bigskybound12

So why is it every time someone posts something you don,t want to read it is a parent or a player? First, I am not a parent and second, no player is dumb enough to post about himself or the team. I am tired of how Jones portrays this team as in perfect chemistry and are together as one. If you want to continue to believe that than just go right ahead. I just stated a few facts and if you don't want to believe them then its your right. I have read so many negative posts in the past on this forum about players and coaches and which players should be cut or not cut. How is that positive for these players that you keep saying suck and should be cut loose. Its just Jones making everything sound so rosy when its not. Greenteam, if you are offended from my post then I don't know what you have been doing in the past when others post negative about the players. I'm addressing the coaches. Others have stated no chemistry and I am just pointing out examples of this. No direct communication and I am just also pointing out this. If the truth offends anyone than I am sorry. Wont happen again.

Just like you posted on the womans bb forum, I have been around and I know players and their families. I am just sick of Jones talking about how much chemistry and how they are family is why I made this post. This is an open forum to discuss the good and bad of what we think. Everyone that knows any of the players knows what is going on. In spite of all of this I am very happy and excited they have won back to back championships. However, with this type of chemistry I fear the toughness of the Big Sky will show. We are not in the Great West anymore. We will have to have everything be right just to make the conference tournament. I will always be there to support but fear what I am hearing and seeing. Coaches must have discipline and develop these players. The development is not happening either. They are not helping them improve and that in itself is also an issue. There is more but since a lot of you don't want to read the truth at this point I will stop.

Based on what I know its amazing this team won the amount of games this past year. Jones keeps talking about how they are family and the great chemistry they have. This is so far from the truth. The coaches do not treat hardly any of the players as so called family. When a player is down or needs help the coaches do nothing and basically ignore them. They communicate basically by text, thats right text. Players this year that did not travel where notified the day of travel by text and no explanations as to why. Basically dont pack you are not travelling. There is much more but I will jump to the chemistry issue. This team is divided big time amongst the players. You have Webb, Huff, Anderson, Antwi and Gentry on one side and the rest on the other side. These 5 call themselves the "five live" and was told after they won the championship these 5 formed a circle and celebrated among themselves while the others watched. If you closely watch games you can see they look for each other and not others. Many of you have mentioned how Jones has no discipline, that is true. He is so scared that huff is going to leave that he sais or does nothing to control him but yells at others all the time for the same mistakes that Huff makes but nothing is said to Huff. This causes alot of problems cause these players are not stupid. During one game a player asked Huff while on the bench why he doesnt cheer for the players on the court, Huff said F*ck you. Then this player asked again are you too good to cheer and he again said f*ck you. This is how it is. No chemistry at all. Dont know if these and other issues can be resolved but its going to take alot more from these coaches than they are showing. They must communicate and grow some balls. This is D1 basketball not elementary rec ball. so they need to start treating these players with respect and not just ignore them like they are nothing, ask Haugen how this goes. I hope these coaches grow, if not this team with its talent will be swallowed up in the Big Sky.