That it's possible that Cal put our team in certain situations these past two games just to get his point across?
Hear me out for a second. In the past two games, our defense has been non-existent. In no other games this season has our defense just failed to show up like it had against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Not only was our defense MIA, our offense had much more standing around than I recalled from other games.
On top of what I mentioned above, Coach Cal continued to mention in his interviews and press conferences that he wants his team to get punched in the mouth. He wanted them to have an overtime game. He wanted them to get down double digits and try to fight back. He wanted to see this happen because he said he "wanted to see how they respond with some adversity" and that "blowing teams out teaches me nothing about their ability to fight".
Now, fast forward to Monday during his pre-Mizzouri press conference he again brought up how he was happy that he got to see his team have a double digit deficit....and a couple of overtime games. He said it taught him a lot about his team and their fight. But he immediately followed that up with "now, enough is enough", almost like he, again, dropped the mic on his press conference. Kinda like he was holding his team back just so they could experience a close game.
Then comes last night and the return of the platoons, the defense, and a much more active offense. We swarmed, we ball-hawked, and we blocked shots. We cut, we screened, we posted, and played many versions of a high-low game. We actively worked the middle of the zone, leading to good mid-range jumpers.
So, now I ask, did Cal hold this team back just to give them that experience of playing in a tight situation? Or am I just overly thinking things? I never even thought anything about this until Monday when he made his "now, enough is enough" statement like he had been doing this as a drill.
Fire away.
Hear me out for a second. In the past two games, our defense has been non-existent. In no other games this season has our defense just failed to show up like it had against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Not only was our defense MIA, our offense had much more standing around than I recalled from other games.
On top of what I mentioned above, Coach Cal continued to mention in his interviews and press conferences that he wants his team to get punched in the mouth. He wanted them to have an overtime game. He wanted them to get down double digits and try to fight back. He wanted to see this happen because he said he "wanted to see how they respond with some adversity" and that "blowing teams out teaches me nothing about their ability to fight".
Now, fast forward to Monday during his pre-Mizzouri press conference he again brought up how he was happy that he got to see his team have a double digit deficit....and a couple of overtime games. He said it taught him a lot about his team and their fight. But he immediately followed that up with "now, enough is enough", almost like he, again, dropped the mic on his press conference. Kinda like he was holding his team back just so they could experience a close game.
Then comes last night and the return of the platoons, the defense, and a much more active offense. We swarmed, we ball-hawked, and we blocked shots. We cut, we screened, we posted, and played many versions of a high-low game. We actively worked the middle of the zone, leading to good mid-range jumpers.
So, now I ask, did Cal hold this team back just to give them that experience of playing in a tight situation? Or am I just overly thinking things? I never even thought anything about this until Monday when he made his "now, enough is enough" statement like he had been doing this as a drill.
Fire away.
