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UK/WKU game thread?

I absolutely am glad that Mark Pope and not Calipari is our coach. But my goodness running Amari Williams out there again for the second half is the most ridiculous thing you could possibly do. A number of us in this thread set up before the second half started and now what we’ve said is absolutely confirmed. Ridiculous.
You have to give him a few minutes to see if he turned it around at half. Coaching 101.
 
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I've been half watching, but everytime I've seen Williams, it looks like he's giving 50% effort. Came here for comments, and my suspicion has been confirmed. Ugh.
 
You have to give him a few minutes to see if he turned it around at half. Coaching 101.
Even Stevie Wonder can see Williams is dogging it and needs to be on the bench. His head isn't in the game for whatever reason.
 
Williams needs to learn from the bench this half.

Shorten his leash. He's not ready for this game.
Seems like he struggles playing against smaller quicker lineups. Doesn’t really have the back to the basket game to take advantage of the size advantage and then his finesse advantage he has over traditional big men is negated when he’s playing against a more skilled smaller forward
 
I know Amari is better than this
Something mental going on?
Better than this? Of course he is. An explosive athlete? No. A good foul shooter? No. A guy you can trust in a close game? No. A guy you can play against quicker and more athletic players? Absolutely not.

With our depth, I would’ve liked Pope to recognize what even casual fans could see within the first two minutes of the game: he was not ready to play tonight, and he was outmatched. And therefore, we should’ve immediately turned to Garrison, Carr, Almanor as the rotation for the rest of the night.
 
Williams has had a bad game but he isn’t the only one tonight…. They all seem like that Turkey dinner 2 days from now is on all of their minds!!!
This shouldn’t be overlooked either. School just let out for thanksgiving break. Routines are disrupted and families coming to town etc. not an excuse as both teams are dealing w that stuff but it just makes it a less focused, weird week that isn’t like every other week of the season
 
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I’d blame some of this performance on a typical boring Rupp crowd tonight. Holiday break and early tip. This is an NBA crowd tonight and not in a playoff game atmosphere. Snooze.
 
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Amari was terrible against Duke. He really has struggled when there has been a modicum of resistance.
 
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