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Post by coastalcard on Nov 13, 2022 20:51:31 GMT -6
So far, although it’s early, Lewis isn’t making up any new sport's cliches during interviews or going full Norm Crosby on us (that’s for all you old guy alumni)
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Post by rmcalhoun on Nov 13, 2022 21:04:01 GMT -6
So far, although it’s early, Lewis isn’t making up any new sport's cliches during interviews or going full Norm Crosby on us (that’s for all you old guy alumni) he’s also not taking a full shit squating on the sidelines so that’s another plus |
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Post by bsucardinalfan on Nov 14, 2022 11:12:32 GMT -6
I think it's completely wrong to suggest that if Lewis can't motivate this group, he will motivate some group three years in the future because they will have "toughness". I think kids are pretty much kids, and you either know how to motivate them or you don't. The overall toughness of the group might be marginally higher but won't be fundamentally different. This line of thought is just laying the groundwork for three years of excuses and makes me want to puke. Who exactly on this squad is weak and can't be motivated? Sparks? Sellers? Bumbalough? Jacobs? these are the holdovers that played significant minutes. Maybe Lewis should not have let them come back? Recruiters recruit and successful coaches succeed. Successful coaches characteristically succeed surprising well in their first year, relative to the hand they are dealt. Lewis was dealt a much better hand than the average first year MAC coach gets. One real game does not, of course, determine the quality of Lewis as a coach, but it does illustrate what our fanbase has become. I don’t know if you are around many high school athletes these days or not, but I am, and I can say with 1000% certainty, there is a huge variation in “toughness” and “coachability” . Maybe it was the same 35 years ago when I was a kid, I don’t know, but there are tough kids and there are tough kids that are good athletes and there are lots of soft kids who happen to be really good athletes, but aren’t tough and don’t take negativity well at all. I don’t know what kind of players we have on the team. Sparks seems to me to be a little bit soft. |
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Post by jburton on Nov 14, 2022 11:46:40 GMT -6
I think it's completely wrong to suggest that if Lewis can't motivate this group, he will motivate some group three years in the future because they will have "toughness". I think kids are pretty much kids, and you either know how to motivate them or you don't. The overall toughness of the group might be marginally higher but won't be fundamentally different. This line of thought is just laying the groundwork for three years of excuses and makes me want to puke. Who exactly on this squad is weak and can't be motivated? Sparks? Sellers? Bumbalough? Jacobs? these are the holdovers that played significant minutes. Maybe Lewis should not have let them come back? Recruiters recruit and successful coaches succeed. Successful coaches characteristically succeed surprising well in their first year, relative to the hand they are dealt. Lewis was dealt a much better hand than the average first year MAC coach gets. One real game does not, of course, determine the quality of Lewis as a coach, but it does illustrate what our fanbase has become. I don’t know if you are around many high school athletes these days or not, but I am, and I can say with 1000% certainty, there is a huge variation in “toughness” and “coachability” . Maybe it was the same 35 years ago when I was a kid, I don’t know, but there are tough kids and there are tough kids that are good athletes and there are lots of soft kids who happen to be really good athletes, but aren’t tough and don’t take negativity well at all. I don’t know what kind of players we have on the team. Sparks seems to me to be a little bit soft. I'm not really sure because I'm not close enough to the situation, but I would be curious to understand why you think Sparks is soft. Just curious why you would come to that conclusion. |
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Post by bsucardinalfan on Nov 14, 2022 13:34:31 GMT -6
He seems like a very very nice kid. Just watching him play, he still seems a little less physically intimidating than someone his size could be.
I get it he’s only like 19 and is just going to get bigger and stronger. But I’d love to see him play with more of an “edge” I guess.
He’s still awesome and our best player, and I think if he stays around he will grow into it.
He should hang out with Carson Steele a bunch, really.
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Post by cardfan on Nov 14, 2022 13:40:11 GMT -6
I really don't see Sparks as soft. He plays with physicality. He has to temper that with staying out of foul trouble so it's a fine line to walk.
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Post by frozenbaugh on Nov 14, 2022 15:00:08 GMT -6
The defense was something else to begin the game (not in a good way). I heard most of it on the radio but it seemed like the Cards got close at least once or twice and Sparks missed a FT on one occasion and missed two on another. I would have liked to have seen/heard something that said THAT’S MICHAEL LEWIS BASKETBALL but I did not.
However, it’s one blessed game. I’m not going to go all John the Baptist and get in my sackcloth and ash over this. It was one game. I think we are hungover from the Toledo game.
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Post by comet on Nov 15, 2022 13:28:35 GMT -6
Sparks did miss some free throws that really hurt our attempt to come back, and he was a decent free throw shooter last year.
Did like Lewis's pretty blunt post game comments, if anyone else caught them.
Not happy with the concern about guys being concerned about scoring rather than winning the game.
Bot at all happy with a lot of the play and attitudes.
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Post by frozenbaugh on Nov 15, 2022 20:13:41 GMT -6
Sparks did miss some free throws that really hurt our attempt to come back, and he was a decent free throw shooter last year. Did like Lewis's pretty blunt post game comments, if anyone else caught them. Not happy with the concern about guys being concerned about scoring rather than winning the game. Bot at all happy with a lot of the play and attitudes. Yes. I did like the non coach speak. It’s refreshing. |
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Post by journalismjoe76 on Dec 22, 2022 15:11:49 GMT -6
The Huskies cut down the Sycamores today by the score of 67 - 57 in Terre Haute.
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Post by CallingBS on Dec 22, 2022 16:28:31 GMT -6
The Huskies cut down the Sycamores today by the score of 67 - 57 in Terre Haute. The night-to-night variability of college basketball teams is unreal this year! There's no way NIU should be competing--let alone winning--in Terrible Haute. |
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Post by cardman on Dec 22, 2022 17:29:48 GMT -6
How about Akron currently down by 30 to Bradley ---a mvc team. I think the Card can defeat Akron.
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Post by 00hmh on Dec 22, 2022 18:49:40 GMT -6
How about Akron currently down by 30 to Bradley ---a mvc team. I think the Card can defeat Akron. They can beat anyone except Kent at home. That would take every Card playing his best game in the same game. On the road, most games will be hard fought and we will be dogs to a 4 or 5 teams. Kent will be a pretty big favorite at their place. |
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Post by cardfan on Dec 22, 2022 19:48:48 GMT -6
Kent is on another level. And they still have Sincere Carry.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Dec 22, 2022 20:10:53 GMT -6
You can watch Kent at 930 on YouTube search west star
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