TJ Going to UNLV?

[sdsurabbit]

Speaking of Obanor, I am curious if he has buyer's remorse as he considers the NCAA tourney potential of his current team vs ORU.

He might have buyer's remorse this year, but last year Texas Tech was a 3 seed in NCAA tourney & had a great run losing in a very close game to Duke in Sweet 16.

[OldHare]

Loved watching Tj and the #13 Cyclones go down to winless Texas Tech in the Big 12 in Ot. Iowa State was up 23 in the second half. Former ORU player Kevin Obanor had 22 points for Texas Tech and former SDSU commit Caleb Grill and now Cyclone again had a key turnover.

Speaking of Obanor, I am curious if he has buyer's remorse as he considers the NCAA tourney potential of his current team vs ORU.

[JACKGUYII]

Loved watching Tj and the #13 Cyclones go down to winless Texas Tech in the Big 12 in Ot. Iowa State was up 23 in the second half. Former ORU player Kevin Obanor had 22 points for Texas Tech and former SDSU commit Caleb Grill and now Cyclone again had a key turnover.

[goon]

They are kind of ass-backwards from the TJ coached teams that we knew - the defense is pretty good but their offense sucks.

thats an improvement over his unlv teams, they didnt do more for offense or defense.

[bigticket1]

Didn't notice it until I saw a post on Twitter this morning, but Iowa State is now in last place in the Big 12.

They are kind of ass-backwards from the TJ coached teams that we knew - the defense is pretty good but their offense sucks.

[Jackrabbit2012]

Didn't notice it until I saw a post on Twitter this morning, but Iowa State is now in last place in the Big 12.

[ringthebells]

I think we are in a better spot now that he is gone. I was mad initially when he took the one recruit and the other kid who could shoot. I'm not mad anymore. Thanks for stopping by TJ, I appreciate what you did here, no need to come back.

[JACKGUYII]

So far, Otzelberger has led Iowa State to a 7-0 record with wins against Memphis and Xavier with DEFENSE being an emphasis. This was a team that went 2-21 last year. Props to Otz, and hopefully they can make a run this year! I had my doubts, but looks like a great hire so far for the Cyclones.

Not a fan. My favorite team is whoever is playing Iowa State.

[da_coach]

Otz is off to a great start!

[DieselJacks]

So far, Otzelberger has led Iowa State to a 7-0 record with wins against Memphis and Xavier with DEFENSE being an emphasis. This was a team that went 2-21 last year. Props to Otz, and hopefully they can make a run this year! I had my doubts, but looks like a great hire so far for the Cyclones.

[LetsGoRabbits]

sorry goon, and forgive me. i totally understood what you meant. i was just being a smart ass. sometimes i find myself unable to keep my sarcasm on the leash.

also totally agree with your intent!! i really think that TJ is a good and a nice person, but i found his coaching philosophy and style very VERY hard to watch. wish him the best at ISU and he has been a good recruiter. if he can get kids and their families to believe that ISU is the place he finally plans to stay at for more than 3 years, he will probably continue to do a decent job as a recruiter. unfortunately, he needs to be an ELITE recruiter because he has thus far shown zero ability to help players grow/ improve/ get the MOST out of their ability. which will mean he basically needs to recruit kids who are finished products or very close and ready to go out and win against kansas and the rest of the big 12.

i hope i am wrong. i would be happy for TJ to succeed at ISU. i think it probably is the job he has always wanted. i think he is a nice guy with a nice family and i definitely do not with for him to fail. ALSO i do not think that him succeeding at ISU is any threat to the jacks. i dont think him at ISU would mean that he will be in competition with the jacks for lots of area recruits. it does not seem to me that he has consistently shown any intention to be a local/ regional recruiter. plus there continues to be more and more talent in sd and the neighboring states and i have EVERY faith in hendo and staff ability to hold their own

[goon]

sorry i do not leave the sdsu part of this thing very often. also sorry to Goon, but if you can explain to me some of the ways to win a game WITHOUT scoring more than the other team, then i definitely need to get over to these pages more often)))

maybe that is why i am not coaching any longer)) i think i ended most of my pregame speeches by saying lets go out there and score more points than the other guys) i also had other simple fundamental ideas like pass the ball to people wearing the same color shirt as you

to keep this relevant to TJ it is more difficult to score more points than the other team, if you consistently allow them to score at will

I should have clarified but you can focus on defense or offense or both. Tj is more just offense. Like Wisconsin you can win 60-55. Tj teams arent going to go that route. He would rather win 100-95.

[UWMandSDSU]

Grill follows TJ back to Iowa St.

[LetsGoRabbits]

Anyway, about TJ and his style of offense and defense......Theres a lot of ways to win the game, and one is to score more then the other team......So focusing on offense makes sense. With that said, good defense leads to good offense is a good cliche......

sorry i do not leave the sdsu part of this thing very often. also sorry to Goon, but if you can explain to me some of the ways to win a game WITHOUT scoring more than the other team, then i definitely need to get over to these pages more often)))

maybe that is why i am not coaching any longer)) i think i ended most of my pregame speeches by saying lets go out there and score more points than the other guys) i also had other simple fundamental ideas like pass the ball to people wearing the same color shirt as you

to keep this relevant to TJ it is more difficult to score more points than the other team, if you consistently allow them to score at will

[bigticket1]

Otz should be able to tell new recruits that Ames is the end of the road for him. He landed the Big 12 job he wanted 5 years ago. Otz did it on the fast track with 2 stops on the 5 year road. He hit the goal for now. He does a great job of bringing in talent. SDSU and UNLV should both realize their place in his ascension. Both programs have good coaches on the bench to follow his movement. The Jackrabbits did not have as much attrition as UNLV which was well illustrated the past 2 years continued at the top of the Summit.

For TJ's sake, hopefully the AD has given him a long leash. 2-22 and 0-18 in the Big 12 means that there needs to be a major makeover of the roster. That's going to take awhile, especially in that league. When the Jacks won in Ames I figured that this wasn't a great Cyclone team, but never thought it would be that bad.