Northern Iowa at Indiana State

[getreal4]

the battle to avoid Thursday is wide open Congrats Sycs on bouncing back with a W in front of a HS crowd.

[WSUbballer]

This thread is filled with a lot of apathy.

MVJ is spot on with his observations.

[strike00]

the battle to avoid Thursday is wide open Congrats Sycs on bouncing back with a W in front of a HS crowd.

congratulating them and insulting their fan base at the same time. Almost like we are back at Valleytalk.

Both teams have a lot of work to do before the tourney.

[Ricardo del Rio]

I probably will get my head chopped off for my comments.

I have never been a big fan of Koch. I think he is lazy. He does not play with energy and aggression. He takes way too many plays off. He snow birds way too much.

As you might surmise, I am not a fan.

[UNIFanSince1983]

I probably will get my head chopped off for my comments.

I have never been a big fan of Koch. I think he is lazy. He does not play with energy and aggression. He takes way too many plays off. He snow birds way too much.

As you might surmise, I am not a fan.

He does. He gets pouty when things don't go his way. He can be great at times, but unfortunately it is not nearly enough. He certainly is not his brother.

[Ali]

The way things started this had the making of a very nice surprising year. Not sure when our train derailed, but we're off the tracks right now.

[MoValley John]

The way things started this had the making of a very nice surprising year. Not sure when our train derailed, but we're off the tracks right now.

I know that this will probably piss off a few Panther fans and there will be a knee jerk reaction and blind defense of Jacobson, but I have my idea of what is happening and I've stated it before. Valley coaches have figured out UNI's "system" and are now exploiting the Panthers the way the Panthers used to exploit other teams. In the non-conference, UNI looked strong, very strong, but in the Valley things changed. The fact of the matter is this, Valley coaches are very familiar with every Valley team, non-conference foes, not so much. The clutch and grab isn't working, the slow tempo isn't working, every other team is simply adapting to playing UNI's game and beating them at it. What worked for UNI two years ago isn't working now, it's time for Jacobson to put a wrinkle in his system.

[DUBulldog]

The way things started this had the making of a very nice surprising year. Not sure when our train derailed, but we're off the tracks right now.

Valley coaches have figured out UNI's "system" and are now exploiting the Panthers the way the Panthers used to exploit other teams. In the non-conference, UNI looked strong, very strong, but in the Valley things changed. The fact of the matter is this, Valley coaches are very familiar with every Valley team, non-conference foes, not so much. The clutch and grab isn't working, the slow tempo isn't working, every other team is simply adapting to playing UNI's game and beating them at it.

If that's what's going on, I don't think Mark Phelps has gotten the memo.

[MoValley John]

Phelps is just trying to win enough games to keep his job but not so many that fans expect it of him. Life is a challenge to the "A" student and the "F" student is always in trouble. Life is easiest on the "C" student.

[valleychamp]

The way things started this had the making of a very nice surprising year. Not sure when our train derailed, but we're off the tracks right now.

I know that this will probably piss off a few Panther fans and there will be a knee jerk reaction and blind defense of Jacobson, but I have my idea of what is happening and I've stated it before. Valley coaches have figured out UNI's "system" and are now exploiting the Panthers the way the Panthers used to exploit other teams. In the non-conference, UNI looked strong, very strong, but in the Valley things changed. The fact of the matter is this, Valley coaches are very familiar with every Valley team, non-conference foes, not so much. The clutch and grab isn't working, the slow tempo isn't working, every other team is simply adapting to playing UNI's game and beating them at it. What worked for UNI two years ago isn't working now, it's time for Jacobson to put a wrinkle in his system.

Yeah, we are screwed. Jake should have moved on when he had the chance.