SEMO wins exhibition opener

Marty, I agree that we can't judge how Nutt's staff will do based on this season's win-loss record. We can judge the future, I think, based on effort & discipline. It is going to be a long year I think, record wise. But the team played really hard last night. The defensive execution wasn't great, but the effort was huge compared to the last three years or so. And while we don't have any "immediate impact" freshmen, I think all the freshmen have the ability to have pretty solid OVC careers, as long as they aren't asked to be the primary weapons all four years (hopefully better help is on the way). Anyway, I am fairly encouraged. But we're going to have to be very patient when it comes to the Ws and Ls. VERY PATIENT.

Both Russell and Hill had nagging injuries that Nutt just didn't want to take a chance on them tweaking in a exhibition game. What we have this year is a group of GREAT kids who are hard workers and your blue collar type of players. You don't have to worry about this team giving less than 100% effort. What we lack is 1 or 2 impact players like most good teams have. You add that to the mix and you start to have a team that can start piling up some wins. This is a solid freshman class with Marlin Smith and Derek Thompson having a chance to become very good players.

We had a team that had hit rock bottom. I think Nutt has done an outstanding job of laying the foundation to get this program back on track. Next year we get back a impact player in Leon Powell. If we can just sign 1 more impact player this year then I believe we are headed back to the top of the OVC.

I really like the way coach Nutt runs his practices (not that he cares what I think) LOL. High energy all the time. I've never heard so many yes sirs or no sirs in my life from a group of basketball players. These are the kind of players everyone wants. Great kids and good students. No matter the W's and L's, if you can't get behind this team and come out and support them then...........I'm sorry but your just not a SEMO fan.

THS (aka PC): I'd like to get your opinion. I'm sure you were there taking pictures.

I was really impressed with the effort last night especially on the defensive side of the ball. Too many times last couple seasons the Redhawks just didn't look like they cared on either side of the ball. Last night that group of players got after it. Was it the prettiest result ever? Hell no! But Rome wasn't built in a day either.

Wasn't there, so can't really say, but how is giving up 67 points, to Harris Stowe, great fundamental defense? That being said, hats off to Coach Nutt on getting his first "victory" with the Redhawks, even if the game doesn't count. Seems to me that getting a win right now is far more important then how you get there. Sounds like there was some clutch FT shooting down the stretch; that is always important.

semosupporter - wasn't talking about you, lol. I appreciate you breaking down the game, but most of your first post was just talking about Nutt in general, not last night's game.

How did we look against man-to-man and against zone (if Harris-Stowe played both)?

Did the Freshman guards get beat off the dribble much or did they hold their own?

Did guys step in to the lane to try and draw a charge?

Was their any emotion on the bench (something that seems to have been lacking in recent years)?

Did Harris-Stowe have any inside beef that would give us a good gauge on whether Kirk has improved or was it just who he was playing?

Did it look like Allison will be able to beat OVC defenders with the dribble, can he get his shot off, and what did his 3-pt shot look like?

Can Smith or Thompson run the point at all or are they effectively shooting guards only? Did either show penetration skills?

Miles was billed as a good defender, did he show that? Will he be able to score against OVC competition or is he a defensive specialist type??

Did we press their guards at all in the frontcourt? If so, how did we look at it?

Did Maxwell float around the 3-pt line as he has tended to do in the past or did he stick to being inside?

Will Pearson be able to score against OVC competition? I remember him at Martin and remember thinking he seemed a little slow to be very effective? Did he show more speed than I remember?

Anything else you want to add is cool.

semoredhawk,

I said:::

I was very impressed.... As far as fundamentals on defense - I have not seen a SE team in a long time display such good fundamentals..I'm not saying they are the best defensive SE team - just basic fundamental..Great Job by Nutt....

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.....email your buddy (my friend and I refer to furniture....because he is at the games more than the furniture in the place)..anyways - ask his opinion...Did SE show good fundamentals on defense?

Its hard to see fundamentals on the radio or in the newspaper.....I guess if a team gives up points that they should not have.....they have no fundamentals.....lol

I moved to Greensboro, NC this past summer. If I had seen the game I wouldn't have asked for someone else to break things down for me.

So, do they not have an established offense? What are we doing, other then shooting 18 3pt shots, just curious. Same as Edgar, Triangle like Garner, Motion like Knight. Princeton style?

As far as the D, did we play straight up man-man, did we play any zone? Did he mix up his D?

Bam-Bam - Harris Stowe bball = Quincy fball. It was impossible to tell anything, other than the fact that the effort was there. Nutt will be tested this year. Can he get these kids to keep working hard and keep developing when the Ls start piling up, that's the question. I honestly don't see, after last night, how we're going to score against division 1 teams.

