This is what Oats said about the big run. It was something like a 17-2 run. And of course, it’s always effort when it isn’t going well. I’ll die on the hill that says these kids aren’t just out there not playing hard in a game like this. Maybe call a timeout? Break momentum, adjust, give them a break to settle things down…. It can’t be effort everytime something isn’t going well. He can do a lot of things but he has to learn to quit blaming the players and their effort all of the time.
This is what he said…. "I asked them, did you need me to call timeout to tell you to play harder? ... We'd already said we needed to do that. ... they need to figure out if they want to be the hardest-playing, toughest team on the floor or not."
This is what he said…. "I asked them, did you need me to call timeout to tell you to play harder? ... We'd already said we needed to do that. ... they need to figure out if they want to be the hardest-playing, toughest team on the floor or not."
