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Arizona Redux?
Written by Coug-A-Sutra   
Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:51

Hello Followers.  Hope your weekend is off to a good start.

Well, thanks to the brilliant decision  by FSN to televise Oregon State and Stanford, today's contest between the Cougs and Troy will not be televised.  As a result, there will not be an opportunity for yours truly to disect the game in my now patented "State the Obvious" fashion.

That said, if you want to read my prediction for today's contest, then read on.

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Moos Loose on the Palouse?
Written by Sean Hawkins   
Friday, 19 February 2010 09:24


Happy Friday Cougs.  And hey, happy "Tiger Woods Talks!" day to you all.  Yep, today's the day we hear Tiger address the media about what's happened and where we all go from here.  Well, not exactly address the media, in that no, he won't be taking any questions, and it's some kind of weird closed circuit deal where most of the media won't even be in the room.  He will read a statement, and that's it. 

To me, here's the only things he should say (and in reality, probably should have said from the beginning?):

1) I made a mistake.....OK, actually, several mistakes, but who's counting?
2) I'm sorry.
3) It will never happen again.

And he should say these things to his wife.  For she is the only one who deserves to hear it. 

Well, I guess he should apologize to the people who put him on a pedestal for being a fantastic family man, all the while being able to hit a little white ball really, really far, and put it in a hole in fewer strokes than anyone else around. 

Oh, and he probably should say sorry to the sponsors who wrote him huge checks for him to endorse their products, all under the so-called "image" he and his handlers crafted for him.  Yeah, he should probably apologize to them too. 

So, I guess he should say he's sorry to pretty much everyone.  And moving forward, he should probably promise to stay out of strip clubs and iHop's too.

Moving on to things we really care about, Grippi broke the news late yesterday that the Moos offer is officially on the table.  Not that it is any kind of a surprise.  What, were they going to parade him around to everyone in Coug Nation, only to say "you know Bill, the whole thing no longer interests us.  Best of luck to you."  Of course the offer was coming, it was only a matter of when, not if. 

Here's what we know so far:

1) He wants the job, as he has told anyone and everyone in this whirlwind of a week, including a couple of unnamed WSU staffers who told us personally they were blown away by what he had to say behind closed doors.
2) WSU is wanting and needing his services, in a really, really bad way. 
3) Oregon still has $200k per year due to him for the next 7 years, only if he isn't an A.D. west of the Mississippi. 
4) Moos' people are talking to Bellotti's people, trying to see if there is a way to make this work.

Want my best guess as to how this is going to turn out??......

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Soul Searching Time
Written by Coug-A-Sutra   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 23:38

Hello Followers.  Hope you're ready for a nice basketball free weekend!

Tonight, our Cougies laid an egg of the biggest sorts, losing to UCLA 71-51. 

Its now been nearly 20 years since we've beaten the Bruins IN PULLMAN.

As the header states, now is the time for some serious soul searching about who we are and where we are going.

As far as tonight was concerned, two disconcerting issues seem in play: (a) Bone has NO CLUE about how to attack a zone; or (b) His players are not listening to him.

Tonight, once again we saw Ben Howland brilliantly pick us apart.  Their game plan:  (a) Play zone with the understanding that we have no clue how to attack it; and (b) Pound us inside recognizing that we have no presence whatsoever at power forward.

Our plan was to, well, I don't know.  Hypothetically, our answer was to have our smaller, and perhaps, quicker four exploit UCLA by stretching the defense with our presence on the exterior/baseline.

Unfortunately, in order for that to work, you have to move the ball.

A few weeks ago, I provided yet another classic Sutra "state the obvious" insight.  That insight was as follows:  Teams that dribble against a zone defense LOSE.  Conversely, teams that rapidly swing the basketball by PASSING THE FRICKING ROCK are able to beat zones.

Tonight, for the second straight time, we dribbled, dribbled, dribbled, dribbled.  And when you do that against a competent zone, you are left with a myriad of contested shots and turnovers.  And that is what we saw tonight.

As I've noted to you before, this team feeds off of its offense (as opposed to Cougar teams of T-Bone lore).  And while folks like Grippy want to talk about how terrible our defense was, that isn't the point.  The FIFTY one total points at home is what you all should look at.

So, what can we take from tonight?  Well, Saturday will tell a lot. 

In the meantime, don't count me as one of those Bone apologists that are currently in the blog-o-sphere.

This team has been HORRIBLY coached and managed over the past three weeks.  And, if the boys are the culprits of not obeying the coach, then lets see a healthy dose of Bjornstad, Allen, Brown, Motum and company.

Only Casto and Thames looked like they had a clue tonight.

And with a week to prepare for team that beat us at the same game a few weeks back, tonight was inexcusable.

The buck stops with you, Ken Bone.  Its beyond time to deal with it.

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Odds and Ends, Volume 1, Edition 3
Written by LucasCoug   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:00

Good afternoon Cougar fans.  Quite a bit to discuss since my last post.  Are any of you as giddy as I am about the potential of Bill Moos taking over the reigns in Bohler?  How can you not be, after reading things like this?

Read on for more news, as well as a look at tonight's Pac 10 action....

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WSU Pre-Spring Glance, QB's
Written by Sean Hawkins   
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:00


Greetings Cougs. Well, with the Bill Moos news moving in a positive direction by the moment, who knows, maybe we'll get the word shortly on the whole AD search in Pullman.  But for now, we thought it would be a good time to start looking at, you know, the football team?  At least as they look heading into spring ball anyway, just to get a feel of where things are as we approach the 15 springtime practice sessions that will kick off on March 25th.

We will actually take a look at each of the prominent position groups, and see what's up.

First, a look at the QB's, here in part one of an eight-part look at the pre-spring Cougs....

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