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There isn't so much a lack of interest as a level of frustration by fans who are tired of coming on a message board with hope after a game like byu (even if byu is at best an average team), and then they turn around and collapse during the next few games to teams that byu would beat. With the exception of a few games this season, Menzies coaching has been in the C-F level at best. Even in games where the overall play is decent they either start out slow and fight their way back, or they have long stretches during the game where they collapse and let the other team back into the game. I am still waiting for Menzies to show a reason why he should continue as head coach for UNLV?
There isn't so much a lack of interest as a level of frustration by fans who are tired of coming on a message board with hope after a game like byu (even if byu is at best an average team), and then they turn around and collapse during the next few games to teams that byu would beat. With the exception of a few games this season, Menzies coaching has been in the C-F level at best. Even in games where the overall play is decent they either start out slow and fight their way back, or they have long stretches during the game where they collapse and let the other team back into the game. I am still waiting for Menzies to show a reason why he should continue as head coach for UNLV?
Everytime i hit REFRESH on OUR RPI it seems to drop by the second.
I was just watching Nebraska @ Maryland. The Terps eked out a 2-point win, so things will change, but coming into the game, the Cornhuskers were 11-2 and ranked #24.I see zero reasons why he should continue coaching after this season. It's time to find a new coach.
You must have 5 decades of life left. God Bless you.I was just watching Nebraska @ Maryland. The Terps eked out a 2-point win, so things will change, but coming into the game, the Cornhuskers were 11-2 and ranked #24.
I recalled when Tim Miles left success at Colorado St in 2012. He has spent 6 seasons toiling in obscurity in the Big 10 (with one notable exception in the 2013-14 season when a surprise 19-14 record earned a first-round exit from the NCAA tournament). His conference finishes have been 10th,12th, 11th & 12th.
I imagine the fans there bemoaned his hire. Success in a lesser conference (the MW) didn’t translate to success in the tougher Big 10. Why didn’t they get a “name” coach instead?
But the school stuck with Miles and last year he turned it around enough to get an NIT invite, and now he’s got them ranked for the first time in decades.
The point being, these are the same arguments being made about Coach Menzies. Just because he could win consistently at NMSU doesn’t translate to MW wins. And here we are in his 3rd season, and we haven’t produced winners yet.
Unless you’re Calipari and you want to create all “one-and-done” teams every year, building a winning program takes years of creating a base to work from. Terminating Menzies now will doom UNLV to a never-ending cycle of disappointments.
Patience is a difficult concept for we fans to grasp, but it’s the only way to re-create a winning program. Do not fire Menzies. Given SUFFICIENT time, he will make us a perennial tournament team.
Go Rebels!
Lol! Not hardly, but I’m hoping for maybe five years…ou must have 5 decades of life left. God Bless you.
Well best of luck to you. And for being such a long time fan, I hope we get a replacement that can make it fun for you and the rest of us. Because this stuff isn't working or improving, at all.Lol! Not hardly, but I’m hoping for maybe five years…
And it's not all about me. Lucky for me, when I was in my prime, so were the Rebels. I'd like to think that they will eventually be a force for my offspring's (children's...grandchildren's) enjoyment.
Go Rebels!
I think I am beginning to see the potential in a year or 2, especially with the Africans. In 2 years Mbacke Diong, Beck, and Hardy will be seniors with Ntambwe, Tchatchoua, Woodbury, and Hamilton as juniors. I am still unsure how Hamilton and Woodbury are going to pan out but I can tell that Ntambwe, Tchatchoua, Hardy, and Diong will most likely keep improving and be very good players by then. Ntambwe and Tchatchoua have professional level athleticism but are still learning and are only freshmen. Both are getting better as the season rolls on. Hardy can beat most guys off the dribble and just needs to be under control a little more often when doing so but is also learning. Let's just be a little more patient with this group.
No way I'm waiting two years to watch this crap! Yes we have a few talented players, but with this direction it's not going to get much better. We Are One transfer away(leaving ) and the lost of Clyburn and should have been Juice and I think he still might be ! This roster is even getting worse in this current roster next year. UNLESS Menzies has an revelation and can turn this whole team around next year will be worse.Yes Sir
Dembele will return with Juice, so there’s that. And Trey will have a year under his belt, he can bolster the two/three spot.No way I'm waiting two years to watch this crap! Yes we have a few talented players, but with this direction it's not going to get much better. We Are One transfer away(leaving ) and the lost of Clyburn and should have been Juice and I think he still might be ! This roster is even getting worse in this current roster next year. UNLESS Menzies has an revelation and can turn this whole team around next year will be worse.
