Basketball: Washington @ Oregon State
Game thread!
Lady's birthday today, so no time for a writeup.
General Discussion (Opening Day Baseball, Rod Perry, etc)
Baseball, Perry, and hoops seem to be the discussion points, so have at it.
By the way, is anyone else going to opening day in Santa Barbara? Tickets are $7, so if you're in the area might as well go. If we get a few people we can meet up somewhere for a cocktail or whatnot.
Basketball: Washington State @ Oregon State
There’s not much to talk about in this game. The Beavs lost an uninspired game at Pullman, and now they’re looking for redemption.
Motum may be the man to watch for Wazzu, but the bit players should struggle in Corvallis.
If you all hadn’t noticed, our boys have shrugged off two heart-breaking losses and a pity party to bounce back with a 4-1 record since… with three of those five games on the road.
And now the Beavs get to revisit four of their six losses on more favorable terms… with some confidence.
The line for tonight is -9.5 Beavs. I’ll take that and more.
Beavs 87 – Cougs 69
Angry
Agree with JackBeav on this one. Tonight is all about the home crowd and momentum (i.e. confidence). Every time the Beavs find their stride they seem to fritter it away with uninspired, lazy efforts. If they play any defense they'll win this one by 20, but the Beavs can't be counted on to play defense. Given the recent winning, tonight's crowd tonight could be the biggest of the year. Is that enough to will them into playing a complete game? It's hard to have faith in anything Corvallis.
Perry: 200k Per Year
Per Eggers: http://portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=132881860456199400
So:
- Up Heyward's salary to 150k and have him stay where he wanted to be, keep Cleveland Wallace (and perhaps Shelton).
or - Hire this retred who clearly doesn't want to come to Corvallis (i.e. only a 2 year deal, delaying negotiations to shop around the NFL, etc) for 200k.
No further comment.
New Coach: Rod Perry
It's looking very likely Perry will be the new coach tomorrow morning.
On that note, I don't know what to say. It's very underwhelming. On the surface, it doesn't seem good, it doesn't seem bad, it just…is.
Digging a little deeper, I suppose the hire is more negative than positive.
- Perry is old
- He has no track record recruiting
- Colts secondary was never very good
- Another guy from Riley's good ol' boy network
- Seems to have a passive, laid back personality
I'm having a hard time coming up with any positives. I can come up with hypotheticals, such as
- Maybe he'll be a good recruiter (since he has LA ties)
- He has a lot of experience, so he should be a good coach
Etc.
But I have no idea if any of that is true. The bottom line is that we don't know much about this guy, he seems past his prime, and on the surface it's an underwhelming hire. We're left hoping he's good rather than feeling any excitement.
The take home point is that Riley went after a coach, not a recruiter. Most in Beaverville (I just hate the Beaver Nation "deal") believe we need recruiters. In parting, this hire could have made a splash, but it feels like another Riley kerplunk. Isn't that a neat story?