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Written by LucasCoug

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:39

A formal announcement isn't expected until tomorrow, but Bill Moos has been hired according to sources.

Details to come.

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WSU Pre-Spring Glance, RBs

Written by LucasCoug
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 08:00
Replacing a great one. Before we take a look at the Cougars pre-spring depth at running back, here are a few notes from around the league. Read more Add comment (20) Hits: 1601

Arizona Redux?

Written by Coug-A-Sutra

Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:51

Hello Followers. Hope your weekend is off to a good start.

Well, thanks to the brilliant decision by FSN to televise Oregon State and Stanford, today's contest between the Cougs and Troy will not be televised. As a result, there will not be an opportunity for yours truly to disect the game in my now patented "State the Obvious" fashion.

That said, if you want to read my prediction for today's contest, then read on.

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Moos Loose on the Palouse?

Written by Sean Hawkins
Friday, 19 February 2010 09:24
Happy Friday Cougs. And hey, happy "Tiger Woods Talks!" day to you all. Yep, today's the day we hear Tiger address the media about what's happened and where we all go from here. Well, not exactly address the media, in that no, he won't be taking any questions, and it's some kind of weird closed circuit deal where most of the media won't even be in the room. He will read a statement, and that's it. To me, here's the only things he should say (and in reality, probably should have said from the beginning?): 1) I made a mistake.....OK, actually, several mistakes, but who's counting? 2) I'm sorry. 3) It will never happen again. And he should say these things to his wife. For she is the only one who deserves to hear it. Well, I guess he should apologize to the people who put him on a pedestal for being a fantastic family man, all the while being able to hit a little white ball really, really far, and put it in a hole in fewer strokes than anyone else around. Oh, and he probably should say sorry to the sponsors who wrote him huge checks for him to endorse their products, all under the so-called "image" he and his handlers crafted for him. Yeah, he should probably apologize to them too. So, I guess he should say he's sorry to pretty much everyone. And moving forward, he should probably promise to stay out of strip clubs and iHop's too. Moving on to things we really care about, Grippi broke the news late yesterday that the Moos offer is officially on the table. Not that it is any kind of a surprise. What, were they going to parade him around to everyone in Coug Nation, only to say "you know Bill, the whole thing no longer interests us. Best of luck to you." Of course the offer was coming, it was only a matter of when, not if. Here's what we know so far: 1) He wants the job, as he has told anyone and everyone in this whirlwind of a week, including a couple of unnamed WSU staffers who told us personally they were blown away by what he had to say behind closed doors. 2) WSU is wanting and needing his services, in a really, really bad way. 3) Oregon still has $200k per year due to him for the next 7 years, only if he isn't an A.D. west of the Mississippi. 4) Moos' people are talking to Bellotti's people, trying to see if there is a way to make this work. Want my best guess as to how this is going to turn out??...... Read more Add comment (18) Hits: 751

Soul Searching Time

Written by Coug-A-Sutra

Thursday, 18 February 2010 23:38

Hello Followers. Hope you're ready for a nice basketball free weekend!

Tonight, our Cougies laid an egg of the biggest sorts, losing to UCLA 71-51.

Its now been nearly 20 years since we've beaten the Bruins IN PULLMAN.

As the header states, now is the time for some serious soul searching about who we are and where we are going.

As far as tonight was concerned, two disconcerting issues seem in play: (a) Bone has NO CLUE about how to attack a zone; or (b) His players are not listening to him.

Tonight, once again we saw Ben Howland brilliantly pick us apart. Their game plan: (a) Play zone with the understanding that we have no clue how to attack it; and (b) Pound us inside recognizing that we have no presence whatsoever at power forward.

Our plan was to, well, I don't know. Hypothetically, our answer was to have our smaller, and perhaps, quicker four exploit UCLA by stretching the defense with our presence on the exterior/baseline.

Unfortunately, in order for that to work, you have to move the ball.

A few weeks ago, I provided yet another classic Sutra "state the obvious" insight. That insight was as follows: Teams that dribble against a zone defense LOSE. Conversely, teams that rapidly swing the basketball by PASSING THE FRICKING ROCK are able to beat zones.

Tonight, for the second straight time, we dribbled, dribbled, dribbled, dribbled. And when you do that against a competent zone, you are left with a myriad of contested shots and turnovers. And that is what we saw tonight.

As I've noted to you before, this team feeds off of its offense (as opposed to Cougar teams of T-Bone lore). And while folks like Grippy want to talk about how terrible our defense was, that isn't the point. The FIFTY one total points at home is what you all should look at.

So, what can we take from tonight? Well, Saturday will tell a lot.

In the meantime, don't count me as one of those Bone apologists that are currently in the blog-o-sphere.

This team has been HORRIBLY coached and managed over the past three weeks. And, if the boys are the culprits of not obeying the coach, then lets see a healthy dose of Bjornstad, Allen, Brown, Motum and company.

Only Casto and Thames looked like they had a clue tonight.

And with a week to prepare for team that beat us at the same game a few weeks back, tonight was inexcusable.

The buck stops with you, Ken Bone. Its beyond time to deal with it.

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