[NU Sports] Moron-oddity

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

We can look forward to another one or two Big ten win season next year since Bienen is protecting his Princeton buddy Carmody and doesn't want to fire him.  The thought crossed my mind tht maybe one of the reasons Murphy left ws that he wasn't allowed to fire Carmody.  The Chicago Sun column by Mariotti  about NU basketball was pretty much on target.  I suspect too that Bienen is going to have his hands full when the tort lawyers start coming after the Bear Stearns board of directors for all the fiascos at that firm even though  he has resigned from the board.

John DeGroat
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From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
> I've seen nearly every game on TV & can say that Craig Moore's hustle is
> exemplary.  He plays his butt off and is thoroughly unafraid to mix it
> up (he likely has the bruises to show for it).  He is not just a
> shooter, but a leader who is unintimidated by clutch situations.  As bad
> as things were, Moore did his utmost to try to rescue his team in many
> situations.
> 
> There are obviously PLENTY of problems, the season was a big
> disappointment, and I really like Thompson, too, but Moore's efforts
> shouldn't be overlooked.  
> 
> One observation on a very frustrating flaw that pervaded every game: the
> team - - including its best guys (the Coble-Moore-Thompson trio) - -
> repeatedly picked up its dribble prematurely, leaving players in
> untenable situations that allowed defenses to swarm and cut off options.
> That haunted the Cats as they blew several leads, including in the final
> game against Minnesota in the tournament, when NU was inept down the
> stretch (and against the Gophers' press, NU seemed to go backwards more
> often than toward the basket, during the final few minutes).  The
> inability to complete plays (let alone games) or even get into
> advantageous places on offense was a constant.  
> 
> Announcers often spoke of how NU's Princeton offense gives other teams
> fits, but the Cats got themselves into trouble much more often than they
> created difficulties for opponents (and NU's margin for error is tiny). 
> 
> Have a good offseason, everyone.
> 
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of johnadeg at comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: Dennis W. Brandt; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Moron-oddity
> 
> The long and the short of it is that we haven't had a coach who can
> recruit neither to my knowledge has NU ever given a BB coach payment
> incentives for achieving certain objectives.  Looking at the current
> team, Thompson is the only guy willing to mix it up, diving for balls,
> etc.  Maybe that is the way  Carmody want  to play but it is a sure
> loser.
> 
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> > With all due respect to Mr. Moron-oddity . . .   OK, with NO respect
> for 
> > Moron-oddity, it's always SO-O-O simple for the klutzes like him who 
> > sit on the sidelines watching and never doing.  If Carmody is a bad 
> > coach, then every coach Northwestern has ever had has been a bad coach
> 
> > because none of them has taken a team into the NCAAs.  The damn 
> > offenseive style isn't the problem as Georgetown is proving this 
> > season.  We ain't got the horses.  If the other team goes into zone,
> we don't have the talent to execute plan B.
> > We get close only by playing our best while the other team loafs.  
> > There is no doubt that had Minnesota played as hard in the first half 
> > as they did in the second, we would have been down 13 or more at the
> half instead of up.
> > Before we start firing coaches, however, we have to know who is going 
> > to take over and that he will be better.  So far, we've never hired a 
> > successful replacement as basketball coach.
> > 
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