GDPritch Posted February 16 Posted February 16 12 hours ago, und1995 said: Glad they got the win but I think a coaching change is necessary. We’ve already seen what Mal’s teams can do. NDSU has consistently improved under Joey and UND can’t say the same. Agree fully. Quote
UND92,96 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 7 minutes ago, GDPritch said: I’m an old guy but the U Mich men’s hoops coach 30 or so years ago who had the all freshmen Fab 5. Steve Fisher. Won a national title at Michigan in 1989 after taking over for Bill Frieder during the season. Another example closer to home is Aaron Johnston at SDSU. He was like 26 years old and they were at best the third-best women's basketball program in the NCC when he took over. I don't think anybody could have predicted how well that would work out. Quote
petey23 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Oxbow6 said: Not sure if this has been posted here but Fricke from Minot HS is coming to UND per a source from Minot. If she can get healthy (knee) and stay healthy that will be a top tier Summit backcourt with her and Schiller. Also...always a great win to beat your instate rival. Can we get her to accelerate her high school by a year....maybe bring her teammate with her! Quote
UND1983 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 12 hours ago, CMSioux said: Job saving win in an environment where the AD is reluctant to make coaching changes. I really want to go to the Summit League tournament but can't justify the distance and expense for one and done every year. Unfortunately this is the classic UND mentality. Who cares that she loses 2 of every 3 games, right? Quote
NewUndFan Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Anyone know why Demers is out ? I missed it if they said it. Also why is Hurst coming in for Ibrahim??? She is a complete liability ! Anyone would be better. Just another Mal mistake in my opinion Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Just checking in yea I see that Demers isn’t playing - hopefully just sick hanging tough after three quarters down two but we are In foul trouble Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 We have 18 turnovers early in fourth qtr. if only we could control this but too many again down six now Quote
GoodGood Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Turn it over on last possession of the game. Seems fitting Quote
NewUndFan Posted February 21 Posted February 21 And who does Mal put in at the end of the game when we need 3 to tie !!??? HURST biggest liability on the team and she throws the ball away again !!! Mal absolutely needs to go ! Those girls are so close but the need a real coach ! 1 Quote
Kab Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Schiller missed 4 free throws and 6 turnovers , 21points ‘not sure why Mal has her doing so much on inbounds plays their coach pressed just enough on the inbounds to cause turnovers, Mal no answer Quote
Popular Post sioux24/7 Posted February 21 Popular Post Posted February 21 Get these girls a coach and they might have something. 7 Quote
Und246 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Hurst is a total liability on offense and defense. She should never be in the game. What is Mal doing? It is so obvious. 2 Quote
ND-fan Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 yes it has been obvious for last few years and I thought Mallory would learn but she hasn’t improved other than this has been her best set of assistant coaches. We had another night of 23 turnovers and some miscues from our players but look at their minutes they were tired most had played nearly entire game. If you look when we control our turnovers we usually win the game. If you go to box score we out rebounded them, made 3 more free throws and shot same percentage. The difference is they put up 9 more shots and we gave up 11 more points off turnovers. 1 Quote
ND-fan Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 I thought this was likely coming players leaving with younger players moving ahead of older players. Beal looking at her potential when she came here has been disappointment for us and for her too! She is so athletic and has size and quickness but her offensive skills never developed to where she could get playing time. Her defense was above average but for 2 guard you need that ability to score from outside as well as on the inside. I don’t know if was our not being able to help her develop or it was on her for not getting to next level. What ever it is I wish her well going into the future. Don’t be surprised if we see more changes coming especially after the season. Quote
Kab Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I think Mal is too stubborn and too inept to change things Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 21 Posted February 21 6 minutes ago, Kab said: I think Mal is too stubborn and too inept to change things Stubborn? Sounds like a couple of other coaches on campus. One has been replaced, the other should be. Quote
forksandspoons Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Chaves made an interim head coach that went 2-19 the full-time head coach Quote
GoodGood Posted February 21 Posted February 21 19 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: @jdub27 said that was the right decision…… And that it could go either way if she gets an extension or not this year…… @jdub27 also said he doesn’t think it’s a big deal our coaches said they don’t care about wins and losses Meanwhile, on a podcast this morning, Rick Pitino said the first thing you need to do as a coach is instill with the team how much you hate losing. It’s almost like good coaches care about wins and losses 😉 2 Quote
