Quick Thoughts in Late March

Greetings friends, my life seems to get busier the older I get. So, here are some quick thoughts on what is happening in my world.

-I was angered to see Mizzou head coach Kim Anderson get fired by my Alma Mater; Missouri.  Anderson showed improvement as he was asked and the team is clean.  By, that I mean no recruiting or NCAA violations and the players are graduating.  Cuonzo Martin has had success at Southwest Missouri State, Tennessee and California.  But, I don't think he is the guy to take Mizzou to a Final Four.  Time will tell.  I just hope Missouri doesn't get in that rut of firing and hiring coaches every three to five years.  Mizzou tried that in football for 25 years and it didn't work very well.

-I voted for Donald Trump.  Actually I voted against Hilary Clinton.  But, the more Trump governs as President of this country the more frustrated I become.  Trump just doesn't seem to know when to shut the hell up.  Maybe he will mature the longer  he is president of the USA.

-The St. Louis Blues are like a Pogo stick.  They are up and down.  They win four or five in a row and then go on a six game losing streak.   But, beware NHL teams.  They have the players to take this team deep into the playoffs if not win the Stanley Cup.

Finally, I have no clue who will win the NCAA tournament.  Of the remaining teams it could be one of about five in the tournament.  If I were to pick a team at this point I would go with Kansas.  You know I'm a Missouri Tiger fan, but Kansas is playing as well if not better than any other team still alive in the big dance.  If Kansas doesn't win it beware the Tarheels.

Mizzou is as Bad as Promised

In the post below this one I stated it would be a long winter in Columbia.  Well, its four weeks later and it is.  The Missouri Tigers are 7-13 overall and 1-6 in a mediocre SEC basketball conference and have lost six in a row.  As I write this they are losing to Ole Miss (13-7 & 4-3) by 17 with six minutes to go in the game at Columbia.

This is not Mizzou coach Kim Anderson's fault.  But, rather the a problem created by former coach Frank Haith who bolted to Tulsa after last season and left the cupboard bare.  Anderson will rebuild the program but it is going to take some time.

Note:  Mizzou ended up losing to Ole Miss 67-47 shortly after this was posted.

It's Going to be a Very Long Season for Missouri

As I write this my beloved Mizzou Tigers are struggling to beat Lipscomb University on the Tigers home floor in Columbia.  The fact of the matter is this is not a very good Missouri team.  In fact to be honest its a terrible basketball team.

To give you a little background Kim Anderson took over the Tigers basketball program this past spring after winning the NCAA Division 1-A Title at Central Missouri State.  I am a fan of Kim Anderson.  I watched him play at Mizzou and I watched the Tigers while he was an assistant to former head coach Norm Stewart.  Bottom line is Anderson knows the game, he knows how to coach and he knows how to recruit.

The problem is the person who had the program prior to Anderson is an opportunistic selfish man who left town as fast as he could to go to a smaller school at Tulsa.  His name is Frank Haith and he left the cupboard bare for Anderson.  Really, there is very little talent in Columbia and the Tigers are going to struggle in a mediocre SEC conference this season.

Give Anderson time and the Tigers will be back and competing against the powers in the SEC.  But for the rest of this basketball season and next year the Tigers will struggle against average teams and be overwhelmed by good teams.

As a Missouri Tiger fan I will continue to support them through the bad times and then into the good times.  Good Luck to Kim Anderson and his staff while they turn around this program.

For the record the game just ended and Missouri took advantage of poor shooting by Lipscomb to win the game 72-60.