clarkwgriswold

Groce has commented about how it takes some time to get back up to speed after a year off. I hope that's the case for Maishe. It took Trimble a little time to come up to speed. I sure wish Dailey would get there as I think at full speed he could be a real difference maker on this team. My nature is to see things in the game that I think need improvement, but at the end of the day Groce has made a long line of very good decisions for the Zips. Decisions that took the program from ashes to MAC champs in a mere three years. He's forgotten more basketball than I will ever know and he sees these kids on and off the floor every day. As such, I have to trust his personnel decisions as much as I may sometimes see things differently.

Our Zips get an opportunity to take revenge on EMU this Tuesday as the 4-7 Eagles come to the JAR. Game time is still “TBA.” The Eagles win over the Zips has been the highlight of their disappointing season. Since beating the Zips they have lost to Toledo, CMU, Buffalo and Miami with none of the games being competitive. Montero, McBride and 7th year redshirt senior Groce continue to lead the Eagles.

Bates drawing up a 12 point play.

Scott Walter in uniform today.

Exactly. That's how they should use the depth. If you are cold, take a seat and we'll find someone who isn't.

GaRvin.

Down goes Squeaky.....down goes Squeaky!

Wilkins nickname should be squeezy not squeaky, from squeezing into his uni.

Two advantages of being a deep team: 1) Guys that suck sit 2) Fresh legs

I like the way WMU mixes up the zone and man to man. I get that the Zips are on the road and may be tired and that WNU has fresh legs, but the Zips have just plain played 29 minutes of awful basketball.

Flop.

Broncos getting their money's worth out of their minimum wage coach.

So much for that good start.

Ugh...zone.

Smells like.... Ypsilanti.

PCCC goes down to the Sprockets.

Second half. Brain fart by Clarkie!

I watched some of the CSU/UWM game last night. What a crapfest. CSU was up 23-2 and ended up behind at the start of the 3rd quarter giving up a huge run. UWM then didn't score in the last 7 minutes. Some awful basketball. Patton had 13 points and 6 rebounds. He seems like a good kid and I appreciate how he played hard in a down year for the Zips but he'd see little or no time on the Zips as currently constructed. Oddly, in this weird Covid year the teams play again tonight, also at CSU. Their entire schedule is like that, playing two games in two days against the same Horizon opponent in the same arena.

You would hope this would be that kind of game. WMU has lost its last two, to PCCC and Canada, by 26 in each game and have had their last two games postponed. That being said, I'm not making any predictions. NIU and EMU have won a combined 2 games in the MAC and they were against a common opponent. Hmmm.

Lucas was one of my favorites. That kid, fresh out the rec center, worked his *** off on behalf of an undermanned squad, facing up against post players who were 4 or 5 inches taller. That kid had heart.

Game day! Looks like they've finally identified the #2 on offense we clamoured for. It took Trimble a little time to come up to speed after a year off but he now appears to be at full stride. Hopefully, Dailey is just taking a little longer and will come around in what is now becoming mid-season. Wynn appears to be coming up to speed and I am curious to see if his role increases. It's also that time in the season where rotations start to get ironed down and I am curious to see who settles in and who starts getting more time on the bench. This team is so deep that some worthwhile players are unfortunately going to start doing more sitting.

I'd say that UA's chances of hiring a high school coach are increased by the fact that they're likely to have a high school budget for any hire.

Agreed. I brought up Tyrrell as he's brought up in nearly every other conversation on here. I'm not sure he's ready for the jump. As far as successes, successes and failures are pretty few and far between as the sample size is very small. Lots of guys who went from high school to be an assistant then to HC on a college level (Freeze, Malzahn). The only one I can think of who made the big jump successfully was that dirtbag Art Briles.

I'd be perfectly content with Jacki Windon sitting next to an empty chair. I can see what the play by play guy tells me and don't need the incessant cliches. I'd pay for technology that allowed me to listen to some announcers on broadcasts while cutting out the others. To Reghi's credit, I've grown a little accustomed to him. I suspect I've just gotten used to it rather than him having improved. Next to some of those we've been subjected to in ESPN+ road games, he's freaking Curt Gowdy.