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Come on man.
Posted on: October 12, 2016 at 08:48:43 CT
FIJItiger MU
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Your points are closely aligned with chokingmychickenhawk, kctgrs, and Big Ray for one thing so that in and of itself should give you pause.
First off I didn't say that Haith was the best coach in the nation. I said MU was the best coached team in the nation that season. That is just an undeniable reality, and it certainly shouldn't be something MU fans need reminded of. Its not like I'm asking you to recall the events of the 1988-89 season, surely everyone has a reasonably vivid recollection of 2012.
Who cares what the world remembers. The 'world' was robbed of a chance to see a special team perform on the biggest stage by a huge upset that ended its season. But as MU fans we got to enjoy watching them play that whole year in many great games.
That was not the worst NCAA tourney loss in MU history, the loss to N. Iowa in 1990's NCAA tourney was a worse loss.
The NCAA tournament is predicated on upsets, that is its draw and the re-occurring theme each season. We got beat by a special performance by Norfolk State. It sucks, but we were on the losing end and they deserved to win that day. They shot the ball considerably better than they had all year, they had a legit NBA center and height in the backcourt which was the perfect matchup to offset our strengths, caught some very fortunate breaks, but mostly played a very good game. It didn't help that 2 of our 7 players were playing through injury, and that Haith benched Ratliffe for a good portion of the 1st half to send a message for the larger good of the tourney run that never happened. But we simply didn't have much flexibility to play in a different manner and they beat us.
That was a flawed team with little height and little depth, and its best player has never played a second in the NBA. Yet it is probably the best offensive team in college basketball of the last 5-10 years, certainly among them. They figured out an unconventional style of play that turned their weaknesses into strengths and allowed them to mitigate their shortcomings, and had such well defined roles that depth was almost never an issue. That team got the absolute most out of its potential during the court of the season. That is what coaching does. What we did that year worked, I'm not talking about seasons before it or seasons after it.
Apologize for the long response, but your replies kind of surprised me. They sound more akin to what I would expect from the others mentioned previously, and I know you know more than that.
First off I didn't say that Haith was the best coach in the nation. I said MU was the best coached team in the nation that season. That is just an undeniable reality, and it certainly shouldn't be something MU fans need reminded of. Its not like I'm asking you to recall the events of the 1988-89 season, surely everyone has a reasonably vivid recollection of 2012.
Who cares what the world remembers. The 'world' was robbed of a chance to see a special team perform on the biggest stage by a huge upset that ended its season. But as MU fans we got to enjoy watching them play that whole year in many great games.
That was not the worst NCAA tourney loss in MU history, the loss to N. Iowa in 1990's NCAA tourney was a worse loss.
The NCAA tournament is predicated on upsets, that is its draw and the re-occurring theme each season. We got beat by a special performance by Norfolk State. It sucks, but we were on the losing end and they deserved to win that day. They shot the ball considerably better than they had all year, they had a legit NBA center and height in the backcourt which was the perfect matchup to offset our strengths, caught some very fortunate breaks, but mostly played a very good game. It didn't help that 2 of our 7 players were playing through injury, and that Haith benched Ratliffe for a good portion of the 1st half to send a message for the larger good of the tourney run that never happened. But we simply didn't have much flexibility to play in a different manner and they beat us.
That was a flawed team with little height and little depth, and its best player has never played a second in the NBA. Yet it is probably the best offensive team in college basketball of the last 5-10 years, certainly among them. They figured out an unconventional style of play that turned their weaknesses into strengths and allowed them to mitigate their shortcomings, and had such well defined roles that depth was almost never an issue. That team got the absolute most out of its potential during the court of the season. That is what coaching does. What we did that year worked, I'm not talking about seasons before it or seasons after it.
Apologize for the long response, but your replies kind of surprised me. They sound more akin to what I would expect from the others mentioned previously, and I know you know more than that.
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Come on man. - FIJItiger MU - 10/12 08:48:43