On the plus side, I do think the team has continued to play hard/is still emotionally invested. Maybe this loss kills that, but for now I don’t think he’s lost the team. That’s a real accomplishment given the way the season has gone. And the announcers pointed out how Steele was drawing up points out of timeouts. Another positive sign.
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Thread: Fire Steele?
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02-10-2019, 10:50 AM #21
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02-10-2019, 11:03 AM #22
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02-10-2019, 11:03 AM #23
X has been blowing leads of all sorts the first most notable going back to the San Diego State game during the early-season tourney when they blew a 19 point lead and lost. There are some other games in the OOC season when X blew leads, but hung on to win. So, blame aside, we can all stipulate that playing with and holding the lead has been an issue for this team all season. That is a fact, notwithstanding whose feet we want to lay the blame for it happening.
Pray the Rosary daily
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02-10-2019, 11:42 AM #24
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At this point, he is out of his depth.
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02-10-2019, 12:09 PM #25
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02-10-2019, 12:16 PM #26
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I have not posted much this year cause there is no reason to repeat the I told you so mantra and have people just get pissed off. However this thread is bad.
No, Steele shouldn't be fired. Anyone who thought this team would compete for any type of bid was delusional. When you need multiple transfers you are not going to do much. Getting that one guy to fill a missing piece is okay but going with multiple transfers is a bad formula. That is not Steele's fault.
As for needing an exceptional team to make a final four, that is dependant on your definition of exceptional. If you mean exceptional talent then that helps but is not really true. If you mean work exceptionally well as a team then yes I agree.
It's just a perfect storm this year. It will get better very soon. Steele will be fine
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02-10-2019, 12:56 PM #27
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02-10-2019, 12:59 PM #28
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02-10-2019, 01:12 PM #29
Greg Christopher addressed our Lew Hirt Society Convention yesterday.
The chief point he continually made was that there were too many times in past years where the recruiting at Xavier was a "Roller Coaster" (his words). One year up, one year down. Not consistent. He was extremely confident (and of course he made the hire, so you know he would express it) that the current staff would stop the up and down. He cited Steele's work ethic as to that, that he never stops and his 24 hour turnaround trip this past week to see Harvey. Whether or not we get Harvey over Gonzaga, (I have a hard time seeing it when the two programs and coach experience/resume is compared, but whatever) the point is that Steele is non stop in this vein.
Whether or not Steele can effectively manage a roster and manage an individual game is still in question, however."I Got CHAMPIONS in that Lockerroom!" -Stanley Burrell
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02-10-2019, 01:15 PM #30
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