UND92,96 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I realize it falls on the coach regardless, but is the bigger problem right now X's and O's, or the fact that there is so little depth? There are only eight players on the team who average 10 or more minutes per game (really only seven since one of those is no longer on the team), which leads to at least some of the starters playing arguably too many minutes. Nobody on either SDSU or NDSU's team is asked to play 30-plus minutes per game, whereas UND has three players doing so. It takes a toll over the course of a season. I can't help wondering how many more wins UND would have had this season with just a couple of more solid role players off the bench. The kinds UND probably could have had but never offered and are currently playing at UMary and other area NSIC schools. Quote
F'n Hawks Posted February 21 Posted February 21 14 minutes ago, UND92,96 said: I realize it falls on the coach regardless, but is the bigger problem right now X's and O's, or the fact that there is so little depth? There are only eight players on the team who average 10 or more minutes per game (really only seven since one of those is no longer on the team), which leads to at least some of the starters playing arguably too many minutes. Nobody on either SDSU or NDSU's team is asked to play 30-plus minutes per game, whereas UND has three players doing so. It takes a toll over the course of a season. I can't help wondering how many more wins UND would have had this season with just a couple of more solid role players off the bench. The kinds UND probably could have had but never offered and are currently playing at UMary and other area NSIC schools. Honestly, a 8 or 9 player rotation is very common especially once conference season starts. Agree though mainly, still need solid minutes from those depth players and get them to buy into a role Quote
GDPritch Posted February 22 Posted February 22 On 2/21/2025 at 9:56 AM, ND-fan said: I thought this was likely coming players leaving with younger players moving ahead of older players. Beal looking at her potential when she came here has been disappointment for us and for her too! She is so athletic and has size and quickness but her offensive skills never developed to where she could get playing time. Her defense was above average but for 2 guard you need that ability to score from outside as well as on the inside. I don’t know if was our not being able to help her develop or it was on her for not getting to next level. What ever it is I wish her well going into the future. Don’t be surprised if we see more changes coming especially after the season. How both Beal and Hurst were ever rated 3 star (?) recruits is absolutely beyond me. Quote
GDPritch Posted February 22 Posted February 22 20 hours ago, UND92,96 said: I realize it falls on the coach regardless, but is the bigger problem right now X's and O's, or the fact that there is so little depth? There are only eight players on the team who average 10 or more minutes per game (really only seven since one of those is no longer on the team), which leads to at least some of the starters playing arguably too many minutes. Nobody on either SDSU or NDSU's team is asked to play 30-plus minutes per game, whereas UND has three players doing so. It takes a toll over the course of a season. I can't help wondering how many more wins UND would have had this season with just a couple of more solid role players off the bench. The kinds UND probably could have had but never offered and are currently playing at UMary and other area NSIC schools. To your point, if juniors Beal and Hurst had played up to expectations when they were recruited this would not be an issue. Quote
ND-fan Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 Beal and Hurst not meeting expectations has had effect on where the team is. But we do have several freshmen on the team I believe if Mallory had worked with them earlier this season could be playing bigger roles on this team. Piekny, Volmer, and Mathern have shown flashes this year they could provide minutes and roles on this team but true to form Mallory has lost patience with these players and then would sit for number of games or only see a minute or two a game. I can say Beal was also in this group too and I can see where Beal as Junior now didn’t see any role for her play regular minutes. I know I don’t know what happens internally with these players but coach has to figure out roles with these players and then you carry through developing role for these players but you can’t just yo yo these players where don’t use them for number of games and then expect them to play exactly what you want in this role you have to coach them to what you want and is in there ability to do that. I look at Piekny she was getting fair amount of minutes earlier this season until she was sitting on bench. Mathern same thing played number of games then was not even in games and now she playing again no consistency to develop these players. Volmer was hurt early and after that hardly seen the floor. I believe she could have provided some minutes of rest for Schiller. I think Schiller would have even better numbers if she would have had few less minutes because she would have been better at the end of the game. I look at SDSU coach Johnson has developed younger players quicker by playing them giving minutes fill in certain roles and coaching them correcting their mistakes as they go. This is why there teams are really deep and he is able recruit the talent he does because they know get some playing time. This is one of the reasons we need better coaching here Mallory hasn’t been able to learn but just believes what she does is right and when your loosing you need to self evaluate and figure out how to win. She has had 5 years we’re still only winning 30% of our games and had only one winning season with one done in the Summit tournament. Quote
und1995 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 UND was once up 35-26 and now is down 35-43. 17-0 run by Denver.... Quote
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