Rick Ray had a better win % vs Ole Miss

[Shamoan]

Let that sink in.

 

[civildawg88]

And he had 2-3 star players

 

[MSUDC11]

And those were better Ole Miss teams, too.

Howland’s only win against Ole Miss came in game where Saiz and Moody were both out with injury.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

And Ray had less depth...used to be so many empty chairs on the bench that our players could all prop their feet up.**

With that barb said, let me clarify I ABSOLUTELY HATED THE RICK RAY YEARS!!!

 

[Shamoan]

This om team was a joke.

 

[msstate7]

Howland is losing me. He can recruit like a boss, but I am not sure the avg sps poster is his equal coaching

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

The recruiting success is good, but it does just make me more angry when we're so unprepared and vastly out coached and make zero adjustments during a game.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Yeah, interesting that we were getting points in this one. Hmmm.

 

[She Mate Me]

Don't really get all the coach bitching. We shot like **** and lost because of it. The defensive coaching they have obviously paid attention to is the only reason we have a win and were in this game. We should be 0-2 with those shooting displays.

And the truth is if two threes drop at the end like they did vs Arky we probably win this game too and we're all happy.

 

[hatfieldms]

We definitely need to go hire Rick Ray back

 

[Bulldogg31]

We lack leadership at PG and a scoring presence inside.

 

[msstate7]

We definitely need to go hire Rick Ray back

Nah, but maybe soneone that can handle AK. There are a ton out there

 

[Seinfeld]

Yep, and a roster full of guards that can’t throw it in the ocean more times than not. It’s nothing unusual to have a weakness in one area or the other, but to be weak at distributing the ball, interior scoring, and the long ball is baffling.

I’ll give Howland credit for getting this young team to buy in to defense, but we are completely inept on the other end of the court far too often

 

[She Mate Me]

Rick should be available soon, let's go get him!!

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2018/schedule/Southeast-Missouri

 

[KurtRambis4]

So would you

say we should fire Ben and hire Rick back, just for the record?

 

[Lettucexxxx]

We definitely need to go hire Rick Ray back

I just blew Tia Maria all over my phone

 

[KurtRambis4]

That's what you

deduce from it

 

[ronpolk]

We definitely need to go hire Rick Ray back

Exactly.. let’s make this happen**

It always amazes me how much this board freaks out when we lose to OM.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

And Sly Croom's win % against Bama was phenomenal. Stats are sometime useless, people.

13-2 is a stat.

I am batting a thousand at not killing someone. So far.

My Corona to High Life ratio varies wildly depending on how pissed off I am. My pissed-off-o-meter stays at 67 per cent most of the time.

Stupid people will listen to logic 1.375% of the time.

 

[msstate7]

Exactly.. let’s make this happen**

It always amazes me how much this board freaks out when we lose to OM.

Well, we have lost 7 of 8 vs them. Howland has beat AK one time, and it was when OM was without their best 2 players. If we can’t beat OM in basketball, we gonna have trouble competing for an NCAA bid. This was a terrible loss. We had a 10+ pt lead twice and loss. OM runs the 1-3-1 every game and we looked like we had no idea what it was.

 

[MSUDC11]

I am less upset that we lost to Ole Miss than I am that we lost to a bad basketball team and looked like hot garbage in a really important game.

 

[Shamoan]

This. It's nothing personal toward howland. It's year 3, we have talent, why can't we beat the worst team in the league?

 

[ronpolk]

Well, we have lost 7 of 8 vs them. Howland has beat AK one time, and it was when OM was without their best 2 players. If we can’t beat OM in basketball, we gonna have trouble competing for an NCAA bid. This was a terrible loss. We had a 10+ pt lead twice and loss. OM runs the 1-3-1 every game and we looked like we had no idea what it was.

I think you’re reacting way too much to one game. It’s possible that this game becomes the norm and we suck all year. But it’s also possible that we continue to be a very inconsistent team that ends up about .500 in league play. Personally, I don’t care what Howland’s record was against AK prior to this year. Practically every team in the league has been better than us the last 2 years. I’m gonna let the season play out and not freak out because or road loss to OM.

 

[msstate7]

I think you’re reacting way too much to one game. It’s possible that this game becomes the norm and we suck all year. But it’s also possible that we continue to be a very inconsistent team that ends up about .500 in league play. Personally, I don’t care what Howland’s record was against AK prior to this year. Practically every team in the league has been better than us the last 2 years. I’m gonna let the season play out and not freak out because or road loss to OM.

There is no doubt I overreacted to this one game. I melted big time. I think we will be a pretty good team by the end of this season, although probably miss the tourney. Next year is the year (as always haha)

 

[Mayor of Little London]

I believe their win percentage is the same in oxford.....

 

[T-TownDawgg]

This. It's nothing personal toward howland. It's year 3, we have talent, why can't we beat the worst team in the league?

I agree with how lost they seem at times, but college ball is not what it was 15 years ago. Is it all Howland? To suggest he's a bad coach seems premature. In fairness, I have wondered what the freak is happening sometimes. Bad shot selection? Poor communication? Is he trying crazy **** to see who will step up and make some plays?

This team lacks a baller with leadership skills.

I've said it before, and someone else said it in another thread, but being a college coach anywhere other than KY, KU, Duke, or NC has to be the most frustrating 17ing job on earth. 97% of these players today are a complete gamble when it comes to coachability and effort when challenged.