Another Billy Kennedy Appreciation Thread

I'm not sure which is worse: losing to Southern once or losing to Georgia twice.

In before the apologists arrive.

Paging all the sunshine pumpers...waiting for the epithets...

Don't forget "we only have 8 players on scholarship" (which completely disregards the fact that Billy Gillispie only had seven in 2004-2005 and that we started the season with 11)

The reason we shot 24% is because we cannot play basketball. Lack of fundamentals is the reason.

I don't care if we had an entire team of non-scholarship athletes. If they had strong fundamentals they would win in this league.

This is Kennedy's fault.

BK shot 24%? FIRE HIM NAOW!!!!11

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but do you really not see a problem when we score 70 against Mizzou but can't break 50 against Georgia a few days later?

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Of course he doesn't. In his mind, Billy Kennedy needs 20 years to clean up the "mess" that Gillispie and Turgeon left for him...just like "Mike Sherman didn't deserve to be fired in 2011".

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OMG Duke got beat by 25+ and won by 20 the next, that's a very bad sign! Fire Krzyzewski!

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You're really trying to equate Miami (the only team in the ACC who is unbeaten in conference and the number 3 team in the country) to Georgia (a team that wasn't over .500 overall until they swept us)?

When Duke loses at home to a team like Southern (they haven't lost a nonconference home game in almost 10 years), then your comparison might be valid.

Oh, and we have only beaten ONE team by 20 or more (Prairie View), so your argument = fail yet again.

I'm no Kennedy apologist but I am also not a fan of judging coaches mid season. There are 2 things I look at when judging a coach in general:

1)Is the team playing with effort and do they show signs of quitting?

2)Are we improving, staying the same, or regressing?

From what I can see so far our results are mixed and I want to see how things end up. It would be hard for me to call for Kennedy's head if he makes the NIT, that would show some real improvement and with the recruits coming in that gives me some hope. I don't think Turge left the cupboard bare but I do think he left players that really didn't work for BK and who didn't buy in. Part of that is absolutely on BK but it still gives me reason not to jump too quickly.

I also fit in the category that doesn't see anything to brag about by being negative or calling for a coaches head, esp midseason. Being negative is always the easiest path, it's easy to quit. That doesn't mean we should accept failure but I have to have a really strong reason to give up on a coach in the middle of a season. That's how the AD views it as well so it's better to be patient and take a look at the bigger picture.

BK does have some things to answer for though. A&M is ranked in almost every sport we participate in so any coach that doesn't have a ranked team should be nervous. If you can't produce results you better damn sure be able to show why and how you are going to fix it. If you aren't progressing then you will be let go.

BTW, the Southern loss is really overblown. Southern is almost certain to win the SWAC this year and be a Tourney team. That doesn't mean the loss is excusable but it isn't like Southern is terrible. They are the type of team that gets in as a 13 or 14 seed and either pulls and upset or gives someone a run for their money. The Georgia losses are much worse imo.

In the end if we don't make the NIT I think BK is likely gone. If we don't make the NCAA's next year he also is likely gone. Simply firing BK is hardly a guarantee of success, might as well see how the season plays out and then judge him.

Any more comments needed? Looking for anything positive to glean from tonight's game.