[NU Sports] Carmody and the Cats (was: UGHH)

[cherron604 at aol.com]

Do we know of another coach at a major conference school that has gone 8 years without a) NIT success and b) some NCAA tournament experience.

We are paying BC a lot of money, and while we are not like other schools, I am not convinced that our peer institutions (Stanford, Vanderbilt, Duke) would tolerate this slow march toward basketball progress.

Significantly, Camody has shown an inability to sustain progress in the past, and the defections from his program are legion.? On what basis do we assume that defections will be held to a minimum, and that this year's underclassmen will make significant progress next year ?? I know that these things 'should' happen, but what is our level of confidence that they will happen ?? And is that confidence based on Bill Carmody's history ?

If I see underclassmen on the football team who need work on some fundamentals, if I see guys who need to bulk up physically, if I see development projects, my level of confidence is high that the football staff will take the actions necessary to address the shortcomings.? If I see a bright young talent who shows signs of being a 'special player' down the road, my confidence that the football staff can retain that player is high.? Lacking evidence to the contrary, I would have to say my confidence in the basketball staff 's abilities is significantly lower.

I'd challenge BC to prove me wrong, but the challenge is starting to get old.

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85




-----Original Message-----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 1:04 pm
Subject: [NU Sports] Carmody and the Cats (was: UGHH)



> You know, just once I'd like to see a sentiment about
> the basketball team that's somewhere between "we
> could make the T-word" and "Carmody might/should
> be fired." 

Well said - I think we got a little excited and ahead of ourselves earlier with 
the MSU win. I usually try and stay out of the BB discussions because I'm not as 
big a follower of the team, but I think the same philosophy applies as for 
football - we have to build our program gradually as the quick leaps are usually 
followed by a quick fall (or sanctions :) ).

I guess I'm not as hung up on the 8 years Carmody's been here because it's a 
monumental task to build up basketball at NU. The questions I would have are: 
(1) Are we moving in the right direction and (2) Are we getting close.

I think this season has been a yes on both counts - and as Eric mentions, unlike 
the 1994 team, it's not something happening with seniors in their final few 
games finally coming together. I've been tuning in to a lot more games than in 
past years and not just because the Big Ten Network is freakin' AWESOME for 
alumni living outside of Big Ten Country.

Last night was sickening. So was Purdue. We still have to get over that 
last-minute panic to close out wins. But it is worth keeping in mind that Purdue 
and Illinois are top 20 teams and we lost at the last second (the loss at Iowa 
should upset us more, if you think about it).

I know it's been a long dry spell and I know it's frustrating to get so close 
and then have it fall apart in seconds ... but if we've endured this far but we 
can see that the promised land is in sight now where it wasn't before, do we 
really want to go back to square 1 and start the game over?

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


      

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