....and this is important for everyone to read.
For real, I'm dog-tired but this needs to be said, so please pay attention:
- Start right here: If you haven't done so, please read my scouting report on Auburn in last night's analysis. What they can put on the floor right now is, quite simply, the most complete team in the country. They are better than KU, bama, Zags, dook,uk, name it. Please don't bother arguing, because if you do, you will be wrong. I'm not saying this because of my Auburn connections --- I was pulling for UNC as hard as I could --- just stating fact. Granted, they could very well lose tomorrow --- they are, after all, undisciplined (an achilles heel of Pearl teams) --- but make no mistake as to what they have.
- So... the reason I'm leading with this is to give y'all some perspective. 1) They are very good and played very well. 2) We did not. Thus, please spare me the "woe is us" nonsense. We aren't doomed, we're just not there yet.
With that out front, let's get into some analysis:
- Let me start by giving credit where due --- this was a generally well-officiated game. Refreshing to have a solid crew, so no complaints there.
- I told you that Broome was a stud, and he started out just being ridiculous (he ain't normally THAT good), but we adjusted and contained him in the second half. Trouble is, their other weapons came thru when they needed them.
Negatives:
- Hubert, please do NOT change your inbound scheme just because an opponent pressures. That was a coaching mistake.
- Ian, take your blinders off. When you get bogged down, look for your teammates
- Ball-movement in general --- long before things got desperate the ball was sticking to one side. REVERSE it!
- We've got to get JWash in a more aggressive and confident mindset on offense. He's too good of a shooter to be hesitant,, and misses are ensuing.
- We uncharacteristically missed too many FTs
- While we had some success driving off of it, we did not attack Pearl's 1-1-3 Zone as smoothly as we should have
Positives:
- Back to my scouting report --- We defended their Flex-cut action very well and only gave up one bucket off of it. And we often forced them into long 3 looks. Trouble is, they made a lot of those.
- We kept fighting amidst a lack-luster performance
- FINALLY!!! We saw some scramble!!! That's right, 43 reared its head and dadgummit, it worked!!! Three possessions of 43 resulting in a forced timeout, a stop, and a turnover. PLEASE Hubert... don't wait for desperation time. This team needs to be multiple!
Anyway, here's the deal: FLUSH this game and move on. In fact, in many ways tomorrow's game vs Mich St is the most important of this young season [edit] This is a challenge for us to get back on track that can set the tone --- good or bad --- for the rest of the season. Players and staff --- time to get after it with both barrels, no matter what sort of zebra crew we draw... 😡
For real, I'm dog-tired but this needs to be said, so please pay attention:
- Start right here: If you haven't done so, please read my scouting report on Auburn in last night's analysis. What they can put on the floor right now is, quite simply, the most complete team in the country. They are better than KU, bama, Zags, dook,uk, name it. Please don't bother arguing, because if you do, you will be wrong. I'm not saying this because of my Auburn connections --- I was pulling for UNC as hard as I could --- just stating fact. Granted, they could very well lose tomorrow --- they are, after all, undisciplined (an achilles heel of Pearl teams) --- but make no mistake as to what they have.
- So... the reason I'm leading with this is to give y'all some perspective. 1) They are very good and played very well. 2) We did not. Thus, please spare me the "woe is us" nonsense. We aren't doomed, we're just not there yet.
With that out front, let's get into some analysis:
- Let me start by giving credit where due --- this was a generally well-officiated game. Refreshing to have a solid crew, so no complaints there.
- I told you that Broome was a stud, and he started out just being ridiculous (he ain't normally THAT good), but we adjusted and contained him in the second half. Trouble is, their other weapons came thru when they needed them.
Negatives:
- Hubert, please do NOT change your inbound scheme just because an opponent pressures. That was a coaching mistake.
- Ian, take your blinders off. When you get bogged down, look for your teammates
- Ball-movement in general --- long before things got desperate the ball was sticking to one side. REVERSE it!
- We've got to get JWash in a more aggressive and confident mindset on offense. He's too good of a shooter to be hesitant,, and misses are ensuing.
- We uncharacteristically missed too many FTs
- While we had some success driving off of it, we did not attack Pearl's 1-1-3 Zone as smoothly as we should have
Positives:
- Back to my scouting report --- We defended their Flex-cut action very well and only gave up one bucket off of it. And we often forced them into long 3 looks. Trouble is, they made a lot of those.
- We kept fighting amidst a lack-luster performance
- FINALLY!!! We saw some scramble!!! That's right, 43 reared its head and dadgummit, it worked!!! Three possessions of 43 resulting in a forced timeout, a stop, and a turnover. PLEASE Hubert... don't wait for desperation time. This team needs to be multiple!
Anyway, here's the deal: FLUSH this game and move on. In fact, in many ways tomorrow's game vs Mich St is the most important of this young season [edit] This is a challenge for us to get back on track that can set the tone --- good or bad --- for the rest of the season. Players and staff --- time to get after it with both barrels, no matter what sort of zebra crew we draw... 😡
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