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Post by fridaynightlights on Feb 15, 2022 20:37:34 GMT -8
The athletic department will have a hell of a time trying to sell season tickets for next season. The apathy going into next year will be historically low, even by the standards of the last 30 seasons. Even in the worst of times during the periods of the dark ages of OSU football and basketball, there has usually been a small ray of hope for the coming season, I see nothing but darkness now...
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Post by alwaysorange on Feb 15, 2022 20:58:10 GMT -8
The athletic department will have a hell of a time trying to sell season tickets for next season. The apathy going into next year will be historically low, even by the standards of the last 30 seasons. Even in the worst of times during the periods of the dark ages of OSU football and basketball, there has usually been a small ray of hope for the coming season, I see nothing but darkness now... It will be interesting to see if there will be enough players to make a full team,
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Post by rgeorge on Feb 15, 2022 21:18:29 GMT -8
Sadly, just the eye test is horrific. Every game I've attended and watch on TV OSU looks like the exhibition team playing a P5 opponent.
Buffs have some talent. Hell EVERY other Pac12 team has D1 talent. This isn't just bad anymore. This is scary, Lavonda freaking scary bad, as far as what talent may be available next season!
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Post by orangeexpress on Feb 15, 2022 21:56:03 GMT -8
Not trying to find an excuse for this season, but we have been hit with a number of nagging injuries. Is it a function of poor conditioning, inadequate medical attention, COVID, or just a case of bad luck?
Silva - knee Andela - foot Lucas - groin Alatishe - knee Rand - undisclosed Malone-Key - back Davis - ankle Calloo - knee Akanno - undisclosed Williams - knee Johnson - concussion
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Post by rgeorge on Feb 15, 2022 22:30:42 GMT -8
Not trying to find an excuse for this season, but we have been hit with a number of nagging injuries. Is it a function of poor conditioning, inadequate medical attention, COVID, or just a case of bad luck? Silva - knee Andela - foot Lucas - groin Alatishe - knee Rand - undisclosed Malone-Key - back Davis - ankle Calloo - knee Akanno - undisclosed Williams - knee Johnson - concussion You wonder just how nagging? I wonder if 14-9 or so would make them less so??
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Post by alwaysorange on Feb 15, 2022 22:39:49 GMT -8
Not trying to find an excuse for this season, but we have been hit with a number of nagging injuries. Is it a function of poor conditioning, inadequate medical attention, COVID, or just a case of bad luck? Silva - knee Andela - foot Lucas - groin Alatishe - knee Rand - undisclosed Malone-Key - back Davis - ankle Calloo - knee Akanno - undisclosed Williams - knee Johnson - concussion No other team has "nagging" injuries? This time of year every team has players with nagging injuries.
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Feb 16, 2022 0:29:05 GMT -8
Not trying to find an excuse for this season, but we have been hit with a number of nagging injuries. Is it a function of poor conditioning, inadequate medical attention, COVID, or just a case of bad luck? Silva - knee Andela - foot Lucas - groin Alatishe - knee Rand - undisclosed Malone-Key - back Davis - ankle Calloo - knee Akanno - undisclosed Williams - knee Johnson - concussion No other team has "nagging" injuries? This time of year every team has players with nagging injuries. I would say that they're a little more than "nagging" if there's only 7 players suited up for a game.... But still not an excuse for how this season has gone down, because we weren't winning when we were healthier earlier this season either.
Last year's team really was fairly fortunate with health/injuries, because if I recall correctly, I'm not sure there was any player that missed much, if any, time at all last year. Particularly down the stretch when the wins were piling up. Sure a guy might not have played, but it was due to a coaching decision and not injury at that time.
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Post by fridaynightlights on Feb 16, 2022 0:40:15 GMT -8
Here are the point differentials for the past 10 games, all losses, 2, 10, 16, 10, 22, 25, 23, 2, 11, 26. They have been blown out 4 out of the last 6 games. I would be curious how much money the AD saves by waiting to fire him after next season as opposed to doing it after this season? You would also have to factor in that there should be at least a slight uptick in season ticket sales with a new coach. I am guessing the buyout will need to come from boosters, and I am not sure many are that invested in the program.
It will be interesting to see when the next head coaching search takes place what kind of candidates they can attract. Obviously, there will be candidates who would like the job, but how far down the list will they have to go before they find a taker? It would be interesting to know what the coaching community thinks of the OSU job. Do we need to do a major upgrade of basketball facilities/Gill in order to turn the program into a winner? Maybe to show prospective candidates and recruits that we are serious about winning? Which I am not really sure we are...
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Post by rgeorge on Feb 16, 2022 0:44:24 GMT -8
Here are the point differentials for the past 10 games, all losses, 2, 10, 16, 10, 22, 25, 23, 2, 11, 26. They have been blown out 4 out of the last 6 games. I would be curious how much money the AD saves by waiting to fire him after next season as opposed to doing it after this season? You would also have to factor in that there should be at least a slight uptick in season ticket sales with a new coach. I am guessing the buyout will need to come from boosters, and I am not sure many are that invested in the program. It will be interesting to see when the next head coaching search takes place what kind of candidates they can attract. Obviously, there will be candidates who would like the job, but how far down the list will they have to go before they find a taker? It would be interesting to know what the coaching community thinks of the OSU job. Do we need to do a major upgrade of basketball facilities/Gill in order to turn the program into a winner? Maybe to show prospective candidates and recruits that we are serious about winning? Which I am not really sure we are... Yeah, we're slipping. The first 10 game losing streak OSU was only outscored by 80!
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Post by fridaynightlights on Feb 16, 2022 0:53:46 GMT -8
I am putting the unofficial line for the half time score for the Thursday game at Arizona as Beavers -20. It must be pretty dispiriting for everyone in the program to go into a game knowing you have no real shot to win let alone be competitive. It is one thing being a bad team due to lack of talent and injuries, it is another to have a team that doesn't really compete very hard and continually seems to fade in the second half of games. This should be very concerning to the AD.
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Post by alwaysorange on Feb 16, 2022 6:00:37 GMT -8
I am putting the unofficial line for the half time score for the Thursday game at Arizona as Beavers -20. It must be pretty dispiriting for everyone in the program to go into a game knowing you have no real shot to win let alone be competitive. It is one thing being a bad team due to lack of talent and injuries, it is another to have a team that doesn't really compete very hard and continually seems to fade in the second half of games. This should be very concerning to the AD. I'd say the over/under for Arizona alone has to be like 95. Unless sometime early in the second half Arizona is required by the coach to pass at least 5 times before a shot.
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Post by irimi on Feb 16, 2022 6:33:58 GMT -8
We had a game last night? Imagine that.
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Post by irimi on Feb 16, 2022 15:03:08 GMT -8
Not trying to find an excuse for this season, but we have been hit with a number of nagging injuries. Is it a function of poor conditioning, inadequate medical attention, COVID, or just a case of bad luck? Silva - knee Andela - foot Lucas - groin Alatishe - knee Rand - undisclosed Malone-Key - back Davis - ankle Calloo - knee Akanno - undisclosed Williams - knee Johnson - concussion Tinkle - coaching, recruiting, motivating It's really looking that way, isn't it? The question is whether the program can afford to keep Tinkle as coach another year. Seems to me that the only way to get people interested in the program again is to fire him. So is the contract buyout loss a bigger loss than no audience next year? Probably. Ugh.
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