[NU Sports] hoops post mortem

[Roy Lamberton]

Trust me, Carmody gets riled up, especially at practice when the guys don't run
the O right.

He is as intense a competitor as there is, but he's also very much a gentleman
in public.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of johnadeg at comcast.net
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:02 PM
> To: Dennis W. Brandt; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] hoops post mortem
> 
> 
> 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
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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