OOTB Carolina Basketball Discussion Thread
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And most rational people knew that was the case and that it was going to be a difficult year in UNC terms...
.Every team we face plays harder then they do normally because they want to beat THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!!!
Winning on the road is tough in any conference this year and we ran into a buzz-saw tonight but it’s ok
We can only hope that this piss-poor mid-season performance makes Roy and the staff tear them all a new asshole and they fight and play hard from here on out.
Of course it's okay. This team was never even going to sniff a repeat without Bradley.
It's time's like this we can console ourselves thusly:
We fell asleep at the wheel with 4:00 to go in the first half and didn't wake up until the car finally came to a stop, against a tree, a quarter mile off the road in a tobacco field.
Sooo you could tell Jalek was pissed when he went out right before the 4:00 mark. He had a crappy defensive effort and then a not so good shot from three. He wouldn’t even dap Berry up coming into the game. So the question is.. is the pissed off at how poorly he’s playing? ... or pissed off at how short his chain is?
Yup. He could've made us a contender but without him we're looking at a round of 32/16 exit. That's not a bad season with this personnel. Hard not to be spoiled.
Probably both, but he knows the limited time is due to his limited production so he's madder at himself.
Ima go watch the replay to cheer myself up.It's time's like this we can console ourselves thusly:
And before anyone asks, NO I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S A TREE IN A TOBACCO FIELD, OKAY? Damnit.
I'm not even so sure about that. We would certainly be better off with him, but I'm not convinced we'd be a contender. Not one of the freshman behind him would give us the kind of minutes he did last year when we needed to rest a big. We'd end up having to go small a lot and you see how inconsistent that is for us now.
I wanna be mad that they chanted that, but honestly we just gotta take it. Nothing we can say about our head-to-head matchups. Too bad they're bad at every other sport.
Sooooo... speaking of Jalek, when do we start to worry about the dreaded "T" word, or more likely, the dreaded "GP" phrase...? It's either a legitimate concern right now, or it's very, very close to becoming a legitimate concern, IMO.
I'm not sure people will agree but I think Jalek is maybe a little mad that Berry is kind of making the same mistakes Jalek is sometimes but Felton gets pulled the second he makes one. Now, he has to understand he is a freshman and Joel is a proven (extremely proven) senior who also still makes big plays. I think there is a little bit of that maybe, probably more just mad at himself though. Regardless, if you watch him on the bench he is as enthusiastic as anyone. When Na scored the other day he was as excited as anyone else and is always like that over there. I don't think there is any need to worry about him being unhappy in that way.
Felton has hardly shown anything that would make ANYONE think that he's being denied playing time or any other opportunity. I don't keep up with recruiting very much, but I don't see what all the hype was about where he's concerned.
We are 5-3 in conference but look at the schedule - we might do well to split those last 10 games. I think we’re looking at 10-8, 21-10 overall regular season.
Hey, the good thing is we don’t play till Saturday, against moo at home. Roy doesn’t need extra motivation to beat state but he’s got it after that performance.
Remaining schedule...
state - W
@clem- L
pitt - W
dook - L
@state - L (48 hours after dook game)
nd - W ? (48 hours after state game)
@lou - L
@cuse - W
miami - W ?
@dook - L
state - W
@clem- L
pitt - W
dook - L
@state - L (48 hours after dook game)
nd - W ? (48 hours after state game)
@lou - L
@cuse - W
miami - W ?
@dook - L
they'll be a top four seed..that's really what matters.
they'll probably beat duke at home and they have clemson, nd, and miami.
cmon, people.
they'll probably beat duke at home and they have clemson, nd, and miami.
cmon, people.
I suppose it could be, but who & why?
I want to lean toward fatigue factor but maybe that’s too simplistic view.
this happens every year, it seems...problem is they don’t have the talent to overcome this week to week.
I’m not mad, just trying to be realistic. We might go 6-4 over the last 10 but there’s some tough games left. We are a good team, but we’re not great. And that’s ok. We got the belt last year, and are loading back up for next year.
If we go 8-2 or 9-1 over that stretch then Roy will have coached his buns off.
It’s not chemistry. It will rarely ever be chemistry problems under Roy’s watch. He creates the right culture within the team to prevent that. You’ll also have less chemistry issues and upheaval with a team led by upperclassmen. That’s why I love the traditional way of building a team rather than relying on OAD talent. And people ask, “why not both?” And the answer is that you can’t have your cake and eat it too. OADs are too talented to play the background while less talented upperclassmen take the reigns.
With that said, if there is any hint of chemistry issues within the team, the only place it could be coming from would be Felton. He looked pissed coming out of the game last night and I’m sure he’s pissed that his freshman season hasn’t gone as any of us expected (to date). But Roy will get that in check if it exist. Or if Roy can’t get it in check, Seventh will phase Felton out when he’s healthy.
I think our issues on any given night stem from complacency. Sure, Berry is a warrior and a winner and you expect him to bring it every night and set the tone. But he’s human. On some level, I think Joel and Theo think they can turn it on when they need to. Honestly, I think Roy thinks that at times too. Because there’s no explanation for him not stopping runs with a TO when he has a bizarre lineup in. He thinks that no matter the hole, his main guys can dig them out. Most years we have the talent and experience that proves he’s right. This year we don’t.
Here’s to hoping the team develops the “killer” mentality in the postseason and sustains it all the way through. We’re not winning the regular season (we never were this season). But maybe we can get hot shooting the ball in March. And here’s to hoping we pick up the intensity and sustain it for a run in the tournament.
These are the kind of games that previous teams “out talent” the other for a hard w. The 4th game in like 12 days, on the road. Not to sound like a broken record but we dont have the talent to just show up and win these type of games like in the past.
