If we as fans don't get on a team for terrible play, where's that extra motivation coming from to drive the team?So you guys can reflect on it come March. We lost two games to two NCAA Tournament teams that are going to be at least 4-5 seeds. It's November 30th. WE WILL BE OKAY
Well two double digit losses to NCAA teams certainly isn't going to help us make it.This thread has amazing potential especially when/if we bump it right before selection sunday
We'll see after Georgetown. It too difficult to judge this team already though. We either blow out competition, or get blown out.We've played really bad, but the collective parts are too good to be bad for long.
We'll see after Georgetown. It too difficult to judge this team already though. We either blow out competition, or get blown out.
If we were playing in the AAC I wouldn't be to worried of making the NCAA. But we play in the ACC where there are 11 other possible NCAA teams there.
Anybody else absolutely dumbfounded by the "best ever" team comment by Boeheim earlier?
If we as fans don't get on a team for terrible play, where's that extra motivation coming from to drive the team?
I've read a bunch of times of athletes using the local media and fans criticizing to drive them to become better. How does that happen if we just pat them on the back and say "job well done" after losing by double digits?
Criticizing your team when they play like crap is necessary. Anyone who thinks otherwise is only fooling themselves.
This thread has amazing potential especially when/if we bump it right before selection sunday
We've played really bad, but the collective parts are too good to be bad for long.
I don't see it at all with anyone but maybe white...but he isn't dion eitherThat's what I'm holding on to...but, there's something disconcerting about the way they're playing. There's a selfishness that I don't think we've seen here in a while (maybe 2010-11 Dion).
I don't see it at all with anyone but maybe white...but he isn't dion either
I don't think they don't deserve to be criticized. They struggled rebounding and the offense was not there in the last two games. But to think we're watching a bubble or NIT team (according to some users) is pretty outrageous
What evidence do you have to disprove the claim that this team is a bubble team? Yeah it's early, but the early returns show zero quality wins and two butt-whipping losses. Hell, we had a way better start to the season last year, and the regular season ended with us firmly on the bubble (and most, if not all, thinking we had no chance of making the tournament come Selection Sunday).
You are assuming the team won't improve.
But my assumption is based on previous results. The assumption that they will improve is based on wishful thinking. Doesn't mean it won't happen - and I sure hope it does - but it's not a foregone conclusion that they will.
You're right. Maybe disinterest? Even Lydon with those ridiculous lazy turnovers under the basket.
Oh Christ. Your comment made me wonder if Lydon is really regretting not following Mali out the door at the end of last season. He has had some incredibly lazy passes these last two games.
EDIT - Corrected my idiotic use of the wrong your.
In hindsight, he may have made the wrong choice. His stock might drop as his weaknesses become more apparent. Always a smarter financial move to cash in before investors get spooked.Your comment made me wonder if Lydon is really regretting not following Mali out the door at the end of last season.
It's not wishful thinking at all. This is an inexpierienced team where the coach(HOF'er I may add) needs to put the pieces together.
If anything the glass empty people have been proven wrong twice in the past 4 years, and I think it will happen again.
I don't know if that's a true statement. In fact, I think last year the team regressed. Now, lucky for them, they were able to sneak into the tournament and went on a great run, but if we didn't get lucky and secure one of the last at-large spots in the field, last year would have been seen as a huge failure. The Final Four run made people forget about some serious warts that team had, and the fact that they went on a four-game winning streak shouldn't erase the sub-standard regular season they had.
Any athlete, particularly at a D-1 level, doesn't need fans criticizing him to become better. You either have the pride to get better or you don't belong there to begin with.If we as fans don't get on a team for terrible play, where's that extra motivation coming from to drive the team?
I've read a bunch of times of athletes using the local media and fans criticizing to drive them to become better. How does that happen if we just pat them on the back and say "job well done" after losing by double digits?
Criticizing your team when they play like crap is necessary. Anyone who thinks otherwise is only fooling themselves.