I can see it a little bit. I will say though, outside the taunting techs, the team (especially Adama & Dre) seem to have a lot of real respectful interactions with officials after fouls and such, getting explanations. I’ve seen it in person & on TV. (May have got Adama a little latitude for that ball spike after his second during the FT’s)
Are you sure he spiked the ball? I have never seen a player spike the ball that close to a ref and not get a T. My wife and I were sitting fairly close, but I didn't actually see the spike happen. All I saw was the ball bounce really high and Sanogo walking away. My wife said that the ref was the one who bounced the ball. That didn't make any sense to me, but later she pointed out the ref bouncing the ball pretty forcefully between free throws. He was catching it on the way up, but perhaps he missed it for some reason in the Sanogo incident.
To use your last timeout with 8 minutes remaining in a Big East road game makes for an uphill battle in the closing minutes. I think Neptune is actually a pretty good coach overall, but I bet he wishes he handled that scenario differently. Frankly, I was shocked that they were out of timeouts that early.
He called one after a whopping 4-0 run, then called another when the lead went from 7 to 9 over a three and a half minute span. Plus the one after their own made three. None were to stop huge runs, so in my eyes not valid at all. It’s rookie coaching, if your team can’t fight through a 4-0 run you haven’t coached them up well enough.
I don't know where he got it from, but my friend said that Neptune was saying, "He's not a shooter!" to his defense. Andre then purportedly hit the 3, turned around, and said, "And you're not Jay Wright!"
The last timeout came after Diarra hit a floater to extend the lead to 8 and they couldn't inbound the ball against our press
For what it’s worth an opposing teams, coach used to step out on the court, typically when a break was happening on for my kids team. Maybe it was enthusiasm, maybe it was an attempt to narrow the lane and but it happened routinely. My kid just drove right into him and then fell over and picked up the technical on him. Afterwards I confirmed suspicion that it was deliberate. “If he wants to give me two free throws in the ball, why wouldn’t I take that.”
Was absolutely a spike from Sanogo, no idea how he didn't get T'd up which would have been his 3rd foul with 8 minutes left in the 1st half
Wait, wasn't the T vs. Georgetown because Bouknight was ejected from stands vs. Xavier last season?
That's wild that he didn't get whistled. Maybe the ref was too stunned to react.
I like this take the best. All else will sort itself out.
Yeah, where's the fun in that?? And me missing a spelling joke pails in comparison to some of the bad takes posted recently.
I want this to be true more than I can say.
Those are all fake names.
I don’t think they need any reminders about Hurley. Shocked he didn’t get a T last night after the Sanogo “foul” on the 3 point shot. He clearly called the referee “ clown” 2 times to his face.
People are talking like there were some egregious coaching mistakes made by Neptune last night. Outside of a couple forced shots that weren’t within the flow of the offense I thought they looked like a well coached team.
A spelling joke ya say?
Yeah, I don't know what you're asking or responding to at this point...
Intending to match the sincere tone of your post, I offer that the correct phrase is "pales by comparison," rather than "pails by comparison."
Thank you.
I return the thanks.
