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Apology to Matt Thomas.

I asked CW in the mailbag a little while ago whether Thomas would lose minutes in the rotation soon. I'm glad to see that Fred stuck with him and MT found success, and that I was wrong.

One thing I have noticed all season long is just how much Fred has tried to get MT going. It seems like it is very frequent, especially in the first half, that the out-of-timeout play Fred will draw up has a Thomas three-pointer as the first option.

Keep an eye out for this in our coming games. Our first possession out of a timeout often will move the ball around and have a screen to get Thomas in position for a three. He hasn't always taken the shot, but it was telling that Fred continued to try that in game after game.
 
CyFan61 said:
To be fair, Fred was a lanky white kid from the Midwest who could knock down threes. Just like McKay got compared to Kenneth Faried because they were both black men with long hair, so could Thomas get compared to Hoiberg.
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So you're saying Georges thinks Matt is the next Fred Hoiberg because they're both white guys from the midwest?
 
3fromDeep said:
The younger Matt Thomas bullies and haters love Linkin Park, drink Surge, and travel by razor scooter. The older ones are into Counting Crows, sad about Crystal Pepsi, and still wonder why Roller blades aren't more popular. All just don't get why people aren't impressed that they are the 3rd best cell phone salesman at the 3rd best mall kiosk. Then they direct that anger towards MT. It's good they get to talk here because that friend they made at the gym is only using them for unlimited data and he doesn't care. If they didn't unload their ambiguous rage they would have to take it out at the club on that overworked under-tipped stripper they refer to as an "almost girlfriend". No one wants that.
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Uhhhhhh. Ok? I'm not sure if I'm supposed to laugh or if I should pretend I never saw this and keep going. Someone is in line for the 2015 CF most unpredictable poster of the year award.
 
DesignerClone said:
Yeah, my thoughts exactly Spelhome. Here's my take on all ISU athletes. I have no "expectations," either "lofty" or "low" for any of them actually. I simply want them to appreciate the opportunity to put on the Cyclone uniform by working as hard as they can, to get as good as personally can get. Whatever that in the end means, then I accept that. It will be what it will be. What's the point of getting angry or irritated by that? If MT keeps pushing and working and growing, and becomes significantly better, then I am thrilled for the kid. If MT keeps pushing and working and growing, but he stays about the same and has what is being deemed "outlier performances," then I'm alright with that too.

Our athletes are young adults who a Cyclone coach thought had the potential to become a valuable member of a team we cheer for. Sometimes it works out more favorably than others. Who am I to say halfway into a college career where that ceiling may be? I honestly believe that many Cyclone fans feel exactly the same way. Most want to support and hope for the best, and trust in the coaches that there is potential there. How is that "doing MT no favors?" It seems to me that those who say that have already made up their minds about his "ceiling."
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Very well said...agree 100%.
 
Very proud to see Thomas be the one to go off yesterday. He's had it building for a while now and just exploded all over Texas. Is he going to do that every game? No, but if he gets at least around half of that every game then he's still contributing heavily to the team. Something I noticed is that Thomas is better when he has some sort of movement into his shot instead of trying to knock them down standing still. A lot of his 3s came when he ran around the 3 point line off a pick or took a dribble and then took his shot. He had the buzzer beater against Iowa and one momentum changer against Alabama where he dribbled across half court and sunk a 3 also. Wondering if Thomas has figured that out and tried to do that yesterday or if he did it on accident, but whatever he's doing is working.
 
CoKane said:
Very proud to see Thomas be the one to go off yesterday. He's had it building for a while now and just exploded all over Texas. Is he going to do that every game? No, but if he gets at least around half of that every game then he's still contributing heavily to the team. Something I noticed is that Thomas is better when he has some sort of movement into his shot instead of trying to knock them down standing still. A lot of his 3s came when he ran around the 3 point line off a pick or took a dribble and then took his shot. He had the buzzer beater against Iowa and one momentum changer against Alabama where he dribbled across half court and sunk a 3 also. Wondering if Thomas has figured that out and tried to do that yesterday or if he did it on accident, but whatever he's doing is working.
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I don't think he's ever been a catch and shoot guy. He created for himself throughout high school, so I think Matt is more comfortable off the dribble when he can create his own shot.
 
Way to go Matt thomas, proving all the cyclone fanatics (aka losers who know nothing) wrong. There should be no apologies because nobody has the right to critique a person they don't know because his 3% isn't very high.
 
swagberg1 said:
Way to go Matt thomas, proving all the cyclone fanatics (aka losers who know nothing) wrong. There should be no apologies because nobody has the right to critique a person they don't know because his 3% isn't very high.
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I hope you don't criticize our politicians in congress. You have no right because you don't know them.
 
CyFan61 said:
To be fair, Fred was a lanky white kid from the Midwest who could knock down threes. Just like McKay got compared to Kenneth Faried because they were both black men with long hair, so could Thomas get compared to Hoiberg.
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McKay got compared to Kenneth Faried because they are fairly similar players.
 
swagberg1 said:
Way to go Matt thomas, proving all the cyclone fanatics (aka losers who know nothing) wrong. There should be no apologies because nobody has the right to critique a person they don't know because his 3% isn't very high.
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Why do you have to know a person to criticize them? I don't know crap about you...
 
swagberg1 said:
Way to go Matt thomas, proving all the cyclone fanatics (aka losers who know nothing) wrong. There should be no apologies because nobody has the right to critique a person they don't know because his 3% isn't very high.
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Did you forget a jimlad?
 
AMarner32 said:
So you're saying Georges thinks Matt is the next Fred Hoiberg because they're both white guys from the midwest?
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Just saying people make comparisons for a lot of reasons. And that most people would agree Hoiberg and Thomas don't make for much of a comparison in a basketball sense. Who knows what Georges meant? He knows a lot more about MT and CFH than I do so it could be about something that none of us would know or expect.
 
CyFan61 said:
Just saying people make comparisons for a lot of reasons. And that most people would agree Hoiberg and Thomas don't make for much of a comparison in a basketball sense. Who knows what Georges meant? He knows a lot more about MT and CFH than I do so it could be about something that none of us would know or expect.
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Maybe it's the fact that Georges and everyone else on the team see a load of potential in Matt in practice, and he's shooting within one percent of Hoiberg on threes through this stage in his career and he has obvious ties to Hoiberg? Nah, you're right, it's gotta be because Matt's white. How silly of me.
 
AMarner32 said:
Maybe it's the fact that Georges and everyone else on the team see a load of potential in Matt in practice, and he's shooting within one percent of Hoiberg on threes through this stage in his career and he has obvious ties to Hoiberg? Nah, you're right, it's gotta be because Matt's white. How silly of me.
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Or pretty much exactly what I just said in the post you were replying to? JFC, posters like to torch people for posts that could be twisted in a remotely critical way. I like MT and it would be awesome if he became a Hoiberg-type player.
 
AMarner32 said:
Maybe it's the fact that Georges and everyone else on the team see a load of potential in Matt in practice, and he's shooting within one percent of Hoiberg on threes through this stage in his career and he has obvious ties to Hoiberg? Nah, you're right, it's gotta be because Matt's white. How silly of me.
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You do realize Georges quote was talking about Thomas becoming a coach, not about his play on the court, right? I mean the question was who on your team would make the best coach.
 
CyJack13 said:
You do realize Georges quote was talking about Thomas becoming a coach, not about his play on the court, right? I mean the question was who on your team would make the best coach.
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No, Thomas is playing just like Hoiberg, and our team has 15 All-Americans on the roster.
 
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