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Post by Yotes on Jan 20, 2024 19:24:05 GMT -6
I had a blast taking my toddler son to his first ever sporting event, thankfully a Coyote game. He sees the USD branding at home all the time and he was incredibly excited to point out all the Coyote logos at the SCSC. I have been so many times that I have lost sight of just how beautiful our arena is and how well the brand is plastered throughout the facility. The 5-foot standup SD paw inside the main entrance was a big hit. I was trying to wipe off my glasses from the long cold walk and he would not stop trying to bolt away from me and cut through the crowd to that 5-foot USD paw. Had to just hold him and wait for my glasses to de-fog. Running the concourse (with those tiny legs) was exhilarating for him as he pointed out all the branding while still having a great view of the court. The starting lineup and hype video with light show had him going crazy. He loved the band and the crowd making big noise when the Coyotes had a good play. We unfortunately did have to leave in the 2nd half when I wouldn't let him go onto the court and he threw a fit because he couldn't touch the biggest USD logo of them all. He was way past nap time anyways. He will be 2 in May. He will never remember this day but I will never forget it. I share this because some of you should lighten up. No one is happy about the result. The team has shown great potential and we are working with a rookie head coach. It's his second season as a head coach, but I'm calling him a rookie still. Anyone remember last year when he could have died and missed a bunch of games? Losing sucks. I think we are headed for better things. Try to be positive along the way. How old is your boy? I think I want to start bringing my daughter to VB games next fall. She turns 4 soon. He turns 2 in May. I can't imagine him lasting a full game anytime soon though. My plan next time is to do the 2nd half. Do they still let kids onto the court after the game?
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Post by marco on Jan 20, 2024 19:34:35 GMT -6
Hill played well didn't see anyone else do anything
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Post by elcoyote on Jan 20, 2024 19:36:46 GMT -6
I had a blast taking my toddler son to his first ever sporting event, thankfully a Coyote game. He sees the USD branding at home all the time and he was incredibly excited to point out all the Coyote logos at the SCSC. I have been so many times that I have lost sight of just how beautiful our arena is and how well the brand is plastered throughout the facility. The 5-foot standup SD paw inside the main entrance was a big hit. I was trying to wipe off my glasses from the long cold walk and he would not stop trying to bolt away from me and cut through the crowd to that 5-foot USD paw. Had to just hold him and wait for my glasses to de-fog. Running the concourse (with those tiny legs) was exhilarating for him as he pointed out all the branding while still having a great view of the court. The starting lineup and hype video with light show had him going crazy. He loved the band and the crowd making big noise when the Coyotes had a good play. We unfortunately did have to leave in the 2nd half when I wouldn't let him go onto the court and he threw a fit because he couldn't touch the biggest USD logo of them all. He was way past nap time anyways. He will be 2 in May. He will never remember this day but I will never forget it. I share this because some of you should lighten up. No one is happy about the result. The team has shown great potential and we are working with a rookie head coach. It's his second season as a head coach, but I'm calling him a rookie still. Anyone remember last year when he could have died and missed a bunch of games? Losing sucks. I think we are headed for better things. Try to be positive along the way. Awesome post!
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Post by elcoyote on Jan 20, 2024 19:41:25 GMT -6
I thought it just came down to not making shots. I thought they pretty much got what they wanted in the first half. They took care of the ball and got open looks. But they are not good enough to withstand that shooting performance. And a couple guys (frankly) killed them. Jacks are better, but compared to previous years aren't great. That was a very winnable game. Stewart looked like he was coming off an illness, and he didn't even start the second half. That told you how he was feeling. I will again say this is a byproduct of the Lee era, never trying to build something over years. Look at the Jacks...Mayo is in his 3rd year (and is a star), Mims is in his 5th year there, Appel is in his 4th year in Brookings (and 6th year in college). Kyle (who I heard Lee wasn't terribly interested in) is a difference-maker in his sophomore season. Yotes have any of those guys? It makes a difference. We haven't had the success in recent years to win recruiting battles against state. USD hasn't done anything notable in MBB since most of these kids were in grade school. Lee didn't recruit well, but let's not pretend that we have a real shot at the best local kids. Until we have some sustained success, we'll need to hit a home run every year in the transfer portal and maybe get lucky on a recruit or two that decides to stick around when they start to stand out. Except that we outrecruited State for the #1 ranked player in South Dakota this year, Ihnen from Lennox.
