Should We expect More?
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Last night was painful to watch in person, but glad the Cowgirls were able to make the Championship game. Tom Burman ordered a beer next to me last night and I really wanted to knock it out of his hand, but I thought why would I waste beer. Here on some thoughts I have:
- It was great to see the Men's team stay and watch the Cowgirls, yet they brought no energy in cheering. I mean who could epxect much less since their energy this year wasn't that great. What really made me mad was I didn't see any of the Men's coaches. I can remember watching Bruce Pearl at TN gettting fired up with the fans. I would have liked to see something. The team just looks in shambles the turnovers and lack of effort in rebounding and being overall Cowboy Tough is really embarassing. Every game it was the saem issue, poor shot selection, give up a ton of O rebounds, and turn the ball over 18 times a game.
- The Cowgirls team is a really frustrating team. It took Joe 16 years to make the MW title game. Scott Nulph said it best that Boise had been there 3 times and Wyoming's first and it showed. Joe has historically had teams (minus 2007) that fail in the big games. No matter how stacked they can't win in the big time. I hope the title game helps the younger players next year, and the back-ups definitely outplayed the starters (minus Marta who sat the majority of the 4th QTR). If they make some lay-ups they miss then momentum probably wouldn't have swayed so fast. However, BSU watched Wyomign struggle against the pick-and-roll and then turned around and crushed them with it. How do you not have a plan to defend against that? Was that not coached? Or did the players not execute? Seeing Marta and Bailee sit the 4th I knew the team simply didn't have it in them this year. Carla was playing with fire, yet was benched for a good portion of the game. It looked like Edwards substituions.
The team has some great players coming in, in addition to, outsanding players retruning.
- Football - I am not sold on the program as yet. Before you jump down my throat let me explain what I see. There has been no sustained success. Either the Offense or the Defense has carried the team, there has not been a full team effort. The WR development is the worst in college football. 2016 Josh Allen was throwing bombs to Gentry and Mullhardt, but since then we haven't had a receving threat. My biggest issue is this, Wyoming has yet to win on the big stage (I know another program). The Washington State game is the perfect example. When it got truly tough for the team (Nico out) they simply folded, you could see the demanor change. It didn't help Vigen has game planned not to lose bad against big programs instead of win. It reminds me of the DC era, at least we tried hard right (participation trohpy much?) Can Bohl actaully plan to beat a P5 team, or are we just all talk about hitting people in the mouth in the trenches. I believe the talent is there to win, but unless they actually win a big game will they ever believe they can? You can count 2016 BSU if you want.
These 3 programs have not had a sustained success, and as a fan it is really frustrating to even get hyped. These are just my opinions of the programs, but until proven otherwise it is hard to hope for more. Let's see what Spring football holds though we those WR signings and Chambers and Vander Waal pushing each other has this year.
- It was great to see the Men's team stay and watch the Cowgirls, yet they brought no energy in cheering. I mean who could epxect much less since their energy this year wasn't that great. What really made me mad was I didn't see any of the Men's coaches. I can remember watching Bruce Pearl at TN gettting fired up with the fans. I would have liked to see something. The team just looks in shambles the turnovers and lack of effort in rebounding and being overall Cowboy Tough is really embarassing. Every game it was the saem issue, poor shot selection, give up a ton of O rebounds, and turn the ball over 18 times a game.
- The Cowgirls team is a really frustrating team. It took Joe 16 years to make the MW title game. Scott Nulph said it best that Boise had been there 3 times and Wyoming's first and it showed. Joe has historically had teams (minus 2007) that fail in the big games. No matter how stacked they can't win in the big time. I hope the title game helps the younger players next year, and the back-ups definitely outplayed the starters (minus Marta who sat the majority of the 4th QTR). If they make some lay-ups they miss then momentum probably wouldn't have swayed so fast. However, BSU watched Wyomign struggle against the pick-and-roll and then turned around and crushed them with it. How do you not have a plan to defend against that? Was that not coached? Or did the players not execute? Seeing Marta and Bailee sit the 4th I knew the team simply didn't have it in them this year. Carla was playing with fire, yet was benched for a good portion of the game. It looked like Edwards substituions.
The team has some great players coming in, in addition to, outsanding players retruning.
- Football - I am not sold on the program as yet. Before you jump down my throat let me explain what I see. There has been no sustained success. Either the Offense or the Defense has carried the team, there has not been a full team effort. The WR development is the worst in college football. 2016 Josh Allen was throwing bombs to Gentry and Mullhardt, but since then we haven't had a receving threat. My biggest issue is this, Wyoming has yet to win on the big stage (I know another program). The Washington State game is the perfect example. When it got truly tough for the team (Nico out) they simply folded, you could see the demanor change. It didn't help Vigen has game planned not to lose bad against big programs instead of win. It reminds me of the DC era, at least we tried hard right (participation trohpy much?) Can Bohl actaully plan to beat a P5 team, or are we just all talk about hitting people in the mouth in the trenches. I believe the talent is there to win, but unless they actually win a big game will they ever believe they can? You can count 2016 BSU if you want.
These 3 programs have not had a sustained success, and as a fan it is really frustrating to even get hyped. These are just my opinions of the programs, but until proven otherwise it is hard to hope for more. Let's see what Spring football holds though we those WR signings and Chambers and Vander Waal pushing each other has this year.
