Matt had Femi lined up and Mullin didn't bother to show up to meet him. So let's not blame Matt for all the roster construction issues. Secondly, it sounds like Mullin/GSJ made a decision to not have Matt pursue certain bigs bc they didn't fit the desired style of play. Lastly, Matt brought in Owens who would have solved a lot of problems this year had he not left. You can apportion blame however you want on the Owens transfer to Tech, but it's not on Matt. Matt and his hard work/connections/prior relationships brought in Heron and LJ. Heron was up and down at times, but we don't make the tournament without him. LJ was our second best player last year and will likely be our best player this year. Maybe it's a day late and a dollar short, but we will have multiple bigs next season. That's a credit to Matt as well. He received no help from anyone else on staff and our HC has seemingly done the minimum on the recruiting trail the last several seasons. Despite all that, Matt put together a team, which while imperfect, was talented enough to make the tournament and a good x's and o's guy away from being a 6 seed. Sorry for the rambling post, but the ill will towards Matt on this board from some is really dumb.
2019 Coaching Changes
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JohnnyFever
Active member
[quote="Marillac" post=336128][quote="Mike Zaun" post=336123][quote="Marillac" post=336108][quote="Tommy O 54" post=336083]You would think Matt A left on good terms, i would assume there will be an exit meeting with CM and im sure he will be transparent of what he was working on for us. He is an alum.[/quote]
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA. When the product sells itself and you have interested prospects because the product is so good, recruiting is not nearly as hard. In other words, we relied on transfers because that's all Matt could get with Mullin's results. Not to mention he was obviously unhappy and several tweets a while ago gave us a bit of insight into that. Before anyone asks if I had an attorney record him verbatim stating such, no I did not and no I don't need to do that to know he wasn't happy. It was obvious. Imagine one of the guys you work with quits or gets fired and instead of hiring someone to replace him, the company wants to save money so they have you do both jobs. The problem was never Matt.[/quote]
Where did I say there was a problem? Why is this forum so obsessed with assessing blame? Matt has done enough to return. So has Mullin. Not everything has to be placed in one extreme or another.
My issue with Matt has nothing to do with his performance. He’s a troublemaker. It’s not just here either. Nobody has a problem with Slice! The guy is one of the most well liked people in basketball. For Matt to have issues with him is very revealing to me.
Sharing his schedule and exchanging info with local scribes for giving him credit in the posts/tweets/articles is bush league and it creates the illusion that the coaches not being cited aren’t working as hard. St. Jean isn’t texting Zach at 3 AM about how tired he his from running practice and gameplanning.
I also don’t think Matt has an eye for talent and it was a mistake for Mullin to let him run recruiting like a czar. What else is Matt going to do though? Big man drills? Where else can he contribute. He’s more lost on the sideline than Marillac during his metaphysics final senior year after missing 75% of class coming back late from his gf’s dorm in Ithaca.
I am in the minority of posters that likes the transfers. I think we need that here and I appreciate that Matt goes that route. He just doesn’t evaluate talent properly.
His departure creates an opportunity to add a true monster in Hsu. He gives all the creativity Matt has with better connections and a much better understanding of basketball. And he can coach! Best of all he can co-exist with guys who want to help recruit.[/quote]
We can 100% agree on Hsu. From what I've read, his entire life is nothing but recruiting and coaching. I noticed that WKU's recruiting has taken off in recent years and I'm sure he had at least some to do with that. I'd take him in a heartbeat.
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA. When the product sells itself and you have interested prospects because the product is so good, recruiting is not nearly as hard. In other words, we relied on transfers because that's all Matt could get with Mullin's results. Not to mention he was obviously unhappy and several tweets a while ago gave us a bit of insight into that. Before anyone asks if I had an attorney record him verbatim stating such, no I did not and no I don't need to do that to know he wasn't happy. It was obvious. Imagine one of the guys you work with quits or gets fired and instead of hiring someone to replace him, the company wants to save money so they have you do both jobs. The problem was never Matt.[/quote]
Where did I say there was a problem? Why is this forum so obsessed with assessing blame? Matt has done enough to return. So has Mullin. Not everything has to be placed in one extreme or another.
My issue with Matt has nothing to do with his performance. He’s a troublemaker. It’s not just here either. Nobody has a problem with Slice! The guy is one of the most well liked people in basketball. For Matt to have issues with him is very revealing to me.
Sharing his schedule and exchanging info with local scribes for giving him credit in the posts/tweets/articles is bush league and it creates the illusion that the coaches not being cited aren’t working as hard. St. Jean isn’t texting Zach at 3 AM about how tired he his from running practice and gameplanning.
