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these doom and gloom prognostications are silly

by that standard, Monson's first year was lost and not viable. had dominant player Donovan Morris (Askew), one nice frosh recruit, Plater (Kam Martin)

no offense, it's clear at this point you have no faith in Acker, who btw does communicate to stakeholders better than MOnson ever did.

the idea we are 'stuck' for 4 years, yeah, it's called a contract. and yeah, I think it's clear he's got work cut out. to make these conclusions is so frggn premature it's sad. people that would give a guy after 13, 14 years and in lower tier (8th place, 7th place losing to a 1-19 team, more rope, won't give a 1st year coach an inch of rope, that's sad it really is.

still. it's not a lost year. it's basketball. the program was in disarray last year entering the BWCT with horrific way below expectations regular season, attendance in decline, non communicating coach.....until got a nice present the week of the BWCT. Monson left the program in dissarary. Not Smitherin, not Acker. Monson, your buddy left the program and aslo crapping on the Unviersity on his way out.

the program is in much better shape than last year, with a coach with the talent to beat USC and Michigan on the road and win the BWCT, but not enough consistency to go better than 10-10 in a BWCT that was markedly down compared to this year.


seriously, the guy is a first year coach, with a motley crew he had to assemble on the fly because the prior coach drove the program into 'blahness'

if people want to dump all over Acker, that's their perogative. but sheesh, have some perspective of the huge mediocre mush and the program mired and stuck in the mud