Who the **** was he getting to play? More Casey or Watson? Robinson? Maybe Nwoko but then you have Norchad on the bench. As soon as Casey and Watson showed they could not play competently at this level then you were scrambling with true freshman. George got minutes but really struggled early. Nwoko is coming along but it still a big time work in progress. Djobet is stealing minutes from Watson. Robinson is unplayable.
Then you have to start flipping the roster. Roster flipping almost complete in football. When you have guess tweeting after the bowl loss like LT and Smith you know you have issues. I would imagine we have issues in practice that have not surfaced. I love the "Paul Harvey" from the coaches.
Play whoever the **** he recruited. Could've got away with doing it in those 40+ point blowouts vs the New Jersey schools, LIU, Stonehill, UNF, etc. Maybe, just maybe, by doing so he could've showed the knucklehead starters that he's willing to sit their asses if they weren't willing to buy in. Could've sacrificed a game or two for the greater good. Now he's got no choice but to stick it out with this bunch. Any options he had early on, are out the window now.
You think Casey or Watson were going to get better? They weren't all that good against these teams. Djobet is playing hard and getting minutes but he is clearly not ready this year.
You run us off the baseline which is what UVA does with their packline defense. Our ball screens have not been good of late. Too much dribbling and wasted time leads to unforced errors. Our kids also force penetration when it is not there. Our off ball movement was awful last night. That is lack of effort.
I hear ya, but at the end of the day the man in charge is the one responsible for this team. Wasn't like this team was inherited from another staff. He put the team together. He recruited them. He's coached most of them for a year or two now.
Because he is helping IU. Walker is playing 15 minutes a night. He is scoring 6.0 with 3.0 rebounds with career highs of 48.7 from the field and 75.0 from the line. Yes, I know Casey moved. Regardless, where he is at he is a liability on the court.
I'll have to disagree on Walker. To me, his 4 years here trump what he's doing in IU. I'm gonna stick to thinking his 4 years with Coach L is more indicative of what we were gonna see in year 5 rather than going off his 1 year playing with Mike Woodson at IU. No wrong or right here. May have helped. May have not. But doubt he would've been much of a difference maker here. This team is lacking a lot more than an Anthony Walker.
Just what miami needed, a ****ed off UNC team coming off a home loss...season has been a disaster
Look I never thought he would give IU valuable time, but that being said Casey gives us nothing.
Is it effort or a lack of discipline? Or are we trying to do things that this team isn't good at?
Lapses on defense are primarily due to lack of effort. When we struggle on the boards it is definitely lack of effort. Poor ball screening is lack of effort. Discipline was been poor especially on offense especially shot selection and way too many turnovers, many unforced with lazy passing.
In the words of Eric Spoelstra, "this team needs to be more intentional on defense". Thats true. The TO's hurt. But none of that explains why 3 of our starters are shooting below 37% over the last 6 games. At the beginning of the season they were close to 45% which is solid if not good.
Except they said they were there to see George. Wooga is playing himself out of the draft. Joseph goes into long shooting draughts. He did last year in conference play. Pack's shooting cannot be explained other than maybe his ankle is really impacting how he practices.
I don't think Wooga was ever a first round pick. It was hype like it was for TVD. It was based on certain things said by the media. And just like the hype sabotaged TVD, it appears to be doing the same to Wooga.