Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/five-thoughts-on-oklahoma-states-70-68-loss-to-southern-illinois/
The Cowboys had no answer for Xavier Johnson.
Coach gotta go. We need a big time hire no budget ass coaching staff this time. This team is ASS.
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Pitiful
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We were more competitive than I expected us to be.
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The 5 thoughts should be how awful the coaching is. 7th year in a row they can’t shoot, commit horrid fouls, constantly foul 3 point shooters, are ridiculously undisciplined with no recourse, are absolutely clueless in the half court offense. How can you coach 7 years and get worse.
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We enter the game 3-4, yet we somehow feel entitled to bark and talk trash after making a bucket?
Small’s technical in the first half – we all knew it at the time – loomed large. It gave SIU two points.
It was enough to send me to bed a halftime with the thought: “I’ll get up tomorrow and check and see we lost by 1 or 2 points.” Check.
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Maybe we need to be looking at Bryan Mullins as a potential coach option.
If you think we are an embarrassment now, wait till we get creamed in conference games.
Mid major teams out recruiting us in talent. Bryce Thompson is Mr. Hot and Cold. The technical did not lose the game. Bryce’s shooting was the diff. Bye bye coach Mike. Before you leave, please teach Garrison how to make passes.
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Big yikes across the floor. Thankfully Javon showed up or it would have been more of an embarrasment. 39% from the field is laughable. You know you can’t score when you have 20 offensive boards and 15 second chance points to show for it. 
I don’t know much about SIU but hard to believe that game was a Q2 contest… really needed that. The next 5 leading into conference feel like must wins for Mike.
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If this guy isn’t let go at the end of the year then the whole new administration needs to get the hell out of dodge. He’s had long enough to figure out how to score. It’s one thing to play good and lose to a better teams but to lose with better players than most of the teams we play out of conference year after year. Get rid of all the assistance coaches as well. Clean house. Bye bye Scott Sutton.
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dog water! this season is gonna suck…
Maybe the Golieb experiment would have been the right choice after all.
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Yup, just like our DBs in football. They breakup one pass and do the “sword celebration,” but give up 2 deep passes and get 2 more PI calls.
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We out rebound them by 20 and find a way to lose. We are chasing the wrong ncaa records.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself. Makes me wonder what they do in practice if they can’t even do all the things you listed. Basketball IQ is always missing with Boyton teams
I want our Bball to be back at championship levels. I cut Coach Mike a lot of slack. He got creamed by the NCAA for nothing he did. He got Cade, he beat KU more than once, he earned an NCAA trip, all while under NCAA restrictions. He is also dealing with the new paradigm with transfers and NIL.
I think this year is his first year out from under the NCAA jackboot. The Program hasn’t recovered yet. That is not Boyntons fault, it is his burden. As it is for the fans as well.
I need more though. I have high expectations. I like the tough games. Why not play tough non cons if you are just going to finish middle of the B12?
We just aren’t jelled yet this year. We had some injuries that kept people out. I see talent. Can Boynton get it together and improve every week? I think he can.
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