McNeese State (11/18/24)

[Son Of A Flying Worm]

Listened to Hodge's postgame interview with Hank and Dave. A rough summary:

Hodge takes the "lion's share" of the blame for the offense at the end. The offense and the inability to defend without fouling was the difference down the stretch.

McNeese's ability to get to the FT line, finish around the rim and our inability to finish around the rim were big reasons why we lost.

McNeese came out more physical than us.

Dave complimented the bench's box score stats. Hodge mentioned that Jossell needs to stay out of foul trouble -- that's the second game in a row. We needed Jossell out there to match McNeese's athleticism. Jossell is one of the few players on the roster who can just blow by people.

McNeese is the heavy favorite to repeat as Southland winners (I think we all knew that already).

[ADLER]

We had everything going for us and a victory against McNeese State would launch us into a a home game against Oregon State on Monday. We'd be undefeated at 4-0, victory over BIG10 school, and looking to a possible sellout. Then...

someone again decided "why don't we for for some reason wear meaningless bad luck black uniforms so that we can screw up everything?"

We did and it had the predictable effect.

OUR COLOS ARE GREEN AND WHITE. NEVER WEAR BLACK. NEVER, UNLESS YOU PLAN TO LOSE.

[Censored by Laurie]

I hope that we never wear black again just so this stupid @ADLER bit will finally die

[tmjerm]

Just now, Censored by Laurie said:

I hope that we never wear black again just so this stupid @ADLER bit will finally die

Seriously

[TheColonyEagle]

22 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I hope that we never wear black again just so this stupid @ADLER bit will finally die

Best way for it to die is for him to be proven wrong….

[3_n_out]

52 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

Jossell was initiating things and led the push to get us back in the lead around the 5 min mark…and the for whatever reason Hodge pulled him. 
 

Players are gonna have bad nights…I can’t imagine Floyd will be that bad all season…but man I’m struggling with a lot of Hodge’s personnel and substitution decisions so far

Ross makes line changes like hockey. He must want everyone to go all out every shift, and that’s why he substitutes so frequently. This was my complaint last year also. Hate it coz it’s hard to get a rhythm when you’re only playing 5mins at a time. 
 

Also, enough dumping the ball to Sissoko for the backdown offense. It’s painful to watch. 

[ADLER]

23 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I hope that we never wear black again just so this stupid @ADLER bit will finally die

You must be getting used to losing. God Bless North Texas, and God Bless the USA.

[Big Z]

25 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I hope that we never wear black again just so this stupid @ADLER bit will finally die

Jim Adler the texas hammer is way cooler than this Adler 

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, 3_n_out said:

I’m sure they can look back to the last game when we beat a Big 10 team. 

They won’t… or you can just follow what ever CBL says… I can assure he is never at any DFW area games and has never once coached at the high school level or higher. I would advise staying away from his commentary. I assure you a majority or local talent and local coaches are not going to see it this way. They will always push their best players to “better” programs. Football got lucky with Sides since his dad coaches at Guyer and they moved to the area. 
 

I am not saying this is my view; however this is not a view most will see. It’s not a “bad take”. It’s just what I have seen over and over. 

[Censored by Laurie]

 

look. black. 

the stupidity on this board is absolutely staggering 

Edited 2 hours ago by Censored by Laurie

[ADLER]

10 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

 

 

How sad when it was our only option after other useless idiots had lost our only set of Green uniforms at Louisiana Tech weeks earlier.

May God Bless the University of North Texas, may God Bless our President Elect, and may God Bless the USA.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by ADLER

[greenminer]

I miss pre-MAGA/black uni ADLER.

[southsideguy]

another long year Is ahead of us.  cant beat these guys is sad.

[CMJ]

24 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Best way for it to die is for him to be proven wrong….

We've won some big games wearing black in the past.

[southsideguy]

Southland Conference enough said.

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, southsideguy said:

Southland Conference enough said.

They were a better seed (12) in the NCAA Tournament last season than we've been in any of our four previous trips.  A good team is a good team, no matter the league.

[southsideguy]

If losing to MS is now acceptable we have low expectations.

[CMJ]

You sound like the idiots on the Minnesota board.  One can't always just look at conference affiliation and automatically assume "yeah that team is good/bad" dependent on that alone.   

Edited 1 hour ago by CMJ

[greenjoe]

I wish there was a way to give ADLER a giant up arrow.  Regrettably, I could only give him a standard any old day of the week up arrow.  Boy, I wish there was a way…

[greenminer]

McNeese was a 12 seed at the 2024 NCAAT , and kept it within ten @ #2 Alabama last Monday.

Prior to McNeese, WilL Wade coached 7 seasons between LSU (5) and VCU.   Take out the COVID year, so 6 eligible seasons, and that run includes 1 S16, 2 other R32s, and 2 more NCAATs.  The one non-NCAAT year was NIT S16.

I haven't really thought much about it, but I imagine Wade is in conversations about best coaches currently at MMs.  Like, Top 5.

Edited 20 minutes ago by greenminer