Bryan Mullins is a Saluki Hall of Famer and was a great person and representative of SIU as a PLAYER. He wasn't ready to be a head coach and was not a good head coach at SIU. He also had a poor, inexperienced staff under him. He may eventually become a good head coach down the road in his 2nd go around ala Porter Moser. Nagy is a good head coach and has put together a stellar coaching staff. Unlike Bryan he knows how to delegate and use his experienced coaching staff. This year has been up and down, mostly down after losing our early season best player who was the straw that stirred the drink as Reggie Jackson said. I think we will retain more players than most think and Nagy will get this thing rolling in a year or two with talented players coming in such as Luke Walsh.I will be there but quite honestly it is hard to get excited about a team that decides not to show up for big games, as in yesterday for example.
The tournament is fun regardless of SIU being awful. My boy is obsessed with it so this should be a real treat for him. That’s why we are still going lol
One of these years (or decades) SIU is going to go into an Arch Madness with a chance to win again. Just don't know if that's coming anytime soon.
The had a legit chance under Mullins. Gave Drake their most competitive game of the tournament and were in it at the under 4. We gave up on that to get a whiny coach with one of the worst attitudes toward coaching I have ever seen. His relentless negativity is exhausting.
Bryan Mullins is a Saluki Hall of Famer and was a great person and representative of SIU as a PLAYER. He wasn't ready to be a head coach and was not a good head coach at SIU. He also had a poor, inexperienced staff under him. He may eventually become a good head coach down the road in his 2nd go around ala Porter Moser. Nagy is a good head coach and has put together a stellar coaching staff. Unlike Bryan he knows how to delegate and use his experienced coaching staff. This year has been up and down, mostly down after losing our early season best player who was the straw that stirred the drink as Reggie Jackson said. I think we will retain more players than most think and Nagy will get this thing rolling in a year or two with talented players coming in such as Luke Walsh.I will be there but quite honestly it is hard to get excited about a team that decides not to show up for big games, as in yesterday for example.
The tournament is fun regardless of SIU being awful. My boy is obsessed with it so this should be a real treat for him. That’s why we are still going lol
One of these years (or decades) SIU is going to go into an Arch Madness with a chance to win again. Just don't know if that's coming anytime soon.
The had a legit chance under Mullins. Gave Drake their most competitive game of the tournament and were in it at the under 4. We gave up on that to get a whiny coach with one of the worst attitudes toward coaching I have ever seen. His relentless negativity is exhausting.
With the caveat I don’t know what your definition of rolling is, but in my mind he better have a top half of the Valley finish. With college basketball the way it is now, you don’t have the luxury of patience anymore. You get 1-2 years with your best guys and they are gone and you hope you’ve developed a young guy enough to take their place.
If we are lucky we get KD one more year, unless SIU falls in to a large sum of money. Who knows with Dibba. Those are the guys you have to build around quickly for next year with transfers/impact freshman. If they are still middling team next year with the inconsistency we’ve seen, I have little hope they are all the sudden taking off in year 3, with the difficulties in keeping the players you need around.
I will say this. coach Nagy better adjust on the fly quick. he's won 20 games once in the past 5 years. this is a whole new world. you either do or you don't. so far, there is little evidence we are doing. and let me again say, I support him, like I do all of our saluki coaches, 100%.
until, of course, they don't.
Nagy and staff have recently been recruiting international players and JUCO's so he isn't just relying on high school recruits. He knows they will lose players to the portal. I think the fact they have been actively looking at JUCO's and internationals signals they will also be recruiting players out of the portal as needed depending upon who they lose.I will say this. coach Nagy better adjust on the fly quick. he's won 20 games once in the past 5 years. this is a whole new world. you either do or you don't. so far, there is little evidence we are doing. and let me again say, I support him, like I do all of our saluki coaches, 100%.
until, of course, they don't.
@salukiworld I’m still optimistic about this coaching staff. I think they have the coaching and recruiting chops to get it done.
How? The head coach isn't optimistic about anything. He talks and acts like he hates his job, hates the kids he coaches. I have never seen someone so negative. If I am a good player with options I am not walking but RUNNING somewhere else.
Look who’s back, y’all.
@salukiworld He’s going to be a star the next two years. I have my fingers crossed our NIL steps up and does what it takes to keep him in Carbondale.
Kennard Davis makes second team all-MVC. Ali Dibba makes third team. Congratulations to both. I also hope to see both back next year.
Both very much deserving, please come back next season.
Kennard Davis makes second team all-MVC. Ali Dibba makes third team. Congratulations to both. I also hope to see both back next year.
We need both of these guys back (assuming Dibba has one more year.) We can be good next year if we can keep them, Elliott, Sykes, Moreno, Steffe, Aligbe, Bey...Steffe ended up 11th in 3pt % in MVC.
Really thought Dibba would be 2nd team and Davis had a very good shot at first team. In conference, Dibba was 5th in scoring and 3rd in steals, not to mention a couple of 30 point efforts.
Stirtz and Wright were as expected. Surprised Wright wasn't all-conference.
I will be there but quite honestly it is hard to get excited about a team that decides not to show up for big games, as in yesterday for example.
The tournament is fun regardless of SIU being awful. My boy is obsessed with it so this should be a real treat for him. That’s why we are still going lol
One of these years (or decades) SIU is going to go into an Arch Madness with a chance to win again. Just don't know if that's coming anytime soon.
The had a legit chance under Mullins. Gave Drake their most competitive game of the tournament and were in it at the under 4. We gave up on that to get a whiny coach with one of the worst attitudes toward coaching I have ever seen. His relentless negativity is exhausting.
Domask was 1st team All-Big10. Jones was a starter on the team that played in the National Championship.
Brian was not a good head coach, especially on the offensive side. He also was certainly not especially honest or transparent and was a so-so recruiter. It appeared his assistants were expected to contribute nothing during games, and they did just that. He may get a HC opportunity again, but I doubt Depaul is the best place to learn. Holtsman had some great talent at Ohio State and underachieved big time.
Mrs. Mullins, you need to spend time on the DePaul website talking about their 2 - 16 conference record. Impressive!
@salukiworld I’m still optimistic about this coaching staff. I think they have the coaching and recruiting chops to get it done.
How? The head coach isn't optimistic about anything. He talks and acts like he hates his job, hates the kids he coaches. I have never seen someone so negative. If I am a good player with options I am not walking but RUNNING somewhere else.
Playing on a team with a fun offense should be attractive to players who love basketball. Playing for Mullins was almost like the Bobby Knight days before shot-clocks. Lull the opponent and the fans to sleep. Eat up the shot clock then fire up a wild 3.
- Attitude reflects leadership
Does it now?
These are not 5 year olds. They're grownups with fully formed personalities. That is certainly false in many cases.
Indiana State likes to play pretty with their 3-point shooting and well-timed cuts. Southern needs to set the tone early that it’s not going to be that kind of day.
Fight through screens so hard you dare the refs to call something. First on the floor for loose balls. Crash the offensive glass.
Davis and Mayo need to be tone-setters in those areas and bring the fellas along emotionally. And Davis needs to take guarding Teel personally.
Let’s get one and go from there …
