As a team we did a ton of that yesterday no matter who had the ball out front.We had to rush/force multiple bad shots.I don't understand why we let A&M play defense for only about 10 seconds each trip down the court.
He also had the easy lob to Marcus Lee that he passed on to take the contested layup.
Well then the Harrison's are going against what Cal wants because he has made it ultra clear he wants the offensive ran through the post. Seems like it's all talk though. Not saying I agree with the Cal just rolls the ball out shtick but he does little to no in game coaching. 6 years as coach we haven't run a single out of bounds, not 1. We just toss it up to a big so he can throw it to reset the offense or we chuck one 60 feet down the court to guard to then bring it back into the front court and start whatever we may do. For 2 years now teams have packed in a zone against us and we have no zone offense. We dribble in circles, pass it to the wing, pass it back out top and a lot of times force a bad shot. I don't know why that is? I have to assume that isn't what Cal wants and the players just aren't executing but at some point, my god, call a timeout. We also for the 2nd year in a row have a team that no one fears. There is no Cousins, Bledsoe, Wall, Harrellson, Knight, Davis, Liggins, Teague, guys that had some toughness, some street if you will. We are soft as hell and honestly I don't think Cal is used to that. He has always had guys that had an edge on his team and with no one to give the team an edge we have no killer instinct.
Aaron is a gunner, I don't see how anyone can deny that. He never looks to get it down low. He either shoots it or passes it back to Andrew. He took 20 shots last night and he is currently leading our team in field goal attempts while barely making more than a third of his shots. I'd say the tourney run was just a hot streak. The player he was all season last year, and this year is what he is, at least for the immediate future. I won't call Andrew selfish, but he spends way too much time just dribbling on the perimeter, and not doing anything. He is also terribly inefficient, but it doesn't hurt us as much because he usually doesn't take a lot of shots. They are both ball stoppers.
Think whatever you want but when Jones acted like a baby Cal cussed him and benched him. He'd rip Darius Miller, Boogie and him would scream at each other on the sidelines. He hasn't shown an ounce of that towards the Harrisons'. You may have another word besides coddling but I sure don't. In terms of NCAA run last year. You just must not of watched the games if you think the twins carried us through. It was a complete team effort. Twins no showed in the final 4 completely. Aaron made 1 play of consequence in the entire final 4. James Young was hands down the best player of the tournament run. There is more to a game than just 1 shot without the other guys carry the team Aaron wouldn't have even had the chance.
