Chiefs Briefs - Colorado Edition

[CL82]

I think we can all cut out the 3 peat talk now.

OK, so long as we don't have to stop thinking about it.

 

[Husky Alien]

I'm holding out hope but Samson is a senior and Tarris is a junior. A lot of these fouls seem like things you'd expect to be ironed out of an upperclassman's game by now.

Samson is not a true 5. He is 6'10" with a 7'5" wingspan and 205lbs. Very light and gets pushed around. Tarris is solid 6'10" , 270lbs. And is is still learning Hurley's system. Donavan was 7'2" with a 7'7" wingspan, 280lbs. To put things in perspective. The team is still.learning and coach Hurley needs to make a decision on Reed starting. Johnson seems best comming off the bench. In Hurley we trust....

 

[Chief00]

I think we can all cut out the 3 peat talk now.

Lots of work needs to be successfully done to accomplish that.

 

[Chief00]

Not good enough. Defense isn‘t good enough, not tough enough on boards, offense stagnates and we settle for deep 3s. Lots to work on. Tomorrow we may play a team that’s better than the two we just lost to. Maybe Hurley should have shut up about “respect” and scheduled some real teams.

We got at least 40% of our starting lineup wrong.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Nowell completely changed our offense when he was in. 5 Assists in 13 minutes. He needs to play more.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Bad defenses foul a lot. It is not the refs’ fault.

 

[Tdaley]

There is no Clingan or Castle on this team. I am sure we will score a lot of points this season but there is no way this group will be any where close to last year's team defensively.

 

[Jmark212]

It's November

If it was known as "November Madness", you'd be spot on

We'll be a lot better come March

You have to make March madness first.

 

[FearThePups]

Nowell deserves minutes.

McNeeley is tremendous.

Somebody on here said in the summer we needed another 6'8 or 6'9 240 pound power forward reserve. Could have used another beefy body today.

Our 3 point defense makes these teams look like Steph Curry and the Warriors.

Need Mahaney or Ross to become consistent high level players. Ross needs reps to move down the learning curve. Mahaney is still learning how to fit in. He's a liability on defense, unfortunately. They've both shown flashes against inferior competition, but have been no-shows in Maui.

I believe it was me who made the comment we need a Karl Malone mailman type. People poo pood that by saying the game isn’t like that anymore, that we need stretch 4s. So how’s that working for us now?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Nowell completely changed our offense when he was in. 5 Assists in 13 minutes. He needs to play more.

He also plays solid defense.

 

[Dove]

I think we can all cut out the 3 peat talk now.

Whoa whooa whoa!!! Blaspheme!!!!

 

[Cheddie]

There is no Clingan or Castle on this team. I am sure we will score a lot of points this season but there is no way this group will be any where close to last year's team defensively.

The team REALLY misses Clingan's defense.

While Diarra is a gritty defender and tough as nails, he shouldn't be taking the final win/lose shot. He's only shooting 17% from three on the season. I think I heard the announcers say he was 3-15 from three coming into the game. Gotta be Karaban catching/not passing in.

 

[Chief00]

The foul shooting discrepancy was earned. Defense not final four level at this time. It may not get there. UCONN is still a formidable opponent and will be fine. This may be one of those years when the Women's team goes further than the men.

I don’t agree, the calls were not consistent. 68 to 37 is foul shot attempts difference the last 2 games and we lost by a total of 3 points.

 

[Husker Husky]

Watched hours later. Didn't know the result. Is the offense now just chucking up 3's? Yes, probably because of Hurley's antics, the last 2 have been 5 on 8 games. But, the foul discrepancy isn't helped by failing to take the ball to the hole.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don’t agree, the calls were not consistent. 68 to 37 is foul shot attempts difference the last 2 games and we lost by a total of 3 points.

Yeah, some of this is on style of play, not attacking the rim, but the calls were not balanced. Fouls against us were let go and phantom fouls that were actually good D were called fouls on us.