ExBruces 2015-16

[Whisker Biscuit]

The $64,000 question is what is it going to take to get him fired?  He's pretty good at being average to slightly below average.  I hate the guy but he's got some ability to coach...you don't luck into a final 4 or a big 12 championship regardless of your inherited players.

[kso_FAN]

Its fun to make fun of the Brucecuses and think he's going to be here forever and all that, but the guy has been fired once under similar circumstances. He may not feel a ton of heat yet, but its creeping in and will only compound itself as the season goes along with each loss. I'm not saying that to feel sorry for the guy making $2+ mil per, but he's not popping champagne with after losing one his best players and he's not just here to collect said paycheck. He wants to win and keep his job and he knows that this team took a huge hit, especially if Kam is gone for the year.

well we saw him get fired and immediately thought "hey that would work for us" so I think he's good as long as he matches that performance. And even w/o Kam we aren't going to be as bad as that last Illinois season (IMO)

I think this team could finish with the same record as that one. We may not see the 2-12 finish to end the year, but beating their 6-12 Big 10 record could be tough. oscar started out 15-3 and 4-1 with a win over a Final Four team that season before it fell apart.

[kso_FAN]

This is pretty amazing to look at. FWIW, kp projection for this year is currently 18-13, 7-11 and I'm pretty sure that doesn't account for no Kam.

[michigancat]

Its fun to make fun of the Brucecuses and think he's going to be here forever and all that, but the guy has been fired once under similar circumstances. He may not feel a ton of heat yet, but its creeping in and will only compound itself as the season goes along with each loss. I'm not saying that to feel sorry for the guy making $2+ mil per, but he's not popping champagne with after losing one his best players and he's not just here to collect said paycheck. He wants to win and keep his job and he knows that this team took a huge hit, especially if Kam is gone for the year.

well we saw him get fired and immediately thought "hey that would work for us" so I think he's good as long as he matches that performance. And even w/o Kam we aren't going to be as bad as that last Illinois season (IMO)

I think this team could finish with the same record as that one. We may not see the 2-12 finish to end the year, but beating their 6-12 Big 10 record could be tough. oscar started out 15-3 and 4-1 with a win over a Final Four team that season before it fell apart.

Do you think 6-12 in this year's big 12 is equivalent to 6-12 in that year's big 10

[kso_FAN]

Its fun to make fun of the Brucecuses and think he's going to be here forever and all that, but the guy has been fired once under similar circumstances. He may not feel a ton of heat yet, but its creeping in and will only compound itself as the season goes along with each loss. I'm not saying that to feel sorry for the guy making $2+ mil per, but he's not popping champagne with after losing one his best players and he's not just here to collect said paycheck. He wants to win and keep his job and he knows that this team took a huge hit, especially if Kam is gone for the year.

well we saw him get fired and immediately thought "hey that would work for us" so I think he's good as long as he matches that performance. And even w/o Kam we aren't going to be as bad as that last Illinois season (IMO)

I think this team could finish with the same record as that one. We may not see the 2-12 finish to end the year, but beating their 6-12 Big 10 record could be tough. oscar started out 15-3 and 4-1 with a win over a Final Four team that season before it fell apart.

Do you think 6-12 in this year's big 12 is equivalent to 6-12 in that year's big 10

Roughly, yes. The Big 10 ended up the best conference in the country that year. And in some ways it actually worked out worse for oscar because he lost to two 100+ kenpom teams down the stretch and 2 of his league wins came against 100+ teams. He just had the weird outliers of beating 2 top 10 teams. Granted, its possible he might end up getting one of those this year. Its hard to me to say 6-12 this year would be much better than that 6-12 though, he just probably won't have stretches of losing 10 of 12 or or 9 of 10.

[Skipper44]

last 10 is pretty tough - especially the start and the finish. 
home for KU
@ WVU
@ UT
home for TT
@ OSU
home for ISU
home for UT
@ OU
@ TCU
home for BU

oscar will get probably get TT at home but the road games outside of OSU will tough for a good team.  This program really is in the bottom quarter of the conference.

[PIPE]

oscar currently 46-47 in Big 12 games.........

[meow meow]

last 10 is pretty tough - especially the start and the finish. 
home for KU
@ WVU
@ UT
home for TT
@ OSU
home for ISU
home for UT
@ OU
@ TCU
home for BU

oscar will get probably get TT at home but the road games outside of OSU will tough for a good team.  This program really is in the bottom quarter of the conference.

what about the TT game made you think that the home court was the problem?

[kso_FAN]

['taterblast]

_fan i usually don't condone this type of behavior but you need to send that to Gene

[kso_FAN]

_fan i usually don't condone this type of behavior but you need to send that to Gene

Honestly, I probably will after some more data points. I'm thinking in another month this thing will be pretty clear.

[meow meow]

like gene knows who wooly is

[renocat]

 
Comment in the Mercury after loss to Tulsa.
What was Oscar really saying?
. “We got low-blowed. It didn’t feel good.”

[kso_FAN]

Comment in the Mercury after loss to Tulsa.
What was Oscar really saying?
. “We got low-blowed. It didn’t feel good.”

"Losing to Tulsa was like a kick in the nuts."

[8manpick]

ksu_FWN, good to have you back

[8manpick]

You should flip the y-axis on the metrics chart, IMO

[kso_FAN]

You should flip the y-axis on the metrics chart, IMO

Yeah, good point.

[0.42]

rarely has a microsoft excel product ever been so devastating

[8manpick]

Is the terrible tickets sold this year reflective of a trend, or just that we are only at the start of Big XII play?

[CHONGS]

[kso_FAN]

Is the terrible tickets sold this year reflective of a trend, or just that we are only at the start of Big XII play?

Its probably several things. Partially no Big 12 games, especially KU. Partially a revamping in how we count attendance at games. Partially a reduction in tickets sold.

It does make it difficult to truly compare with the last few years, but it should help the narrative.

[The Big Train]

['taterblast]

surprised at the #of sellouts in oscar's first season

[CHONGS]

 

[kso_FAN]

Indisputable numbers chings.