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[surf]

playing like shit? shots just ain't falling? neb playing out their minds?

i don't feel like sifting through threads on texags to figure it out. they can't afford to lose this game

[surf]

fine, i'll just follow on yahoo and figure that shit out for myself

[T-Bird01]

Nebraska w/ wide open 3s, Sloan out of control driving into the lane making turnovers, terrible shooting, you name it.

[surf]

that loss is really going to make things tuff for the Ag's tourney chances. OU losing helps but if baylor pulls the upset tonite it's going to get really interesting. still a lot of ball left to be played but A&M is on the bubble now or very close to being on it. could end up a 4 bid conference after the final couple of weeks play out

[Scot]

We can't defend the the three to save our lives. Piss poor all around

[rebelionel]

did you see that sweet pass across the court sloan made to...turgeon?

[T-Bird01]

surf,

We're out of the tourney with that loss. Kansas is a guaranteed loss. We wont win at OU, proabably wont win at Baylor, and may fucking lose to Tech on Wednesday. I think even if we somehow win 2 of those, that loss puts us out of the tourney at 8-8.

[RaginKajun]

i still have my sweet NIT shirt from a few years ago, so i'm not worried.

[surf]

i hate to bring up the flash in the pan statement but if those incoming freshmen don't live up to their billings and a couple of current player don't improve greatly next year, that could be the case with A&M. jj, kirk and more than likely dj are gone. i don't know if they'll get a lot of preseason love with how this season is ending and who is leaving. a lot is going to be asked of the freshmen and sometimes it's too much to bear for them. this year has been an exceptional year for freshmen considering how many are playing so well. next year may not be so fortunate

[T-Bird01]

Not really liking what I see out of Turgeon. Too much jeckyl & hyde bullshit. Fucking find something that works and stick with it. Same way on defense. I know you have to matchup based on other teams, but teach players how to close out on 3s, get off of screens, etc. No excuse for any of that.

[Thethreeyardout]

sounds a bit like a team that might have quit on their coach.

I hope not, but when players quit buying into a system, it is a tough disease to rid of your team.



just a thought....


I sure as hell don't know.

[surf]

they quit during the kstate game

[T-Bird01]

3yard,

You may be right, but I don't know that is what is going on. Any athlete on any level wants to win no matter what....even if they don't believe in the coach. I could see that argument (and I think we did with Reggie/Fran) in football, but basketball is about executing. No matter what offensive set is called, guys have to make buckets. I don't think any of these guys are going to intentionally miss shots. Turgeon is always praising the guys in press conferences as well, so I don't see where they would hate him.

[Agent]

If DeAndre Jordan leaves to go to the NBA, more power to him. He's not contributing shit and hasn't all season. He has a lot of maturing to do and needs to have either a juke move or a hook shot to score on something besides a dunk....and his dunks are not automatic either.

I think he'll turn into a great player, but he is not great by any means at this level...and NBA scouts who had guys like Olowokandi high on their lists from simply a raw talent perspective have watched guys like this not succeed.

I think he stays another year.

[BohunkAg]

Nebraska w/ wide open 3s, Sloan out of control driving into the lane making turnovers, terrible shooting, you name it.

I still don't understand all of the Sloan defenders......the guy is a net liability to us. He looks spectacular at times, but the bad outweighs the good with him. He makes terrible decisions when we need him the most.

[surf]

well he's obviously the best thing you guys have to trot out there at point. if he isn't, you need a new coach asap as in last week

[surf]

btw. i'm still worried about all those rumors floating around about turge losing his team last year at wsu. if true, byrne made a similar risky hire like iu did with sampson. a coach losing control of his team is a very bad thing and for a school to hire a coach right after such a thing occurred, is a bad move and a major gamble. based off sloan's comments the other day, it appears the team is split on some issues. that's not good either

[BohunkAg]

well he's obviously the best thing you guys have to trot out there at point. if he isn't, you need a new coach asap as in last week

That is the unfortunate thing....he's the best we got. Hell, maybe we all just got spoiled by Acie.

[surf]

maybe bcg should have put acie at the 2 and let sloan run the point at key junctures (while the game was in doubt) during every game last year to help sloan get ready to handle it on his own this year. acie would be there if sloan fucked up so it wouldn't hurt them plus sloan would get the experience he needed. losing a player like acie without being able to reload at that position with another stud a la a unc or ucla is always going to hurt. unc barely missed a beat with lawson replacing felton. everyone's expectations of sloan didn't fare the same fate. switching systems didn't help much either

[T-Bird01]

btw. i'm still worried about all those rumors floating around about turge losing his team last year at wsu. if true, byrne made a similar risky hire like iu did with sampson. a coach losing control of his team is a very bad thing and for a school to hire a coach right after such a thing occurred, is a bad move and a major gamble. based off sloan's comments the other day, it appears the team is split on some issues. that's not good either

I agree to some extent, but again every athlete in any sport wants to fucking win. Even if they don't believe in the coach, play your balls off and get the win. No excuse losing to a team like Nebraska at home.

[surf]

you're going to have an off night every once in a while and end up losing to someone you shouldn't. i think this goes a little deeper though

[T-Bird01]

Their off night should have been last Saturday, or hell fuckin Monday when they got spanked by 27.