VBC wrote:

What a pleasant evening we had on Friday.  A long drought against hated Pitt has been broken.  I sure hope B.B. Flenory was there because it surely was a very satisfying win.  I didn't see him there nor at any other home game so far this year.  Perhaps, like me, he is disgruntled.

Now we're both exceptionally gruntled about Friday's win, no doubt about that. 

This was the first time ever that I thought we had no chance going into the game.  But I did tell the friend that I attended the game with that even though I didn't think we could win, I did think Pitt might be able to find a way to lose to us.  And by golly they obliged by shooting poorly and playing generally uninspired on their way to scoring only 55 points which turned out to be very fortuitous for a Dukes team that scored 8 points less than their season average coming into the game.

But an extraordinary win doesn't change my outlook. 

The losses to Canisius, UT-Martin and UMBC are not overshadowed by beating Pitt.

Can the season be turned around?  Yes, it can.  Do I think it will be based on what I've seen so far?  No.

I agree with duq81 that winning the rest of the non-conference games is a must.  But I want to see more than .500 in league play to approve of Ferry keeping his job.  I think 10-8 in league play should be the bottom line.  It's year 5 for this coach, 10 wins in conference play is not asking too much.

The turnaround must be underway.  It has to have started on Friday.  There can be no more bad losses.

I want to be gruntled for the rest of the season.  Sadly, based on Jim Ferry's past record, I don't think I will be.

 

You can't fire Ferry if he goes .500 in league play. That would be a major step forward from 5 wins last year.
 

rosceaux wrote:

VBC wrote:

What a pleasant evening we had on Friday.  A long drought against hated Pitt has been broken.  I sure hope B.B. Flenory was there because it surely was a very satisfying win.  I didn't see him there nor at any other home game so far this year.  Perhaps, like me, he is disgruntled.

Now we're both exceptionally gruntled about Friday's win, no doubt about that. 

This was the first time ever that I thought we had no chance going into the game.  But I did tell the friend that I attended the game with that even though I didn't think we could win, I did think Pitt might be able to find a way to lose to us.  And by golly they obliged by shooting poorly and playing generally uninspired on their way to scoring only 55 points which turned out to be very fortuitous for a Dukes team that scored 8 points less than their season average coming into the game.

But an extraordinary win doesn't change my outlook. 

The losses to Canisius, UT-Martin and UMBC are not overshadowed by beating Pitt.

Can the season be turned around?  Yes, it can.  Do I think it will be based on what I've seen so far?  No.

I agree with duq81 that winning the rest of the non-conference games is a must.  But I want to see more than .500 in league play to approve of Ferry keeping his job.  I think 10-8 in league play should be the bottom line.  It's year 5 for this coach, 10 wins in conference play is not asking too much.

The turnaround must be underway.  It has to have started on Friday.  There can be no more bad losses.

I want to be gruntled for the rest of the season.  Sadly, based on Jim Ferry's past record, I don't think I will be.

 

Agreed 100%

I'm with them. Agreed.