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This game was obviously an affront to anything that resembles UCONN basketball, but with our history down at SMU and with this squad to be expected. Our guys looked so weak, scared, and soft compared to SMU athletes who looked well conditioned, strong, physical D-1 players it was shocking to behold.
The completely half-hearted and inept zone defense that Ollie preaches that always gets completely abused by a half-decent team is troubling. We need to stay in man to man on defense as we dont know how to play effective zone and guys are not in correct position most of the time. When you do this you send a message to the other team that we stink and cant guard you so we'll play some horrible looking zone that you will still score on.
With a week to prepare, the team looked completely lost on the court and tentative that SMU bottled them up like they were playing a JV team. Albatross Rod doing his thing, Amida not playing well but showing some fire at least, Jalen playing very bad, Vital chucking bad shots and not passing on a break. Vital and Rodney both walking away from Ollie when he was about to yell at them. Facey great game, but passes the ball out of bound on an inbound play because no one comes back for the ball, Albatross Rod hanging his head in the huddle and running away from the ball. These are all traits of an undisciplined team and a team that lacks good coaching. Some of you worrying about Ollie's contract: Don't be because next year 2017-2018 is judgement day as it concerns Ollie and the programs future. The only thing positive that Ollie did was yell at Purvis and Vital for their horrendous display on the court, and bench Jalen with 5 minutes to go in the game. More messages need to be sent.
The completely half-hearted and inept zone defense that Ollie preaches that always gets completely abused by a half-decent team is troubling. We need to stay in man to man on defense as we dont know how to play effective zone and guys are not in correct position most of the time. When you do this you send a message to the other team that we stink and cant guard you so we'll play some horrible looking zone that you will still score on.
With a week to prepare, the team looked completely lost on the court and tentative that SMU bottled them up like they were playing a JV team. Albatross Rod doing his thing, Amida not playing well but showing some fire at least, Jalen playing very bad, Vital chucking bad shots and not passing on a break. Vital and Rodney both walking away from Ollie when he was about to yell at them. Facey great game, but passes the ball out of bound on an inbound play because no one comes back for the ball, Albatross Rod hanging his head in the huddle and running away from the ball. These are all traits of an undisciplined team and a team that lacks good coaching. Some of you worrying about Ollie's contract: Don't be because next year 2017-2018 is judgement day as it concerns Ollie and the programs future. The only thing positive that Ollie did was yell at Purvis and Vital for their horrendous display on the court, and bench Jalen with 5 minutes to go in the game. More messages need to be sent.