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Jan 20, 2024 20:23:53 GMT -6
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Post by 90yote on Jan 20, 2024 20:23:53 GMT -6
I thought it just came down to not making shots. I thought they pretty much got what they wanted in the first half. They took care of the ball and got open looks. But they are not good enough to withstand that shooting performance. And a couple guys (frankly) killed them. Jacks are better, but compared to previous years aren't great. That was a very winnable game. Stewart looked like he was coming off an illness, and he didn't even start the second half. That told you how he was feeling. I will again say this is a byproduct of the Lee era, never trying to build something over years. Look at the Jacks...Mayo is in his 3rd year (and is a star), Mims is in his 5th year there, Appel is in his 4th year in Brookings (and 6th year in college). Kyle (who I heard Lee wasn't terribly interested in) is a difference-maker in his sophomore season. Yotes have any of those guys? It makes a difference. We haven't had the success in recent years to win recruiting battles against state. USD hasn't done anything notable in MBB since most of these kids were in grade school. Lee didn't recruit well, but let's not pretend that we have a real shot at the best local kids. Until we have some sustained success, we'll need to hit a home run every year in the transfer portal and maybe get lucky on a recruit or two that decides to stick around when they start to stand out. Well, it's not necessarily SD high school kids...it's any high school kids. There is one high school recruit on this roster that pre-dates Peterson. Tough to have an experienced team that way.
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Post by fightsd on Jan 20, 2024 22:39:18 GMT -6
We haven't had the success in recent years to win recruiting battles against state. USD hasn't done anything notable in MBB since most of these kids were in grade school. Lee didn't recruit well, but let's not pretend that we have a real shot at the best local kids. Until we have some sustained success, we'll need to hit a home run every year in the transfer portal and maybe get lucky on a recruit or two that decides to stick around when they start to stand out. Well, it's not necessarily SD high school kids...it's any high school kids. There is one high school recruit on this roster that pre-dates Peterson. Tough to have an experienced team that way. It's the way of the world now. The NCAA said kids can just pack their bags and find another team with no loss of eligibility. If the team stinks, why come back? Guys that don't have the role they think they deserve will look elsewhere. Guys that emerge as really strong D1 talent but aren't realistically competing for any kind of championship are looking elsewhere too. That's why state has been able to retain guys like Mims and Easly and Apel. Are they good enough to get a shot at a high major program? Doubtful. Could they get picked up by a G5 school? Probably, but they're competing for a SL title and a tournament berth every year at state.
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Post by gopheryote on Jan 21, 2024 8:08:24 GMT -6
Something that I think needs to be acknowledged: Neither of these teams is very good. USD has a higher ceiling, but can't quite find out to put it together. SDSU is very average and I'm not sure why - their team from last year would beat this year's team by 25 ten games in a row.
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Post by 90yote on Jan 21, 2024 8:51:17 GMT -6
Well, it's not necessarily SD high school kids...it's any high school kids. There is one high school recruit on this roster that pre-dates Peterson. Tough to have an experienced team that way. It's the way of the world now. The NCAA said kids can just pack their bags and find another team with no loss of eligibility. If the team stinks, why come back? Guys that don't have the role they think they deserve will look elsewhere. Guys that emerge as really strong D1 talent but aren't realistically competing for any kind of championship are looking elsewhere too. That's why state has been able to retain guys like Mims and Easly and Apel. Are they good enough to get a shot at a high major program? Doubtful. Could they get picked up by a G5 school? Probably, but they're competing for a SL title and a tournament berth every year at state. Understood, but I think if you just throw your hands into the air and say that can't be done at USD then you've already lost.
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Post by fightsd on Jan 21, 2024 8:57:51 GMT -6
It's the way of the world now. The NCAA said kids can just pack their bags and find another team with no loss of eligibility. If the team stinks, why come back? Guys that don't have the role they think they deserve will look elsewhere. Guys that emerge as really strong D1 talent but aren't realistically competing for any kind of championship are looking elsewhere too. That's why state has been able to retain guys like Mims and Easly and Apel. Are they good enough to get a shot at a high major program? Doubtful. Could they get picked up by a G5 school? Probably, but they're competing for a SL title and a tournament berth every year at state. Understood, but I think if you just throw your hands into the air and say that can't be done at USD then you've already lost. I'm not saying that at all. All I'm saying is that USD will have to manufacturer some success with what we've got before we can hope to have a program that will not only attract, but retain recruits.
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Post by GoYotes on Jan 21, 2024 11:14:26 GMT -6
We are not far away from being a really good team
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Post by dbyote on Jan 21, 2024 14:13:37 GMT -6
We are not far away from being a really good team We're a couple of good pieces away......but, and it is a big BUT, sooner or later the team needs to play better than the sum of its parts. Right now we are the opposite.
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Jan 22, 2024 14:38:36 GMT -6
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Post by captaincoyote on Jan 22, 2024 14:38:36 GMT -6
I don’t know how many slots we’ll need to fill through the portal this offseason, but I’d love for us to find a hybrid post/wing junkyard dog tone setter type guy. He doesn’t need to be the most talented player in the world, but a guy who can come in off the bench and just hustle hard for 5 minutes. We lack an attitude that winning teams need.
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