[NU Sports] hoops post mortem

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I don't know how much of a motivator Carmody is, but he never seems very enthusiastic on TV at least.  Compare him to Fitzgerald or Barnett and there isn't much of a comparison.  Too often he reminds me of a commuter waiting for a bus at a bus stop.

John DeGroat
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From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> <"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.
> 
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