Scapegoat Season — Game 1 vs Ball St.

[fanatic13]

Any predictions? Line was BG -3.5 not sure if they know about “code of conduct” violations.

Thanks for the heads up i took ball st to win +140. I was mad I didn't bet buffalo big like I thought last game.

Same old game if you didn't watch. Bad defense and no offense. Matiss had a great first half and was a ghost second half. Young had his best stretch then taken out. This was our last chance to save the season and we failed down the stretch

[Coaches Corner]

Any predictions? Line was BG -3.5 not sure if they know about “code of conduct” violations.

Hate to say that I was most definitely going for Ball St…. At this point it’s all about coaching! And with that enough said

[Coaches Corner]

What’s happening with our Falcons?
A. Huger completely lost the team
B. The team is completed divided into rival cliches
C. The remaining team steps up after an ugly episode
D. Nobody remaining is affected and the mediocre play continues until this miserable season ends

For those who love drama more than basketball this may be the game of the season. For me I’ll be attending, because I care about BG Hoops, but leaving early because I’m disgusted. My response will probably be ignored by the AD along with the disgust of many.

A and D….

[mbenecke]

My god, it was tied with 4 minutes left at the last media timeout and we lost by 9?!

Fire Huger immediately. I’m over it. He doesn’t deserve the end of the season.

[guest44]

How about when Matiss, who played really well, came out when his man bun got knocked out. Then Huger forgot about him and he sat nearly the remainder of the half until Plowden got called for a horrible call 2nd foul.

[Coaches Corner]

Step two in the scapegoating process is to look for praise for how hard they played short handed. Short handed by choice of the coach. The media will be all over that storyline. Storyline should read BG coach Huger chooses to play short handed, all but eliminated from MAC Tournament contention.

Updated MAC coaching record 58-66.

I love how you read that!
I actually sat amazed at how Huger actually said on Eagle 99 radio station that he had “fun!” That game was fun! As if losing is fun!
So with that being said…
Yes, I have to apologize as a Father, single parent and a coach. I raised My Son to never like or get comfortable with losing.. and clearly Huger isn’t mad.. it’s a good ole college try! Pass out the cookies and juice at the end of the game. Everyone gets a treat!
It’s just a losing season!
Yeah I’m going to say sorry..
every place and program that Joe has EVER played he’s helped them Win…
That’s clearly not what these coaches are looking for!

[guest44]

Mr. Reece you understand the problem. It’s starts at the top. The athletic director gave Huger a contract extension and 65k plus per year raise for making it to the MAC Championship game in 2018-2019. Huger had the schools all time leading scorer and damn near an entire team back. The only thing it needed was a center. A rim protector who could rebound. Instead he added two big stiffs who couldn’t run, couldn’t rebound, and couldn’t play a lick of pick and roll defense. It’s been underachieving ever since. Huger was so comfortable last year after finishing 6th, picked unanimous favorite, he was discussing that he wasn’t leaving for other jobs at the final post game presser. Nobody was going to hire him. I think he thinks he is doing a good job.

Much of the excitement when your son committed was because he was the type of player we have needed for years.

[Hammer]

Mr. Reece you understand the problem. It’s starts at the top. The athletic director gave Huger a contract extension and 65k plus per year raise for making it to the MAC Championship game in 2018-2019. Huger had the schools all time leading scorer and damn near an entire team back. The only thing it needed was a center. A rim protector who could rebound. Instead he added two big stiffs who couldn’t run, couldn’t rebound, and couldn’t play a lick of pick and roll defense. It’s been underachieving ever since. Huger was so comfortable last year after finishing 6th, picked unanimous favorite, he was discussing that he wasn’t leaving for other jobs at the final post game presser. Nobody was going to hire him. I think he thinks he is doing a good job.

Much of the excitement when your son committed was because he was the type of player we have needed for years.

All of this x2

We really need a like button on here

[Diemilkweed]

I tried to bring the game up a couple minutes after the half and it would never load. Got a look at some stats and Matiss already had all of his point with like 17 minutes played, 3 minutes into the 2nd half.

He only played 2 more minutes.

What in the HELL is that about? I get it when politicians make things worse on purpose - they are doing it to blame someone else and then use it to stay in power. I get it when bosses fire people and understaff so a job is miserable - they are doing it to make more profits for their overlords.

Why in the hell does a D1 college coach lose games on purpose? How can we look at this and think anything other than "Huger is losing games on purpose"?

Someone find out who he owes big money to or something. NOBODY is this inept. This is malign.

[Coaches Corner]

Mr. Reece you understand the problem. It’s starts at the top. The athletic director gave Huger a contract extension and 65k plus per year raise for making it to the MAC Championship game in 2018-2019. Huger had the schools all time leading scorer and damn near an entire team back. The only thing it needed was a center. A rim protector who could rebound. Instead he added two big stiffs who couldn’t run, couldn’t rebound, and couldn’t play a lick of pick and roll defense. It’s been underachieving ever since. Huger was so comfortable last year after finishing 6th, picked unanimous favorite, he was discussing that he wasn’t leaving for other jobs at the final post game presser. Nobody was going to hire him. I think he thinks he is doing a good job.

Much of the excitement when your son committed was because he was the type of player we have needed for years.