I also don’t think Matt has an eye for talent and it was a mistake for Mullin to let him run recruiting like a czar. What else is Matt going to do though? Big man drills? Where else can he contribute. He’s more lost on the sideline than Marillac during his metaphysics final senior year after missing 75% of class coming back late from his gf’s dorm in Ithaca.
I am in the minority of posters that likes the transfers. I think we need that here and I appreciate that Matt goes that route. He just doesn’t evaluate talent properly.
His departure creates an opportunity to add a true monster in Hsu. He gives all the creativity Matt has with better connections and a much better understanding of basketball. And he can coach! Best of all he can co-exist with guys who want to help recruit.[/quote]
We can 100% agree on Hsu. From what I've read, his entire life is nothing but recruiting and coaching. I noticed that WKU's recruiting has taken off in recent years and I'm sure he had at least some to do with that. I'd take him in a heartbeat.
[quote="RedStormNC" post=336075]Zach Braziller
@NYPost_Brazille
30m
St Johns assistant coach Matt Abdelmassih is officially out at St Johns. Headed to Nebraska with Fred Hoiberg. Major loss for the program. #sjubb[/quote]
Well yeah, anytime you lose your only recruiter, it’d have to go down as a “major loss”, but hopefully, more than made up in the very near future.
Maybe Zach should follow Matt to pursue a career with the Lincoln News & Gazette—or whatever the hell they're called.
I’m sure he’d be a ‘major’ addition to that paper.
Lol.
@NYPost_Brazille
30m
St Johns assistant coach Matt Abdelmassih is officially out at St Johns. Headed to Nebraska with Fred Hoiberg. Major loss for the program. #sjubb[/quote]
Well yeah, anytime you lose your only recruiter, it’d have to go down as a “major loss”, but hopefully, more than made up in the very near future.
Maybe Zach should follow Matt to pursue a career with the Lincoln News & Gazette—or whatever the hell they're called.
I’m sure he’d be a ‘major’ addition to that paper.
Lol.
JohnnyFever
Active member
https://247sports.com/college/western-kentucky/Season/2019-Basketball/Targets/
Noticed Hsu had their C Nick Ongenda 6'11 190 lb signed. If he comes here, any chance the Center follows? May be nice to have a 6'11 kid stay for 4 years. 3 star kid with freakish length, though he'd need a lot more muscle.
Noticed Hsu had their C Nick Ongenda 6'11 190 lb signed. If he comes here, any chance the Center follows? May be nice to have a 6'11 kid stay for 4 years. 3 star kid with freakish length, though he'd need a lot more muscle.
rawdognyc
Well-known member
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=336123][quote="Marillac" post=336108][quote="Tommy O 54" post=336083]You would think Matt A left on good terms, i would assume there will be an exit meeting with CM and im sure he will be transparent of what he was working on for us. He is an alum.[/quote]
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA.[/quote]
What high level HS recruits did Matt bring in at Iowa State? He brought in transfers just like he did here. ISU's staff was a much better staff than ours and coached those players up and had a better system than the one we employ. He's never been a high school recruiter. Stop making this about your disdain for Mullin. Generally speaking I don't think there's many people left on the Mullin HC bandwagon like you try to make it out like there is. Secondly, your analogy holds no water once again. There are only a few Ferrari and Maserati schools in the country. They Duke's, Kentucky's etc. Yet there's plenty of Kia schools that have recruiters that bring in top recruits. Maybe stop having such grandiose expectations for the program. Start with first being a Kia dealership instead of a used car lot and hope we eventually become a Cadillac dealership one day. We'll never sell Ferraris or Maserati's.
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA.[/quote]
What high level HS recruits did Matt bring in at Iowa State? He brought in transfers just like he did here. ISU's staff was a much better staff than ours and coached those players up and had a better system than the one we employ. He's never been a high school recruiter. Stop making this about your disdain for Mullin. Generally speaking I don't think there's many people left on the Mullin HC bandwagon like you try to make it out like there is. Secondly, your analogy holds no water once again. There are only a few Ferrari and Maserati schools in the country. They Duke's, Kentucky's etc. Yet there's plenty of Kia schools that have recruiters that bring in top recruits. Maybe stop having such grandiose expectations for the program. Start with first being a Kia dealership instead of a used car lot and hope we eventually become a Cadillac dealership one day. We'll never sell Ferraris or Maserati's.
Windy City Johnny Fan
Member
Next shoe to drop?
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
rawdognyc
Well-known member
[quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=336135]Next shoe to drop?
