Another Player Only Meeting...
- Thread starter CyFan03
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This team has more wake-up calls than Gateway Center Holiday Inn after a Tri Delt graduate bachelorette partye
It can't hurt to hold a players meeting, but it likely won't help either when it's like the 4th one this year already and the previous ones didn't do any good.
But like I said, it's worth a shot. Heck, doing rain dances is worth a shot if it would work at this point.
But like I said, it's worth a shot. Heck, doing rain dances is worth a shot if it would work at this point.
After losing Naz, anyone who understood basketball could see that this team wasn't deep enough to win the big 12. Close losses are tough but let's be honest.
Early in the season the experts as well as the fans were expecting to have Naz Long. I think the Cyclones have done remarkably well considering the loss of Naz for the season. They are only one game down from where they were with the games they played last year and this year to date. If the Cyclones would win their last 5 they could meet last years record of 12-6 but that's a tall order since we have to play at Kansas and W. Virginia yet but the Cyclones did sweep W. Virginia last year so maybe they can get a win there yet this year.
Four of the Cyclones losses have been by 5 points or less so with Naz Mitrou-Long out I'm sure those could easily have been wins. I feel bad for him, the team and even the fans that we aren't able to see what all of the seniors could have done playing together this year.
With the onslaught of likes on these posts, obviously I didn't clearly state what I meant.
For starters, by trainwreck I don't mean a failure of a season. So I'm not comparing it to times when we knew we were gonna suck, unranked, just fell flat, or didn't make the tournament (or McDermott).
I think it's fairly obvious that there has been a lot of off the court occurrences and conversations had about this team, moreso than other years. The season begins really where the last one ends. Everyone had huge expectation for this season, every analyst calling us a potential final four team easy. Then we have a legendary beloved by the players coach leave late in the off season leaving little room for recruiting. We get a new coach in and speculation starts if he can control this senior heavy team who is used to playing their way and pretty freely, or if they will accept a new coach. It starts out with them doing this until it's proven it's not working. He then tries to take the reigns back, which he did very successfully it seems. Then throughout the season there's rumblings of issues between teammates or with coaches, the McKay all over the place starting with the Italy trip, and 3 different player meetings. Plus some rumblings of people out to get theirs rather than playing team ball and finding the open guy.
All I'm saying is before Fred left everything and everyone seemed 100% great and it was Final Four or bust. You can't lie that off the court it's been a bit of a bumpy road. All I was commenting on is that it could end with two extremes (which I gave), or somewhere in middle. Sorry I didn't add an option c in there for all of you. I'm optimistic as can be about this team, just saying what my worst fear was as a Clone fan.
No it's not a bad season by any means, but if a few things went differently (not just scores, talking buy-in, defensive fundamentals, team work) we could EASILY be in cruise control for a regular season Big 12 title. We haven't had a lot of chances to do that lately and we screwed it up this year.
I think the season will end up somewhere in the middle, but I could also see those two extremes, the team imploding (hopefully not), or them banding together, buying in, and giving us one of the greatest seasons to ever remember.
I think we will peak at the right time and still make something magical happen.
ya I mean, why not come back for 8 games this year when you could play 30 next year. Right?
CycloneErik
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I would do it. We are for sure making the NCAAs with two of the best players in the country and can make a serious run. Nothing is guaranteed next year including Morris being back. Is it an easy decision, no. But I also don't think it's abnormal to think it might have gone through his head.
Ok, not to be rude, but this line of thought is just ridiculous. You honestly think Naz would give up an entire season of basketball just to play a few games this year? That's just stupid. Nobody, and I mean nobody, that knows anything would agree with this line of thinking. It's his last year of basketball. Ever.
Pretty much what I was thinking, BUT I will say Naz has looked pretty consumed on the sidelines the last few games.
Having read almost the whole thread I have the following two questions:
Will Naz be starting or coming off the bench?
Were refreshments served at the meeting?
Will Naz be starting or coming off the bench?
Were refreshments served at the meeting?
My statement will be a pretty funny signature for someone if it did happen lol