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TheRick said:
Never been a fan of Cole. Missed 2 free throws that lost us the game. Overtime shot a couple 3's that were bricks. Gaffney deserves his minutes.
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A lot more went into this lost and you can not put the blame on one player. Overall, I lived the defense by Cole and the Huskies
 
For those who think Cole is so great. Explain the 3 point bricks he threw up in ot. Bad shots. Could work offense instead chucked it up. I still think he is not good. I don't agree with you people who think he is better than gaffney. My opinion.
 
Easily the worst point guard play I have ever seen.
Cole can launch from 3 because nobody is covering him, nobody is covering him for a reason.
When Cole drives to the basket , he can only go left and shoots into the opponents armpits.
Gaffney dribbles around with no purpose, and can't make an open basket.
But the coaching in this game was a fiasco....like looking at "chickens with their heads cut off" for the end of the game.
 
I miss quick UConn guards. Got a lot of slow or tentative guys at the 1-2. If Bouk was unavailable we’d score about 40 pts.
 
LIuconn said:
I don't know if Gaff has it to overtake Cole
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Gaff would of made those two three throws. I guess I see things differently. He missed two critical free throws. Make 1 and and we were semi secured. After those two missed free throws I forgot about his other play. Oh I remember in the first 10 minutes he was jacking threes.
 
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Nebraskan18 said:
if this game is Martin’s version of “fine” then he needs to go back to RI.
(And take all of our guards with him besides Bouk)
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Tell me what he did wrong??? He doesn’t get the ball our guards don’t create. He rebounded hard, he played good D even after 2 very fast fouls . Help me understand how you could focus on him after this loss?
 
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I believe Jalen Gaffney is going to step up to be leading PG for this team. Kid is reliable under pressure. Taliek Brown will take him under his wing and teach him.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
garbage take
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Really? Garbage take?

The post was about DEFENSE.

Preseason BE POY was 4-14, 1-8 from 3.

Cole was on him the majority of the game.

Say what you want about him O, but dude D’d up (up until the last few possessions)

Foot in mouth.
 
mauconnfan said:
Tell me what he did wrong??? He doesn’t get the ball our guards don’t create. He rebounded hard, he played good D even after 2 very fast 2 could. Help me understand how you could focus on him after this loss?
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1-6 from the floor, couldn’t finish anything around the rim, lost loose balls, maybe just the drop out of bounds frustrated me but he didn’t impress me at all today.
 
Cole choked on the ft's but I'm not going to kill him for that, it's happened to far better players than him. He needs to realize he's not at Howard anymore and needs to take what the defense gives him instead of jacking wild threes and taking on the D throwing up wild stuff at the rim but he's pressing because we need a second scorer. Take the open shot and look to probe and dish more. He did totally shut down Zegarowski. Gaffney is frustrating because it looks like he'll never come out of his shell.
 
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This is a really disappointing loss, but it's wrong to put it all on RJ Cole. YES he shot the ball poorly, YES he missed 2 free throws to ice the game, BUT he also played great defense.

Jalen Gaffney contributed nothing.

Tyrese Martin had no offense, and apparently can't hold onto the ball?

Brendan Adam's was just running up and down the court.

What's up with Andre Jackson not even looking at the hoop to score?

Outside of Bouk's amazing play this team played extremely poorly on the offensive side of the ball.

Granted, I think this was a gritty game that we should have won, and will win down the line. We're gonna have a big run in March - when it matters - and if it takes till then to gain respect around the NCAA, so be it.
 
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Scary to think of this team next year without Bouk.

Nobody played well except Bouk, but the loss still falls on Cole. Of course, I’m sure he will have better games. But I think it’s obvious that he’s not going to be the 1B to Bouk’s 1A.
 
