Still Think Cal Is A Great Coach?
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Yep.
Still think OP is a shit poster? Yep.
Still think OP is a shit poster? Yep.
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I don't blame him, he takes a contested 3 and missed he gets splinters in his rear. No our offense is nice to see Murray dribble no where and throw up a prayer. Nice way to deflect his horrible coaching by trying to hate on Willis. Once again Johnblue you show your lack of basketball knowledge. Bless your heart.
Our front court might be horrible, but it isn't because of a lack of stars placed beside their names There are a number of coaches that would love to have these horrible front court players and they would win with them. If the two coaches switched players, UT would still win.
Cal started messing around mid first half and totally messed this team up. He's trying to rest players. Maybe he should settle with 7 players and run half speed practice drills.
Should have a zone in our Arsenal. Their 5 out drive and we foul killed us. Make them pass and try to shoot over us. Out coached tonight because we didn't zone them. We couldn't handle them in man. Try something else even if the NBA doesn't want them to play zone. Not a good night for CC. Develop the whole team
Don't like smartasses. OP? Don't post stupid things that attract them.
Cal has weaknesses (like refusing to play zone) that are usually not an issue because he regularly has superior talent. But, I've come to the conclusion that this team is basically a bunch of role players (aside from Ulis and Murray) who are now being asked to be spotlight performers. They aren't up to it and Cal refuses to change his style to fit his personnel.
I forgot you're only about one player. Since you missed it obviously Willis is a starter now, your excuse of blaming the coach for not playing are no longer valid. He's playing good but that doesn't explain that you still think he is getting the shaft when he is a good as he wants to be right now.
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If you pull your head out of the sand or out of your butt, you would realize that the OP is correct. There is no way that anyone that understands the game of basketball would attempt to give Cal a pass on this debacle.
Recruiting is part of coaching. Cal is a great coach. He has a very young team (again) this year. Most young teams go through growing pains. We've been spoiled by several young teams that were talented enough to avoid the typical losses suffered as a result of inexperience.
1. Learn how to call a timeout when you are losing huge leads. Stop giving young players so much rope.
2. Unless you are going to have all defensive teams every year, which he doesn't, then learn to mix in some different defensive looks to help keep opponents changing and guessing.
3. Start recruiting a college oriented player to every 2 OAD's. specifically the guard position. This could help aid this problem we have every other year.
This was UT's Superbowl, because we are UK. We just have the guys down low this yr. like we are used too.
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It isn't BS. Coaches that aren't use to having a smorgasbord of 4 and 5 star players have to depend more on coaching than overwhelming their opponents with superior talent.
Two of the worst coached in the country.... Says UK fans ( Jones at LSU and Barnest at UT) and the great Cal gets his butt handed to him. But can not be negative about Cal!!!! He has 8 Final fours in 8 months!!!
Did anyone calling for a zone notice that late in the first half we went 2-3 for exactly one possession? We gave up a layup and immediately switched back out of it.
The other side of that coin is they have those kids for 3 or 4 years and are able to build a cohesive nucleus
with a lot of familiarity and chemistry.
Starting over every year is not as easy as it seems, particularly when all the pieces aren't really what they seem.
And? That happens every other possession in man. I personally love the other team scores on us every single game taking the ball out of bounds because our coach refused to play zone on out of bounds plays.
This game came down to interior players that are unable to provide consistent results. Poy, Lee, Skal. If even one of these players was on the level of the big men we've had as of late we win this game and at KU in spite of the horrible officiating. Cal can't prevent Poy from doing stupid things and fouling out. Cal can't turn lee into a basketball player. And no matter how hard he tries, Cal can't turn Skal into a 24 year old version of himself.
Starting over every year is a personal choice. Cal takes great pride in the number of players that he sends to the NBA even if some are not ready and end up in the D league. If he took the time to develop some of his "regular" players, maybe he would have players on his teams that could act as the glue to keep his teams together while his young 5 stars learning how to play the game.
the road atmosphere isnt to blame for this. we should have owned ucla, tennessee, and auburn. those teams suck.
First ballot hall of famer. Not too many of those. Given everything this coach has achieved here, the people that complain fall into one of two categories - idiots or haters. Either stupid, or simply don't like Cal or UK.
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