I use to think that Minnesotans were smarter than the average American. I am starting to seriously doubt that.
Is it the cold weather outside that seems to make you people think with your hearts and not your heads?!
What was people's opinion of the Illini a week ago????
Now all of a sudden they're giant killers, will probably be ranked Top 25 next week, and talk of them not making the tournament will have completely evaporated.
The Gophers are FAR from not making the NCAA tourney.
There is SO MUCH parity out there. Kansas with a 3 game skid, including a loss to winless TCU.
Louisville with a 3 game skid.
Cincy has lost 4 of their last 6 home games.
VCU lost 2 in a row, and against much lesser competition.
Indiana, the #1 team in the nation, lost AT HOME to Wisconsin, and then lost to, at the time, a HORRIBLE Illinois team.
But now all of a sudden, people are going to be praising Illinois.
I remember the season the Illini went like 4-14 in conf play, beat us in the 1st round of the BTT, and went all the way to the Championship game and made a game of it. The next year they kicked ass the whole year.
VCU almost did not make the NCAA tournament the year they made their FF run, but got in, and won 5 games in a row. Now Shaka Smart is considered the 2nd coming. It's ridiculous.
Connecticut a few years back struggled throughout the season. I remember because a certain Cincinnati fan I know was giving a certain UConn fan I know a hard time the entire season, talking about how much UConn sucked. But guess what?! Yeah, that UConn fan has been laughing about it every since.
I could go on for HOURS typing up the hundreds of examples and stats and stories, etc., all pointing to how IT'S NEVER OVER, until its over.
Missouri flew into the tourney last year, ranked 5th in the country, and lost in the 1st round to a 15 seed.
A certain Missouri fan I know claims this seasons Missouri team is more talented than last years, yet they are struggling, lost to Texas A&M on the road this week. But honestly, they'll probably do better in March than last years team. Sometimes suffering and overcoming obstacles makes a person, or a team, stronger.
I'm done for now, for I'm probably just wasting my time on idiots who don't actually turn on their brains before they think, they let their PASSIONS, their feelings, their emotions do their thinking for them. They want a call to arms to get Tubby Fired, mid season. It's RIDICULOUS.
Whether or not he's a good coach or a bad coach, is NOT the only factor that has to be considered.
And everyone's blasting Maturi, but NO ONE at the time considered the Tubby hire a bad one. The extension? Well, there is a lot of bs that goes on nowadays, and coaches have universities right where they want them. They get to demand long term contracts, but somehow don't have to honor them, and can leave whenever they want, but if they get fired, they get paid for years after?! I'm not an expert, and I may be wrong in my impressions, but I just get the idea that the system is designed and favors the coaches, and screws over the universities. I totally disagree with the concept, but bb and fb especially are deemed SO important nowadays, and there is so much money involved, that coaches can get away with making unreasonable demands.
But, we BEAT the Illini in Illinois by letting them heave away from 3 point land, and miss most of them. And no one criticized Tubby for that coaching decision. But they got hot this game, made 11 of them, and we lost. One of our normal starters didn't play the entire game, and the Illini had the confidence after just taking down the #1 ranked team.
I'm not saying I accept mediocrity and anyone who makes that claim is a LIAR.
ALL Tubby apologists want what they think is the best for the University and its long term bb health and prosperity.
NO ONE accepts and wants mediocrity. We just all seem to differ on how to go about bringing about positive change.