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's
Windy City Johnny Fan
Member
[quote="rawdognyc" post=336137][quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=336135]Next shoe to drop?
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's[/quote]
I was more focused on the "single" part, particularly in light of the timing.
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's[/quote]
I was more focused on the "single" part, particularly in light of the timing.
Mullin is lucky Matt stayed as long as he did. How did Matt feel taking off for recruiting trips around the country while the other three coaches either reported to CA or took off for the West Coast for a multitude of reunions which had nothing to do with college basketball.
Cragg should demand that all coaches are required to participate in recruiting as of this week and if this is not acceptable to any members of the staff a buyout should be worked out. Another year of Mullin's plan will be disastrous.
Cragg should demand that all coaches are required to participate in recruiting as of this week and if this is not acceptable to any members of the staff a buyout should be worked out. Another year of Mullin's plan will be disastrous.
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=336131][quote="Marillac" post=336128][quote="Mike Zaun" post=336123][quote="Marillac" post=336108][quote="Tommy O 54" post=336083]You would think Matt A left on good terms, i would assume there will be an exit meeting with CM and im sure he will be transparent of what he was working on for us. He is an alum.[/quote]
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA. When the product sells itself and you have interested prospects because the product is so good, recruiting is not nearly as hard. In other words, we relied on transfers because that's all Matt could get with Mullin's results. Not to mention he was obviously unhappy and several tweets a while ago gave us a bit of insight into that. Before anyone asks if I had an attorney record him verbatim stating such, no I did not and no I don't need to do that to know he wasn't happy. It was obvious. Imagine one of the guys you work with quits or gets fired and instead of hiring someone to replace him, the company wants to save money so they have you do both jobs. The problem was never Matt.[/quote]
Where did I say there was a problem? Why is this forum so obsessed with assessing blame? Matt has done enough to return. So has Mullin. Not everything has to be placed in one extreme or another.
My issue with Matt has nothing to do with his performance. He’s a troublemaker. It’s not just here either. Nobody has a problem with Slice! The guy is one of the most well liked people in basketball. For Matt to have issues with him is very revealing to me.
Sharing his schedule and exchanging info with local scribes for giving him credit in the posts/tweets/articles is bush league and it creates the illusion that the coaches not being cited aren’t working as hard. St. Jean isn’t texting Zach at 3 AM about how tired he his from running practice and gameplanning.
I also don’t think Matt has an eye for talent and it was a mistake for Mullin to let him run recruiting like a czar. What else is Matt going to do though? Big man drills? Where else can he contribute. He’s more lost on the sideline than Marillac during his metaphysics final senior year after missing 75% of class coming back late from his gf’s dorm in Ithaca.
I am in the minority of posters that likes the transfers. I think we need that here and I appreciate that Matt goes that route. He just doesn’t evaluate talent properly.
His departure creates an opportunity to add a true monster in Hsu. He gives all the creativity Matt has with better connections and a much better understanding of basketball. And he can coach! Best of all he can co-exist with guys who want to help recruit.[/quote]
We can 100% agree on Hsu. From what I've read, his entire life is nothing but recruiting and coaching. I noticed that WKU's recruiting has taken off in recent years and I'm sure he had at least some to do with that. I'd take him in a heartbeat.[/quote]
Everywhere he goes the team is good. It’s insane. He’s clawed his way up from a volunteer Director of Basketball Ops! He’s coached prep and JUCO levels at big time schools. He is an absolute aninma and he’s from Queens. If we don’t hire him I’ll have to do some patchwork in my dry wall. He’s such an upgrade over Matt it’s impossible to express with words. He’d have us on the list of every desirable kid for 2019 within two weeks. And he more than carries his weight coaching.
I think Matt is leaving on good terms but everything I’ve learned of Matt makes me believe it is highly unlikely he will reveal info about any kid he thinks he can land in Nebraska. It’s always been all about Matt and he doesn’t care who he has to take out at the knees for his boss to like him.
He has no shot of being a head coach or even an associate head coach due to his lack of knowledge of the game...he just wants to be someone’s lap dog.[/quote]
Riiiight...the problem was Matt and not Mullin. Matt is a good recruiter who would've loaded us up with high level HS recruits if Mullin didn't do everything he could (unintentionally obviously) to steer our program into a dumpster. It's a lot easier to be a salesman at Ferrari or Maserati than KIA. When the product sells itself and you have interested prospects because the product is so good, recruiting is not nearly as hard. In other words, we relied on transfers because that's all Matt could get with Mullin's results. Not to mention he was obviously unhappy and several tweets a while ago gave us a bit of insight into that. Before anyone asks if I had an attorney record him verbatim stating such, no I did not and no I don't need to do that to know he wasn't happy. It was obvious. Imagine one of the guys you work with quits or gets fired and instead of hiring someone to replace him, the company wants to save money so they have you do both jobs. The problem was never Matt.[/quote]
Where did I say there was a problem? Why is this forum so obsessed with assessing blame? Matt has done enough to return. So has Mullin. Not everything has to be placed in one extreme or another.