No, He knows that he’s a sorry ass coach, he just has been lying to himself for so long, that he believes it until he has to face the music after every single lose!!

Question.. isn’t his contract over in 2024 left… they are surely not going to resign him…

[Coaches Corner]

I tried to bring the game up a couple minutes after the half and it would never load. Got a look at some stats and Matiss already had all of his point with like 17 minutes played, 3 minutes into the 2nd half.

He only played 2 more minutes.

What in the HELL is that about? I get it when politicians make things worse on purpose - they are doing it to blame someone else and then use it to stay in power. I get it when bosses fire people and understaff so a job is miserable - they are doing it to make more profits for their overlords.

Why in the hell does a D1 college coach lose games on purpose? How can we look at this and think anything other than "Huger is losing games on purpose"?

Someone find out who he owes big money to or something. NOBODY is this inept. This is malign.

Yeah Matiss actually got hit in the jaw by a Spencer elbow, accidental of course. But he was cool..
Huger likes guards and every chance he can, he’ll go small and let them go wild! Again a bad coaching decision! But Cam Young hit 2 HUGE 3 pointers and was actually hit! He also had like 5 rebounds, so it was actually working with Matiss on the bench. Young got a foul.. no biggie because he had to hot hand!
He took Young out of the game, Matiss comes in a shoots a barely air ball 3 and it was downhill from there! Tre had 4 fouls and was actually put in the game too soon at 6 minutes…
We went back and forth up to the last 2.. Tre and Plowden on the trap had the play!!!
Tre actually looked at Plowden like you foul ! He didn’t Tre had to foul to stop the clock and fouled out of the game.. Plowden mind you had 3 fouls .. a couple to spare, and his selfish ass let Tre leave the game with 5 fouls… absolutely pathetic!

Now I noticed this from the beginning, if a player at BGSU is hot or has the hot hand … the team with throw water on them and Huger will sit em down to dry!
Last game The Buffalo massacre.. Joe Reece hit 2 back to back and 1’s and both free throws and was taken out of the game.
He has done that so many times, and I don’t know how… evil, cruel, dumb, crazy he really is. But it all but destroys the boys. I know mine goes into a disbelief because in most cases playing on the court is a privilege and when it’s taken, it becomes disheartening…you see it in their body language. especially when you pay enough attention and see how he treats his favorites! But that also brings about a discourse in the ranks!

Mind You if I may.. it was ME, who told My Son Joe not to ever ever play defense behind his opponent again! It’s a set up for failure. I’m the one that told him to front his defender abs deny him the ball… if they throw the lob it’s no longer on you, but now you’ve made them lazy guards have to play help side D! They have to!! In fact ask the coaches can he play defense that way…. Let em think like they are doing something! But that also kept Joe out of foul trouble too! Well… until the guards get beat and he has to step in .. then a it’s whatever!
But you saw them play defense like that today..

I really think that Huger is just that stupid….
Personally.. I don’t think he knows how to really win… and his staff is just as stupid, or from what I heard smarter, but he fears them, so he listens but don’t.. and even put distrust in his own coaching staff..
Huger is a cancer!

[guest44]

Huger is having fun again. Bowling Green had a great week of practice. It’s just how you scapegoat. Only in this situation it’s the most pitiful form of scapegoating around. It’s college basketball coach scapegoating non-paid college students for his inability to coach. It’s blaming someone else the day after your worst coaching moment. Does anyone think Michael Huger works really hard at this? Did he look like he is more prepared than the Ball St coach yesterday? Hell no. Rather than hold himself accountable and have to figure out how to coach up Myron Gordon and Joe Reece he scapegoated. Michael Huger is having fun. So much fun he should return that raise he took. So much fun he will have an extra week to recruit because he won’t be in Cleveland again. The team is practicing great, everyone is having a blast, and the season was a complete disaster. Great job Mike, Bob Moosbrugger will be waiting to pat you on the ass after every pathetic loss. He won’t be waiting there because he thinks your doing a good job, he will be waiting there because both of your jobs and incomes are tied to this performance. Huger can’t coach, but damn he knows how to scapegoat.

[Flipper]

You know who has fun losing? Losers... This isn't some 8 year-old's TBall league where the point is to run around nd have fun...this is D1 college basketball. Huger is paid 400k plus per year...that's a lot of jack for a guy who gets off on losing

[hammb]

Big student turnout today, at one point I counted 5 in the student section that weren’t in the band.

Student turnout hasn't been consistently good since the Stroh opened. However, we sit in 103 and the section next to us 102? Is largely students. No it's not full, and I'd like more there, but putting the student section behind the basket means most of them won't sit there unless forced to.

[mbenecke]

Big student turnout today, at one point I counted 5 in the student section that weren’t in the band.

Student turnout hasn't been consistently good since the Stroh opened. However, we sit in 103 and the section next to us 102? Is largely students. No it's not full, and I'd like more there, but putting the student section behind the basket means most of them won't sit there unless forced to.

This is very true, and also applies to the student population at hockey and football as well. For whatever reason, the culture among BG students is actually to NOT sit in the student section. And with how often there are a bunch of open seats at every game, they are able to get away with doing it and nobody really cares.

It's their right to choose where to sit, sure - but maybe the athletic department could do more to get students to sit in the student section with their peers?