I was curious, so I went to the link you posted. The very next sentence is:
There was no comparison in the two interviews.
Meh. Someone pointed it out and it was an interesting anomaly. It was ages ago and I wouldn’t hold it against him even if I knew he cheated. We all seem to like Cooley.
It's possible Cooley didn't bother taking the SAT's seriously the first three tries and just filled in letter C on every question. Then he actually read the questions on his 4th try and nailed it. Maybe he's very smart, or maybe he's not that smart and worked his arse off to make the honor roll with a lot of help from tutors. Unusual, nevertheless. Just an observation.
Didn’t he block 2 shots in first half and got crowd going in first half with those blocks ??? Don’t get why he didn’t play anymore
But Polley is in the same boat and gets 20+ minutes. Even if Akok "drifted" you don't play him the rest of the game?????? Coach needs to make his point clear to his players issues then put them back in and see if it hit home. Got to throw them a bone. No pun intended.
I didn’t mention Polley in my post. It’s obvious he is not performing to expectations. I have no argument with what you are saying. But Akok’s two blocks last night don’t give him a pass for playing 15 minutes and going 0-1 from the field. He wandered aimlessly on offense and was a non-factor, as he has been in many games this season. I love the kid and love his attitude. I don’t put all the blame on him. Staff clearly has not figured out how to utilize him and his skills effectively on offense. But 0-1 doesn’t get it done.
I was aware that you did not mention Polley. I was just making an observation. Hurley subbed Polley for Akok. Polley was 1-7 and was not much better on D. But to not put Akok back in again is perplexing to me regardless of what transpired earlier. Agree with you regards to staff not utilizing Akok properly offensively.
If Jackson doesn't get those 14 defensive rebounds, Providence probably scores another 10-15 points minimum. Most of his rebounds seem to happen when he outfights (or out-jumps) opponent players under the basket, thereby saving easy putbacks. He has been a revelation since Sanogo has been out, becoming a very aggressive rebounder who pushes the ball up the floor better than anyone else on the team.
I finally watched the post interview and he did it again at the 7:14 time frame. He indicated that he has not seen Providence in the 2 -3 zone so far this year. I would think he needs to get ready for a lot of defenses that he has not seen, especially since we do not have very good outside shooters. Teams are going to revert to these type of defenses more often through out the game.
I think you meant Bonehead thing right?
LOL.....
You can’t read anything into Dan Hurley’s comments because he is working backwards. He makes dumb decisions when the game gets over his head, then in the press conference rationalizes ex post facto. That Akok was benched for “drifting” was probably something Akok learned during that press conference.
