[NU Sports] The more things change . . .

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I watched most of the NU-Penn State game, but had to leave before it was over.  But, the results were the same as before, i.e. another loss.  If Carmody is getting excited it is because his job is on the line with Bienen leaving.

John DeGroat

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From: cherron604 at aol.com
> I can not recall one - but can anybody else remember a loss/collapse making BC 
> (appear) angry ?
> 
> The long-running debate about whether a coach is 'emotional' enough, or whether 
> he gets 'fired-up' enough is impossible to decide, it seems - so much is either 
> unknown (what goes on face-to-face, or in the locker room), or totally 
> subjective.
> 
> Do I think that Fitz has the proper 'emotional balance' because I've witnessed 
> it, or because he 'seems' upset when they lose when victory was possible ?? Or 
> do I think that because he took a team predicted to do little and and won 7 
> games ?? And brought them back 'better as a team' after something bad happened ?
> 
> All I know is that when the football team looks bad in losing to a lesser 
> opponent (i.e. Indiana), I have confidence that Fitz will strike the right 
> balance in 'getting on' his guys for losing, but finding the good things (if 
> any) in the loss and building on those.? I am not always sure I have that same 
> confidence in BC.? 
> 
> I have also not witnessed (on any consistant basis) BC getting substantially 
> more out of the talent that he has.? I have not seen him take a mid-level team 
> talent-wise and lead them to bigger things (though I'd like to have any cases of 
> that pointed out).
> 
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MHRJGScott at aol.com
> To: tbng at comcast.net; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 1:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The more things change . . .
> 
> 
> 
> that second half collapse was sad, but what made me angry was that it did  
> not make BC or the players angry, they were playing without passion, maybe we  
> need to get Fitz in there.
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/31/2008 2:11:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> tbng at comcast.net writes:
> 
> . . .  the more we lose basketball games.  That old bugaboo resurfaced today 
> in  State College before an unenthusiastic, Rose Bowl-riddled crowd.  We got  
> flat-out hammered on the boards by a lower-level Big 10 team.  Even Penn  
> State's star guard pulled down twelve boards, likely more than our entire  front 
> 
> line.  Sad to say, but Crowley is proving useless.  Maybe  he'll contribute 
> someday, but right now he can't score, rebound, or play  defense.  His only big 
> numbers are in his foul totals.  Shurna  looked very good today, but unless he, 
> Coble, and Moore score big, we'll have  a tough time winning.  This loss does 
> not bode well for the Mudville Five  for the remainder of the  season.
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