This is what they use to say about Floyd (next year is the year) every time the team fizzled. I hope this is not the same thing all over again. I don't get that feeling, but the signs are there.
I have stated my disappointment with the Hawaii Tournament. However Collapse is absolutely not a word I would use just yet. If they lose 10 games in conference and the Hawkins loss completely brings down the team, then yes it will be a collapse. I don't see that happening though. It's too early for a collapse, maybe some bricks have fallen out to cause concern, but nothings Collapsed yet.
Voice of reason. A collapse would be this mornings Arsenal game or the Falcons losing to the patriots being ahead. Some have really high expectations for a second year coach
Any charges with the "incident" with the wife? They chose to not press charges, probably because it was crap.
Actually according to the Vegas odds a collapse is what was supposed to happen. We were underdogs in the last five games. We won two out of those and none of the four losses can be considered bad.
Agree FanatiCoog. Terry mentioned that some expected a ready made team (including myself to a certain extent), but that is clearly not the case up to this point. There is no substitute for game experience. I wanted to add one additional deficiency to the list: Turnovers. Way too many of the turnovers have been unforced, which we can't have going into conference play. I did like the added athleticism brought forth by Tarke and Archie, and I think that will help in the rebounding area. However, additional rebounds can't come at the expense of more turnovers. I'm hoping the shooting comes around, and that Lathon stabilizes his play going into conference. There is plenty of potential there, and it is a great luxury to have a guy like Williams. My focus moving forward will be to see if Terry is able to elevate the game of the rest of the team.
Collapse has several and varied definitions. I guess mine are close to "fall, cave in, crumble, breakdown, lose vital energy". I did not expect a 20 point loss to Houston; maybe a loss, but not downright whippin. I didn't expect to get just one win in Hawaii and that by a mere one point. I didn't expect that we would be so dependent on one player. I didn't expect all the hyped talent on our new roster to be so void of perimeter shooting, ball handling, rebounding, etc. I reviewed our various posts from back in October and into November after beating NM and NMSU. The expectations remained very high at that point and even after a narrow loss in Cruces. Since then however, things haven't gone so we'll. I see no signs of improvement, in fact to me it's stagnant. Lathon has pretty much defined the team's progress from last season to the beginning of this season to now. More than one of us suggested giving Hawkins time at the point and watch him develop and now he's gone and I ask, "Who is Lathon's backup?". Terry finally caved in and changed his lineup to allow Tarke, Archie, occasionally Stroud, maybe more of Efe, etc. so this gives me some hope that things have the potential of moving away from stagnation and toward some kind of an effective offense. I'll stop here, but I could ramble forever.
No 10.5. Now that we know UH is as good as the sweet 16 and elite 8 teams of the past two seasons, is the loss on the road really that bad?
I didn’t prove anything for you. Lol. You said on another thread that the 2010 team was better than this team. Guess what, they lost by 20 at home to a team that’s not as good as Houston is and has been. That didn’t mean the team collapsed.