My issue with Matt has nothing to do with his performance. He’s a troublemaker. It’s not just here either. Nobody has a problem with Slice! The guy is one of the most well liked people in basketball. For Matt to have issues with him is very revealing to me.
Sharing his schedule and exchanging info with local scribes for giving him credit in the posts/tweets/articles is bush league and it creates the illusion that the coaches not being cited aren’t working as hard. St. Jean isn’t texting Zach at 3 AM about how tired he his from running practice and gameplanning.
I also don’t think Matt has an eye for talent and it was a mistake for Mullin to let him run recruiting like a czar. What else is Matt going to do though? Big man drills? Where else can he contribute. He’s more lost on the sideline than Marillac during his metaphysics final senior year after missing 75% of class coming back late from his gf’s dorm in Ithaca.
I am in the minority of posters that likes the transfers. I think we need that here and I appreciate that Matt goes that route. He just doesn’t evaluate talent properly.
His departure creates an opportunity to add a true monster in Hsu. He gives all the creativity Matt has with better connections and a much better understanding of basketball. And he can coach! Best of all he can co-exist with guys who want to help recruit.[/quote]
We can 100% agree on Hsu. From what I've read, his entire life is nothing but recruiting and coaching. I noticed that WKU's recruiting has taken off in recent years and I'm sure he had at least some to do with that. I'd take him in a heartbeat.[/quote]
Everywhere he goes the team is good. It’s insane. He’s clawed his way up from a volunteer Director of Basketball Ops! He’s coached prep and JUCO levels at big time schools. He is an absolute aninma and he’s from Queens. If we don’t hire him I’ll have to do some patchwork in my dry wall. He’s such an upgrade over Matt it’s impossible to express with words. He’d have us on the list of every desirable kid for 2019 within two weeks. And he more than carries his weight coaching.
[quote="Enright" post=336139]Mullin is lucky Matt stayed as long as he did. How did Matt feel taking off for recruiting trips around the country while the other three coaches either reported to CA or took off for the West Coast for a multitude of reunions which had nothing to do with college basketball.
Cragg should demand that all coaches are required to participate in recruiting as of this week and if this is not acceptable to any members of the staff a buyout should be worked out. Another year of Mullin's plan will be disastrous.[/quote]
What do think he’s going to do in Lincoln, teach back to the basket moves? He’s a one-trick pony. You don’t hire Matt to coach. You hire Matt to do the dirty recruiting work. Problem is Matt going against Hsu will be like a Pop warner team trying to stop the Emmit Smith and the Cowboys in their prime. He’s going to get trucked.
Cragg should demand that all coaches are required to participate in recruiting as of this week and if this is not acceptable to any members of the staff a buyout should be worked out. Another year of Mullin's plan will be disastrous.[/quote]
What do think he’s going to do in Lincoln, teach back to the basket moves? He’s a one-trick pony. You don’t hire Matt to coach. You hire Matt to do the dirty recruiting work. Problem is Matt going against Hsu will be like a Pop warner team trying to stop the Emmit Smith and the Cowboys in their prime. He’s going to get trucked.
rawdognyc
Well-known member
[quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=336138][quote="rawdognyc" post=336137][quote="Windy City Johnny Fan" post=336135]Next shoe to drop?
