Reading all the comments here remind me of a song:
“But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. Don’t bother, they’re here.”
If you’re okay supporting the mediocre basketball product we’ve seen the last two years, that’s on you. I guess I’ll be a clown for not being happy with a team that is ranked in the 200’s of KenPom one year after going 16-16 as the MAC preseason favorites.
No one is happy with the mediocre basketball product we've seen, but there are certainly disagreements on how to move forward. If you think firing Boals suddenly makes everything better, boy oh boy do I have some news for you. You think going .500 is bad... wait until an assistant from Northern East Kentucky State gets zero alumni support, even less money, wins 10 games and can't recruit anyone to play in a crumbling facility. I fear you better buckle up for some mediocre basketball. And that's definitely not just being 5th in the conference.
So the solution is to keep going 16-16 and not winning titles? That is a great perspective.
Yes, exactly. Excellent additions as always.
Speaking of perspective;
Since 2020, only three teams have been "winning titles". Akron (3), Kent State (1), and OU (1).
My guy, we are the furthest away on this list and have gotten further and further away since. Preston masked Boals lack of scheme and coaching inefficiencies the same way Burrow masks Zac Taylor's shortcomings as a play caller.
Nothing I love more than playing this game. If you take away all his wins then he doesn't have any wins!
Sure, of the only THREE teams who have won a title recently, we're 3rd best. LOL.
Our current status of being FOURTH... has shown how far we've fallen to the basement. All the way down to 4th. 4/13. Hair on fire. Worst case scenario. Get rid of everyone. We're 4th.
Tremendous.
I'm a little confused, in the NIL thread you said the following:
"We very much need a fresh set of eyes on roster construction. To this point I truly feel like we're recruiting the highest rated recruits we can get - to hell with roster construction. Most people just say Boals can't recruit, and that's not necessarily true. I just think he's relying too much on others data. And maybe thats a place where we just don't have the money to do needed diligence. I have to go find my old post, but Boals has rarely had a recruiting class outside the Top 2. He's either #1 or #2. The only year OU wasn't highly ranked was Clayton's class. Because he was the only HS signee. And that worked out pretty well. We tremendously need to turn previous logic on its head, because our biggest weakness is a lack of TEAM. A lack of ROLES. A lack of OFFENSIVE IDENTITY. And that starts with Boals. Can we teach an old dog new tricks? That's for Lars to figure out. Otherwise, it pains me to say... we can't ride with Boals and his Gus Macker offense anymore. We just can't. We need an identity. And construct a true offense around said roster. I find it hard to believe Boals is so set in his 'create it if you got it' offense that he's willing to ride it into unemployment, but coaches are a weird breed."
It seems like you acknowledge Boals' shortcomings, but now the program is poised to be at the bottom of the MAC if he's removed?
This isn't intended to be confrontational, but the downward trend doesn't concern you with what appears to be an uptick in NIL money? If he hasn't adjusted his way of coaching now, the odds of him doing moving forward so are slim.
The MAC record is trending down:
13-5
10-8
8-6 -- with remaining games at NIU, Toledo, at UMass, and Miami.
There's a strong chance we drop 3/4 to go 9-9.
Finishing in the top 4 each season would be fine if Boals wasn't also 12-29 against Akron, Kent, and Toledo. There at least be some hope going into Cleveland. Miami is now surging as a program, so what's the breaking point that this isn't working anymore and where does one see the light?