Redrustler, in reponse to what you said about me and the other posters who disagreed with your analysis, I would just refer you to their posts prior to this one. Take care.

I am here to "come clean" if you will. I have not been on the Jim Christian bandwagon from the beginning. From the day he was announced I didn't like the hire. As the season progressed, I didn't like him. I posted on here that he would never have another 20 win season. I have questioned his recruiting. I have questioned his game prep. I have questioned his in-game coaching decisions. I have questioned everything he has done. I have been a Couch Coach. I was angry that we did not win any "big games". We lost some bad games. I'm still not on the Coach Christian bandwagon.

That said, I am stating now that I am resigning my position as a Couch Coach. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. Despite my gripes, there were many games in which we could have lost and pulled out. We were MAC East Co-champs. We will still finish with at-least 24 wins. Had we not beaten Akron by one point last year, I believe that expectations would not have been nearly as high as I had them for this season. I do not know that Groce and Co. would have had a different outcome. I have come to realize that I have to give Christian a few more years to prove that he belongs in Athens and can be a winner at Ohio, and I am stating tonight that I will do that.

Last season, our football team did not live up to my expectations. I am not questioning Solich or his staff, why should I question Christian? Sometimes good teams underperform. Sometimes mediocre teams over achieve. I have come to accept this...

So, Congrats to the team, Congrats to the Coaching staff, and Congrats to the fans that set MAC records for attendance and ticket revenue. I have been a Bobcat fan since the day I stepped on campus in the fall of 2000, and witnessing my first MAC East championship will not change my loyalty to the Green and White. Thanks!

I did not say anything with the first quote but now a second one shown up. FOrget all the rest of the conversation and lets just digress and talk about this situation apart from the discussion.

There is a huge difference in those 2. Groce got a team in disarray with glaring holes, bad attitudes and lots of weakness' with regard to personnel, positions unfilled and mental toughness. THey lost their best player and only true middle to the NBA. He did what he could with it and made lemonade.

Weber got Frank Martins squad with strength at every position poised to make a pretty good run at a conference title. I do think he did a good job in getting them in system and letting them play but that team i s well balanced, smart, deep and talented with not many holes or glaring weakness.

2 really different situations.... ny repspected opinions  predict in 4 years Weber will be in the same boat he was in at Illinois or worse.

Holding Weber up as doing a great job in obtaining a 4 seed is a bit misleading. If he would have got them on a 2 line....that would have been a Great job as he would have taken them to a level above where they should have been.  There are already threads on their boards about his recruits.

We now return you to your regular mess......

No power forward underneath play, no chance.

Agree with that buyt listening to Jim Crews at SLU, that is exactly what he said he did. No speeches, no rah. Kids are teaching him the offense and defensive principles and variations in practice. Amazong if you get a chance to listen to him tell this story. He has been around but Majerus' kids are making him look like the genius he never was.

Dunno

I was fascinated listening to him talk. He says they often just stop practice and tell him the correct way to run a play or what action Coach wanted off that particular screen.