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Jon's finest moment.

this is where I just want the guy to get healthy and get his foot back for its own sake. so far this season is starting out to be an episode of american horror story.

the NBA didn't think he was much of an NBA coach, either. I was worried about Hoiberg after his fate with Chicago. But I didn't follow the NBA much at that point so was unsure how much was true or not. But the main accusation is that he underachieved with a fairly talented roster, and so far, I'm thinking, "hey, that sounds pretty familiar!" This may be a guy who struck lightning at one stop, got a rep from it, and then was never able to replicate it ever again. It's not a new story in coaching.

NU-73 No, *U*daho-62

i'm unwilling to go full on gloom and doom at the moment because it's not like we don't have talent. what we haven't apparently figured out is how to turn that talent into a cohesive, effective and winning basketball unit. and the open question is whether or not the staff we have in place has the ability to do that. After 3+ years, I'm not exactly comfortable still saying, ""I don't know".

the idea of constant roster churn is fine if you have a reliable plug and play system. we clearly don't. hoiberg's model requires his teams come out of the chute ready to play well for a whole season. I think if he wants to still coach at NU, he's going to have to show more flexibility in his approach to the sport than he has since the Bulls. This isn't working.

game right there. CU's just a much better coached team right now. Not sure what NUs going to do regarding getting these guys to play like 5 dudes on the same page. try again next year.

good god, the shot quality. sigh.

just too much one on one ball. why they can't move the ball around the key is beyond me. they take too many circus or difficult shots.

helluva effort to get back in. i'm really glad. i didn't want to see them just mail in a game like this.

lol wilhelm cracks me up with his tendency to tackle.

so it's a question of pg. this is he.

thank you big red for fighting back.

don't care how many stars you got, it's a 5 player team game and if you don't play it right, you will lose. i wonder if this is what happened with the Bulls?

well, another year....sigh. no wonder doc checked out off the bench. this D has to be giving him gout.

no ball movement, same stuff. CU better drilled right now. no seeing any coherent approach as a team so far on either end. let's hope that changes really, really soon.

Hiya, Cip! Good to see you....:) Creighton brings everyone out. I even raced back from the doctor's in OK City just to make this damn tip off. Hope all is well with you, friend! G B R!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'd probably rather submit prescriptions at this point, but okay.... NU-67 CU-63 "Home" cooking, I"m hoping.

if this is a chemistry issue, someone's gonna have to step up on the team and lead that isn't at this point. but this team isn't dialed in at all. i expect talented players to at least demonstrate pride of ability.

yeah, looking like a growing pains kinda early season.

I love calling him that. Have been doing it for years. Just a habit now...:)

i think Calimari had this issue at KY recently with his brigade of 5 stars being a bunch of hard heads and struggling to win and having to learn the hard way. i don't follow any sport close enough to remember this accurately, but they still wound up getting it together in time. i figure if we're having this discussion in two weeks, there might be real fire under that smoke.

to think we've got maybe 30 of these to go still! the drama's gonna be off the charts! i just assumed hoiberg knows his team and figured the best way to teach a point is to let them totally fail on their own. every team's different in personality, and maybe that's just this team's. he's not stupid. i do suspect there's a bit of a buy in or role issue with a couple of players who've been swearing up and down their way will work, and if you've got hard heads, sometimes the best thing to do is just watch them completely face plant.

ah, when the reality of american life intrudes on the disneyland of american sport. always fun! speaking of the national anthem, here's a corker for those of you who may have not read ALL the lyrics on the sheet, courtesy one Francis Scott Key: Third Verse--which of course we'd never dare actually sing: 'No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight nor the gloom of the grave And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave Screw Francis Scott Key (Maryland Slaver) and screw this anthem. Give me Guthrie's "This Land.." any day. It included literally everybody. Minus the chains.