[Oskee] Hello NIT
Robert Mingee
mingee at swbell.net
Mon Jan 25 13:46:35 EST 2010
Honestly, I'm not sure there's going to be a point in Tisdale's career where he's not a liability on defense. I'm encouraged by the progress he seems to be making on the offensive end, but while he occasionally has good games on the defensive end, I just don't see him ever becoming a dominant defensive force inside. He got burned badly a couple of times against Northwestern.
-- robert
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From: "DublPa at aol.com" <DublPa at aol.com>
To: oskee at heins.net
Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 8:25:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] Hello NIT
And it would help if Tis learned how to move his feet and bend his knees
when playing defense ( or is that an oxy moron)?
In a message dated 1/25/2010 9:16:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jarbuck at ilstu.edu writes:
Did
> anyone notice what Georgia did Saturday?
>
>
> Georgia 78
>
>#8
> Tennessee 63
>
>The
> bright spot of my weekend.
>
>I
> too, am disappointed, but think the NIT might be a better fit for us,
> especially if we can learn how to win games. We seem to have no killer
> instinct. The 3 juniors we expected so much from have been disappointing, to
> say the least. McCamey makes very poor decisions some times. Davis seems to
> have lost confidence. 2 rebounds? Tisdale needs to spend the summer with an
> official learning how not to foul.
>
>From:> oskee-bounces at heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net] On Behalf Of
> Robert Mingee
>Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:50
> PM
>To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List
>Subject: > Re: [Oskee] Hello NIT
>
>Alright, I'm as
> disappointed at this season as anyone, but let's not get carried away.
> It would take a collapse of truly monumental proportions at this point to not
> get invited to the NIT. While I am probably most disappointed in Bruce
> this year, given that we show a lot of the hallmarks of an undisciplined team,
> and that falls on coaching, I still believe in him enough to feel certain he
> will not let this season sink that low. Honestly, that's probably a
> better place for this team, because they have at least a chance of some level
> of success, vs a likely first round exit in the dance.
>
>I thought
> Northwestern looked like a better team this game compared to when they came
> here, which makes sense given they were at home this time, but it still seems
> clear we've got the superior talent. For the first time in quite some
> time, the whole is much less than the sum of the parts this year, and that's
> just sad. It all falls down to the lack of a real leader on the floor,
> because I'm sorry, McCamey is not that guy. He has improved in many ways
> this year, and really does seem to be giving it his all most of the time, but
> he's just not a floor leader in the mold of Dee or Chet.
>
>Someone else
> talked about playing the freshmen more, and Griffey has already been getting a
> lot more minutes of late, and looking OK. Maybe he'll start pushing
> Davis to do better, because honestly, he's been a disappointment more often
> than not since the start of the conference season, if not even a bit
> earlier.
>
>This team WILL be better next year, even if the incoming
> freshman don't contribute much. Tisdale is playing more within his
> strengths now, McCamey has his head on straight, and the freshmen from this
> year will improve, even if none of them step up to be the floor leader we
> need. That's the one thing that may still hold us back from reaching our
> full potential again next year, but there's little doubt in my mind we'll be
> better than this year. Davis is the one guy that seems to be at best
> staying at the same level, and at worst regressing, and it's probably mental,
> because he's got the skills.
>
>-- robert
>
>
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>From:Ken Hillary
> <kdh8 at cornell.edu>
>To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List
> <oskee at heins.net>
>Sent: Sun, January 24, 2010 9:26:03
> AM
>Subject: Re: [Oskee] Hello NIT
>
>Is the NIT even
> a lock????
>
>And next year we effectively have the same team, with the
> addition of
>some supposedly great freshmen. But the good freshmen this
> year didn't
>help move us to a different level... Can they
> mature....
>
>Todd Sweet wrote:
>>
>> Afraid you’re right Kevin.
> About the only thing that could get us in
>> now would be to run (most
> of) the table or win the Big Ten Tourney.
>> Very disappointing. I
> certainly didn’t expect us to win a title this
>> year, but I never
> thought this team would miss the tourney. I think
>> what upsets me the
> most is that we got beat last night by a team
>> simply because they
> wanted it worse than we did. Even after we lost
>> the lead at the end
> (which should have never happened), we played very
>> casually and
> without a sense of urgency.
>>
>> Todd S
>>
>>
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>>
>>
> *From:* oskee-bounces at heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net] *On
>
>> Behalf Of *Kevin Kemna
>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 23, 2010
> 9:13 PM
>> *To:* oskee at heins.net
>> *Subject:* [Oskee]
> Hello NIT
>>
>> Well the Illini had an 8 point lead in the second
> half and blew several
>>
>> Chances to extend that lead then we let
> the Wildcats back into the game.
>>
>> I thought with Richardson and
> Paul coming alive this game
>>
>> We could build on
> it.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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