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dpdoughbird06

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Every time I start feeling good about this team they pulled a major boner. This one was an extremely major boner. This one felt like the Jackson state game all over again.
Drake eked out wins against both Evansville and Jackson State - the latter in OT; we came up just short. We’re close to being a good team that manages to win ugly, but at the same time worlds away.
 

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i know a lot of people hate dan i am no fan but lets just root for the birds and let the ad make the call I do wonder what coaches would be available at the end of the season
I am not DM fan and have not been for a long time. I choose not to bitch without ceasing. However, if the AD can’t see what is going on here it’s time for a new AD.
 

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i know a lot of people hate dan i am no fan but lets just root for the birds and let the ad make the call I do wonder what coaches would be available at the end of the season
Most people are rooting for the Birds, regardless of our feelings towards DM and most of us have really hoped for 10 years that DM would be successful.
 

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Maybe I will. And maybe you can bring something to the table besides being critical of those who wish for better days for this program. I’ll get on it if you do.
Where was the criticism? I asked you a simple question. You want someone to start a gofundme. If you want it, then you can start one. Why does someone else have to do the work you want done? If you're not willing to do it, then it's just whining.
 

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Muller sucks. This is on him and his lack of coaching ability. No way should a team beat a team by 38 and lose to them less than 48 hours later, especially a team as bad as Eville.

But here we are...

Another Thursday night. Dan keeping the streak alive. This guy sucks. #candan. #firemuller. #jacksonstateagain.
At what point do yo start putting the blame on the player’s performance. Dan was coaching Friday night also. The difference in Friday’s game and today’s game was the performance of the player’s on the court.
 

dpdoughbird06

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They aren’t kids. They are adults. Some are 21.
I completely agree with this. I just finished a book about B-25 crews during World War II. Pretty much everyone was 21 or younger. They trained rigorously and only the best made it onto the planes. It’s a different era, for sure, but there’s no limit to what someone can achieve in a demanding environment with a sense of urgency.

As others have reminded us, Loyola and the rest of the Valley have rosters full of college students, too.
 

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At what point do yo start putting the blame on the player’s performance. Dan was coaching Friday night also. The difference in Friday’s game and today’s game was the performance of the player’s on the court.

We won by 38 on Friday. It’s incumbent on the coach to know what the team might be thinking. He needs to read the room.

It’s also his job to put the right player in the right position. There are posters on here who are waaaaaayyyy smarter than I am that have questioned his player rotations.

Plus, he’s getting paid $600,000. The buck has to stop somewhere. And let’s remember, this was Eville. Muller looks like a deer in the headlights. We deserve more after 10 years. Muller sucks.

One last point. I believe we have some talent here but I don’t think the coach is getting the most out of these guys.
 
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We won by 38 on Friday. It’s incumbent on the coach to know what the team might be thinking. He needs to read the room.

It’s also his job to put the right player in the right position. There are posters on here who are waaaaaayyyy smarter than I am that have questioned his player rotations.

Plus, he’s getting paid $600,000. The buck has to stop somewhere. And let’s remember, this was Eville. Muller looks like a deer in the headlights. We deserve more after 10 years. Muller sucks.
Some of these people act like Muller is volunteering his services to coach under privileged children.
 

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At what point do yo start putting the blame on the player’s performance. Dan was coaching Friday night also. The difference in Friday’s game and today’s game was the performance of the player’s on the court.
Maybe it’s because we have had a revolving door of players during Muller’s tenure and they have been a disaster on the road (other than 2017). Pretty easy for me to point the finger at Muller.
 

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Maybe it’s because we have had a revolving door of players during Muller’s tenure and they have been a disaster on the road (other than 2017). Pretty easy for me to point the finger at Muller.
If we chose his players it would make sense. He is the recruiter. Agree with you.
 

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If Sy is seriously injured this season can get worst with little hope to recover.
 

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If Sy is seriously injured this season can get worst with little hope to recover.

Yes, I went from being optimistic about finishing top 5 and having a decent rest of the season to our season basically got completely wrapped up in one Sunday afternoon in Evansville. If you add the Chatman injury to the worst choke job performance in a must win situation, there is little to no hope rest of season.
 

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Yes, I went from being optimistic about finishing top 5 and having a decent rest of the season to our season basically got completely wrapped up in one Sunday afternoon in Evansville. If you add the Chatman injury to the worst choke job performance in a must win situation, there is little to no hope rest of season.

Agree.
 

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I knew we were in trouble when, after sitting for 18 of 20 mins in the first half due to foul trouble, Chatman comes out of halftime and gets a f'ing technical 30 seconds into the 2nd half to get his 3rd foul. What an idiot selfish move that was. The absolute last thing you want to do there is get a foul. But even worse than that, you get a foul because of your mouth, the one thing you can really control. Just dumb.
 

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I knew we were in trouble when, after sitting for 18 of 20 mins in the first half due to foul trouble, Chatman comes out of halftime and gets a f'ing technical 30 seconds into the 2nd half to get his 3rd foul. What an idiot selfish move that was. The absolute last thing you want to do there is get a foul. But even worse than that, you get a foul because of your mouth, the one thing you can really control. Just dumb.
We have the horses- when healthy. They just need to play as a team- like they did Friday night.
 
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