Fire Frank Martin...
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Welcome aboard. Hes horrible. I honestly never thought we would ever be anywhere remotely this bad after a final four run and yet here we are...smh.
Say what? Wyoming is horrible. Augusta? Stoney Brook? Are you kidding me? We might not win a SEC game. I honestly dont know of any SEC team we can beat? UGA maybe?
correct.. i have come to his defense many times... no more. Nice guy, but his time should be over at SC
Yea this is terrible. Hard to watch! Lawson just keeps shooting....never making anything. Silva looks like he would rather be anywhere this year other than playing basketball. The team is just not good....not even close. Sorry Frank time to go! Anybody wanna buy some season tickets...lower level.
He’s clearly lost this team and more yelling isn’t going to work this year. And Silva cam back to play like this—lackadaisical at best. Take a good look at ole Frank cause this is the final year. The dismal conference record we’re about to suffer through will seal it for him. No matter what Ray thinks, the facts will leave him no choice this time.
This is building to a sad conclusion - one we hoped we would never see, one we didn't think was even on the table.
I'm not a big fire the coach guy. But this is a dumpster fire. This crowd knows nothing about the game. Silva and Kotsar have both regressed.
Wofford is a good team. They were down by 2 to Kansas at the half and only lost by like 20. Wyoming is also great. They were 2-6 entering the game. Now 3-6. That’s 33%. They’d be hall of famers in baseball.
Absolutely no reason to be optimistic going forward.
Absolutely no reason to be optimistic going forward.
When there is no one at any of the games it will put a lot of pressure on Ray!
why anyone would go see this team play in Columbia is beyond me
It’s simply unfathomable how bad this team is playing two seasons after a Final Four. Quite frankly it’s the worst coaching job I can recall from a USC MBB coach, and yes that includes the Horntanic years.
It looks and feels like Frank has lost this team. We are staring down the barrel of a losing non-conference record and no more than 9-12 total wins (and reaching 11 or 12 seems very optimistic at the point).
Assuming Frank is still here going into next year, this is all setting up for a tourney-or-bust 2019-2020 season. And quite frankly, while there’s some promising young talent on this team, I don’t see a leap to a tourney squad in the span of one year (especially given the usual offseason attrition).
It looks and feels like Frank has lost this team. We are staring down the barrel of a losing non-conference record and no more than 9-12 total wins (and reaching 11 or 12 seems very optimistic at the point).
Assuming Frank is still here going into next year, this is all setting up for a tourney-or-bust 2019-2020 season. And quite frankly, while there’s some promising young talent on this team, I don’t see a leap to a tourney squad in the span of one year (especially given the usual offseason attrition).
I don’t think Frank Martin is a bad coach. I think he is a pretty good coach, but his coaching style is just something that is not going to attract big-time recruits. His yell-first style is just not for the current or future generation of recruits, unfortunately.
That's what I've noticed the little I've watched of this year. I haven't seen him stand up once, much less yell. I figure if Frank isn't going to be Frank then no sense in watching.
I'm not sure what happened and hope we can somehow turn things around. We make the final four and regress while the rest of the SEC gets better. The last 2 seasons have been strange to say the least.
This team is not worthy of any more game threads.
Lets remember what the final 4 season really was. We limped into the postseason and got hot at the right time. It was not a good season until we made the tourney and caught lightning in a bottle.
And Frank's style of degrading and cussing out players does not resonate with kids these days. He has lost the locker room
And Frank's style of degrading and cussing out players does not resonate with kids these days. He has lost the locker room
I agree. Everyone talks about how his players like him but there are not many players that are attracted to his style of coaching and would want to come here. The players seem to play out of fear of making a mistake rather than just enjoying the game. They screw up and he immediately pulls them out. Sometimes, I think he would rather prove a point with a player than win a game. The yelling and berating of players is becoming embarrassing when it appears he has not developed a plan for this team to score offensively. I hope this ship shows some sign of turning but it hard to turn a ship when taking on water.
Who’s that Sara Marshall or Penny Marshall person we usually add to these threads???
I never thought I'd see the day. Man, you must've been hot after watching that stinker last night.
I really don't see any possible way that you can get rid of Frank Martin. Ray Tanner gives contract extensions and raises out like candy. I'm sure it would cost a fortune to buy out his contract.
Frank lost boxsoxcock? Ruh-oh. That's not good. He was a Frank Martin defender.
I was never a fan of the hiring of FM, but I was willing to give him a chance to prove himself.
The final 4 run was, as one described earlier "catching lighting in a bottle" type of situation.
I'll give him credit for the 2 year run (2016-2017) but the regression since is now becoming more and more difficult to explain away.
The final 4 run was, as one described earlier "catching lighting in a bottle" type of situation.
I'll give him credit for the 2 year run (2016-2017) but the regression since is now becoming more and more difficult to explain away.
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I'm guessing he wants out.
Settle out the nice contract extension he received from the Final Four miracle and head to TV before he's too far removed from the success he's had.
Settle out the nice contract extension he received from the Final Four miracle and head to TV before he's too far removed from the success he's had.
I hadn't considered that. When Eddie Fogler reached the end of his career, he could not have cared less and it looked a lot like Frank this season.
Yep - it's unfortunate for us. He's had guest analyst gigs with both CBS & ESPN and seems to have a good rapport with both networks/teams.
I just don't get it...why is it that this is just a bad shooting team? I mean shooting 33% while giving up 50% three pointers is a bad recipe for losing. scratching my head...
Definitely needs to go. About to lose the next 3 games as well, then one easy win, then conference play. It’s gonna be a bad year.
