Fisher says “Bye!”

[ISU86]

A serious question...after nine years what do you see in muller that, apparently, no one else does? I'll state facts myself:

9 years-No tournament.
9 years-No Valley tournament championship.
9 years-1 co-championship in Valley.
9 years-2-2 in NIT.
9 years-3 straight Thursday night appearances.
9 years-numerous defections, way too many to count blown second half double digit leads.

As I said before, I was thrilled when ISU hired Dan. I thought we had our man, but after 9 years its apparent ISU, larry lyons and a large number of us were wrong.

I believe you missed RedbirdSox point. He simply said he does not want to get into labeling/name calling, bringing in non-pertinent points (i.e. coach's wife) and would support whoever is donning the ISU colors (probably across all programs). Nowhere did he state that Dan's performance was sufficient.

 

[isuquinndog]

Exactly! Sometimes its just the little things (foul when up by 3 with 10 seconds to go). His strategy for most of the time here is throw up 3's and hope to outscore the other team...while playing a zone.

Just as a point of contention, fouling when up 3 with a few seconds to go is not an out of this world strategy. Many coaches do that. Harder to miss a FT on purpose AND get the rebound AND put it back than making a 3 pt shot.

 

[TBS_20]

Unwritten rule. Do not foul up 3 unless its a sudden death game.

 

[Bird Friend]

Unwritten rule. Do not foul up 3 unless its a sudden death game.

And why have I seen so many teams fouling when up 3? I think that unwritten rule has been un-over-written . . . or is it over-un-written . . .

 

[gobirds85]

I believe you missed RedbirdSox point. He simply said he does not want to get into labeling/name calling, bringing in non-pertinent points (i.e. coach's wife) and would support whoever is donning the ISU colors (probably across all programs). Nowhere did he state that Dan's performance was sufficient.

You might want to go back a bit on other threads and read what he says about Dan. I agree, I will not get into name calling of the student/athlete and I do not care what his wife does, but he has stated that Dan is the coach to get it done.

 

[Birdfriend72]

I believe you missed RedbirdSox point. He simply said he does not want to get into labeling/name calling, bringing in non-pertinent points (i.e. coach's wife) and would support whoever is donning the ISU colors (probably across all programs). Nowhere did he state that Dan's performance was sufficient.

So 38 point & 17 rebounds this weekend in two games against one of the better 5’s in the conference (Phyfe) is not good enough for you?
17 points 23 Rebounds against Prim is not good enough for you? Do you even watch the games? Dusan is playing very good inspired basketball right now. Dusan & Fisher together would be a very difficult matchup for most teams in the Valley right now. The way DJ is shooting the ball would make the Birds a very difficult offense to stop.

I do agree Dusan is playing well. He isn't good enough for us to be in top 3 in the Valley. He is a heck of a back up! Let's just say Dusan is lucky the officials let them play...or Phyfe would have been at the free throw line a lot, and Dusan would have been on the bench. Regardless, he is a fine back up, but we need a better big if we are to compete. Name a big in the past 5 years that Muller has developed that is close to Phyfe or Kruwig? The last time Dusan faced Krutwig...it wasn't pretty.

Just as a point of contention, fouling when up 3 with a few seconds to go is not an out of this world strategy. Many coaches do that. Harder to miss a FT on purpose AND get the rebound AND put it back than making a 3 pt shot.

Agree! That was my point. There was a time Muller hadn't done that! It's coaching strategy that Muller lacks. Thank you, for agreeing.

 

[ISU86]

You might want to go back a bit on other threads and read what he says about Dan. I agree, I will not get into name calling of the student/athlete and I do not care what his wife does, but he has stated that Dan is the coach to get it done.

I refer to him as Dan, or Coach Muller. I don’t believe in disrespecting a man according to his Won/Loss record. You however feel you can just throw insults out as you desire.
if Dan Muller is not the Head Basketball Coach @ Illinois State University for the 2021-22 basketball season, I will be doing the same thing I did when Bob Donewald, Bob Bender, Kevin Stallings, Tom Richardson, Porter Moser, and Tim Jankovich all left. I will watch whoever is coaching & playing with the same amount of passion I have every season.
If Dan and the core of the Redbird team return for next season, I will not be disappointed. I would like to see what this team can do going forward. However, if main pieces to this team transfer out to the point that there is no chance of being a quality team in 2021-22, than I would agree that it would be a good time to start the season with a new Head Basketball Coach.
Dusan & DJ are playing very good basketball right now. Antonio has shown signs of being a very good player in 2021-22. Emon & Howard seem to show signs of being outstanding Redbirds before their careers are over. All of these players mentioned have improved immensely since the start of the season.
The Redbirds are the second best free-throw shooting team in the Missouri Valley Conference over the last half of the conference season. up from last in the first half of the conference season. And there is absolutely zero quit in this team.

Closest thing I have found on that point. Makes a case but also mentions if transfers are high a restart may be in order. Says he would support whoever the coach is. Seems like a pretty even keel/50:50 balance to me.

 

[SgtHulka]

Closest thing I have found on that point. Makes a case but also mentions if transfers are high a restart may be in order. Says he would support whoever the coach is. Seems like a pretty even keel/50:50 balance to me.

 

[Bird Friend]

 

[jamminjamarsmiley]

What about fouling up by 2 late in the game? Dan did that against drake at home last year or the year before because he was scared of losing on a buzzer beater. Lucky for him drake missed their FTs. Was one of the most bizzare coaching decisions I’d ever seen

 

[BirdGrad2011]

What about fouling up by 2 late in the game? Dan did that against drake at home last year or the year before because he was scared of losing on a buzzer beater. Lucky for him drake missed their FTs. Was one of the most bizzare coaching decisions I’d ever seen

He regularly coaches scared. Very rarely is he ahead of the opposition. When he is he comes up with some great stuff. Way too rare.

 

[gobirds85]

What about fouling up by 2 late in the game? Dan did that against drake at home last year or the year before because he was scared of losing on a buzzer beater. Lucky for him drake missed their FTs. Was one of the most bizzare coaching decisions I’d ever seen

I thought the same thing. You foul when you are up 3, not 2.

Also, when a team has the ball as the clock is winding down, start the drive with 5-6 secs remaining not 3!! By starting late, you take the whistle out of the ref's hands, except when it's ISU v UCF, and you don't give a teammate a chance for a tip in. I believe the ref is more comfortable making a call at 4 or 5 secs left in the game as opposed to 2.