[NU Sports] hoops post mortem

[Dennis W. Brandt]

<"Maybe that shows the difference between a motivated team and one that 
doesn't care that much."  John DeGroat

<"Carmody's comment that "we're far away but not that far away" seems 
delusional."  Brad Wilson

"Nuts!"  Anthony McAuliffe

Anyone who watched the game knows that those guys played their hearts out. 
They just ain't that talented.  Carmody delusional about being close? 
Please!  If they hit three free throws, they're tied.  Hit one more shot, 
and they're playing again to day.  What should Carmody have said?  We sucked 
all year, and we're going to suck all next season, too?  Even if it's true, 
he's got no business saying it.  You guys are starting to sound like Nancy 
Pelosi's latest anti-Iraq press conference.

Both comments stemmed from frustration, which I share.  Indeed it is time 
for the basketball team to execute certain extratory functions or lift its 
posterior body parts from the porcelin goddess.  They ARE close, but - 
CLICHE ALERT! - that only counts in horseshoes.  (Ask that Oscar-winning 
rabbit, Al Gore.)  One consistent shooter or one good rebounder, and this 
team would have won six more games in the Big 10.  Add both of those 
players, and Wisconsin - ANOTHER CLICHE ALERT! - would have had a run for 
their money.

I don't have the answer, but firing Bill Carmody isn't it.