Hate this team.

Top to bottom I hate it.

I hate losing, yes. But it's not about losing. It's about how they lose. It's about being stupid, embarrassing, and frustrating beyond all human comprehension.

I'm going to say it and be done. Tom Izzo is a not a great coach. He is a good person. He is a good role model. I am proud of our progam and players for their character. He is not a great coach. When he has had good players + good assistants we have done well.

This team is more talented, top to bottom, than everyone else in the BigTen (except perhaps Indiana). I would argue MSU is actually better on average than Indiana. On paper.

Our offense is a joke. We are running predictable sets. We make passes because that is what the play calls for (between guards like catch; Neitzel with the ball, back to walton, hot potato to Neitzel), we run around a little, pass it between guards 30 feet from the basket, then maybe get off a shot. Maybe. We have a predictable and terrible offense. If we have all these sets, as people claim, why the hell do we run the same 4 plays all game? Why do they all involve passing it around the perimeter then chucking up a bad shot? WHY IN THE HELL DO THEY INVOLVE SHOTS WITH NO ONE UNDER THE BASKET TO REBOUND?! Why is Raymar shooting a 15 footer 5 times per game, from the worst angle on the court, with no one on the block to rebound, when he can't even make a free throw? He's not a distance shooter.

When can this team, or any MSU team with more talent than the opponent (see: Davis + Brown + Ager), actually play to potential? Why can't we score after timeouts? Why can't we inbound the ball half the time? Why don't we make in game adjustments? Why do we INSIST players like Suton hedge on perimeter screens--leaving Suton guarding no one--not the screener, not the ball, no one.

It makes me sick. It's elementary. Raymar can't defend or shoot from distance, and can't seem to dribble before taking his first two steps. But we keep putting him in positions to do those very things.

I'm as frustrated as I have ever been with any team ever, even MSU football. MSU football has had personnel concerns. We can't recruit a full roster of top 25 football talent. The basketball team doesn't have the same problem. Players come here with all the ability necessary to succeed. I don't want to hear this team is hurt by scheduling anymore. This season was different. No Duke. No Kansas. No "toughest BigTen lineup." We just sucked.

The BigTen tournament is going to be a joke. The NCAA tournament is going to be worse.