Nebraskan18 said:
1-6 from the floor, couldn’t finish anything around the rim, lost loose balls, maybe just the drop out of bounds frustrated me but he didn’t impress me at all today.
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The loose balls were him trying to gain possession on his own fighting for rebounds and loose balls these weren’t delivered passes for easy lay ins. Crap take ( back to RI ) on a guy who played hard.
 
Salty Dog said:
Granted, I think this was a gritty game that we should have won, and will win down the line. We're gonna have a big run in March - when it matters - and if it takes till then go gain respect around the NCAA, so be it.
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love the positivity and agree we will have a big run in March, I think. But is anyone sick of “we will win these ones down the line”? I want to win these....now....
 
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mauconnfan said:
The loose balls were him trying to gain possession on his own fighting for rebounds and loose balls these weren’t delivered passes for easy lay ins. Crap take ( back to RI ) on a guy who played hard.
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fair enough
 
calluke said:
El amin makes both of those FT's...just sayin'.
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WHat da f is the point here? Does he have eligibility left? I could name 50 ex players that would’ve made both. It’s the first game in 14 days. His first big moment as a Husky and I’m sure it will be remembered for 20 yrs here. It’s how he bounces back and performs the rest of his games that will determine if he’s a winner or not. Not the third game and being compared to one of our best’s ever.
 
youseethat said:
Really? Garbage take?

The post was about DEFENSE.

Preseason BE POY was 4-14, 1-8 from 3.

Cole was on him the majority of the game.

Say what you want about him O, but dude D’d up (up until the last few possessions)

Foot in mouth.
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My bad - had multiple threads open in different tabs and posted in the wrong one :(
 
XLCenterFan said:
Ok, Cole played some good D today. But overall, I am not impressed. He takes bad shots, takes too many of them, and isn’t the leader we need running point. He needs to get better quick.
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He is exactly what one would expect of a small guard who played in the MEAC. While I think the Big East is overrated, it is eons above the MEAC and Coles is doing exactly what I thought he would do. He won’t be a scorer and he isn’t a big East caliber point or defender.
 
freescooter said:
He is exactly what one would expect of a small guard who played in the MEAC. While I think the Big East is overrated, it is eons above the MEAC and Coles is doing exactly what I thought he would do. He won’t be a scorer and he isn’t a big East caliber point or defender.
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He just completely locked up the preseason Big East player of the year, go away.
 
superjohn said:
He just completely locked up the preseason Big East player of the year, go away.
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Yeah except when it counted. You are just pissed because the guy you thought would save the program turns out to be decidedly average at best.
 
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kansashusky said:
Thought Cole was a table setter? Looks like he just wants to score. Killed us today.
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We heard endlessly what a great passer he is, even from the team, all through the past year and this year's preseason, yet he hasn't shown it..................yet.
Next game, whenever that might be, would be a good time for him to become the great passer/facilitator we need.
 
Doesn't necessarily excuse his poor shooting in the 1st half, but I personally give a pass to Cole for some of the OT shots. Could tell at the start of OT he blamed himself for missing those FTs and I think he really started to press and force shots trying to make up for it
 
kobebeanbryant said:
pg play is a big weakness. can rahsool declare early?
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When we hear Dan Hurley talk, repeatedly, about needing toughness and grit, I wonder if he feels neither RJ or JG has what it takes to be the leader. He's praised "Philly toughness" when talking about Rahsool and I have to believe he's looking at Corey Floyd Jr. as another guard that would fit the profile he wants in his guards.
 
navery12 said:
Doesn't necessarily excuse his poor shooting in the 1st half, but I personally give a pass to Cole for some of the OT shots. Could tell at the start of OT he blamed himself for missing those FTs and I think he really started to press and force shots trying to make up for it
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Do you have freescooter on ignore? He's embarrassing himself even more than usual.
 
superjohn said:
Do you have freescooter on ignore? He's embarrassing himself even more than usual.
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I did have him on ignore until recently, might be time to put him back. This is even worse than usual because I think he might actually believe what he's saying this time
 
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