Tough Weekend

[joeD]

That was a COACHES vote. And it was a TIE for first - Bill Self and Scott (?) Hoiberg (?) of Iowa State.

Haith won the AP Coach of the Year for the Big 12. (Gee, I wonder why? Could it be that there were no nabobs from the conference voting?)

MIzzou is getting punished all around for going to the SEC. Let it go. It'll be over soon.

JLIG. Just Let It Go.

[ozark trout fisher]

Simply ridiculous. I could have seen Haith as being tied for first with Fred Hoiberg....Hoiberg has really done an excellent job this year. But Bill Self? Come on. Nobody except John Calipari and Scott Drew has more sheer talent to work with. Of course they are good. Not to say that Self isn't an excellent coach, but I wouldn't say he proved that this year. When you have Jeff Withey, Tyshawn Taylor, and Thomas Robinson, how could you not be top 10? Meanwhile everyone had Missouri projected to finish anywhere between 4th and 6th and the conference, and look where we are now.

I wish we weren't moving to the SEC, as I've said a million times, but the Big 12 should at least be fair in these sort of things.

[stlfisher]

Just another reason I am glad we are moving to the SEC. This kind of stuff has gone on and on for years. Haith deserves the honor hands down.

[ozark trout fisher]

Haith certainly deserved the honor, but let's be honest. If the Missouri wasn't moving for the SEC, he almost certainly would have gotten the nod for coach of the year. I think this is pretty clearly one of the Big 12's ways of giving Missouri the finger for leaving the conference. I can understand why they would do that, but still, you've got to be fair....

Next year won't be nearly as exciting for me due to the conference move, but I'll always be a Tigers fan. Even a move to the SEC can't change that. Why couldn't we have stayed? The conference would be very solid. I mean, let's take a look....

Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, and West Virginia. The Big 12 will be better than ever next year, and we'll be stuck in a conference never belonged in, playing Florida and Alabama instead of Kansas and Oklahoma. How sad.

Weekly anti-SEC rant over for now.