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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 2, 2019 16:16:48 GMT -5
To an African American player something to the effect of You've got a 7'1" white guy on you. My kid could go by him.
Seems like "Your guy is slow as hell" would have sufficed.
Substitute other races and other stereotypes and imagine what would happen.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 2, 2019 15:46:55 GMT -5
Should Kevin Willard be fired for his racist remark in the huddle today?
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 2, 2019 7:13:29 GMT -5
Definitely not Wahab. But Flint Hill makes sense.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 1, 2019 15:38:22 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere. Was the guy behind the bench last night in the "FH Basketball" sweatshirt a recruit?
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 1, 2019 14:38:20 GMT -5
Seeing those two inadvertent straightaway bank shots, it occurred to me that the advertent bank shot has become a lost art. John Wooden required that his players employ it when shooting from the wing.Big John's Celtics teammate Sam Jones was its most notable exponent. OK, this will take you back - and confirm your comments about John Wooden and UCLA's bank shots. As a freshman at GU, I attended a UCLA practice at McDonough Field House prior to their Final Four appearance at UMD. John Wooden ran his practice like a drill sargeant. They had all the usual drills, layup lines, weaves downcourt, etc. But they also had a drill shooting bank shots from the wing - with a kiss! And not a miss as I recall. The entire team participated. It was impressive. I believe this team was post Alcindor/Jabbar and pre-Walton. And yes, I also recall Sam Jones and his bank shots. The Jones boys in the backcourt - Sam and KC. What impressive teams those Celtics were -- for like... forever! I was there too. Final Four was at Cole Field House. Some of their players were Henry Bibby, Curtis Rowe, Sidney Wicks, Steve Patterson (Center), and, I believe, John Vallely. Everyone was rightfully so in awe of UCLA at that time that the onlookers applauded even their most basic drills. You could see the Bruins chuckling at this. |
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 1, 2019 9:21:08 GMT -5
You can't beat 'em twice before you beat 'em once. Go Hoyas!
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 1, 2019 8:55:39 GMT -5
Seeing those two inadvertent straightaway bank shots, it occurred to me that the advertent bank shot has become a lost art. John Wooden required that his players employ it when shooting from the wing.Big John's Celtics teammate Sam Jones was its most notable exponent.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 31, 2019 8:38:56 GMT -5
Enlighten me. What does/would Oregon's cozy relationship with Nike do for Cole Anthony? A lucrative sneaker contract when he turns pro? He'd get that anyway.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 31, 2019 8:13:11 GMT -5
How long would either of them stay?
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 29, 2019 13:36:36 GMT -5
You can't let Macura beat you.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 29, 2019 13:35:00 GMT -5
I think the second group, or second 5, is an NBA thing, where some teams do tend to have pretty much an entire second group that will play together while the starters rest. Even the NBA teams do not typically take the entire starting group out together, but will often end up with 4 or 5 subs in the game at the same time while resting the starters. The NBA season is a really long season and making sure starters are not over taxed in the regular season is a huge thing, along with the fact that even second string NBA players are typically accomplished players and do not show a huge drop off in the course of 5 -6 minutes of playing time. Even NBA teams get away from that strategy when the playoffs start and they typically shrink the rotation and start playing 7 or 8 guys at the most. Most college teams do not have the quality depth to maintain a consistent performance once they get to the 8 -10 player on their roster. I am a bigger fan of always having at least three of your starters on the floor at all times and making sure you have the correct mix of players on the court together to maintain some type of offensive flow. It is really hard to get back momentum once you lose it and you give another team some confidence. Surprised that no one has mentioned that Dean Smith did the "Blue Team" substitution on a fairly regular basis. www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/12299796/former-north-carolina-coach-dI remember the Big Blue Team. I also remember watching a game with both Billy Packer (an ACC partisan) and Al McGuire doing commentary. When Smith put in the Big Blue team McGuire wondered aloud what was going on. Packer explained that this was the Big Blue team. McGuire, unimpressed said 'Well it's going to be a Big Blue Blowout if theses guys keep playing". |
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 28, 2019 12:28:13 GMT -5
This game will be a high-intensity one and I would love to see hockey-style subs as much as possible. Home game. We get the last line change,eh? |
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Jan 28, 2019 11:26:27 GMT -5
Bench coach. Yes, yes, yes.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Dec 29, 2018 16:09:06 GMT -5
He might have had 50 vs. that defense.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Dec 18, 2018 11:46:24 GMT -5
App St. has only beaten bad teams.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Dec 12, 2018 8:41:51 GMT -5
I am sick over Villanova's struggles; just sick.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Nov 29, 2018 8:26:00 GMT -5
At one point Pickett was waiting to report in. I think he was to replace LeBlanc who was shooting fouls. I don't think I am reading too much into the situation to say he had a major pout on his face. There is no question that his body language "stunk". He was slumped against the scorer's table. Immediately thereafter Ewing engaged him, shall we say, in conversation. All may not be well there.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Nov 28, 2018 17:42:37 GMT -5
Don't think that was OT. This is the game where Derrick Jackson took ill: However, just before the opening tip of the first game of the tournament, a semifinal contest against Virginia Commonwealth, Derrick Jackson was rushed to the hospital with what was thought to be an attack of acute appendicitis but turned out to be a duodenal ulcer. The illness brought his senior season to an end, and the Hoyas sorely missed him in the game; although Duren scored 23 points, Virginia Commonwealth beat Georgetown 88-75. Jackson ended the season with a school-record 88% free-throw shooting percentage for the year that has yet to equalled, and a 49% field-goal and 77% free-throw shooting percentage for his career. He had been the school's leading scorer in three seasons.[1][2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball_team#frb-inlineYep. Not close. It was played at GW Smith Center. VCU went on to lose to St. Bonaventure in the next round and then Terry Tyler, Terry Duerod, John Long, et. al. in the first round of the NIT. We went to the NIT and lost in the semis to NC State in OT on, if memory serves again, a half court buzzer beater by Clyde "The Glide" Austin and then were beaten soundly by Rutgers in the 3rd place game. p.s. I now see most of the facts I listed are contained in your link. |
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Nov 28, 2018 16:45:33 GMT -5
I remember when Sherod's GRANDfather Edmund played vs. us for VCU. I believe it was an ECAC game for an NCAA berth. We lost. Ouch on a couple of levels. I was there. Yeah, that hurt. In OT if memory serves. |
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Nov 28, 2018 15:13:13 GMT -5
I remember when Sherod's GRANDfather Edmund played vs. us for VCU. I believe it was an ECAC game for an NCAA berth. We lost. Ouch on a couple of levels.
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