muskieman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:17 pm
Nope, now need a miracle, and X has been short on those this year. Shooting as poorly in the biggest game of the year shows how tight these guys were in this game.
X has been short of miracles in four yrs now:
Some fun facts on Twitter:
- Prior to Steal, X has been to the semi-finals in the BE before he took control of the Titanic.
-Prior to Steal, X has not gone four straight years of not going to the tourney in forty years.
-Prior to Steal, X has not been below 500 in conference play in four decades.
-Prior to Steal, X had not been in the bottom third of teams that shoot from three-point range four years in a row.
-Prior to Steal, Boos haven't rained down in Cintas consistently over the last four games of the year.
-Prior to Steal, X didn't Ice Cream Tuesday, Junkyard Dog, or Funny Hat Friday to determine playing time.
-Prior to Steal, X has not been the laughingstock of upper-echelon programs four years in a row.
-Prior to Steal, I was proud to be an X Fan. Now, I hope all bubble teams win out.
This encapsulates Steal's lack of coaching awareness and acumen. I didn't watch much of the game, due to a prior engagement. However, I saw:
X up six with a minute to go, and instead of bringing in their best defender in Odom, and/or taking out FreeBluiett or Scruggs who is almost as bad defensively, he leaves both in. Then Scruggs took over to fuel Butler's comeback, something we have seen multiple times this year. Up six, with under a 40 seconds, he misses two free throws, then makes a foul to allow them to tie the game - 4 pts. Then, with 29 seconds, he stupidly took a circus shot which he was unlikely to make, leaving 9 seconds on the clock, He then fouls their best free throw shooter and fouls out. He claims he thought there were up by three. That tells me Steele didn't review the scenarios. Paul makes it, we foul. He misses, we play D. The problem is we only had sycophants announcing and reporting, I wish someone would have asked him a question.
Four straight years of very low IQ basketball.
He is just a horrible coach period. He must be let go, 8 figure annual donation given by his father in law notwistansing.
