We shall see how this works out. I’m afraid we won’t have enough bodies. If this is the case, not sure why Holt and Gary don’t play more.
Oats on playing D
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At a glance it would appear Oat's endured what he had to endure to get this team to the tournament but he knows this current "team" isn't going to survive opening weekend and will likely be gone after day 1. I just hope this isn't a regular season test. If he closes the season out this way he should carry it over to the SEC and NCAA. I'd be pissed to go all out only to lose my minutes when tournaments start.
May have something to do with the people he’s playing with. He isn’t getting many minutes. But it sure does seem like he’s still making hustle plays every time he’s out there.
And is it necessary to constantly throw the kids under the bus? You can do exactly what he said without telling the world.
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I would bet injuries. Love his game when he plays with aggression but he gets beat up
Totally agree. You're the coach. You control the playing time. His constantly dogging the players is growing old.
Could not agree more. I get sick of hearing from the head coach who is making millions that the kids aren't trying or executing.....
HEY! HOW ABOUT SAYING THE COACHING STAFF HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT OUR PLAYERS IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN THESE GAMES???!!!!!!!!!
I just feel like we don't have the guys that can play traditional defense without fouling. They're not all that good at shuffling and drawing charges.
What we have is athletic guys who can play make up defense (steals and blocks) and are good at shooting on the run.
Everything we do good is fast and we aren't that good at anything in a slow traditional half court offense or defense.
What we have is athletic guys who can play make up defense (steals and blocks) and are good at shooting on the run.
Everything we do good is fast and we aren't that good at anything in a slow traditional half court offense or defense.
Part of it offensively is we don’t have a half court offense, especially for this group. Our half court offense is 100% about somebody beating their defender off the dribble and scoring or forcing help and somebody making an open 3. Our offensive efficiency numbers are high, or so people say. I’m not sure how. I guess they don’t count turnovers and such into that.
I’ve always thought we gamble too much on d. It just seems like pressure is at the top of the list and not containing the dribbler.
And playing fast may help this group but it kills them too. They make some bone head turnovers while doing it. And regardless of what anybody says, the more possessions you have bc you shoot fast, the more possessions you play D. Which means there’s. A higher chance for the opposing team to score more too.
Offense is not the problem. We score plenty even when we aren’t shooting well. The problem is the opposing team also scores almost every possession
When you take quick shots, and sometimes bad ones, it will hurt the defense in the long run. Turn it over, hurts the defense. Missing 20+ threes a game turns into long rebound run outs some. ALWAYS have two guys in the corners offense and a big in the dunkers spots, then a guy driving, only one guy left at best to be getting back. All of those are offensive things that have a negative effect on defense. We are going to score. We shoot the ball fast and we shoot a lot.
Good point on turnovers. That certainly is an aspect of the offense that puts more pressure on the defense. Unfortunately, the main culprits there are also the biggest reasons for our defensive woes.
Regardless of what the biggest issues are, they pretty much are what they are right now. If he only plays guys that are going to guard and that excludes JQ, JD, etc, then it’ll be tough to score. And if we still shoot fast and play the same offense, those guys will get tied of guarding too.
Would love to see one of the players come out say "Maybe if coach knew how to call a timeout we wouldn't put ourselves behind so much we can't come back."
I had it on Saturday, he just let that Rupp crowd get pumped up to end the first half. I understand it falls on the players to execute, but when that 13 point lead started to dwindle he should've called timeout to quiet that crowd. Instead we go from up 13 to down 1 at the half in a matter of minutes.
Agree. Most people point to our 3 point shooting (ranked 306th) as the biggest concern for this team. I say our defense (ranked 319th) is a bigger issue. At least 7 or 8 times this year we've scored 75 plus points and lost. You score that many points in a game you should win.
Just my opinion, but even though Q isn’t a great defender, he’s played hard and hung in there pretty well defensively this season. I cannot say the same for JD
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