Too soon to tell if the Cajuns are Marlin's best team to date

[Turbine]

Are you being dense on purpose? I understand it's harder to win on the road, that's not exactly a revelation. I am saying this is not your normal team and I expect them to win anyway. I think they are that good. I think they are good enough to sweep this conference, RECOGNIZING that's hard to do. Jesus.

BTW after the inhumanity of a bus ride we just won by 12. This is a good team, expect them to win. It's more fun.

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

[GeauxCajuns]

You've never played then. Go back and read all my posts and then come back. I said at first. That's why I also said that the good teams find a way in the second half.

Well I played college football and lots of times our hotels were more than 45 minutes from the field we were playing at, you don't have to find an alternate way to win if you are on a bus for 5-6 hour ride, it won't affect play the next day.

[GeauxCajuns]

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

We had stale legs against ULM at home, how long was the bus ride from the dorms on campus to the cajundome?

[CharlieK]

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

This team notoriously starts slow. Started slow against ULM last game too. UT just started off red hot. Once they cooled and Marlin made a few key adjustments it was church. Nothing to do with the damn bus ride.

The dense part is you continuing to lecture about road games being harder to win....and completely missing that my point is I KNOW THAT, that’s how good I think this team is.

Now, try reading it again: I refuse to downplay expectations. I expect them to take care of business on this road trip.

Not because road games are easy, because we are good!

[CajunEXPRESS]

This team notoriously starts slow. Started slow against ULM last game too. UT just started off red hot. Once they cooled and Marlin made a few key adjustments it was church. Nothing to do with the damn bus ride.

The dense part is you continuing to lecture about road games being harder to win....and completely missing that my point is I KNOW THAT, that's how good I think this team is.

Now, try reading it again: I refuse to downplay expectations. I expect them to take care of business on this road trip.

Not because road games are easy, because we are good!

You're right. We're winning on the road good or bad teams. Of course UTA with a losing conference record? How good can they be?

[CrazyCajun]

You've never played then. Go back and read all my posts and then come back. I said at first. That's why I also said that the good teams find a way in the second half.

I have played, traveled the entire state in the playoffs on a damn school bus. If you let the ride get to you, you are soft. Sitting in a charter bus seat is no different than sitting in a chair at home waiting for a home tip off. There is a 40 foot isle with 7 foot ceilings In a charter bus to walk up and down if you get stir crazy,

[CajunEXPRESS]

Eighties porn coach next. At least they're winning conference games.

[talktomewillis]

It's more than a bus ride.

It's changing the mindset from a flight to a bus ride.

It's also (and NO ONE has mentioned this in any thread) not being able to practice on the opposition's court which can be a big deal especially when the three point shot is part of the arsenal.

You guys downplay it all you want.

Getting it done tonight was really big...especially when you faced some adversity.

[CrazyCajun]

It's more than a bus ride.

It's changing the mindset from a flight to a bus ride.

It's also (and NO ONE has mentioned this in any thread) not being able to practice on the opposition's court which can be a big deal especially when the three point shot is part of the arsenal.

You guys downplay it all you want.

Getting it done tonight was really big...especially when you faced some adversity.

No, getting it done is what winners do...it’s what competitors do. Blaming a loss on change of travel is what losers do. It’s what soft teams do. Champions find a way to get it done. The adversary they faced was a good team in a hostile environment, not riding on a damn half filled chartered bus.

[Turbine]

No, getting it done is what winners do...it’s what competitors do. Blaming a loss on change of travel is what losers do. It’s what soft teams do. Champions find a way to get it done. The adversary they faced was a good team in a hostile environment, not riding on a damn half filled chartered bus.

Acknowledging an icy patch on the roadway ahead is not "downplaying your expectations" of getting to work.

It simply means you are focusing on the task at hand.

If a passenger mentions an icy patch on the roadway ahead, it is not downplaying their expectations of getting to the destination.

It simply means they are focusing on your task at hand.

[zephyr]

I have played, traveled the entire state in the playoffs on a damn school bus. If you let the ride get to you, you are soft. Sitting in a charter bus seat is no different than sitting in a chair at home waiting for a home tip off. There is a 40 foot isle with 7 foot ceilings In a charter bus to walk up and down if you get stir crazy,

Its called jellylegs and I'm not talking about a luxury charter bus, I was talking about school buses. I wasn't making an excuse and if you'd go back to my previous posts you'd see that __. What I was saying was that there is a difference in playing on the road and at home as some were understating and I used the busing as an example and add on to the potential problem we had in the first half in being a step slow. I also mentioned that the good teams are able to overcome that and assert their will especially in the second half and we did that. Bye.

[AirBill]

Jaysus, Mary and Joseph — you'd swear we'd lost last night the way some of you Betties are prattling on!