****The Official 2015-2016 Wichita State Repository thread****

[journeyscarab]

Time to put this in place. GO SHOX!!

If you are a fan of podcasts, I would recommend Talk Angry.

http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/talk-angry

2015-16 AP Preseason Top 25
1. North Carolina (35)- 1,566
2. Kentucky (10)- 1,520
3. Maryland (14)- 1,487
4. Kansas (5)- 1,410
5. Duke - 1,350
6. Virginia (1) - 1,347
7. Iowa St. - 1,185
8. Oklahoma - 1,088
9. Gonzaga - 1,047
10. Wichita St. - 1,032
11. Villanova - 1,013
12. Arizona - 917
13. Michigan St. - 838
14. California - 757
15. Indiana - 755
16. Utah - 499
17. Wisconsin - 433
18. Vanderbilt - 393
19. Notre Dame - 360
20. UConn - 307
21. LSU - 268
22. Baylor - 265
23. Purdue - 236
24. Butler - 223
25. Michigan - 126

[RockChalk]

LOL

Comparing Self (above) to what Marshall (in a meaningless exhibition game) did last night is ridiculous. What Self is doing in the pictures above is common amongst all coaches. What Marshall did last night borders on lunacy. Whatever makes you feel better though

[journeyscarab]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

LOL

Comparing Self (above) to what Marshall (in a meaningless exhibition game) did last night is ridiculous. What Self is doing in the pictures above is common amongst all coaches. What Marshall did last night borders on lunacy. Whatever makes you feel better though

I don't disagree with your point that it was a meaningless exhibition game and Marshall went overboard with his reaction. Like I said, I wished I would have seen that passion (within reason) in a few critical games last season.

My picture posts were a response to what I perceived as your veiled jab about him getting ready for a frustrated season now that Ron Baker and Fred Van Vleet are gone. I know the "Battle of Omaha" still stings with a few of the Jayhawk fans.

If thats not what you were getting at then my bad.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by journeyscarab

I don't disagree with your point that it was a meaningless exhibition game and Marshall went overboard with his reaction. Like I said, I wished I would have seen that passion (within reason) in a few critical games last season.

My picture posts were a response to what I perceived as your veiled jab about him getting ready for a frustrated season now that Ron Baker and Fred Van Vleet are gone. I know the "Battle of Omaha" still stings with a few of the Jayhawk fans.

If thats not what you were getting at then my bad.

You are right that I was getting at this season being frustrating as he brings in a younger/new group of players after losing VF and Baker. It wasn't meant to be a jab though.

I'm not bitter about Omaha at all. WSU was better prepared, played loose and kicked our ass. No whining from me.

[journeyscarab]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

You are right that I was getting at this season being frustrating as he brings in a younger/new group of players after losing VF and Baker. It wasn't meant to be a jab though.

Cool. No worries.

I'm not bitter about Omaha at all. WSU was better prepared, played loose and kicked our ass. No whining from me.

If we would have played last season, I believe KU would have taken us.

[RockChalk]

He's been suspended for the final game in Canada...

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall has been suspended for the team’s final exhibition in Canada following his outburst yesterday.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) August 10, 2016

[Coach]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Sorry, there is a fine line between passion and lunacy. He lost his got damn mind over an exhibition game. Big difference.

The problem was the officials was terrible at that game. Could Marshall have handled it better? Probably so, but at some point, you have to cross the line to protect your team if they're getting one sided and the officiating was not up to snuff.

Exhibition game or not, if a player(s) health is on the line and the officiating isn't enforcing it, I would damn do something about it if another team is going to cheap shotting my guys.

The players responded by going on a 21-11 run to close the game. The tactic, while poor in professionally mannered, worked to win the game because it gave the players that the coach had your back if things were not going your way because of shoddy officiating.

Hell, Frank Martin was notorious for doing it as well.

[Coach]

And really, that, while is a meltdown, isn't really comparable to like Bobby Knight tossing a chair across the court. Or John Chaney telling Calipari that he's gonna kill him.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Coach

The problem was the officials was terrible at that game. Could Marshall have handled it better? Probably so, but at some point, you have to cross the line to protect your team if they're getting one sided and the officiating was not up to snuff.

Exhibition game or not, if a player(s) health is on the line and the officiating isn't enforcing it, I would damn do something about it if another team is going to cheap shotting my guys.

The players responded by going on a 21-11 run to close the game. The tactic, while poor in professionally mannered, worked to win the game because it gave the players that the coach had your back if things were not going your way because of shoddy officiating.

Hell, Frank Martin was notorious for doing it as well.

Eh, no. Dude lost his ****ing mind. He shoved players and Coaches to get to the refs. You can try and justify this 9 ways to Sunday, but you just don't handle your business like that. It was an embarrassing display any way you cut it. And, "worked to win the game"? LOL. Really? Yay, we won a meaningless exhibition game in front of a crowd of 12. Yippeeee! No, what this proved is what I already knew about the guy after being around him a bunch times here in Wichita - he's a ****ing nut case. He's a FANTASTIC Coach. There is no doubt about that. But, he's a weird ****ing dude for sure.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by Coach

Or John Chaney telling Calipari that he's gonna kill him.

Classic. There are a lot of people who think that might not have been such a bad thing.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

Ill take my lunatic coach any day of the week over someone that nice and doesnt win