No one thinks we are winning it all. The other poster is a realist. Live on fantasy island if you must.
Pope Will Not Tighten Lineup
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No one thinks we are winning it all. The other poster is a realist. Live on fantasy island if you must.
Yeah and Forrest Gump ran across America several times. Neither has anything to do with this set of UK players. Pope knows his teams limits. If he says Brea cannot play 38 minutes I trust him over ourselves armchair coaching.
I remember in 97 against Minnesota Mercer played a bunch of minutes. On Monday morning at Final Four I ran in to Pope. I asked him about the team and what he thought about the game tonight against Arizona. His first statement was about Mercer, said he was not in the best of shape and had not recovered from Saturday nights game. Pope said the guy for Arizona Miles Simon was gonna score easy on him. Said other players would have to step up. He knows his stuff. Always has.
No. Just being realistic. Btw I’ve never thought we’d be winning a title in year one. Playing with depth is the only way to build quality depth going forward
As the season has drawn along minutes have fallen for guys who shouldn’t. These guys want to see lay in the nba but not do what it takes.
Sounds like our conditioning isn’t up to par, maybe we should look into that this off season along with the fact of the injuries we’ve had all season long. I’ve said for a month that we look tired and pretty much out of shape, but the sad part is there’s tv timeouts and coaches timeouts and 100 reviews a game that’s basically more time outs…..so why are we so tired and why can’t guys play 30-35 mins/game then?
There is 0 comparison between men and women's game,none. Guys are much bigger, 20xs stronger, quicker and much more physical. It is a FANTASY that women compare to men at this level. I remember about 3 or 4 years ago the US women's soccer team lost to a Texas boys high school team.
I think our conditioning is fine. Your and my 'opinion' really doesn't matter does it? Maybe your conditioning isn't fine and this is transference or something. Who gives a f*.
To be completely honest, Perry/Noah/Chandler aren’t winning you a title now or four yrs from now. That argument is kinda busted.
Why waste your time following them if you already know the outcome? Doesn’t make sense.
Too early to know that…best way to find out is….drum roll please…widen the lineup.
Where are people getting 22 and 25 minutes? Pope is just saying he cant play Brea for 38 (very understandable) and Amari for 31 (also fair).
I also wonder if the coaches just know things about players that we don't. Some people here think it's some travesty why Pope and Cal aren't playing some player.. maybe they have information we dont.
I also wonder if the coaches just know things about players that we don't. Some people here think it's some travesty why Pope and Cal aren't playing some player.. maybe they have information we dont.
Why is it so freaking hard for all of you guys that make this statement to realize the bench isn’t what it was! Goodness. Wake up. It would be fine to play the bench longer runs if it consisted of Kriisa, Brea, Almonor, and Garrsion. But it doesn’t. It includes a few dudes that are seriously struggling to compete at this level currently. What’s the answer? Play those dudes that can’t hang? Or shorten the rotation? Nobody would be saying this if Kriisa and Robinson were healthy.
You haven’t seen enough evidence to know? Might wanna yank your head out. Hell, have someone that subscribes to the analytics give you the numbers when those dudes are on the floor. It won’t be pretty.
You gonna start beta testing stuff with two regular season games left? Interesting approach.
So your strategy is that we're better off running our starters into the ground even though the last 5 minutes they may be tanked? We should do it because we can't rely on our bench? There are negatives both ways. Does your boy Bruce do that? I thought he had an expansive bench this year.
You rarely have anything positive to say about anything so any approach that you disagree with might not be the wrong choice
Gotta develop them. I don’t think it’s been all bad. We can certainly see their weaknesses but there are also bright spots. So have I seen enough to know? No.
People say they want Pitino or Pearl ball then also demand you play 5 guys. I agree some people just like to be angry
It’s obvious you’re not smart enough to understand my comment.
If you wanna win big, having players who are willing to sacrifice is a must. And guess what? I’m not sure we have many this year that fit into that category. That’s gonna hurt your little feelings but it’s the truth. My message to Pope would be to recruit national championship type players like Walker.
