I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree. It was only MVSU, but the interior passing by the bigs against the zone was pretty damn good. I haven't seen us attack a zone like that in over 10 years. It sure the hell beats Howland's approach of passing the ball around the perimeter until the shot clock runs down to 3 and whoever heaving a desperation shot.
We're 8-0, just won by 30, ranked with already 2 quality wins under out belt with 2 other games where we smoked the schit outta 2 others who were tourney teams last year. I see no game thread but I bounce on this one where you say we ain't sniffin' .500 in the SEC so I just say 17 the BS Moriarty or maybe you just like pissin' in fine whiskey.
This is the first time we’ve had a legit basketball coach in 10 years, too.
Let’s be honest, the next unqualified praise that anything MSU gets from XBL might be the first.
Yep. Kinda like a good hitter whose knocking the cover off but hittin' where they are instead of where they ain't. Sooner or later they gonna start droppin'.
Howland was legit. He has been to more Final Fours than MSU has.
He used us to pad his retirement income. His shelf life expired before he got to Starkville.
The fact remains he has been to well more Final Fours than we have. He was a very legit coach. Don't underestimate the magnitude of what he had to deal with when he got here. He left us in a MUCH better state than he found us.
Oh hogwash. Sure it's easier to recruit at UCLA. As for him not panning out here.....do you remember how BAD we were when he got here? The magnitude of what he accomplished here is immense. He just started out from so low a point he never could meet the expectations of fans who thought ANY coach could do better than Stansbury. Don't get me wrong, I really like the guy we have now. His energy, that he is obviously getting the team to match, is exactly what has been missing. But I am not going to dis Howland. He did a remarkable job here.
I didn’t say anything negative about the team. I pointed out that they are severely challenged on the offensive side. That’s an obvious fact If you couldn’t see that then you are a blind sunshine pumper.
You said that what you've seen thus far, we ain't sniffin .500 in the SEC. Is that positive or negative?
We are 8-0 and 2 of our wins have wins over top 10 teams. The team is pretty damn good.
And to his credit he did step aside. He rescued us from as bad a situation as Richard Williams did. I won't ever dis Howland. I like the guy we have a lot.
Has UCLA been anywhere close to the success they saw under Howland since they canned him? No.
Was is the key word. He was coasting the whole time he was at Mississippi State. He wasn’t anywhere near the coach he was at Pitt and UCLA.
