@wischlist There is not way all those people reached out to him. Lying to make himself feel good. Should Bret have done that, no. Should their player have done the arms to show he wasn’t running it out then did, no. It woke up the Illini and they are stilling living rent free in his head
@notjimmyshow@Recru1t1ng_Guru I noticed that as well. Unfortunately he hasn’t performed when he gets a chance. Also, if you can’t be happy for your teammates when they do well, you are not a teammate.
@Kretzy13 Difference between a good coach and great coach, in game. He is a great recruiter, motivator, and prepares the team excellent. His only downfall is in game. Don’t forget the Loyola game in March Madness??? I like Brad and he has done a great job at Illinois. To go to the next
@takhtehchianmd Morez will be another Danja. Deserves to play 20+ minutes and Brad won’t play him. Portal next year. He would have changed the game defensively. Don’t they say defense wins championships?
@wischlist I agree. Have to change their pick and roll defense. There are other ways to defend that. 100 points is not good. Gotta change up your defensive looks. Really easy to prepare against.
@theredbird_way Bad hitting. Average pitching. Bad coaching. No leadership. All cardinals knew we didn’t have a good team and Mo did very little. Going to be a few rough years.
@ImMeme0 And we couldn’t leave our houses, couldn’t take vacations, couldn’t go to school or work, depression, suicide, etc. I will take the higher prices.
@wischlist Nothing is as bad as the Loyola game. Nothing worked in the first half so we did the same in the 2nd. It’s not the wins or losses, it’s how the in game coaching goes. Many mistakes, even in wins. Harmon gave up so many back cuts and he’s in at the end while Ty is on bench?
Random observations from JUCO World Series, and how it may translate to other levels of ball. Or not.
10 teams x 30 players per roster = 300 players in total.
Not 1 wore eye black (not shocked, it’s as useful as a pet rock).
Almost all who wore sunglasses while playing wore them on their face, not hat. Function over fashion…they were there to be crowned #1 team out of 129, not cutest and coolest kid.
Some base runners wore sliding mitts, but not the majority. Probably less than 50% with elbow and / or shin guards.
Plenty of chains and bands. Umpires didn’t pick at them for wearing any of it because nobody has ever died from wearing a rubber bracelet in a baseball game. And if it were on a pitcher’s glove arm, it has never affected a batter. [If it had, that batter has bigger problems than even figuring out how to hit off a tee.]
Most teams had only 2 full uniforms that they mixed and matched, as none have Phil Knight’s support like U. Of Oregon does. And they were refreshingly plain. [Although one was so stereotypically JUCO bad.]
100% of the equipment was hauled to and from the buses by the players.
When they warmed up, everything they did had a purpose. They all may have looked like they were doing the same thing(s), but they were each doing whatever was needed to be done to be ready to go.
Plenty of respect for the game and the players…without a dictator mentality in play.
@katiejwoo It’s not so much Contreras not catching its then having Knizer in the lineup. Under achieving lineup just got worse. Gorman on the bench??? Unreal. Jordan down?? Unreal.
@BarstoolILL@Sn1per_T@MatthewMayer24 Congrats to both and well deserved. However, it shows how flawed the voting is when Coleman is the MVP of the team but doesn’t make all-conference. Should be the 3 of them.