2 MVC Sunday 1/30

[LittleBrave]

And I agree that Jacobson has done a great job at UNI, but some people don't seem to recall that he inherited a perennial NCAA team when he got there.

Jacobson has done a nice job this season - similar to the job JL did in the season after our Sweet 16 run. Somehow I think that UNI will not slide like BU has the past 2-3 seasons.
I have a hard time knocking BU in the season after the NIT season, OR the season after that. But the last 2 years have been flat-out underachieving.

[srw]

I don't recall anyone doing that srw. Care to provide any specific examples?

Yes numerous Frostbite Falls references.

Many references from peoria media that they shouldnt have been allowed in the conference, etc.

This is not a message board personnel rant.

Its more that we at BU have to be better in our own skills.

The argument could be made, that we don't belong in the valley in many sports

[tornado]

Jacobson has done a nice job this season..

UNI is 8-3 in the Valley ...
two years ago...at this point in the season, Bradley was 7-3 and had an RPI of about 80...and yet there were people calling for a coaching change...can someone please explain to me the weird difference??

[TylerDurden]

UNI is 8-3 in the Valley ...
two years ago...at this point in the season, Bradley was 7-3 and had an RPI of about 80...and yet there were people calling for a coaching change...can someone please explain to me the weird difference??

Two straight NCAA trips (one Sweet Sixteen) MVC regular-season and tournament titles?

[TheAsianSensation]

UNI is 8-3 in the Valley ...
two years ago...at this point in the season, Bradley was 7-3 and had an RPI of about 80...and yet there were people calling for a coaching change...can someone please explain to me the weird difference??

There is little, IMO. The one difference is that UNI had established a spot near the top of the conference the past few years while Bradley was always stuck in mid-pack. Still, I wasn't among those anti-Les people in '09.

[LittleBrave]

UNI is 8-3 in the Valley ...
two years ago...at this point in the season, Bradley was 7-3 and had an RPI of about 80...and yet there were people calling for a coaching change...can someone please explain to me the weird difference??

Yeah - 2 years ago at this point in the season, I was totally for Coach Les and thought he had done a nice job considering the loss of AW, and was wondering why some were disappointed with what JL had done.
It's just the last 2 seasons for me that have made my decision easy about whether I want him to stay or go.
Some people still think this team would have won 25 games with TB & SM. Well, we'll probably find out next season.
And since we'll get RA, DS, SH, and a 7'1" beast, and losing only AW & DD there is no doubt we should win 25.

[kds]

Please. Evansville? What is Marty Simmons' 4-year record there?
Answer: 47-65, and they are 12-9 this season (11-9 against D1). I like Marty Simmons and I think he has done fairly well, but lets not try to rewrite the facts and make him into Dean Smith yet. Note that the cupboard was not bare when he got to Evansville either.
So save the accolades for when he gets Evansville to the NCAA tournament.

And I agree that Jacobson has done a great job at UNI, but some people don't seem to recall that he inherited a perennial NCAA team when he got there.

Sorry you took my post personal. What I was referring to was not to long ago. Some folks on the board were saying Evansville didn't belong in the Valley. I can remember the same being said of Northen Iowa at one time aas they were at the bottom of the league. How times have changed.

[Da Coach]

Sorry kds. I was just reacting because some fans seem to have different standards when evaluating coaches like Simmons, compared to Jim Les. If JL had Simmons' record after 4 seasons, he would have probably been fired.

[tornado]

... Simmons' record after 4 seasons, he would have probably been fired.

Merfeld had done only marginally worse in his 5-year stay at Evansville and was canned...

[kds]

Sorry kds. I was just reacting because some fans seem to have different standards when evaluating coaches like Simmons, compared to Jim Les. If JL had Simmons' record after 4 seasons, he would have probably been fired.

DA in that regard I have to totally agree with you