Genuinely hope so.... Depends on how they perform in the remaining games of the regular season and how how they do in the BET. Continue to play and be coached like they did/were yesterday, and all bets are off....
Point being not that it’s a current issue - it is. The one word question was flippant but was making the point that the X’s and O’s Issue has been evident for some time. I later responded with this;
Our base offense involves a big setting screens up high to free a shooter, usually Hawkins, or a ball screen for the ball handler. I don’t recall many down screens, curls off screens, or big to big screens in the paint, all of which would add to the creativity of the offense. These could help to free Jackson for the things he does best - dunk and offensive rebound.
Totally agree. It’s perplexing that with his tremendous (“most athletic athlete ever at UConn”) athleticism he can’t drive to the hoop and dunk or shoot 35-40% on short jumpers or beyond. I think he is capable but after the last dozen to so games his confidence is gone.
He needs to join the Mora revolution!
And you really think they pay attention to what we are saying. Wow you have a bit of a self awareness issue perhaps placing a bit more relevancy to what we say impacting the the team. But thanks for validating my point….mental toughness comes from fan opinion. As a matter of fact if you are correct and then constructive criticism if correct should be helpful. I can’t make them believe they can do it when the game is on the line. That is what great leaders do they make there team believe. We the fans are along for the ride.
Absolutely correct. If AJ is in the game he needs to ben in the post. When he's on the perimeter it's 4 vs 5. That said we need to go 2-3 zone and double big more often
Are you referring to AJax or Adama here?
I think I'm starting to get the co(s)mic timing in your posts.
The problem was, neither needed to be lobs. There were earlier passing lanes. Diarra's drive and wrap around pass to AJ just as easily could have been an easy dump to Clingan who was trailing behind both of them for an easy dunk. This could have wound up an "and 1" too since the defender was off balance not knowing where the play was going. They need to learn, we don't need highlight reels plays, just make the smart play and execute.
Sanogo and or other big should sag away from the rim and allow Ajax room to go right and to the rack and crash behind him. Ajax just had such confidence issues. He can get by guys now it should be demanded. They will respect him attacking. Or at lest an east jumper at the ft line. Less floaters.
Calhoun had a lot of what u are describing, flex cuts and so forth, as well as Cooley now at PC.
So true.
My reference is to a different now. See below.
I direct no contradiction toward your content or concerns here or previously.
Yup, it doesn’t seem like we run many plays to get shots at the rim. Just to get guys open for threes.
That isn't what I wrote. That's what you read.
Fan expression can affect mental toughness in either helpful or unhelpful ways. It's surely not the source. I neither validate your point nor wholy reject its entirety.
There's really no fact there, and there's no way to reliably determine which criticisms are correct enough to be helpful, especially when they are mixed in with ones that are not constructive, let alone unwise or mutually contradictory of others.
You can help the leaders and the payers by not adding to their burden.
Maybe not you precisely, but some would be best to stop yelling at the driver from the back seat.
While I will be rooting for this team in each and every game, I see no contradiction in simultaneously feeling performance-related frustration during and after those games. This, a fan bulletin board, is a place to discuss both the rooting and the frustrations. And opine our perhaps (probably?) less informed suggestions to resolve the frustrations. Doing so should not be relevant to the team In effort, focus, or performance. If it is, that itself is a problem.
Ridiculous reply but thank you for correcting my grammar from there to the correct pronoun their. Maybe you and Hurley can teach English and literature in high school. You seem to love to play with words and take things literally when you choose or figuratively when you chose. Yes let’s all get on a fan message board and say only positive things. BTW are you reading the messages that have followed. How many reference mental toughness. And it seems you are the only one who thinks it comes from other places than coaching. I have played and coached this game granted at the high school level, but I can assure you one thing, when it’s a close game and your team I’d fighting for its “life” the players are looking at one person to make the believe. I now know at least you do not have the slightest idea about how team sports work. But you write beautifully.
I love Andre and want him to succeed but this is starting to remind me of a situation with another freakish athlete Stanley “Sticks” Robinson when he lost his way look what he did to get his mental right…..maybe Andre needs to do something dramatic like that. Now it’s his confidence that has made the situation worse. This needs to be white board approach. I would love to see him go to the basket from the baseline, but most times when he does it’s the same result he leaves his feet and looks to dump the pass back out.