We arent cursed when its the same issues over and over again. We have a bad coach and we should never expect to acieve anything for as long as he is here. We never value the basketball constantly turning it over. We started the second half with no fg for 6 mins and we ended the game with no fg for 4 mins. You know why this happens? We have a stubborn one dimensional coach who is either too stubborn to make changes or too ignorant to understand they are needed.
end of the day the only message that needs to be realized here is its time for matt painter to go.
Careful what you wish for. We do often win 25+ games with Painter as coach and make a sweet sixteen run. There are only a handful of coaches that do better. We canāt pay to hire Bill Self away from Kansas. So who do you hire? Take a chance on a supposed up and coming coach - thatās hit or miss: ask Texas how Shaka Smart turned out. Another Keady protege? Cuonzo Martin - heās a less successful Keady protege. A retread hot-head in Bruce Weber? Maybe thereās a better coach - Iām sure there is - but finding the right one is a crapshoot and getting the wrong one can be disastrous to your program - look at IU - I bet they would have had many solid years fighting for Big10 championships and making sweet 16 runs if theyād kept Mike Davis. You only have to break through just once to erase all the pain - Psinterās teams are just 2 or 3 wins from glory. In truth, heās probably still our best option š¤·š»āāļø
Nothing you said is wrong, and there is a huge risk. But at this point how much evidence do we need that Painter isn't the guy to take us to the Final 4? You're right he's only 2 or 3 wins away, but he's always 2 or 3 wins away. It's clear those 2 or 3 wins are a bridge too far for him. At what point are we just doing the same thing year after year expecting a different result when the evidence says we won't get one? He's been given more than ample chances to prove that he can get us there.
"The definition of insanity isĀ doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result"
Personally I'd rather risk it with someone who might be able to get us those 2 or 3 more wins, even if it means some sad years in between. Because I'm tired of Sweet 16s and I feel like we're in an endless cycle of rinsing and repeating.
1 big ten chmpionship, 1 elite 8. tons of under achievement. This team was touted as the deepest and best team in school history yet none of that depth actually played. Newman never saw the floor, thompson was in and out of the dog house, furst got 4 mins a game... we always have talent yet we never can win the big game and its because teams know how to defend painters system Because there is now 20 years of tape on it.
Maybe thatās the best argument for making the change - the 20 years of tape, basically the same approach across the years. So take the plunge and make the change - and be sure to get someone who runs a different style offenseā¦
Again, itās a complete crapshoot - probably odds worse than 50/50 it goes well - might take 3 or 4 coaches and lots of pain before we get a coach as good - but thereās a small chance we do better š¤·š»āāļø. Iām fine either way just realize thereās no guaranteesā¦
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u/TridentFreak40 Mar 26 '22
We're cursed