(02-05-2018 02:18 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 01:47 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 01:43 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 01:22 PM)stxrunner Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 12:38 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  Not just beat, destroyed. Perhaps the weakest #6 team in the history of rankings?

What's even more hilarious is how on earth we're still ranked. We're barely a top 40 team right now.


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I see we've reached the stage in the tantrum where we are tearing everybody else down now.

I'm not there yet. I still have a grasp on objectivity, but it is tenuous.

You'd have to walk a mile in a Shocker's shoes to feel what we feel. A typical Shocker team (by typical I mean what we have been enjoying the last half decade) would have beaten the Temple team I watched on television the other day by 30. Yes, yes... I know Temple has beaten some solid teams at different points in the year. But the Temple team I watched the other evening would have been beaten into submission... similar to what we did to Houston at home.

We've shown flashes of our old self this year, but mostly it's been on and off, on and off, like a flickering light bulb nearing the end of its journey.

The vast majority in this conference have seen maybe half a dozen Shocker games over the years. Frankly, you all are not even qualified to speak on the issue of what the Shockers can and can't do. We KNOW what all of the AAC teams have done over the last half decade save for UConn... and that's nothing.

Just to be clear...a typical Wichita State team would be more like last year's team than this year's team, right?

A typical Wichita State team doesn't look soft. A typical Wichita State team NEVER gets pushed around. A typical Wichita State team takes a 10 pt. lead then proceeds to step on the throat of the opponent turning it into 20. A typical Wichita State team absolutely flummoxes their opponent's offensive gameplan enjoying a significant turnover advantage. (we put up 18 TO's against Houston ). If there's anything a Gregg Marshall team does best, it's take care of the ball. I've seen more sloppy passes in the last couple weeks than I've seen in 8 years.

So...again my question is...was last year's team a typical Wichita State team? You know, the team that lost two players (who were walk-ons) from the current iteration. You know, the team that played in the heaping pile of garbage that is the MVC, rather than the average AAC. You know, the team that cried about getting seeded terribly based on playing no one and who know has to actually play teams with a pulse and who are well coached and who looks like an average team.

Again...maybe you should look at the one thing that DID change between seasons...Wichita State in the past seasons played teams in conference who would capitulate to the "king" and now they're playing teams who have had to fight for every win against comparable competition to current WSU. Gregg Marshall in the past was coaching most of his games against guys with career winning percentages in the .400 range, not coaches like Fran Dunphy, Mick Cronin, and Kelvin Sampson who are proven winners at higher levels than the Missouri States and Drakes of the world. Maybe...just maybe...the thing that changed wasn't the team that returned 11 players, 91% of its minutes, 90% of its scoring, and 8 of its top 9 players...MAYBE the thing that changed was the fact that the AAC is a hell of lot better than what they all supposedly cut their teeth on.