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Bad night for the Gilbert haters.

Palatine said:
17 points, 6-8, 3-3 from three, only three assists but it led the team. And his usual dogged defense.

This kid is capable of this very often. But it just hasn't happened. It was BEAUTIFUL to watch.
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or maybe coming off the bench was what he needed all along
 
LIuconn said:
OK did Bouk "step up" or did his outside shot finally start falling?



Na, it's talent that limits the team. We play against freshmen and sophs, they do fine...
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Yeah, Bouk stepped up tonight. Took over the game for a personal 11-0 run. Was spectacular. He knew he was going to make those shots.
 
Palatine said:
17 points, 6-8, 3-3 from three, only three assists but it led the team. And his usual dogged defense.

This kid is capable of this very often. But it just hasn't happened. It was BEAUTIFUL to watch.
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If he’s capable of this very often we should see this very often. We don’t. Beautiful to watc
sharonT said:
How many guys from Virginia's championship team are now playing in the NBA? To win, you need future NBA players. Only Bouk will even get a serious look. Why argue over guys who won't win?
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What?
 
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I think it's about consistency. AG has consistently lost his dribble, charged into the tall trees, and tried to do what doubtless worked for him in high school but not against solid college talent. Criticism of him has been valid. Tonight he broke the distressing pattern he had established (despite a few ill-advised follies). Hopefully he will be able to sustain his new pattern.
 
temery said:
Anyone here who says they haven't seen posters frequently shredding Gilbert must be blind.

The next time he has a bad game, many praising him today will trash him.
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Criticism =/= Hate. I criticize Gilbert as much as anyone, I certainly don't hate him and was thrilled to see him have a good game
 
Husky68 said:
Yeah, the NBA is just chock full of UConn 2014 championship team players.
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Stop. We had the best player in the country in Shabazz, and he refused to lose. Resolve in spades.
 
sharonT said:
I am merely pointing out that life is much too short to be getting vile and angry over a team that does not have enough ready for prime time athletes to succeed at a high level. College basketball is supposed to be fun.
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What a fan you are, great insight! lol
 
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Palatine said:
17 points, 6-8, 3-3 from three, only three assists but it led the team. And his usual dogged defense.

This kid is capable of this very often. But it just hasn't happened. It was BEAUTIFUL to watch.
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One good game out of 20 isnt too bad.
 
todbo said:
I think it's about consistency. AG has consistently lost his dribble, charged into the tall trees, and tried to do what doubtless worked for him in high school but not against solid college talent. Criticism of him has been valid. Tonight he broke the distressing pattern he had established (despite a few ill-advised follies). Hopefully he will be able to sustain his new pattern.
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It hasn't been "consistently" at all when you breakdown how much he has the ball. It's been consistently at the end of games no doubt and it's a bad trait as well but let's not pretend that the "haters" don't even see when he plays well during the games and keeps the team in the game. They are blind to that. He played a great first half last night and the first time he did drive into the lane, easy 2nd half, he makes his error in judgement and a couple in the chat room say "here we go AG". These are also the same people who didn't say crap in a positive manner while he played good. That's a hater and there are a few. The "follies" you speak of at many times have a lot to do with the clock running down and no one is getting open in our offense but that goes unnoticed also. Vital shot a 3 last night 2nd half and when it left his hand the buzzer went off 2 seconds later and still the CV unlikers lol had to say "awful shot." he had no choice. They both get hammered and sometimes for a good reason, but they do some real good things too that those who know little never see. Part of fandom I guess.
 
Palatine said:
17 points, 6-8, 3-3 from three, only three assists but it led the team. And his usual dogged defense.

This kid is capable of this very often. But it just hasn't happened. It was BEAUTIFUL to watch.
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I love how the dingbats on twitter who call him a failure were like "I sed what I sed about Gilbert and I'm tough on him but this was ok", oh an amazing performance is "ok", cool...
 
It's clear that Alterique is playing with more confidence and less pressure, and his play has been much better as a result. Does that mean he's definitively turned a corner? Hard to say. But there's two things that seem to have been the key to his new mindset, both of which came out in Hurley's post-game comments:

1. AG benefits from not being the only capable ball handler out there, and playing with Gaffney in particular. Vital never really developed that skillset, which put a lot of pressure on Gilbert to initiate and create offense.

2. The time away seems to have been the right decision for everyone, and I'm impressed with his attitude about it coming back: David Borges on Twitter

It's obviously an evolving situation, but given what we've gone through this year things at least seem to be set up for optimal development and team performance. Kudos to Danny and Al for sticking together through a trying situation.
 
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He’s been watching from the bench the last couple of years. Bring him off bench, allow him to figure it out, then give him 25+ to do his thing.
 
temery said:
Anyone here who says they haven't seen posters frequently shredding Gilbert must be blind.

The next time he has a bad game, many praising him today will trash him.
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because play well = good and play poor = bad.
 
He has played at a different pace since coming back. It was never lack of talent.
Not rushing or forcing plays. Pretty much taking what the defense is giving us
Plus last night his shot was on.
Now I'm sure he doesn't feel like he has to do everything like earlier in the year.
Keep it going AG.
 
AG looked more relaxed last night than I have ever seen him. From his and coaches comments it sounds like he felt responsible for the entire team. This is a huge burden for any player.

He is playing much more freely.
Even when he went inside and got blocked, he went back for a huge kick out which helped open the lane for him later.

All around 3s helped against that nasty physical zone, but a relaxed AG off the bench is great for him and all of us.
 
Calhoun's Court said:
He has played at a different pace since coming back. It was never lack of talent.
Not rushing or forcing plays. Pretty much taking what the defense is giving us
Plus last night his shot was on.
Now I'm sure he doesn't feel like he has to do everything like earlier in the year.
Keep it going AG.
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I really like Alterique. I think he's been through a lot. McD AA, signs with UConn and looks like the next great UConn PG, after the last two each won a national championship. That had to be what he saw as the future.

2016-17: plays 3 games and a team with 8 top 100 recruits finishes 16-17. Has surgery.
2017-18: Plays 6 games. Team is worse at 14-18. Has major surgery and his coach is fired.
2018-19: Plays 25 games and after a slow injury recovery start he was going well, gets smacked in the face and has an eye injury. Team is 16-17.
2019-20: Finally healthy, and yet the style of play is different. The offense has changed. He no longer has Jalen Adams as another dual threat guard. His shot stops falling and the freshmen don't step up and take shots. Team keeps losing close games. Then he sees the team play better with Gaffney and has to think about what has gone wrong.

It takes some maturity to step back, re-evaluate who you are and what you want.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
I don’t think anybody hates Gilbert. But you’ll have to admit that until this performance he’s been meh. At best.
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With all the vile directed towards him in the games he didn't do well leads me to believe otherwise. I understand. The BY is an entitled fickle group.
 
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AI is now ahead of Vital and Adams in 3 point percentage and 3rd on team behind Polley and Bouk. Vital is having an epic 3 point slump.
 
Candyman34 said:
AI is now ahead of Vital and Adams in 3 point percentage and 3rd on team behind Polley and Bouk. Vital is having an epic 3 point slump.
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Lets hope he’s saving it for the conference tourney.

Vital is a very rigid athlete and IMO those are the types that really struggle when they fall out of their mechanics even very slightly.
 
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