Absolutely he was inconsistent but who do we have that?s better? The answer is, we don?t and it?s very late in the game to get anyone that is going to be better.
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Thats the narrative that you and others want to paint but did she really have elite 8 talent? Aside from Rickea and Carter who else has really been that good? Matharu had times where she looked good, same for Mingo, Cooks wasn't what we thought etc... those girls weren't a Jordan Danberry, Jazzmun Holmes, McGowan type player. She has her girls in now and they are all highly rated and recruited.... so now you can judge her fairly and if we still look horrible, I'll be the 1st to speak up... but u have to give her that chance
I've never thought of it that way and there may be alot of truth there. Either way I've always supported every program whether I liked the coach or not.. And yes I will call a coach out as well... but I give them all a fair chance and 1 season without players she recruited isn't a fair chance
I?m going to try and look at the points as objectively as possible. This season we lost J Danberry, C Bibby, and A Espinoza-Hunter. There were times Coach Schaefer?s last season that I thought we would have been sunk if J Danberry had not gained another year of eligibility. Likewise, in hindsight, C Bibby also ended up helping a lot. However, in fairness, she also lost a lot of minutes as the season progressed.
This season we gained S Cooks and M Hayes. Hayes turned out to be a very solid player and probably was about an even swap with Bibby. Therefore the biggest keys were the lose of J Danberry and the change in the system. Coach Schaefer was also bringing in size and a seasoned point guard so he recognized we had holes to fill that never got filled.
However we went from 27-6(13-3) to 10-9(5-7). That is a monster drop from the previous consistency. Further the body language from the team was terrible.
That is the reason I am extremely guarded with any hope she can turn this around. Don?t get me wrong. I?m pulling for her because her success is MSU?s success. She has had a great offseason too. I still just don?t know if I believe she is the one that can get the job done.
Deivon will probably get better as a sophomore as most tend to do, but strictly based on what we saw last year, he wasn't the guy to bring the ball up under pressure any more than DJ or Iverson.
He really wouldn't have fit very well even as a willing backup on next year's team anyway. He's an aggressive score-first point guard whose outside shot isn't quite there yet. In contrast, since we're suddenly loaded with veteran scorers, what we need out of a backup point next year is a reliable handler looking to distribute first who can knock down open spot up shots when they're there. Assuming we can find that guy in the portal, we'll be better off than if we had convinced Deivon to stay.
What, is Howland suddenly going to learn to coach?
I hope he's right, but I'll believe the hype when I see it.
D. Smith was the best we had last year breaking the press. He got better throughout the year. Expect he gets better next year.
Molinar picked his dribble up too soon and would TO, DJ dribbled too far out and being 6-6 tough task. He also made lots of bad passes. Hopefully they both improve here. Smith was ahead of both knowing when to dribble drive and dish. Having a good burst drive in half court like DJ and IM have is total different thing that breaking the press.
I can respect that completely, everything you said had valid points. But alot of fans on here say things without truly understanding how sports work or have personal feeling towards a coach or player, so they speak out with those feelings no matter the situation and let's just call it what it is.... she stepped into that 1st game with people hoping for her to fail. If we all call ourselves MSU fans you pull for the program regardless of personal feelings. If she continues putting out the product we saw last year, I'm right along with people saying she has to go... but she has to have a fair opportunity
Damn dude give it a rest. You don't have to be a professional to know she is in over her head. Just because some of us recognize that, doesn't mean we aren't pulling for her. She had a loaded team, regardless of what you say, and failed miserably. It doesn't take an MSU engineer to know that. I have ZERO personal feelings toward her, don't know her, but I do know she's not SEC material. Not this year, not next year, and probably not any year. If she proves me wrong (she won't) I'll gladly eat a big plate of crow. Yeah give her another year, but you don't have to white knight for her every time her name is mentioned.
And no State fan wants her to fail. That's bs.
Howland knows how to coach. He?s done a great job here and people give him so much shit. He inherited a steaming pile of shit and has turned it back into a respectable product. ?Yeah but one ncaa tournament in 6 years?. The SEC has come a long long long way since Stans was here. We don?t even have divisions anymore. Reason being? To balance the league and strengthen the schedules instead of the western division being significantly easier than the east. Everyone has invested into their programs significantly as well. MSU isn?t an easy job by any stretch of the imagination. In fact it?s arguably one of the toughest in the conference. The guy knows what he?s doing, knows what he has to work with and I promise you knows what a damn good team looks like.