This was an absolute hideous loss. I am not even going to do a full recap given how infuriated I am right now. Make no mistake about it. De Paul is terrible. They got hot shooting 3s but so what, it never should have been this close of a game
Pike has been given god like status above criticism because he got us from hell to the NCAA tourney but quite frankly his coaching and development of the team this season has been beyond atrocious. This loss is on him and the staff. From his insistence on playing Caleb, to his mind numbing subsitution pattern, from pulling the guys who got us on a run, to not having his team full of experienced players even have a clue on how to run an end game situation with 25 seconds, to taking the ball out of Rons hands on the last couple of possessions
I really dont have many illusions about this season, we arent very good. We just lost to the worst team in the Big East. I dont care what other Big 10 schools are doing, they are losing to better schools. Yet the game was more than winnable even playing as bad as we did. Thats why this is on Coach. He is not putting this team in the best position to win. Its almost as if he and his coaching staff are resting on their laurels and this team is following suit, not working hard, no hunger. Its disappointing to see all around from players and coaches but we saw hints of this last year in games vs Nebraska for example.
We can go through each individual play but we know the game was lost early on and by midway through the 2nd the dye was cast. Stubborn coach going to bring a loss. I saw very little change from the first 3 games, more of the same. So now we have a small 4 game sample of this team against poor competition and we see in all 4 games almost the same exact level of play, mistakes, wrong lineups, lack of intensity, carelessness, lack of leadership. This team is in dire need of a major shakeup yet there is very little on the bench to bring in because recruiting has so many misses...Palmquist, Reiber, Agee, Mag. These are not Big 10 players. We have one kid on the bench that can shoot like crazy but Pike will not let him play through his mistakes..so down in flames we go. Hyatt shows more upside than anyone on the team yet continues to sit for long parts of the game. If you think recruiting isnt an issue, you are just a shill for Pike. Its a problem and next year its going to get real bad if we cannot hit the portal.
So many landmines ahead that can torpedo the season right away starting with dangerous Lafayette, a good Clemson and then big dogs in the Big 10. Last game I said we would get a better read on the team after this game, well we got the returns and its not pretty
Pike has been given god like status above criticism because he got us from hell to the NCAA tourney but quite frankly his coaching and development of the team this season has been beyond atrocious. This loss is on him and the staff. From his insistence on playing Caleb, to his mind numbing subsitution pattern, from pulling the guys who got us on a run, to not having his team full of experienced players even have a clue on how to run an end game situation with 25 seconds, to taking the ball out of Rons hands on the last couple of possessions
I really dont have many illusions about this season, we arent very good. We just lost to the worst team in the Big East. I dont care what other Big 10 schools are doing, they are losing to better schools. Yet the game was more than winnable even playing as bad as we did. Thats why this is on Coach. He is not putting this team in the best position to win. Its almost as if he and his coaching staff are resting on their laurels and this team is following suit, not working hard, no hunger. Its disappointing to see all around from players and coaches but we saw hints of this last year in games vs Nebraska for example.
We can go through each individual play but we know the game was lost early on and by midway through the 2nd the dye was cast. Stubborn coach going to bring a loss. I saw very little change from the first 3 games, more of the same. So now we have a small 4 game sample of this team against poor competition and we see in all 4 games almost the same exact level of play, mistakes, wrong lineups, lack of intensity, carelessness, lack of leadership. This team is in dire need of a major shakeup yet there is very little on the bench to bring in because recruiting has so many misses...Palmquist, Reiber, Agee, Mag. These are not Big 10 players. We have one kid on the bench that can shoot like crazy but Pike will not let him play through his mistakes..so down in flames we go. Hyatt shows more upside than anyone on the team yet continues to sit for long parts of the game. If you think recruiting isnt an issue, you are just a shill for Pike. Its a problem and next year its going to get real bad if we cannot hit the portal.
So many landmines ahead that can torpedo the season right away starting with dangerous Lafayette, a good Clemson and then big dogs in the Big 10. Last game I said we would get a better read on the team after this game, well we got the returns and its not pretty
