pafan wrote:Let's focus on that DU - SIU game.
Reading DrakeNation and SalukiNation tonight, both sets of fans seem pretty angry at their respective head coaches.
I don't get it. Drake didn't score a hundred, but I think we knew that was unlikely to happen a third time. Drake still has fundamental deficiencies in the post, so if the jumpers aren't falling they're hosed. Rutter can't fix that until the recruiting period.
SIU is really short-handed on guards with the injuries, but they're somewhat less dependent on their guards. SIU has a couple of capable big men, O'Brian and Bol, who should have given Drake fits - and they did, each notching a double-double today.
I understand the general angst that comes with being a Drake fan this year, but it seems like this game played out as it should have on paper.
I can't speak for the rest of Salukis nation but I am in no rush to get rid of Hinson. I'm an 11 year season ticket holder who has missed maybe 2 games in that stretch. He has recruited well but inexplicably some of our better recruits leave after one year. He represents the university well. I'll be happy avoiding Thursday still the next 2 years. The Lowery years have really lowered my expectations.