Groundhogs day

I do love this board but there are two things every year that emerge as consistent and predictable threads. The first is “we have never had a team like this. They dont seem to want it. They cant play defense. Dont play as a team.” Invariably, at least over the last 14 years, they have emerged to win the big 12 at least and somewhere that theme disappears without any real acknowledgment that maybe we were wrong. The second most common complaint revolves around a certain player and why coach plays him so much, if at all. Most recent examples have been landon, malik and now quinton. In every case that i remember coach has been undeniably right in what he has chosen to do with those players, and again without much recognition from his critics after the fact. Now of course i understand this board is all about opinions and criticism but i do take pride in being part of a fan base that is more informed that usual and part of that insight should be confidence at some level in a coach who has almost always been right in his judgements around these matters. So as it relates to grimes here is my view. Either coach knows how this kid can play from recruiting him and this past summer (not to mention practices) and is sure he will win us some very important games as malik did down the stretch. Alternatively he is playiong the very long game and doesnt want to be seen giving up on a top ten recruit in the hopes of not losing a future top ten for that reason. I suspect the former in this case and happily go on record now predicting that grimes will win either the tech or kstate game for us. If so selfs investment of confidence in this kid will be paid back in multiples. And you can be sure that kids this age need this kind of confidence from a coach and self knows that. He not only plays him big minutes but has consistently called his number for a big shot. He has rarely delivered so far but am pretty sure he will at some point. Just one view of course...

On QG. This is just my opinion but I do see him getting better. He is not quite there yet but after the TCU game I mentioned that he looked a lot closer to being there than he was earlier in the year. He may not ever live up to our expectations this year but I think he will be very good. It appears to me that the games are still fast to him. I think the game will slow down for him. I know everyone on this board wants the best for him and is rooting for him. Hopefully the game can slow down for him and he can enjoy some success and that will build to more success.