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Originally Posted by gblowfish
Well, we only lost by three, but still disappointing that they couldn't win at home. My general observations:
1) This team has no low block presence. None. Rosburg is the world's largest flightless mammal. He plays like he has oven mitts on his hands. He can tip balls out, but he can't rebound. He can't position to rebound. He can't drive. He has no post moves. And still, he had a career game yesterday because MSU was terrible defending the rim. The Canadian dude Post had two fouls in the first four minutes, so Rosburg played most of the first half. Those two combined are basically the Haley twins without the rebounding ability.
2) Mizzou has no outside shooters. None. I was watching Gill-Caesar, Bello and Wright during warm ups. None of them could hit a jump shot from anywhere. I mean they literally missed about 90 percent of their shots in warm ups. And that's unguarded. In the KC Star this AM, it said Gill-Caesar and Wright were a combined 3 of 15 from the field, 1 of 9 from 3-point and 1 of 4 from the stripe.
3) The only players who looked like they belonged in a D1 NCAA game were Williams 3 and Shamburger. Shamburger is not a a good point guard. He never hits a cutter, he can't drive to draw the defense and dish. He's just a very average shooting guard. He can shoot a little, but not enough to carry the whole team. Williams 3 had a career game. They ignored him the whole first half, and he had a monster second half or Mizzou isn't in the game. Not even close.
4) Mizzou was 14 of 21 from the stripe. Not near good enough. If they hit four more free throws, they potentially win.
5) I can't name one thing that this team does well. I don't put this on Kim Anderson. But I can't see where he gets more than maybe two years to turn this around. Very important that he recruits for next year. They have to win at least a few home games. If they don't show some improvement, whoever the new AD is, may want to bring in his own guy. Mizzou only has two guys from Missouri on the current roster, seems like Anderson should have a better shot at recruiting players in-state.
Oh, I did see Jeremy Maclin and Chase Daniel. I pleaded with Maclin to sign with KC and gave him the chop. He just smiled and waved.
Here's some pics from my seat yesterday. Even though we lost, me and the boys had a very good time and it was a nice day.
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George,
Glad you enjoyed yourself. A few things in response, though:
1) The Haley twins may not have been good, or even decent, but it is an affront to compare them to Rosburg in any form. He's the worst player I've ever seen get consistent minutes for Missouri. I don't even know who else would be in his galaxy of incompetence.
2) The inconsistent effort and terrible defense is largely on Kim Anderson, as is the team's lack of any chemistry.
3) He can't recruit at all. They have three recruits signed for next year. Two are in-state. One, Cullen Van Lear, is a homeless man's Ricky Kreklow whose next best offer was Wofford. Terrence Phillips can't do anything but pass. He may never score ten points in a college game. Puryear could be a decent role player/marginal starter at SF.
Jimmy Whitt is a 6'4" PG, the best player in the state and goes to Hickman and didn't even look at Missouri all that seriously.
In fact, of the top five players in the state, one went to Arkansas (Whitt), two are going to Indiana, one to Wichita State, and the other is undecided.
Jayson Tatum, who plays at Chaminade, might be the #1 recruit in the nation next year. There is a less-than-zero chance he signs with Missouri.
In 2017, Michael Porter, whose parents both work in Mizzou athletics, will likely be a top 3-5 national recruit. There is also zero chance he goes to Mizzou.
We may want to play golf, but we are 15 minutes into a hurricane. The only thing we can do is batten down the hatches and ride out the ****ing disaster, hoping it gets over as soon as possible.
I would expect the team to lose almost half of Isabell, Wright, Gant, Clark, and Williams for next year, possibly more.
There is no way to properly categorize how awful of a coach this guy is. He wasn't fit to be a lead assistant in his mid 40's. He is as tone deaf a coach as you will ever find.