What did Otz screw up this game
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Winning tomorrow at Houston would make expectations too high for the remainder of the season. Our team won’t be able to reach.
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A lot of their stuff imo comes off as some sort of actual psychological issues of living in their own reality or something.
Not like the social media stuff where someone portrays themselves living the perfect life, but setting things up where basketball players should just 'do' things even if they're not physically able to. Or this sideways view of making objective statements about coaching decisions with no sources to rationalize the take.
Imo it's something that's taken over fandom like when posters called for Gabe or BRE to sit the last two seasons when there was pretty much nobody else doing anything or when someone says 'X player should have made that shot' like they chose what would happen, but just way more intense.
ZRF lives in a video game mindset. Players execute perfectly, live up to their attributes perfectly, play to their stats perfectly and coaches coach perfectly. When that doesn’t happen, something is wrong, and he is not doing his job as a fan if he isn’t pointing that out to all of us. And if you dare to disagree, you’re a homer. The one place you can go free of homers that disagree with your negative take is a rival’s message board. “Hey Kansas fans, I’m an Iowa State fan and I think they suck. Who’s with me?” It’s pathetic. And weird.
Might as well go to Moscow in 1936 and declare Stalinism is the future. It somehow manages to be equally impossible levels of stupid and immoral somehow.
Yeah u nailed it. He posts bad stuff on our board about our team and then goes and kisses the enemies ass. He is definitely a traitor. It’s sad really. He basically seems to root for everyone except Iowa State, which would make him known around where I live as a Hawkeye.
Another attack but...again...since you asked....
I was at the game. Going in I expected to lose (as one should playing a great team, on the road, where they play well) and thought rebounded would be a key issue. One one of the first few possessions we were bad on a possession but on the overall? It was probably our best rebounding performance of the season, especially considering the environment and competition.
I'd also say it was probably one of his best games in terms of management. Playing Pavs in the first half was a mistake, as usual he couldn't keep up defensively, but he seemed to notice and didn't play him in the 2nd half. BRE played great and Otz stuck with him, which was easy to do with Ward in trouble (who didn't have his best game). At the end of the game he was subbing guys in and out and utilizing his roster.
The only two things that disappoointed me were Lipsey (not his best game but Houston is tough) and the unforced TOs. One of the more significant plays in the game was in the 2nd half, down 5, on a break (off a TO) with a chance to go down 3 and stifle the crowd. Keshon tries to split two defenders, predictably turns it over, and Houston scores (a 3 I think). Backbreaking possession right there. The environment was TOUGH but you have to make them earn the TOs. Too many times we didn't.
But there were far more positives than negatives. Our 3 point shooting selection was fantastic, and ti think that was a large part of our success there. The rebounding was great, and King probably blocked out the best he has all season. Our effort was great on the road. Probably the most impressive part, what you want to see out of your team, is they didnt' fold. Down big in the first and got down 11 in the 2nd but kept fighting back. Do that in the tourney, on a neutral court, and that can steal a win. Great resilience for the team.
That arena was consistently LOUD. Putting the students on the floor is something EVERY school should do if they want to win. I was loud, the atmopshere palpable, and I'd say it's the loudest arena in the conference (Hilton and the Phog can be louder at times but not as consistently deafening as Fertitta). You just want to make Houston earn the win at home and they did. Not much more you could reasonably ask for.
I thought we traded him the the KU board for a bundle of wheat?
Gonna need a welfare check on Zero Real Friends after Otz allowed Pav to gut out a win vs WVU