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's[/quote]
I was more focused on the "single" part, particularly in light of the timing.[/quote]
I'm hoping he just broke up with some girl
I’m single and focused on getting money— CAM OBAMA (@Camiscute2) April 1, 2019
[/quote]
I'm not reading it like that, but who knows? He's always talking about making that money. Even in his bio where it still has him saying PG for St John's[/quote]
I was more focused on the "single" part, particularly in light of the timing.[/quote]
I'm hoping he just broke up with some girl
Moose
Well-known member
[quote="Matty Hoops" post=336130]Matt had Femi lined up and Mullin didn't bother to show up to meet him. So let's not blame Matt for all the roster construction issues. Secondly, it sounds like Mullin/GSJ made a decision to not have Matt pursue certain bigs bc they didn't fit the desired style of play. Lastly, Matt brought in Owens who would have solved a lot of problems this year had he not left. You can apportion blame however you want on the Owens transfer to Tech, but it's not on Matt. Matt and his hard work/connections/prior relationships brought in Heron and LJ. Heron was up and down at times, but we don't make the tournament without him. LJ was our second best player last year and will likely be our best player this year. Maybe it's a day late and a dollar short, but we will have multiple bigs next season. That's a credit to Matt as well. He received no help from anyone else on staff and our HC has seemingly done the minimum on the recruiting trail the last several seasons. Despite all that, Matt put together a team, which while imperfect, was talented enough to make the tournament and a good x's and o's guy away from being a 6 seed. Sorry for the rambling post, but the ill will towards Matt on this board from some is really dumb.[/quote]
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:
[quote="Moose" post=336144][quote="Matty Hoops" post=336130]Matt had Femi lined up and Mullin didn't bother to show up to meet him. So let's not blame Matt for all the roster construction issues. Secondly, it sounds like Mullin/GSJ made a decision to not have Matt pursue certain bigs bc they didn't fit the desired style of play. Lastly, Matt brought in Owens who would have solved a lot of problems this year had he not left. You can apportion blame however you want on the Owens transfer to Tech, but it's not on Matt. Matt and his hard work/connections/prior relationships brought in Heron and LJ. Heron was up and down at times, but we don't make the tournament without him. LJ was our second best player last year and will likely be our best player this year. Maybe it's a day late and a dollar short, but we will have multiple bigs next season. That's a credit to Matt as well. He received no help from anyone else on staff and our HC has seemingly done the minimum on the recruiting trail the last several seasons. Despite all that, Matt put together a team, which while imperfect, was talented enough to make the tournament and a good x's and o's guy away from being a 6 seed. Sorry for the rambling post, but the ill will towards Matt on this board from some is really dumb.[/quote]
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?
[quote="fordham96" post=336146][quote="Moose" post=336144][quote="Matty Hoops" post=336130]Matt had Femi lined up and Mullin didn't bother to show up to meet him. So let's not blame Matt for all the roster construction issues. Secondly, it sounds like Mullin/GSJ made a decision to not have Matt pursue certain bigs bc they didn't fit the desired style of play. Lastly, Matt brought in Owens who would have solved a lot of problems this year had he not left. You can apportion blame however you want on the Owens transfer to Tech, but it's not on Matt. Matt and his hard work/connections/prior relationships brought in Heron and LJ. Heron was up and down at times, but we don't make the tournament without him. LJ was our second best player last year and will likely be our best player this year. Maybe it's a day late and a dollar short, but we will have multiple bigs next season. That's a credit to Matt as well. He received no help from anyone else on staff and our HC has seemingly done the minimum on the recruiting trail the last several seasons. Despite all that, Matt put together a team, which while imperfect, was talented enough to make the tournament and a good x's and o's guy away from being a 6 seed. Sorry for the rambling post, but the ill will towards Matt on this board from some is really dumb.[/quote]
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?[/quote]
No such thing
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?[/quote]
No such thing
The solution was not to replace Matt with Hsau but to bring in Hsau to work along side Matt two years ago.
[quote="Paultzman" post=336147][quote="fordham96" post=336146][quote="Moose" post=336144][quote="Matty Hoops" post=336130]Matt had Femi lined up and Mullin didn't bother to show up to meet him. So let's not blame Matt for all the roster construction issues. Secondly, it sounds like Mullin/GSJ made a decision to not have Matt pursue certain bigs bc they didn't fit the desired style of play. Lastly, Matt brought in Owens who would have solved a lot of problems this year had he not left. You can apportion blame however you want on the Owens transfer to Tech, but it's not on Matt. Matt and his hard work/connections/prior relationships brought in Heron and LJ. Heron was up and down at times, but we don't make the tournament without him. LJ was our second best player last year and will likely be our best player this year. Maybe it's a day late and a dollar short, but we will have multiple bigs next season. That's a credit to Matt as well. He received no help from anyone else on staff and our HC has seemingly done the minimum on the recruiting trail the last several seasons. Despite all that, Matt put together a team, which while imperfect, was talented enough to make the tournament and a good x's and o's guy away from being a 6 seed. Sorry for the rambling post, but the ill will towards Matt on this board from some is really dumb.[/quote]
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?[/quote]
No such thing[/quote]
I'm sure out there they consider Olive Garden to be a good Italian spot. :-o
Matt
Is that you?
Just kidding :silly:[/quote]
Does he know any good Italian spots in Lincoln?[/quote]
No such thing
[/quote]I'm sure out there they consider Olive Garden to be a good Italian spot. :-o