You must have 5 decades of life left. God Bless you.
Game over. Unlv is 2 and 0. Not pretty but better than unr’s against unm
Clap! Clap! Clap! What a terrific post, khokhol8. It’s refreshing to hear someone who doesn’t think that year 3 (actually 2) of the Marvin Menzies era is enough to conclude that changing coaches again, is the answer to turning the Rebels into a Sweet-Sixteen team.I think I am beginning to see the potential in a year or 2, especially with the Africans. In 2 years Mbacke Diong, Beck, and Hardy will be seniors with Ntambwe, Tchatchoua, Woodbury, and Hamilton as juniors. I am still unsure how Hamilton and Woodbury are going to pan out but I can tell that Ntambwe, Tchatchoua, Hardy, and Diong will most likely keep improving and be very good players by then. Ntambwe and Tchatchoua have professional level athleticism but are still learning and are only freshmen. Both are getting better as the season rolls on. Hardy can beat most guys off the dribble and just needs to be under control a little more often when doing so but is also learning. Let's just be a little more patient with this group.
Agree !I am really enjoying watching this team. Sure I wish they were better shooters but you never get everything. They play hard and rebound well and there seems to be a total lack of ego out there like Tarkisgod stated. There were more butts in the seats tonight and us fans were having a good time. Too bad so many just look for negatives when there is a lot of good going on. Hardy with 17 assists in the last 2 games against 2 turn overs. Ntwambe is turning into a very special player. He absolutely caught fire tonight. Menzies seems to be embracing the small ball and making it work out there without giving up the rebounding edge we enjoy.
Hopefully the Lobos shot their wad tonight and we can roll in there and take advantage of an overconfident team. I bet the chat rooms are going absolutely crazy tonight for both teams.
Also it is nice to see Beck getting a little run again, I think he adds a little bit of offense that we need and I think I forgot to mention that We Are In First Place!
A loss like that really should drop a team out of the Top 25. We could empathize (be we won’t) as we’ve felt the gut punch of going into conference thinking we had a good team and then quickly realizing we didn’t. Hopefully this is an omen rather than a one off incident.So................................. UNR got curb stomped. Bet they are not #6 come Monday LMBFAO
It’s not fair but I suspect they’ll plummet. Too new to the rankings, too east coast biased, people don’t get to see them play much, the conference is horrible. Very tough to get ranked in the first place, tough to climb, easy to drop.A loss like that really should drop a team out of the Top 25. We could empathize (be we won’t) as we’ve felt the gut punch of going into conference thinking we had a good team and then quickly realizing we didn’t. Hopefully this is an omen rather than a one off incident.
So................................. UNR got curb stomped. Bet they are not #6 come Monday LMBFAO
Reno fell to #10 in AP, #11 in Coaches. Getting obliterated by a Lobo team that has looked horrendous so far is not good, unless UNM is gonna do what they did last year, look like hot garbage in OOC, but then look damn good in MW play. Reno on the other hand doesn't look like the 10th best team in the nation to me, and I thought that before the blowout loss to UNM.
Unfortunately I don't see us snapping our 3 game losing streak to them tomorrow night.
I was just watching Nebraska @ Maryland. The Terps eked out a 2-point win, so things will change, but coming into the game, the Cornhuskers were 11-2 and ranked #24.
I recalled when Tim Miles left success at Colorado St in 2012. He has spent 6 seasons toiling in obscurity in the Big 10 (with one notable exception in the 2013-14 season when a surprise 19-14 record earned a first-round exit from the NCAA tournament). His conference finishes have been 10th,12th, 11th & 12th.
I imagine the fans there bemoaned his hire. Success in a lesser conference (the MW) didn’t translate to success in the tougher Big 10. Why didn’t they get a “name” coach instead?
But the school stuck with Miles and last year he turned it around enough to get an NIT invite, and now he’s got them ranked for the first time in decades.
The point being, these are the same arguments being made about Coach Menzies. Just because he could win consistently at NMSU doesn’t translate to MW wins. And here we are in his 3rd season, and we haven’t produced winners yet.
Unless you’re Calipari and you want to create all “one-and-done” teams every year, building a winning program takes years of creating a base to work from. Terminating Menzies now will doom UNLV to a never-ending cycle of disappointments.
Patience is a difficult concept for we fans to grasp, but it’s the only way to re-create a winning program. Do not fire Menzies. Given SUFFICIENT time, he will make us a perennial tournament team.
Go Rebels!
Everything you said is reasonable, so please shut up!