January 17, 20196 yr Only 1 turnover for KState to our 8 so far. Aston literally cannot coach teams ball control/security Edited January 17, 20196 yr by perfectchaos007
January 17, 20196 yr Congrats on already winning the Big 12, Baylor! For the next 10 years I’m sure. Edited January 17, 20196 yr by Js1
January 17, 20196 yr 87-69 KState wins So tempted to drop hot takes but I'll abstain. Edited January 17, 20196 yr by perfectchaos007
January 17, 20196 yr 11 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: So tempted to drop hot takes but I'll abstain. Poorly prepared - usually fall into big holes early on Poorly coached - high number of turnovers, boneheaded plays, inability to finish at the rim across the past 7 years, multiple players, etc. Shitty schemes - we will play 98% man-to-man and rarely ever switch defenses just to get the other team off balance Recruiting has fallen off a bit - maybe these girls can tell Karen's schemes aren't great and she can't beat Baylor/UConn/ND/Stanford/Tennessee/Miss St. Transfers - zero reason why Patterson was relegated to doghouse/bench and elected to transfer, whatever she told Littleton in the after season meeting must have been way different than what she told Chaz Edited January 17, 20196 yr by Js1
January 17, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Pancho Negro said: Part of me is also questioning Karen's hiring of assistants. Yeah. Losing Mays and Mitchell really hurt. Carey/Jackson isn't the same. Losing Tina stung a lot too. And George - is he gone as soon as Lashann leaves? Just sayin'
January 17, 20196 yr Sometimes I feel like you could put Jody out there in Karen's place and the product would look exactly the same. Especially the strict man-to-man defense only. It's one thing to do the things you learned as an assistant; it's another not to adjust to the game in the past 15 years since you left Jody's side.
January 17, 20196 yr I've been unimpressed with guard development under Carey's coaching. I'm actually quite surprised Aston hired Tiffany Jackson as an assistant. She wasn't very well liked by fellow teammates during her playing tenure, during which time Aston was an assistant coach. I can't imagine her personality suddenly has changed and is now relatable to the players. As for Aston, I think we've seen her ceiling as a coach. Never beating Baylor is unacceptable. Wonder how long Del Conte will hang onto her before a change is made.
January 17, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, txex86 said: I've been unimpressed with guard development under Carey's coaching. I'm actually quite surprised Aston hired Tiffany Jackson as an assistant. She wasn't very well liked by fellow teammates during her playing tenure, during which time Aston was an assistant coach. I can't imagine her personality suddenly has changed and is now relatable to the players. As for Aston, I think we've seen her ceiling as a coach. Never beating Baylor is unacceptable. Wonder how long Del Conte will hang onto her before a change is made. Aston has to be graded objectively by Del Conte. If Big12 Championships are the goal, waiting for Mulkey to retire is not acceptable.
January 17, 20196 yr 37 minutes ago, Extra Anejo said: Aston has to be graded objectively by Del Conte. If Big12 Championships are the goal, waiting for Mulkey to retire is not acceptable. Big 12 championships (regular season) - zero Big 12 tournament championships - zero (3 of the school's 5 tournament title game losses are by Karen by an average of 11 points to Baylor all 3 times) NCAA tournament final fours - zero 1 Elite 8 in 6 seasons 4 straight trips to Sweet 16 but like, a lot of schools do that
January 19, 20196 yr Our 14 point lead has dwindled down to just 1. Lets see if we can hold on to beat TCU
January 19, 20196 yr 17 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: We held on to win. This team is painstakingly average though Truth
January 19, 20196 yr Good to see Collier get (16) minutes. She was productive offensively, which we desperately need. Hope Aston will give her even more playing time as the season progresses.
January 20, 20196 yr Aston won’t be fired because she wins a lot of games. I question her hiring of assistants, especially former UT greats who aren’t known for thier assistant coaching experience. Part of me wonders if Aston doesn’t have a good name out there and assistants aren’t lining up to coach with her -or- she just went with safe hires because it was easy. (I also realize going with the same hires could also be because she felt they were the best for the job.) While I like Aston, I really wish we would have made a clean break from the Jody regime. I realized we tried that with Gail and it didn’t work. Still wish we had gone balls to the all for Jeff Waltz when we had the chance.
