Craig Carse Fired at MSU-B

maroon · Post by **maroon** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:34 am

When you go 1-28, and 7-49 in your last two seasons, it is time to go.

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles ... -carse.txt

BelgradeBobcat · Post by **BelgradeBobcat** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:25 pm

Just curious-is Carse the reason MSU and UM won't pay MSU-B in men's basketball? If they get a coach with a more conventional style will we see the Yellowjackets in Bozeman again?

maroon · Post by **maroon** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:21 am

Joe Kusek wrote a "softball" article on Carse's firing and now he is defending him. Gazette readers are blasting Kusek. Joes does not get it.
The program was a wreck.

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/200 ... -kusek.txt

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:31 am

6 wins, then 1 win in two consecutive years. You are not going to "right the ship" with one more season. Kusek needs to pull his head out.

Cat-theotherwhitemeat · Post by **Cat-theotherwhitemeat** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:57 am

Have you ever seen Kusek in person? There is no way this guy even played a sport growing up. He can't even see over the top of a foosball table.

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:06 am

longhorn_22 wrote:6 wins, then 1 win in two consecutive years. You are not going to "right the ship" with one more season. Kusek needs to pull his head out.

Joe, is that you?

Joe, can you hear me....................?

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:58 am

That's just......wrong.

John K · Post by **John K** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:29 am

So, what happened to their program in the past couple of seasons? They were pretty successful throughout most of Carse's tenure, weren't they? How did they fall so far....so fast?

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:36 am

I think a lot of it was players transferring. Mainly the really good Australian guys.

The Butcher · Post by **The Butcher** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:17 pm

John K wrote:So, what happened to their program in the past couple of seasons? They were pretty successful throughout most of Carse's tenure, weren't they? How did they fall so far....so fast?

This is a portion of an article wrote 4-16-2008:

The 6-21 season came after MSUB lost all five starters from a team that finished 20-8. Those losses included two of the most prolific scorers in Yellowjacket history - Cameron Munoz and Buddy Windy Boy - but also the dynamic Australian duo of Carlin Hughes and Lucas Walker, who opted to transfer to St. Mary's a nationally-ranked Division I program.

This year, Carse made a difficult decision to build for the future and it ended up costing him his job.

Planning for two, three years down the road, MSUB entered the powerful Great Northwest Athletic Conference with six freshmen and four sophomores. The Yellowjackets opened the season against some of the top Division II programs in the country - Metro State, Cal State-San Bernardino and Kentucky Wesleyan.

Still, a record of 1-28 is hard to defend.

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles ... -kusek.txt

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:27 pm

My favorite part of the Kusek article is Kusek's insertion of his historic mantra that UM and MSU were afraid of Eastern.

Shakin' in their boots, they was!

Billings_Griz · Post by **Billings_Griz** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:53 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:My favorite part of the Kusek article is Kusek's insertion of his historic mantra that UM and MSU were afraid of Eastern.

Shakin' in their boots, they was!

Not afraid of Eastern but afraid of their coach.

Craig Carse Fired at MSU-B

Craig Carse Fired at MSU-B

Kusek Defending Carse