What’s your goal for UK from here on out, smart ass? You good just with tournament appearances?
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I'm 100% positive you wouldnt have been able to spot Sears or Broome or many players of those 2 teams as national championship caliber players when they were transferring.
I'm not sure on all of the analytics but I tend to agree with him regarding Brea. That guys has a history of major surgeries on both legs. One or two games is probably fine, but game in and out probably is not.
Amari gets lazy and sloppy when he plays too much.
Id rather have brea out there walking around than have chandler at all. Ill never understand his commitment to these substitution patterns.
Huh? Not sure what you’re trying to say but if you’re implying that I wouldn’t have noticed the upside of a guy like Broome who averaged 13 and 9 as a freshman, then I’m 100% you’re wrong.
Or Sears who averaged almost 9 as a freshman and 19 as a sophomore, then again, you’re 100% wrong.
Right or wrong, he doesn't see it your way.
Simple.
I remember how spectacular 15 was when nobody played huge minutes.
38 straight.
Then the coach tightened the rotation and we barely beat ND.
The rest is history.
I see it both ways. I like the fact that we’re letting the younger players get experience. Also, it doesn’t seem like fatigue is as big an issue in the postseason. Especially the NCAA tournament. It seems like they get like 10 extra TV timeouts during the games in the tournament. With that being said the more these younger players play the better they’ll get.
So what they do as freshmen determines their career?
D. Booker says hello.
Sky walker 7ppg frosh/ 22 Jr
My biggest complaint this season has been not staggering the subs more. Don’t bring them in together as much but stagger a bit.
Going to have to trust coach on thos one, but at the moment, I disagree with him.
If you had more seasoned players coming off the bench, I'd be all about it, but Noah gives you nothing but a couple rebounds, he hasn't been scoring, Almonor has been a complete dud for quite some time, Perry is okay, but he can't guard out in space, Garrison is a complete mess out there and Chandler, while much improved, doesn't score much and turns the ball over.
I find it odd that Amari can't play 30 minutes. He did just fine against Auburn, just ask Broome.
I feel like 32 minutes for Williams, Oweh, Butler and Brea, should be the target, especially when you factor in all the timeouts.
Speaking of timeouts, aren't they longer in the NCAAT?
If you had more seasoned players coming off the bench, I'd be all about it, but Noah gives you nothing but a couple rebounds, he hasn't been scoring, Almonor has been a complete dud for quite some time, Perry is okay, but he can't guard out in space, Garrison is a complete mess out there and Chandler, while much improved, doesn't score much and turns the ball over.
I find it odd that Amari can't play 30 minutes. He did just fine against Auburn, just ask Broome.
I feel like 32 minutes for Williams, Oweh, Butler and Brea, should be the target, especially when you factor in all the timeouts.
Speaking of timeouts, aren't they longer in the NCAAT?
Wait, not only did you run into Pope somewhere in Indianapolis, where the team was surely sequestered from the outside, but you had a conversation with MP, probably, what, when he was going to the ice machine? And he told you Mercer was toast and Miles and Simon were going to score easily on him? Man, I don't buy any of this.
The thought of Pope revealing that kind of information to a random fan the day of the title game, is too far fetched for me to believe.
Come on, you're yanking our chain, right?
I don't recall anyone hating on Cal for playing tighter lineups. Do you have an example?
The only thing I recall that is even close, was Cal's favoritism towards certain players that shouldn't have been playing and him putting certain other players in his doghouse.
He obviously made promises to certain players (Boston, Edwards, Wheeler the Dragon erc… ) but he still used his bench.
IF you even remotely understood our previous coach it was generally the PG who played majority of those minutes.. Hmmm I wonder why? Oh I know maybe because he wanted him to show everything he could for NBA and he promised he would play the majority of the minutes. YOU CANNOT ever use Cal as a reason to do things. He based ALL of this decisions on the Pro road for these kids becuase he promised them they would play and it cost him at least one championship if not more.