January 20, 20196 yr Author On 1/17/2019 at 2:06 PM, Js1 said: 4 straight trips to Sweet 16 but like, a lot of schools do that By my count there have only been 5 teams that have made the Sweet 16 in the last 4 years (Texas, UCONN, ND, Baylor and South Carolina). All the other 4 coaches are considered "elite" (Auriemma, Mulkey, McGraw, and Staley) Yet, here we are talking about firing Aston. Yes, I know they've got more on the resume but you don't think it's something that Aston is one of 5 coaches that has made the Sweet 16 these last 4 years? Aston needs to take the next step but talk about firing her is hilarious and dumb. Edited January 20, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
January 20, 20196 yr Author On 1/17/2019 at 1:25 PM, Extra Anejo said: Aston has to be graded objectively by Del Conte. If Big12 Championships are the goal, waiting for Mulkey to retire is not acceptable. There are maybe 3 or 4 coaches that can beat Mulkey. Maybe not that many. Who are you going to get? I'm all for hiring Auriemma, McGraw, or Staley. I'm also not on drugs living in la la land. Edited January 20, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
January 20, 20196 yr Does she need to be fired? No. Does she need CDC to tell her to step up and hire better assistants? Yep. She needs someone to coach offensive schemes and spacing and moving without the ball She needs someone to coach the posts how to go up strong, use the backboard, and footwork and posting up She needs an ace recruiter
January 20, 20196 yr 10 hours ago, texasstrong12 said: There are maybe 3 or 4 coaches that can beat Mulkey. Maybe not that many. Who are you going to get? I'm all for hiring Auriemma, McGraw, or Staley. I'm also not on drugs living in la la land. On this one, I agree. Also agree that CDC needs perhaps to nudge her a bit. As he does Elliott.
January 20, 20196 yr Interesting to see how CDC approaches these situations where we have a coach that wins a lot of games but doesn't actually win anything of note. Can Aston turn the corner or will she be the Mack Brown of Texas Women's basketball? Will CDC take the Dodds approach and watch Baylor win conference title after conference title while being content with our runner-up status so long as there are an adequate number of wins each season? I don't think Dodds meddled too much with staff choices during his tenure, but I think he did make staff ultimatums to both Brown and Barnes as they reached their stagnation points. Seems too late at that point, but maybe he was more involved that I remember.
January 20, 20196 yr 4 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: On this one, I agree. Also agree that CDC needs perhaps to nudge her a bit. As he does Elliott. At least Elliott brings us conference championships. I don't ever see Aston doing that
January 20, 20196 yr Author 11 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: At least Elliott brings us conference championships. I don't ever see Aston doing that Elliott doesn’t have a Mulkey. Do you think all the Big 12 men’s basketball coaches should be fired because they can’t challenge Bill Self? There would be a lot of top 25ish coaches fired simply because Kansas has an elite/top 5 coach. Edited January 20, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
January 20, 20196 yr 24 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: Elliott doesn’t have a Mulkey. Do you think all the Big 12 men’s basketball coaches should be fired because they can’t challenge Bill Self? There would be a lot of top 25ish coaches fired simply because Kansas has an elite/top 5 coach. For the record, I'm not in the FIRE ASTON camp, yet. Getting blown out by KState doesn't help her cause but if that becomes a pattern and she starts getting late Jody/Gail results then I would put her on the hot seat. But you're right, JUST losing to Baylor year in year out isn't enough to fire a coach
January 20, 20196 yr Of course not. But how much longer will we tolerate a final four drought with top 10 talent?
January 22, 20196 yr God damnit why did we lose to Tennessee 2 consecutive years? They just lost 4 in a row. Holly is so getting fired.
January 22, 20196 yr Author We probably beat Tennessee with a healthy Joyner. That was her first game back and she only played 11 minutes. They aren't very good. Texas and Tennessee were about even without Higgs and Joyner playing limited minutes. Arguably two of our top players. Edited January 22, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
January 22, 20196 yr On 1/19/2019 at 11:45 PM, texasstrong12 said: I'm also not on drugs living in la la land. Terrible movie. Braketology: 6 seed in Tempe (and dropping)
January 26, 20196 yr Managed to eek out a win in Lubbock. 78-71. We have to overcome a 14 point deficit. Warren went out with a possible concussion. Joyner hurt her right leg (same one she had surgery one, but came back from the locker room)
January 27, 20196 yr 11-8 UNC just knocked off ND. Wow and Utah knocked off #6 Tree Edited January 27, 20196 yr by Js1
January 29, 20196 yr Down by 11 at half. Shit if we start losing to conference foes not named Baylor at home we may as well go back to Gail.
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