… well, not preach, people can make up their own minds …
But I do emphasize my opinion that I believe it’s best for people to use their own eyes to judge, certainly not news outlets (very slanted, lack context, controlled) … not using just highlights …. Not utilizing a star system or ranking system … your own eyes have more power, imo. You all know sports well enough, we all do. You know what you see …
And while I preach that, sometimes it’s not possible to see things with your own eyes. The next best thing is people you trust, people who don’t have much of a slant if any … they just give it to you like it is. And hold onto those people and hold onto that trust.
That said, in spite of my head and heart not allowing me to fully digest what was told to me … because of the past (yes, that’s bias, I realize that, it’s also human nature) …. Based on the info I received last week, football performed just about as expected. Fast defense, deep defense, great linebacking, strong secondary, fast, opportunistic …. Some individual player reports that hit true …. The usage of De Jesus, types of plays, gravely worried about kicking … etc, etc, etc … that we’d beat Houston without much problem … so the info I received was spot on.
Now the below info comes from a couple of people I trust with info since I didn’t get to workouts … not saying it’s true … it’s just a solid consensus, some from a couple months ago …
Cherry looks good, Dedan is Dedan, we know what we are getting out of Whaley … everyone else, pretty much plus or minus a little bit, is essentially “the same” as what we’ve had in terms of impact. Essentially mediocre MWC players where some may have a couple good games in a row, some might over perform a bit, some will underperform a little bit … some young rawness that might do some things but it won’t be sustained or consistent … just, pretty much, more of the same … expected to be a fringe type NIT team… workouts, urgency have been just mediocre … no real oooomph to be found. Speed is ok, athleticism as a team is ok, defense is ok, offense is slower … just mediocre across the board.
Hopefully they can find something to rally around, a team unity, a one mind because if you have that, talent doesn’t need to be off the charts but I’ve heard nothing “special” in that regard either.
So I don’t know … haven’t heard of a bar, a goal that has to be met in order to continue with Kevin, I think most of us that still care (not many left) believe it’s get into the NCAAT or get out; mine (which carries zero weight) is a little stricter, get an at large, not a fluke MWCT win, to make the NCAAT. Unless we are firmly projected for the field and we win the MWCT to get an auto, that is … and I’m fine by that, that would be best.
We will see.
But I do emphasize my opinion that I believe it’s best for people to use their own eyes to judge, certainly not news outlets (very slanted, lack context, controlled) … not using just highlights …. Not utilizing a star system or ranking system … your own eyes have more power, imo. You all know sports well enough, we all do. You know what you see …
And while I preach that, sometimes it’s not possible to see things with your own eyes. The next best thing is people you trust, people who don’t have much of a slant if any … they just give it to you like it is. And hold onto those people and hold onto that trust.
That said, in spite of my head and heart not allowing me to fully digest what was told to me … because of the past (yes, that’s bias, I realize that, it’s also human nature) …. Based on the info I received last week, football performed just about as expected. Fast defense, deep defense, great linebacking, strong secondary, fast, opportunistic …. Some individual player reports that hit true …. The usage of De Jesus, types of plays, gravely worried about kicking … etc, etc, etc … that we’d beat Houston without much problem … so the info I received was spot on.
Now the below info comes from a couple of people I trust with info since I didn’t get to workouts … not saying it’s true … it’s just a solid consensus, some from a couple months ago …
Cherry looks good, Dedan is Dedan, we know what we are getting out of Whaley … everyone else, pretty much plus or minus a little bit, is essentially “the same” as what we’ve had in terms of impact. Essentially mediocre MWC players where some may have a couple good games in a row, some might over perform a bit, some will underperform a little bit … some young rawness that might do some things but it won’t be sustained or consistent … just, pretty much, more of the same … expected to be a fringe type NIT team… workouts, urgency have been just mediocre … no real oooomph to be found. Speed is ok, athleticism as a team is ok, defense is ok, offense is slower … just mediocre across the board.
Hopefully they can find something to rally around, a team unity, a one mind because if you have that, talent doesn’t need to be off the charts but I’ve heard nothing “special” in that regard either.
So I don’t know … haven’t heard of a bar, a goal that has to be met in order to continue with Kevin, I think most of us that still care (not many left) believe it’s get into the NCAAT or get out; mine (which carries zero weight) is a little stricter, get an at large, not a fluke MWCT win, to make the NCAAT. Unless we are firmly projected for the field and we win the MWCT to get an auto, that is … and I’m fine by that, that would be best.
We will see.
