Instead of watching a team that plays "a brand of basketball is not entertaining to me", (and I also assume you hated Howland's grind it out, blue collar, iso style), and being obviously frustrated with the men's program and coach,, why not start watching the ladies team? They are undefeated, ranked second in the nation, have a Big that …
Instead of watching a team that plays "a brand of basketball is not entertaining to me", (and I also assume you hated Howland's grind it out, blue collar, iso style), and being obviously frustrated with the men's program and coach,, why not start watching the ladies team? They are undefeated, ranked second in the nation, have a Big that is arguably the best in the nation and a quick guards. Their tempo is surely more to your liking. Make you happy and perhaps, take away your frustration with the men's program so far this season. And I would add I wish the Mighty Bruin gave some recognition of the ladies team with a couple of articles about their excellent play after starting 10-0!
This is a good point and would probably help take my mind off of the men… the problem for me is that women’s basketball is a far different game than men. Especially when you think about dunks and the things that I said are entertaining to me around a sheer power that women will never possess. Its about entertainment value, and I enjoy run and gun teams with lots of dunks and fast breaks…
And yes, I absolutely hated howlands slow tempo ball. He actually recruited very well for the brand he played imo. He was able to bring flashy players even though he wasn’t flashy himself. I also think that’s why he got the quick hook is that if your team is winning, then people can look past the slow tempo. As soon as the losses start piling up, the fans disappear… I’ve said from the beginning that cronin is the same. If he’s winning people are interested, but it’s boring to watch 2 hours of slow tempo basketball and lose
Instead of watching a team that plays "a brand of basketball is not entertaining to me", (and I also assume you hated Howland's grind it out, blue collar, iso style), and being obviously frustrated with the men's program and coach,, why not start watching the ladies team? They are undefeated, ranked second in the nation, have a Big that is arguably the best in the nation and a quick guards. Their tempo is surely more to your liking. Make you happy and perhaps, take away your frustration with the men's program so far this season. And I would add I wish the Mighty Bruin gave some recognition of the ladies team with a couple of articles about their excellent play after starting 10-0!
This is a good point and would probably help take my mind off of the men… the problem for me is that women’s basketball is a far different game than men. Especially when you think about dunks and the things that I said are entertaining to me around a sheer power that women will never possess. Its about entertainment value, and I enjoy run and gun teams with lots of dunks and fast breaks…
And yes, I absolutely hated howlands slow tempo ball. He actually recruited very well for the brand he played imo. He was able to bring flashy players even though he wasn’t flashy himself. I also think that’s why he got the quick hook is that if your team is winning, then people can look past the slow tempo. As soon as the losses start piling up, the fans disappear… I’ve said from the beginning that cronin is the same. If he’s winning people are interested, but it’s boring to watch 2 hours of slow tempo basketball and lose
Howland very underrated coach.