I have to admit I did not see the second half of this game. Fortunately, my nine-year-old granddaughter had a game and I went to watch it. The bottom line is this team has way too many deficiencies, and lacks too much in its roster to be very successful. I am just hoping we can be in the top eight in the MAC.

Notes from presser -

Jaylin & Clayton very very not in mood - they only talked for two minutes. Many notes on how they need to communicate on defense and Clayton needs to get better at shot blocking. Boals made an interesting note in that all of our losses are single or double possession losses - we have to get better at the little things.
Miles Brown is confirmed to make his return against Defiance - man we could have used his defense tonight.


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I think I dipped into the cookie jar a bit. Dark Star is for sure Dead. As one quotes " we will get by, we will survive " this loss was not acceptable to me. I'm usually critical of Wiz and encourage players as much as possible.. Clayton, you have come so far , and putting up incredible minutes this year! Please don't leave. It is unfortunate the staff staff couldn't get someone to help you w/minutes. Hardaway, I've given your hustle props 👏. However until you consistently put in 15/10 stop putting ice in your veins every time you score.. thank goodness the MAC has been notoriously bad so far this year.

I've got to say, for everything that went wrong, and everything that the Bobcats did wrong, it took an absolutely horrendous three by Anocili-Killen that miraculously banked in for Marshall to take the lead. That three misses like it should have--they had no one in to even contest a rebound--and we are talking about an entirely different ending. No, Ohio should not have let it come down to that, but that's some awful luck reminiscent of the GW game.

Oh God. Considering our offense is 4 guards standing around the 3pt line waiting for someone to drive into traffic. Against a zone with length we might not score 40.

Anybody who willingly watches this team can't call other sports boring.

UPDATE: Dia had 22 against MTSU last night in 24 minutes off the bench.

The three tallest guys that played for Ohio combined for 23 vs MTSU.

Somebody hasn't been evaluating the portal correctly for big guys.

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Condolences to people in the mid-state of TN who were slammed with a horrible weather event last night. A state of emergency has been declared in Clarksville where the Bobcats will be playing APSU soon.

There are three guys around 6-7/240 on the football roster. Time to see Albin about borrowing a guy or two. IDK is Dia was offered from the portal but he did have a mix of mid and p5 offers out of high school including WKU and Murray.

I disagree. We're not boring. Our offense makes me want to jump up and scream and throw things!

Hah touche.

If Albin's seat is getting hot according to some fans (I've never been part of that small group), shouldn't Boals' be getting at least a little balmy? In fact, could it be argued that he should be the target of more criticism than Albin?

A few BB truisms ... and exceptions to the rule:

1) You win with guard play. This is true, a quality PG is worth his weight in gold. A solid/good PG who plays w/in his own strengths and weaknesses is solid silver. I'll take either.

1a) The exception to the rule is having a dominant offensive player at any perimeter position who can get his own any place, any time.

Fact: It's near impossible for a mid-major to get that elite gold PG, and a solid silver is hard to find as well, but doable. Dominant offensive perimeter players are just as hard to find.

2) Post players today aren't the dominant go-to players of yore like Shaq of the MAC and Brandon Hunter, especially in this league.

2a) The exception to the rule (at least so far this season) seems to be Akron and Kent State, who arguably have the two best post players in the league.

Fact: As Freeman/Akron and Payton/Kent prove (and Wilson last year) you don't have to be 6-10 to 7-foot to be a good post player. Both of those guys are 6-7ish, but know how to do their work around the basket.

THAT is where the recruiting comes in. Doesn't matter haw tall the post player is, just his ability to get his work done in the post. Even Toledo (arguably No. 3 team in the MAC) has a post presence, even if it is 6-2 Cochran.

I would argue, at this level, ... more than a PG and more than a dominant perimeter scorer, a good 'post' player may be the hardest player to recruit to this level.

With that contract, his seat is colder than ice. I think it's fair to be skeptical of the direction the program is headed, though.