And at least 2 of the 3 last night were passes directly to the defense. Unforced turnovers used to mean a whole lot of laps or stairs to run. I don't know what they get to do these days.
I am one, sick of his temper tantrums and belittling players. How many of you folks would like your boss screaming in your face like he does? No one responds well to that treatment. He picked these recruits and portal players so it's on him so quit acting like Bob Knight and coach.
And it could be poor memory or exaggerated memory, but it seemed like he wasn't the only one. I feel like I can recall 5 literally skip passes into the arms of the defenders....like horribly obvious passes straight to the defenders. ugh.
Most use the comparison with a boss, and I understand why.
Big fan of BU, but I've stated previously that he really does need to dial it back or channel it some other way. In addition to lots of good reasons to exhibit more composure, how about accepting that it's not effective and isn't producing the outcome he wants.
Lol. Underwood is the best coach we've had in 15 years and one of the best coaches in the country. Yes, he recruited these players, but you left out that they chose to play for him fully knowing how he coaches.
You can hold someone accountable without being a loudmouth jerk. Underwood looks like a fool, not a passionate coach.
That’s your opinion. You’re entitled to it. I don’t agree. I don’t think he looks like a fool within the context of our team’s performance. I wouldn’t use his approach but I see no issue with it.
Knight threw a chair across the court and choked a kid among many other things...to think he's acting like Bobby Knight is ridiculous and ignorant.
I don’t know if this is a response to me saying he looks like a fool, but if so you’re misreading my comment. I said nothing about whether he was a good coach. I only said that there are lots of ways to motivate and him stomping and screaming on the sideline like he’s a breath away from a heart attack is terrible for the program’s optics. Hence, we have seen a lot of social media commentary on his antics rather than his ability as a coach. It’s distracting at best and it’s also NOT WORKING.
Thanks for this post A one point last night we were 3 for 15 from 3 and 9 for 12 in the paint. Northwestern did a lot of screen the screener action last night using Audige to be the shooter as well as a decoy. They executed real well. If they had not missed like 10 or 12 lay ups in the paint things might have been a lot worse.
I would be ok if it translated into positive team action and wins.
I think this is a really good post. I agree with over 95 % of it. I only have couple of caveats.
…players don’t do what the coach intended for a number of reasons…(teenagers, and twenty-something’s tend to be kinda flaky sometimes…I know I could be.)Our fans are something else.
Underwood very noticeably chilled out starting after the Covid lockdown.
Can it really get much worse than it’s been the last 3 weeks?I think this is a really good post. I agree with over 95 % of it. I only have couple of caveats.
I.) It certainly does cut both ways…and I also, don’t know why so many fans assume
what that player are doing in real time is exactly what the coach instructing. Clue phone
I don’t wanna sound like a jerk…but
Anybody who thinks that has never been a coach or a teacher.
Obviously, he has a solid resume. His list of achievements speaks for itself. He’s a knowledgeable X’s O’s guy and he didn’t lose that ability over night. He has a solid track record of developing players, despite what some on here say. He generally handles the media well, he appears quite good at: hiring, recruiting, delegating and building a winning culture. But there has invariably been some missteps, bad luck
and failed experiments. But that is part of the job and is to be expected. The whole
thing is crap-shoot to a certain point.
However, if there is a violent storm in the midst of a mutiny on this ship it falls to the captain to right it…I’m not saying anything controversial there at all. It’s just the way it is.
ex. the staff AND some of us thought…Skyy Clark was gonna be Damon Stoudamire reincarnated. That hasn’t panned out just yet. In Sky’s defense, do we remember Ayo’s freshman campaign? I
seem to remember him being weak at finishing around the rim/getting the ball lodged under the backboard quite frequently with no where to go…I don’t
recall him being a perfect defender early on either…Obviously, Ayo had more time to develop clearly. Skyy is asked to perform like a seasoned veteran from day one.
2.) We have more fixable problems than last year..I would like to believe that these problems are more fixable than last years more logistical based problems. I would argue these types of problems might be even harder to solve/get a handle on.
I know how gloomy this sounds but I think it’s gonna get worse before it gets better.
