Couple irritations.
1 - Was super easy to download the Mtn West app and watch video on my Amazon Fire. Downloaded the Pac 12 Now app for the football game and got two free minutes then they want my cable provider. Uhhh there is no cable provider for cord cutters. C’mon Pac 12. Get your ish together.
2. Two Spokane kids who playing for BSU. Thanks a ton, Ernie for not giving Naje Smith so much as a sniff. None. Zero. You knew about him as a freshman in high school and did jack.
Bamba looking good so far. Gueye hit and miss.
Naje Smith, and the other what's his name Spokane kid, were ELITE 3.5 star at minimum, 4 star at average, 4.5 star at most recruits.
They were AMONG THE HIGHEST RATED RECRUITS in that year's Washington recruiting class.
1. Even if Ernie had gone after them, I seriously doubt Ernie would have landed them.
2. Ernie probably didn't go after them because he probably knew he didn't have a chance in hell of getting them.
3. Even Smith would have been hard pressed to get them.
4. If they hadnt gone to BSU, they would have gone to either of Gonzaga, UW, Oregon, UCLA, Arizona, USC, Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, etc.
5. BSU is a GOOD bball team, program. Last year they won the MWC, and won conference tourny, and went to NCAA, and beat WSU last year, so that is part of why those 2 kids chose BSU over WSU, Ernie, etc.
6. The reason WSU lost is NOT ONLY is BSU a good team, played well, etc, but it's hard to win, when in the 1st half 94% of your SHOT SELECTION is JACKED UP 3 POINT SHOTS EARLY IN SHOT CLOCK, and almost NO POINTS IN PAINT, not because of defense, but because the players want to play RATBALL run and GUN, JACK UP 3 POINTER, in the first half.
Despite that WSU still almost won at the end of the game.
The only thing Ernie gets blamed for in not getting the Spokane recruits, is that ERNIE WAS A LOSING TERRIBLY, HORRIBLY BAD LOSING coach that DIDNT have a chance in hell at getting the Spokane recruits, and that was too cowardly to even try, or to not quit, not move on.
Smith would have at least tried to recruit the Spokane recruits, and left the door open for them to walk thru, if they want to,
This loss is not about blaming Ernie as bad as he was, and as much as most of us disliked him.
This loss was about jacking up 3 pointers as about 94% of shot selection early in shot clock, and only making about 17% of them, and not having points in paint in FIRST HALF.
getting points in paint shouldn't be a problem with Gueye, Bamba, Powell, which WSU demonstrated in the 2ND HALF
