Hey everettgrizz

[Beardown]

I can't wait to visit the UNC Bookstore at the UC in July when we come out to Colorado and get my Big Sky Champion T-Shirt. Montana fans can get their runner up shirts and stuff it. They just were not good enough and that must be very hard for them to deal with.

Couple that with the feeling I have that our football team is not far away from doing the same thing. Montana better learn to cope with us beating them. Will we dominate? Probably not but we should be up there with them and Weber and EWU on a consistent basis.

I think Montana is feeling the pressure now and they don't like it. Eastern and MSU are now better on the gridiron and we've over taken them in basketball. They've been dominate for so long, they don't like it so much when others close the gap.

Seriously? You guys won one Big Sky title and now you lose pretty much your whole team (Beitzel, Kaba, Montgomery, Kingman). The Bears will probably be fighting just to make the Big Sky Tournament next year, just like everyone else aside from Weber, Montana, and maybe EWU. I guess the Bears could become a Big Sky BB power, but they could also win one title & then fall back into mediocrity just like Eastern Washington did several years ago.

And as for football… Since when is UNC's football team on the verge of "dominating"? They haven't won more than 3 games overall since joining the Big Sky and the Griz have stomped them every time they've played over that span. I know there's a new coach, but most new coach optimism ends up being misguided.


Just remember one thing… one year ≠ unstoppable trend.

I think we could struggle to make the tournament next year but we have recruited really well the last 2 years. We have some really good young players and I could see us back in the Big Dance in 2 to 3 years. As far as football, our we seem to have some really good players. We were in a lot of games and should have beat Eastern Washington and Weber State last year. Our gameday coaching was horrific and with a new coaching staff and attitude change I really think we can win 4 or 5 Big Sky games next season which will get us going on the right path,

In the end though, you could be right.

I doubt we struggle to make the conference tourney. I doubt we finish below 3rd. I loved what Taylor and Kingman brought to our program, but they younger guys are better imo. Addo doesn't have the toughness, but he's a better athlete then Montgomery and Proctor is twice the player Neal is.