I also think Pearson is a little slow. Great effort though, and hopefully he proves me wrong. Allison would be a darn good OVC PG if he were in a situation where he had to shoot and score so much. Honestly, they were what Nutt has been saying that they will be. Great kids, great effort. . . but not ready yet.

THS (PC): You tell a great story. How long did it take you to come up with that one?

Semoredhawk: PC called me out, so I'd called him out. He never thought his identity would ever be revealed. And I don't care if people know who I am or not. I'm just as big a SEMO fan as the rest of us. I just can't make it in for all of the games like I used to. Living in KC makes it tough on the commute.

semoredhawk, the power went out on campus with about 1 minute left in the football game. The scoreboard went out and it wasn't realized by most until the game had ended that everything was out. Something happened at the power plant on campus. The volleyball game has been pushed back until tomorrow at 11 hopefully. The Cape Fire Department came out and set up some lights in the FieldHouse so that JSU could shower and pack up their stuff..

Blew a transformer, or something like that. I'm no electrician but it seems like a big deal.

I think 10pm is eastern time.

Here's some interesting news for you that have been critical of the Coach White his playing calling, I was told yesterday that we will have a NEW Offensive Coordinator next season. I suppose nothing is official until it happens, but I look for something to happen after the season.

This same person also told me that they would definitely NOT buy out Samuel's remaining year because the money simply isn't there.....unless the Booster Club raises the money to do it. But...that doesn't mean Samuel won't leave on his own. I'm sure he has connections to major schools where he could make as much money as a coordinator or whatever.

Does it really matter if they buy out Samuel at this point or not?

semoredhawk: Well regardless if we go 2-9 or 1-10, he gets to finish out his 5-year contract. However, what if....just what it we happen to pull off some upsets next year and go 5-6 or 6-5. Then will Samuel get an extension? To me, anything less than 7 wins and there's NO extension.

Do we expect any men's basketball signings during the early signing period that starts this week?

right over my head.....good

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Go C'Ville....big game tonight

Does the BOR member know that Samuel's K only requires a 50% buyout.

http://semoball.com/files/samuel-marlon....

Roth, Leni is not a guy. :)

BIG AL!!!!

Guess that is Elson not Elison.. but you get the drift.

Memphis fired their football coach today.

RC, I think you are wrong on the Big Al thing. I think the former mayor is a big fan of SEMO athletics.

semoredhawk: You are very correct. Al is very big supporter of SEMO athletics. I spoke with him the entire second half on Saturday about our Athletic Department and he's very concerned. He said they all are. They just don't have a ton of money to make drastic changes, meaning another buyout. They do have a lot of faith in Dickey Nutt, so we'll see how that turns out. They also think a new Offensive Coordinator could help as well.....but how much? Enough to give Samuel another year....maybe a 1-year extenstion if we get to 4-5 wins next year??

When is the last time that a division 1 athletic program went winless, back to back, in their conference basketball and conference football seasons? I doubt it has ever happened in the OVC. Are we on the verge of history?

Basketball went 0-18 in 2008-2009 and now football could possibly go 0-7? this year. That would be back-to-back embarassment...

Murray looked darn good last night. Crap I hate that!! It makes no sense how they keep getting that good of talent down there. No excuse in my mind why SEMO can't get the type of kids that they do. SEMO allegedly has as nice, if not nicer, facility to play ball in..we are not in the middle of no-where Kentucky. I mean they went out to Oakland CA, and played straight up ball against the #12 team in the nation, having only played 1 exhibition game. What the heck.. Aska is a beast. He may make the OVC forget about Lester Hudson pretty quick.. gosh this burns my rear today!!

uh oh...here we go with facility talk again, I thought I read somewhere that murray just got a new floor and a video board put in? Maybe not though because their facilites page doesn't say anything about it. Must have been some where else

Ouachita Baptist tonight.....every win is a good win

I'm just saying I'm tired of seeing them with such darn good talent, when they have nothing on us in terms of facilities, location, etc. That talent is going to make Kennedy look like a lot better coach then he is, that is for sure!

Someone will have to really look at this, because I'm not sure how it was actually applied, but SEMO's last official OVC win might have been F22, 2007 at Samford. Guess it depends on if they stripped that win vs AP from the books. The media guide shows that it counted, but I'm not 100% sure why.

Austin Peay lost at home 81-68 to Central Missouri.

- Coached by Kim Anderson, right here in MO. I think Nutt will be fine, but wish Anderson would have been an option . . .

I also think our mens bball wins a conference game or two. Maybe three, four, maybe five. But last season it was zero. This football season will be zero (unless we beat Murray). That's back to back. Consecutive. In a row. One followed by the other. Don't know why this doesn't make sense.

Any news on any potential signings in the early signing period?

The kid you are referring to is Waylon Jones from Albany Tech CC in Atlanta. No clue if he is signing or not. I've heard his stats at Juco last year are less than inspiring, but I don't know if that is correct or not.