I've predicted anderson's failures from the day he was hired. If he turns it around, good for him. I wouldn't put a lot of faith in that happening. Would you?
Carte'Are Gordon picks SLU over Mizzou
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Well at least we know you didn't even give Kim a chance to start with. Always good to form an opinion before you give someone a chance....
Also, why didn't you like him initially? What made him a bad hire to start with before two horrible seasons?
Also, I hope they beat Xavier...think it would a great thing for the program.
Probably just a handful at most. But I gotta think Cow does.I wonder how many here get it.
Yes, at least to make it respectable. It was pretty clear from day one he wasn't going to put up with BS from his players. Call it too antiquated if you want, but that's what he's done. Turned the roster over into all of his players. Now if he fails, it's on him. First is to attempt to be more competitive and retain this roster. If he can do that, he should at least get another year. I'm of the belief, if he gets that year he'll be fine and MU will be back to being consistently competitive...Problem is, the people that never wanted him hired to begin with want to point to the record and blowouts and lack of improvement. When in reality, he was simply building a program from the ground up. Now you'll see if he actually did it well. If he didn't, time to move on.
It's not up to me to give Anderson a chance. I have no say who's hired at Mizzou. I thought he was in over his head and would take the program to new lows, and so far I've been proven correct. That has little to do with me giving him a chance.
I didn't like his hire because he hasn't been a part of major college basketball for 15 years, no AAU connections, and when he was the lead assistant for norm, the program went downhill fast. The only positive about Kim was his success in D2. D2 doesn't prepare you for major college basketball, especially when you coach at ucm, maybe the best athletic department in D2.
It's irrelevant what you or I think about Kim. He will either with ~18 wins and keep his job, or he'll do what he's done the past 2 years and win 10 games and be gone. That's reality.
What if he gets somewhere in between that? Oddly enough, I haven't seen those words written or heard them spoken from the AD or anyone associated with it.
In one sentence you say it's irrelevant what you (or anyone else) think about Coach Anderson. Then in another you give your opinion on the baseline for his keeping or losing his job. So does your opinion matter or not?
Would you be happy with him/Mizzou basketball if they did win some games this year?
Your baseline for knowing what it will take what for a coach to be fired is if the AD puts out a statement detailing what it will take for them to retain their jobs? Uh, ok.
Of course my opinion doesn't matter on Anderson's job. Im not hiring or firing him. Even if the criteria I posted was solely mine (it's not), the very act of me posting it would be irrelevant to his job, even if the criteria turned out to be true. I'm not sure why you're conflating two issues.
I agree on the relevancy to your opinion and his job. I question the relevancy on your 18 win mark.
Pretty vague. Problem is, it's hard to define it until the season unfolds and you truly watch what is going on. What if...
- they win 13 but much more competitive in the SEC losses and show steady progress throughout the season?
- they win 18, but suffer some blowouts late and regress?
- they win 19 and suffer three player defections at the end of the season?
Carteare Gordon highlights from last night at the Webster Groves jamboree.
http://gatewaysportsvenue.com/videos/2016/11/17/carteare-gordon-webster-groves-jamboree-mix
http://gatewaysportsvenue.com/videos/2016/11/17/carteare-gordon-webster-groves-jamboree-mix
I think that's an intentional dig a SLU. A move I would endorse if Kim Anderson and his merry band of misfits were not so terrible.
After two games...one in which they took the tourney champ to 2OT and played well? Yes. But it's also predictable.
And then lost to a mediocre mid major by 15 (game was over 10 minutes in) and nearly, and really should've, lost to a bad mid major.
However annoying I may be to you, rest assured I am 50x more annoyed by how low Kim Anderson has brought Mizzou basketball.
Two games...one good, one bad. That's when your comment was made. And yes, that makes you a whiner.
If you believe that my opinion on this team is based on two games, you're sorely mistaken.
I've talked to people that have watched them practice and I've seen many of these players play last year, both in high school and in college.
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