I have the answer. Put their asses on the bench and play the walk-ons if you have to
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I have the answer. Put their asses on the bench and play the walk-ons if you have to
They must have been on the dollar menuAnd unfortunately he's exactly right. End of season schedule will be brutal if our guys are committed to being better in every phase.
The trouble is that this recruiting class, while really good, is not outstanding and has no upperclassmen to help. Both Wenyen and Sasha are McD's AAs but both have limitations (obviously, we know that now). Neither are good enough to provide badly needed leadership. Shai and Knox could do that but are wildly inconsistent. PJ is possibly the most gifted skill-wise and in body, but seems to struggle because of a lack of intensity and low motor. He just doesn't want to work hard enough to beat the other guy. As our guards go, so goes the team--I said this largely from the beginning of the year and it is very true now that we've seen enough sampling. Both PGs today were subpar for the lead roles they have to assume. Duke is also proving that you simply cannot rely on and put your laboring oar in the hands of boys--you win consistently now at the highest level of college basketball with men.
Maybe we need to re-do our offensive focus and start shooting threes with wreckless abandon. We need to have that as part of our identity. What else do we have? We're not posting up PJ. We don't post up Hamadou. We effectively have no post up game that we can go to consistently. We slash and hope for the best if we're to willing to penetrate and dish. We even passed up some chances to shoot an uncontested three today. Maybe we just know the truth--none of them are great shooters. But, that goes back to breaking down a defense with good guard play--if that happens, we turn into a decent shooting team, so it really is more learning to be difficult to guard and doing a better job in our half-court offense.
Today was our worst game since the Billy Gillispie days (Noel's team was pretty inept also). Even with this group, that should never have happened. A little lack of energy--putting that a bit more harshly, that's called laziness--plus low understanding of the game of basketball create losses to teams you should be able to beat.
It's concerning we're seeing a definite downward trend. Not good. I must admit to being nauseated when I watch these guys play crappy basketball. They are better than this, but still maybe not as good as we want them to be.
Wrong again! Missouri played their best game of the season and we couldn't throw it in the ocean. If you've played any level of ball you should know this. Was I happy? Hell no! We have 6 losses and most didn't expect that at this stage. This team needs to learn unselfishness in a hurry to make a good run. If that happens and JV gets into 35 minute/game condition, we'll be fine. If this makes me a pumper, so be it.Nope!!!! There are big time pumpers on here including yourself unless you can give a true and real answer to this team.
There is no one on this team ready for the NBA
Some seem to be terribly overrated coming out of HSThey're not recruited to be ready for the NBA; rather because they are potentially draftable by the NBA after their freshman year.
If they can play basketball year 1 then so be it but let's not get our priorities confused.
Can anybody tell us what Cal's offensive scheme is? I look and look for any resemblance of some type of set offense and I see none.Who was open for anyone to pass to? I mean serious. I don’t remember seeing that many guys open for them to get a decent shot off. Maybe it’s that the players aren’t open, ie... the scheme?
Who are these low life trolls? The ones that are pissed at how awful this team is playing?It didn't surprise me that we lost today. Youngest team Cal has had and they are going to struggle on the road. Its disappointing but I think the team will continue to improve. People need to calm down and stop letting the irrational and low life trolls bait them into bashing our staff and players. The SEC has improved a lot and we have our youngest team in many years.
Thank you, your logic doesn’t fit in with some agendas but I concur with you. Stop the panic peopleWrong again! Missouri played their best game of the season and we couldn't throw it in the ocean. If you've played any level of ball you should know this. Was I happy? Hell no! We have 6 losses and most didn't expect that at this stage. This team needs to learn unselfishness in a hurry to make a good run. If that happens and JV gets into 35 minute/game condition, we'll be fine. If this makes me a pumper, so be it.
Perhaps an attempt to motivate.Sounds like he knows this team has no chance.
And if anyone here said that, they'd be bombarded by pumpers with the troll label for days.
Now they can finally shut up because Cal said so.
Nope! Very good answer.Wrong again! Missouri played their best game of the season and we couldn't throw it in the ocean. If you've played any level of ball you should know this. Was I happy? Hell no! We have 6 losses and most didn't expect that at this stage. This team needs to learn unselfishness in a hurry to make a good run. If that happens and JV gets into 35 minute/game condition, we'll be fine. If this makes me a pumper, so be it.
After 23 games motivation shouldn't be an issue.Perhaps an attempt to motivate.
Best post I'VE SEEN IN A LOOOONG TIME!!!!!I have an answer, sit their butt on the bench and don't recruit a bunch of guys who only care about the NBA.
Last season it was ( They need to STOP looking at their DRAFT STATUS )! Can I get an AMEN!!How many times did he say "we are young"?
Dribble Drive, right? That's the offense where you run isolation plays and give your superior athletes the opportunity to take their guys one-on-one.Can anybody tell us what Cal's offensive scheme is? I look and look for any resemblance of some type of set offense and I see none.
We need to go back to running it up and the down the court. Try to score before the defense is set. That's what this team is equipped to do. Diallo is at his best in transition. Knox is at his best in transition. Green's game winner the other night was a great play in transition. We beat WVU, whether it was against the press or after a missed basket, because we got out in transition. How Cal doesn't understand that this, of all his teams, is one that has to attack before the defense gets set, is beyond me.Putting myself in the players shoes here, I feel like they have to be somewhat frustrated too. I mean, who are they supposed to pass the ball to? There's no motion in our ddMo. Watch it, the only guy moving is the guy with the ball, nobody else is cutting or trying to get open. Remember how Murray used to run around like mad man trying to get open? Where is that with his team?
It's a very poor offensive design in my opinion. Cal needs to redesign it and find something that works for the team he has.
To me, all I see is isolation (one on one) offense, where you have to beat your man and that ends up turning into 1 guy trying to beat 4 defenders because nobody is moving.
We see this every year, some players, like Fox, Monk, Knight, Ulis, Murray etc… have the physical tools to pull it off, but this team doesn't.
Overhaul the offense Cal, do something that works for THIS team.
It’s alright maybe for once he will not run everyone off to the NBA. Maybe we can have some experience, maybe we can some games next year, maybe
Yes we will. Probably the same day we bow out of the tournament.Thing is if they wanna go they gone. We will see who was me me after the tournament.
He takes Vanderbilt out for taking a bad shot, but plays Washington every second the 2nd half for doing nothing.
I said after the season started, this groupe will be VERY LUCKY to get past the first weekend of the BIG DANCE! My Son said I was CRAZY for thinking that! Cal will work it out, and it's the youngest team EVER? I'd love to have a dollar for everytime I have heard that, This is the youngest team in the country, and it's a work in progress, and the SAME OLD PILE I hear every year..........This is shaping up like another 2nd round Indiana loss year. Sigh.
!!!!They're not recruited to be ready for the NBA; rather because they are potentially draftable by the NBA after their freshman year.
If they can play basketball year 1 then so be it but let's not get our priorities confused.
Problem is, teams don't let you just run it up and down the court like that.We need to go back to running it up and the down the court. Try to score before the defense is set. That's what this team is equipped to do. Diallo is at his best in transition. Knox is at his best in transition. Green's game winner the other night was a great play in transition. We beat WVU, whether it was against the press or after a missed basket, because we got out in transition. How Cal doesn't understand that this, of all his teams, is one that has to attack before the defense gets set, is beyond me.