgement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I wont pretend to know about all that other stuff (not saying you dont) but I do agree the proof is on the court that we have been bad at the 4 for a long timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I think Peters blows the roof off this year and carries us. He really took the team from Q last year just my opinion
Why? What has he done since being in Starkville that gives you that sense of trust because I can point to about ten things that say the exact opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by msbulldog
Peters looked awesome till he cut his hair. Then he looked like dog shit. Apparently all of his confidence was stored in his high top.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
Basketball version of SampsonQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
True, but still. I know Q got hurt and that may have a lot to do with it, but he just doesnt seem like a killer to me. His give a shit isnt always there eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Q was a liability once he hurt his wrist but hopefully the surgery will fix thatQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
Recruiting for this cycle is absolutely awful right now. He better win this year. If they are not a nit team with legit NCAA buble conversation then I'm gonna be very disappointed. Two of the top recruits in the "great class" are leaving. I'm still confident though bc I think peters Lil spoon, and ado are gonna do big things however we better start seeing progress in a hurry.
Because he coached UCLA for years and you didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
This mindset is exactly how Germany turned into a bunch of Nazis bruhQuote:
Originally Posted by msbulldog
https://cdn.meme.am/cache/images/fol...ull-retard.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Jury still out for me. Can't say I'm overly impressed to this point. But who knows.....perhaps we will see a step forward this season.
He's done a good job so far:
http://i.imgur.com/pihYg59.png
Based on his performance so far here and at other jobs, we have no reason to believe the team won't continue to improve and compete at the highest level.
How does a 21-12 team finish with an kenpom of 77 and a 14-17 team finish with an kenpom of 78?
Strength of schedule, margin of victory/defeat, etc. The Kenpom ratings take all of a team's possessions on the season into account (not including garbage time), not just whether a game was a win or loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
He also calculates a "luck" ranking for each team that compares a team's actual W/L record to its predicted W/L record based on its rating, and our 2015-16 team was the 3rd unluckiest team in D1. We were also relatively unlucky this past year, but not as dramatically so.
Interesting, now that you mention it I do remember us losing a lot of close games Howland's first year. Good stuff, thanks for posting itQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Um Robert Woodard is in the 2018 cycle and he plays like we wish Kegler would have played.Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
I feel great about Howland and expect great things going forward.
This thread cracks me up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Exactly. But don't argue with the master of all sports. Goodness that mini rant made my head hurt.
Hey 61, not sure if you have seen little Spoon play, dude has skills, forget Wright or you will when little Spoon gets some minutes. He's electric quick who can ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I'm excited about seeing Tyson Carter this year. I think he takes the biggest jump of our freshmen and it ends up being hard to keep him out of the starting five (which is a good thing). I'm excited about seeing a fully healthy Q and Xay. I'm excited to finally get to see Ado and to see Herard's development. And I am excited to see how Lamar Peters and Nick Weatherspoon play together. I'll also be interested to see Holman's development and to see if Feazel can push him at the four being 6'9 and 240 that is a true stretch four with guard type skills. Even with losing Kegler and Wright, I think we will still be okay this year and have more then enough talent to win 22-23 games and be a borderline NCAA tourney team.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Nick Spoon is the best medicine, thanks for reminding meQuote:
Originally Posted by basedog
We should be better inside especially defensively, the thing with young big men is they seem to be foul prone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Peters and Little Spoon will be fun to watch in time. We get Woodard and if all stay healthy may be the best backcourt in our history, at least on paper, lol.
How come you don't make comments like this towards other posters when the daily shit on Dan Mullen threads are posted?Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg
Because I don't like arguing with a random agenda driven based post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I think Howland has us heading in the right direction. I do have a couple of concerns though:
1. Our on ball defense has been very bad the last two years. We couldn't stop Steven Hawking on a dribble drive.
2. Our ball movement and movement without the ball is alarmingly bad. I hope it was just due to youth. We would waste at least 10 seconds every possession just casually tossing it around the perimeter with no real idea of what we wanted to do.
I would like to see a more deliberate approach on offense and attack the basket more often.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
So you like arguing with me instead? Haha the OP ASKED us to give our opinions on Howland right now. Maybe I have missed the good news coming from the basketball program in the last 6 months cause I don't seem to remember hearing any. Care to fill me in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg
You just need to consider who your talking to. Someone who thought Boise State would be a good fit for the SEC...for a year. When you do that you'll understand why arguing seems kind of pointless.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg
trollQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
A simple check from Enforcer can prove I'm not a troll. Do we have anything to prove you are not an idiot? Nope. Your post can confirm that. Again the irony of you calling me a troll in a thread that you trolled and are trying to argue with everyone. NiceQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I like Boise StateQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
I have no expectations good or bad. There are way too many unknowns and the knowns are still to young to base anything solid on. I'll wait till I see them in January to form any real opinion.