That is some kind of horrible shooting, indeed. But, Coach Montgomery is focusing on defense as he rebuilds the team that he took over last year. And his team is big in defense. Once the "D" is in, then work on the offense.
Last year, about half the team walked off at the beginning of practice when he told them how it was going to be. And, it was bad as far as record went. They did win two of the last three games, including one MAC Tournament game against the #1 seed. The other win was against hated Toledo. I think they only won three games that year.
So far this year, there have been five wins and hopefully at least a couple more wins. Next year, even better.
But, I remember another coach who had a horrific three first seasons: 1-10, 0-11 and 2-9 and then did well after that. That man was Coach Joe Novak of NIU football fame and we see where that led to.
Unfortunately, Mark Hamilton is a young man and I'm sure once the success comes, we'll be looking for a new coach. But hopefully he will laid the foundation for winners in our basketball program.
Hard Times Before the Good Times. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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