Did anyone else throw their remote control when...

[Greathusky]

UCONN fell asleep getting back with their heads down which lead to a Columbia layup?

Larrier is AWFUL on defense. I keyed on him late in the game. He often turns his head and completely loses his
man. I will not get onto his loose handle on key plays tonight.

Perhaps these early games will prove that Diarra and Vital need more minutes.

 

[Horatio]

UCONN fell asleep getting back with their heads down which lead to a Columbia layup?

Larrier is AWFUL on defense. I keyed on him late in the game. He often turns his head and completely loses his
man. I will not get onto his loose handle on key plays tonight.

Perhaps these early games will prove that Diarra and Vital need more minutes.

What amazes me is the perimeter defense / close out defense is this bad with Ricky Moore on the bench. Smh.

 

[nomar]

What amazes me is the perimeter defense / close out defense is this bad with Ricky Moore on the bench. Smh.

This caused me to scream multiple times. Way too many open 3s. This isn't Golden State. It's Columbia. No reason Columbia should be able to run offense better than UConn.

We obviously did outplay them in the 2nd and OT but the fact that we had to rally is pretty sad.

This isn't a well coached team. I think that's pretty clear. I think we're all wondering how Ollie coached the 2014 team to the title. You can say Bazz led us but there were offensive and defensive schemes. It wasn't just effort and talent. So what changed?

 

[nychuskyfan]

UCONN fell asleep getting back with their heads down which lead to a Columbia layup?

Larrier is AWFUL on defense. I keyed on him late in the game. He often turns his head and completely loses his
man. I will not get onto his loose handle on key plays tonight.

Perhaps these early games will prove that Diarra and Vital need more minutes.

That and when he got beaten twice in the last 5 minutes for putbacks when the game was close. He is basically a mediocre jump shooter and when his shot isn’t going down he does nothing to help the team - no defense, rebounding, passing, hustle plays.

But he does seem to have some toughness about him to play through injuries.

 

[sammydabiz]

At one point in my fandom I def would have thrown the remote..... Unfortunately having endured the the last couple seasons, I've become numb to the lack of effort, I resort to the ole rolling of the eyes

 

[Jaker]

I don't throw the remote over a basketball game. When Rocket Man comes on the tube and says he has an ICBM with a nuke on board with our name on it, that makes me start throwing shiite.

 

[awfuldan]

That and when he got beaten twice in the last 5 minutes for putbacks when the game was close. He is basically a mediocre jump shooter and when his shot isn’t going down he does nothing to help the team - no defense, rebounding, passing, hustle plays.

But he does seem to have some toughness about him to play through injuries.

No rebounding? Larrier had 14 tonight. Give me a break.

 

[Milo65]

My frustration boiled over when in the second half we go on a 7-0 run, the team is going to the rack and running offense. Then on three posessions in a row we jack up three quick 3’s that all miss?

 

[Bonehead]

Nope. No thoughts of throwing or screaming. I have passed that stage already.

 

[Hankster]

This caused me to scream multiple times. Way too many open 3s. This isn't Golden State. It's Columbia. No reason Columbia should be able to run offense better than UConn.

We obviously did outplay them in the 2nd and OT but the fact that we had to rally is pretty sad.

This isn't a well coached team. I think that's pretty clear. I think we're all wondering how Ollie coached the 2014 team to the title. You can say Bazz led us but there were offensive and defensive schemes. It wasn't just effort and talent. So what changed?

The same thing happened in Atlantis. My son and I had great seats and watched how Adams would follow the ball inside leaving uncontested three point shots, It was terrible against Gonzaga. If you recall that year, they were deadly behind the Arc.

 

[Kenny11]

This caused me to scream multiple times. Way too many open 3s. This isn't Golden State. It's Columbia. No reason Columbia should be able to run offense better than UConn.

We obviously did outplay them in the 2nd and OT but the fact that we had to rally is pretty sad.

This isn't a well coached team. I think that's pretty clear. I think we're all wondering how Ollie coached the 2014 team to the title. You can say Bazz led us but there were offensive and defensive schemes. It wasn't just effort and talent. So what changed?

There were very good schemes especially in the ncaa tournament that year. Izzo, Donovan, and Coach Cal were all out coached by Ollie within basically a week. One possible answer is that the assistant coaching was much better had had more power to implement strategy.

 

[Stinger92860]

What amazes me is the perimeter defense / close out defense is this bad with Ricky Moore on the bench. Smh.

It's a problem every freaking game. They give so much space and many times over rotate.

 

[Bagel&Cheese]

I have realistic expectations of this team and understand it's not worth throwing the remote. Now if this were Calhoun's team playing like this, I would have smashed it pieces last night.

 

[Guapo]

What amazes me is the perimeter defense / close out defense is this bad with Ricky Moore on the bench. Smh.

It is truly amazing how awful our perimeter defense is.

Is this a hustle thing or is there something wrong with the X's and O's?

Or a mix of both?

 

[nomar]

There were very good schemes especially in the ncaa tournament that year. Izzo, Donovan, and Coach Cal were all out coached by Ollie within basically a week. One possible answer is that the assistant coaching was much better had had more power to implement strategy.

Yeah, in like 10 days he beat three guys who had been or would go on to be NBA coaches plus Tom Freaking Izzo. Is he Chauncey Gardner who just stumbled his way to success by spouting inspirational messages (which now sound like weak bromides)? Or did he actually hit on something back then? It sure seemed like we had something going on. Which assistant coaches could have been responsible? It was the same guys that we went on to suck with: Miller, Hobbs, etc.

I like to think personnel, injuries and transfers have been behind a lot of the recent problems. But there's one common denominator over the last 3 years: KO.

I just can't believe that with Jalen Adams, Terry Larrier, Alterique Gilbert, Christian Vital, Antwoine Anderson and a bevy of serviceable bigs we can't compete for the AAC title. Adams-Gilbert-Vital-Anderson might be the DEEPEST backcourt we have ever had!!! So it's definitely on Ollie now.