Wellllllll, we proved who we are tonight

[Liverpooldawg]

Just fire the coach, that always works.

[EdwardDrayton]

Just fire the coach, that always works.

Doesn?t always work but sometimes it?s warranted. As in now.

[deltadawg63]

We know that D1 and especially Power 5/FBS football are changing strategically, culturally and financially fast as i can type.

It brings to thought what is our true strategy going forward? Can we compete as we want to expect at the sports that are important to us?

How do we best allocate our resources? What now and how much are our resources?

How much debt service remains on the football and baseball stadium projects and what part of the budget are those?

I think the fanbase understanding more of this would bring more transparency to what we are truly capable of emphasizing and what we are not?

The organized labor and "university employee" status debate could change strategy greatly!

[Commercecomet24]

Doesn?t always work but sometimes it?s warranted. As in now.

Yeah it's time for ben to hang em up. Every game plays out the same way. We start slow get behind, catch up a little by the half, play ok to begin the second half and play like crap with to's and scoreless droughts the last 5-7 minutes of the game. Lather, rinse, repeat. You can't tell one game from the next with us because they're all just alike, replays.

[HoopsDawg]

Amazing how much better we would be with another good guard though. Howland and staff lost these games in the transfer portal.

[parabrave]

We are the worst team in basketball in the last 5 minutes of the game. Why can we not just give Brooks the Ball. He was money tonight

Leadership and coaching. Which there is none. We don't have a Jimmy Chitwood/

https://youtu.be/TdT_PiRLsaI

[Commercecomet24]

Leadership and coaching. Which there is none. We don't have a Jimmy Chitwood/

https://youtu.be/TdT_PiRLsaI

Yeah it's kinda sad. We don't have the Jamont Gordons, Timmy Bowers, Derrick Zimmermans, Darryl Wilsons, etc. Howlands brought in some talent but we just haven't seemed to find those type players who lead and know how to get it done. We're more like watching an aau team. 5 individuals no team concept.

[Cooterpoot]

Just fire the coach, that always works.

Well, he's retiring anyway, so there's that.

[confucius say]

After his first two years building from the Rick ray debacle, Ben has had us in the tournament or the NIT five years in a row. Are we sure we are a better program than that?

And that's playing in a Sunday school environment every home game where our fans don't show up and our administration does nothing to encourage students to show up.

[parabrave]

Yeah it's kinda sad. We don't have the Jamont Gordons, Timmy Bowers, Derrick Zimmermans, Darryl Wilsons, etc. Howlands brought in some talent but we just haven't seemed to find those type players who lead and know how to get it done. We're more like watching an aau team. 5 individuals no team concept.

This and it's been that way since Jamont last year.

[HoopsDawg]

After his first two years building from the Rick ray debacle, Ben has had us in the tournament or the NIT five years in a row. Are we sure we are a better program than that?

And that's playing in a Sunday school environment every home game where our fans don't show up and our administration does nothing to encourage students to show up.

No, we are definitely not a better program than that.

[Commercecomet24]

After his first two years building from the Rick ray debacle, Ben has had us in the tournament or the NIT five years in a row. Are we sure we are a better program than that?

And that's playing in a Sunday school environment every home game where our fans don't show up and our administration does nothing to encourage students to show up.

Maybe true, but it's obvious it's a time for a change. Ben looks tired, the team looks tired, the whole program looks lifeless and depressed. It's time and I believe Ben knows it as well.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We are going to win the NIT. I can just feel it.

Not if the other team applies either a full court press or at a minimum guards us down the court. I swear, there is literally zero reasons why Starkville High School couldn't hold us in check with those two simple easy defensive adjustments/schemes.
Simple and 100% effective against our team and has been for 7 years.

[OLJWales]

We are going to win the NIT. I can just feel it.

Was this in jest?

[R2Dawg]

We did a terrible job of getting the ball to Brooks or doing things to get Molinar shots. Terrible plan offensively

Totally agree. Now I'll make a comment that will go viral and probably lead to getting thread locked.

We have the same major coaching stuck in mud mentality also in football with Leach. Neither adjust in game, neither adjust to our skill or opponents weakness. Both just do what we do and we seek to execute perfectly to win. Both have won before but are basically washed up by the game today.

Have fun defending how Leach is any different than Howland?

[confucius say]

Maybe true, but it's obvious it's a time for a change. Ben looks tired, the team looks tired, the whole program looks lifeless and depressed. It's time and I believe Ben knows it as well.

I agree. I'm just not sure our administration is not more to blame than howland. We made a conscious decision to kill attendance and the environment, which makes it hard to win.

[R2Dawg]

Amazing how much better we would be with another good guard though. Howland and staff lost these games in the transfer portal.

Yeah, the guard he got in the portal is DJ which don't fit the need.

[OLJWales]

Totally agree. Now I'll make a comment that will go viral and probably lead to getting thread locked.

We have the same major coaching stuck in mud mentality also in football with Leach. Neither adjust in game, neither adjust to our skill or opponents weakness. Both just do what we do and we seek to execute perfectly to win. Both have won before but are basically washed up by the game today.

Have fun defending how Leach is any different than Howland?

At least Leach runs a Bi-Polar Pogram that has its Manic Moments of Big Wins while Howland's Program is 100% Mentally Depressed.

[HoopsDawg]

Totally agree. Now I'll make a comment that will go viral and probably lead to getting thread locked.

We have the same major coaching stuck in mud mentality also in football with Leach. Neither adjust in game, neither adjust to our skill or opponents weakness. Both just do what we do and we seek to execute perfectly to win. Both have won before but are basically washed up by the game today.

Have fun defending how Leach is any different than Howland?

I personally feel Howland is a much better coach and program leader than Leach.

[Saltydog]

I hope we hire the dirtiest SOB out there.......Gregg Marshall, Sean Miller, Pitino I don't care at this point.......We're in a league with some of the most egregious cheaters of all-time (Cal, Bruce Pearl, Will Wade).......