Sadly, the only narrative tonight we changed was getting blown out by an OVC opponent who we’ve been playing against for 90 years. Cannot defend this as just growing pains...coaching honeymoon is hereby over. Coach McDevitt is on notice that he owns this performance from this point forward. This looked like Division 2 basketball, not a C-USA program.
Terrible loss that we must rebuild from...pronto!
This reminds me of when Kermit got blown out by ut-k in Knoxville and when the Raiders lost to a horrible (worst D-1 team in the nation?) Houston Baptist
Just speculation here... maybe McDevitt is trying to get the teams attention with this blow out
Yeah, the defense was MIA. There were several times where Murray would rebound and pitch the ball ahead for an easy score.I think it is as simple as he and the asst coaches are not getting the team motivated and ready to play competitively. The two primary areas that lack of effort shows up glaringly is defense and rebounding which were atrocious vs Murray St. If you don't have effort, you've got nothing
Is this kingalings burner account?I understand your perspective and recognize the poor play. To the topic of game planning and execution; coaches design a game plan and players execute. A good game plan poorly executed results in a loss. A poor game plan well executed results in a competitive game. A poor game plan poorly executed is a loss. Based on what we saw second half of last year McDevitt puts together good game plans. From my perspective it’s the lack of execution. subpar or young talent does not execute. If we were in this situation four years into McDevitts tenure I would be in favor of putting the pressure on. Since this is one year and some change in I will be patient until he has three recruiting cycles. What is the alternative? Cut him loose now and start over. Not an option.
Nicely played Mighty Raider. I shared my perspective on what I believe should be done. What’s your suggestion?
Where's kingaling to tell us how we don't know what we're talking about, things are getting better, etc we just can't see it.
I think you pointed out the biggest problem with this team and that is there is no cohesiveness. They do not know how to play together. I do not know why, but it needs to be figured out. CNM is the one that has to figure that out and that is what he gets paid to do. Last year we had two bigs that were seniors and had been on winning teams. We do not have that this year. Hawthorne and Gamble were not world beaters, but they were good post players the provided experience. I think the talent is definitely there. I do think if we had Dishman and Scurry playing right now we would be more competitive, but I agree as we stand right now it is worrisome. I like to think the light will come on at one point, but I have not seen that yet.Do you believe being the worst team in CUSA is acceptable?
What are your thoughts on our upper classmen's regression? Sims and Green are just shells of their formerselves at this point. C.J. Jones looked good to start the year and I heard was very good in practices last year....now he's nowhere to be found not even half way through the season.....???
The team has no chemistry. They do not look cohesive, ever. They play poor defense. They don't rebound well. They cannot shoot the ball. There are literally no redeeming traits about this "team." They are only a team by name, because they surely do not play like a "team." We have maybe 2-3 players that are playing like they belong in D1 right now which is mind-boggling to me. I don't understand how that is ever, under any circumstances, acceptable.
And for the record, I want McDevitt to succeed. I want him to sign 3 and 4 star players and take MT to new heights we have never reached before. I want to return to the NCAA tournament and make a Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4 push. I want McDevitt to be our guy. But how are we going to sign players when we are playing like one of the worst teams in D1? Nobody wants to play for a loser. Our NCAA tournament appearances and big win street cred is far gone at this point. All dried up. We are quickly becoming a laughing stock!
I am terrified at this point that we may have hired the wrong man. The team is regressing. Upper classmen are not getting better, they are getting worse. Our team cohesion and ability to play simple fundamental basketball seems to be regressing by the week. We don't even look like we belong on the same court as our opponents. What in god's name is going on ?
We are becoming UCONN.So......presently, the #1 revenue sport at MT is Women’s Basketball?
Cannot defend the indefensible. I don't foresee him posting here for a while.
kingaling42:
To what do you attribute Sims' and Green's regression? Also, the staff's inability to both develop leaders and to "get through" to the team?
Green- I contend and commented numerous times last year that he would be a good 6th man type player. Has never struck me as an ideal starter since he's a rollercoaster- gambles on D and out of position a lot.
Why am I not surprised that the coaches buddy is now blaming the players. Wow.
Whatever respect I had for your basketball knowledge I just lost as a person.
Would you like to provide specifics where he is wrong? He did say ultimately everything falls on the coach, but that the biggest issues are coming from the players at this point. A coach can install an amazing game plan and if the players do not execute, it will not work. On that same note it is the coach's job to figure out why they are not executing, or find someone that can. I do not think we can blame either the players or the coaches 100%. At this point there are issues everywhere.Why am I not surprised that the coaches buddy is now blaming the players. Wow.
Whatever respect I had for your basketball knowledge I just lost as a person.
You are going to say McDevitt and his cronies will fit right in and have major accountability problems when McDevitt has never said it was the players. I bet if you asked him he would put it on himself. Poor choice to disparage someone for what someone else says in his defense.Here's an observation for you.
You're right. Green has had 3 college coaches during his time. And guess which one he's played most poorly for? Shouldn't he be getting better? Who's his current coach? Mmhmm. Let's blame the player though.
I don't recall Sims being that big of a defensive liability under Kermit Davis. Wanna know why? His @$$ would not be on the floor, that's why. If he wanted to stay on the floor, he had to play good D. So he did. Kermit Davis was a strict disciplinarian. NOBODY was staying on that court if they were playing bad defense, didn't matter how important or how good or how short the bench was. No exceptions. Sims has never played this poorly either in his collegiate career. Shouldn't he be getting better, not worse? Who's his current coach?
I guess we are blaming the players now though. LOL. McDevitt and his cronies will fit right in with Massaro and his squad. Major accountability problems across the board.
He did say ultimately everything falls on the coach, but that the biggest issues are coming from the players at this point.
You are going to say McDevitt and his cronies will fit right in and have major accountability problems when McDevitt has never said it was the players. I bet if you asked him he would put it on himself. Poor choice to disparage someone for what someone else says in his defense.
You have not idea what he would say. You cannot guarantee anything like that. Complete nonsense, but par for the course for you and many on this board. You can be upset with how things are going with the team without making stuff up and guaranteeing it to be true. Especially since only two of the current players were there when Kermit coached. If he thought it was their fault why would both of them start? I for one think Green should be coming off the bench. His shot selection is terrible. Also it drives me crazy to see players just drive right past Sims. Is McDevitt supposed to hold his hand and move him in front of the offensive player? This is everyone's fault. No matter how bad the teams are at this school they will always look good when compared to a lot of the fans.He can say whatever he wants to publicly but I guarantee you he internally and within his staff blames this on Kermit's players. GUARANTEE it.
We'll never hear the end of how Kermit screwed this program and is the cause for all of this when the reality is yes, it was a setback, but not an excuse to become one of the worst programs in D1. There is never an excuse for that.
But go ahead and try to rationalize it away. Not gonna help us win games and most certainly isn't gonna help us on the recruiting trail. If I was this staff I would be quite concerned about this team becoming a doormat and talented recruits then not being interested. We were just starting to garner those 3 and 4 star players and now it's all at great risk of being pissed away.
He can say whatever he wants to publicly but I guarantee you he internally and within his staff blames this on Kermit's players. GUARANTEE it. ...
Not even close to reality- no one is blaming CKD and all you're speaking about is Green's offensive numbers.. I'm talking about defense and the problems that are caused by the frontline players getting into foul trouble in each & every game which in turn affects the entire game plan for any coach.. with the new rules the guards should be picking up/absorbing more fouls if they're in position- you can't have the BIGS picking up 84% of the team fouls and not start to dial in on the guard play.. it's not personal it's simply what is observable for anyone.