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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 18:02:48 GMT -5
And that is why a lot of us don't understand why so many people seem to lay the blame 100% at Thompson and the players can do no wrong. When you are analyzing a change in results (from winning to losing), you don't start with what was the same between the two scenarios, you start with what was different. I'm not saying Thompson is blameless, but I'm not looking there first. This argument would work better if Thompson had won with a variety of "cores," rather than just one. A coach's job is to win with all sorts of players, or to at least recruit ones that fit. I'm not saying JTIII is a bad coach, is the main cause of this season's failures, etc. etc. But many of the problems we had this year - lack of development over the season, inconsistent and incoherent lineups, horrible play out of timeouts, players put in spots that aren't suited for, and so on - are the kind of thing a coach needs blame for. Trust me, I could write a really long post focusing on the players too - but JTIII shouldn't be a sacred cow. I don't see how anyone could say he coached well this season.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 16:18:01 GMT -5
So because you had higher expectations than the Esh years, you're more disappointed now than during school? Uh, no ? Your act is a getting tired. You do the same thing after every loss, and pretend that everyone who is upset or criticizes JTIII in any way is unjustified and an Esh-loving lunatic. We get it. Enough.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 15:49:54 GMT -5
free throws were not our undoing 5 point loss - 7 missed free throws. Do the math. Turnovers killed them too. At least they played defense in the second half. This makes no sense, since the team shot better from the line than usual. Free throws weren't even in the top 10 of reasons we lost.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 15:43:14 GMT -5
This is a JTIII problem, not a Nikita problem. He shouldn't have been put in that spot.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 13:44:12 GMT -5
Why does JTIII still have Clark bring the ball up? You think he would have learned by now. I don't get this at all - can't comprehend why JTIII keeps having Jason lead press breaks
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 13:20:07 GMT -5
The last game ran until 2, so it delayed this one. The later games never actually start on time.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 10, 2009 13:17:40 GMT -5
Hasn't started - few more minutes
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 3, 2009 22:03:08 GMT -5
I'm pretty much in complete shock right now. How does a team blow that game?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 3, 2009 21:59:51 GMT -5
Glad I just took off for next Thursday and Friday.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 2, 2009 14:49:04 GMT -5
The sad thing is that I think we are likely to end up 1 win away from a bid - that's gonna lead to a lot of what ifs.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 27, 2009 12:32:54 GMT -5
I really don't think you need to post every time you update your blog. If people like it they'll come back without prompting.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 26, 2009 12:21:47 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I've really been on here asking stupid questions a lot lately. Thanks for the advice. One is too many, and we've been over this topic before.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 26, 2009 12:18:23 GMT -5
Latter by a gigantic margin. Stop asking stupid questions.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 26, 2009 12:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 24, 2009 0:30:16 GMT -5
I don't blame Nikita - he's being put into a position he isn't ready for. I guess that's what happens when you recruit guys like him and Omar "because not everyone can play," but then only end up with 8 other scholarship players and the guys that were intended to sit on the bench need to start.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 23, 2009 21:48:42 GMT -5
He was 3/10 with a wild bank in 3, 2/4 from the line, and made some bad decisions on the break. His D was OK (I don't think it was particularly good - he was responsible for some of the open 3s), and he tried hard - but trying isn't enough. He's a senior and he should be better than this. He has been before, and it's sad that he's going to go out with such a poor season.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 23, 2009 21:33:42 GMT -5
He played well tonight against Louisville. Hustle, grit, heart. He and Wright were the main reasons the game was even in reach. It's sad that our expectations have fallen so low that a poor performance like this gets accolades.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 23, 2009 21:31:18 GMT -5
Hey, we tried to press at the end of the game, so maybe there is hope for change now that the season is over.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 23, 2009 21:28:10 GMT -5
Tough to be positive right now. The team has gotten worse as the season went on, we may lose our 2 best big men to the draft (although Summers at least really needs to come back), and we have 1 player coming in next year.
This is the hardest time to be optimistic since Thompson got here.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 19, 2009 23:36:22 GMT -5
I don't think it's hyperbole - 29% from the field with no D is pretty much epically bad. I'm also not going to put too much stock into a comeback against Cuse that largely happened without him and a win over a garbage USF team. I like Nikita, I think he'll be a good player here, and I'd rather see him playing than Wattad. But a guy who is in there for offense can't shoot this horribly. Again, I don't really care if he starts, but his minutes should be cut a lot. Basically since he's started getting big minutes he's had three good games (combined 7-14 shooting) and three lousy games (1-13 combined) so he's inconsistent shooting but he's not laying a 1-4 every night. He's hot and cold. And in every lousy shooting game, he's made up for it elsewhere (7rebs, 5rebs, 3 assists respectively). So to just say "We can't play a 29% shooter" is a little misleading because 1/2 games he's 40-60%. If your bad games combined are 1/13, you have to be better than 7/14 in your good games. It isn't hot and cold - it's lukewarm and frozen. I don't like bashing our players, so I won't keep at this. I just hope Sapp plays more going forward and that Nikita starts hitting some shots.
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