Gotta give Kent some credit...
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Cougs are playing well and within their individual abilities. People are giving Kent some credit as they should.. Let s hope that they can win more games and be a tough out. The little nerds and monitors an the other board are besides themselves making excuses.They have a lot of toys to play with but precious little basketball or football knowledge to draw upon.
I'd say with the talent we have, Kent is doing a pretty decent job at getting them to reach their potential.
The challenge for Kent is going to be to continue to recruit better players to build the program. Flynn looks like he has some potential....and could be a piece to build around.
If Romar gets fired, let's hire Michael Porter Sr away from UW and get his kid to come here.
The challenge for Kent is going to be to continue to recruit better players to build the program. Flynn looks like he has some potential....and could be a piece to build around.
If Romar gets fired, let's hire Michael Porter Sr away from UW and get his kid to come here.
I didn't expect to be 2-0 at this point, but we beat two poor teams. Let's keep that in mind.
We definitely had our share of issues this year but I was glad to see UW and OSU up first. Both relatively dysfunctional programs at the moment as well.
I'm happy. Beating the mutts in any sport is a big deal, regardless of if they are down or not.
Funny how people raved about the mutts talent. When Kent s team beats them they are a "poor team" .therefore it was not good coaching which overcame the talent disparity. Likewise OSU and every other poster on this board favorite coach Wayne Tinkle evidently could not overcome a "talent disparity" and lost to Kent. Again ,it was not good coaching,but two poor teams which Kent beat.
I really like how we are finding good shots for long stretches. UW is talented but poorly coached and OSU is without 2 or 3 starters including Tres Tinkle. We aren't good but if we continue to play the way we are right now we can compete. Still, these are probably the 2 of the worst teams in the conference at the moment.
Well ,lets see . The cougs lost 3 starters. Izundu,debatable,but Kent s "fans" piled on him when Ozundu transferred Que also left so Kent had to adjust.. We lost Hill ,who was a starter and quit the team, Tinkle also lost Payton,whom he inherited . Payton was a great talent and made that team last year. So Tinkle is not looking so hot as a coach right now. We will see how the cougs do the rest of the season as they have along ways to go. I will be happy if the cougs are competitive against Oregon. They are a solidly coached team and have very good talent.They should beat the cougs by 20 pts as they did USC and Washington.
The mutts are 7-7 ,so it is far better to call them a mediocre team. However the cougs beat them on their home court. That should count as a good win. OSU is 4-12 so i will call them a badly coached team. The cougs are 9-5 so they should be classified as a good team. to the obvious consternation of some fans here. If the cougs are really so talent depleted. than they should be called a well coached team.One s perspectives and biases are usually shown in the terminology used.
Many teams will have this problem. It wasn't long ago that Oregon seemed to be toppling into the talus of the conference, but the Phil Knight bucks (new arena, etc) quickly pulled the ducks back to the rim, so to speak.
Did tinkle forget how to coach this year. I always find it interesting how smart coaches get when they have good players and no injuries. Tinkle is going to struggle over the long run at OSU for the same reason coaches struggle most years at WSU. Tough to get good talent consistently
Actually i kind of agree. He lost a couple of players, but Payton was the reason for much of the success. He destroyed the cougs guards last year both offensively and defensively.Tinkle made a great hire which helped him to not only land his son but the highly ranked son of the hired assistant. Tinkle s recruiting classes were ranked far higher than Kent's but people seem to want to make excuses for a mediocre coach. I had hope that Kent would jettison the recruiter for the cougs. He did not and he has not really helped in the recruiting thus far.
Obviously ,i just like to stir the pro tinkle faction who are almost irrational in their love of Tinkle and their hatred of Kent
