Memphis Post Game Thread

[jibsey]

We did not have guards to stay with Hunter and Haggerty 13-27 from 3. No one quick enough. Nowell? I don’t know the answer.

 

[AntG168]

This roster had the most turnover, so ya.

The way we schedule has shown to work. Back to back national championships. 19 straight neutral straight wins. 43-3 in our last 46 games and 1 loss proves that it’s flawed?

 

[CT2SC]

Refs sucked. Absolutely unacceptable technical by Hurley. Team showed fight in coming back. Those 4 weak opening games did not prepare us for real comp.

After this game it’s clear that Reed, AK, McNeeley, Solo, and Hass are the starting 5. And Stew moves ahead of Ross in the rotation.

 

[FlockOfLambs]

This team will go as far as Diarra and Mahaney will take them. We've won 2 National Championships with Samson as a secondary center so I have less concern there but Mahaney and Diarra have played the PG position so far like a deer in headlights. Plenty of time to grow throughout the season but not blaming anyone for being concerned based on these two being well seasoned players already but not looking capable of running this offense effectively.

 

[Scoe]

Inexcusable from Hurley. Repeatedly screaming “You’re a bleep joke” in a ref’s face in a 2 point game.

He said that really wow always a smart thing to say.

 

[husky429]

Reed is an animal though, can we at least agree on that? Holy crap... what a performance.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Hey, if you don't like Hurley. You have to give back the nattys because that's what makes Hurley Hurley.

That's where my head is at. This is the price of his obsession with winning. It still sucks when it happens

 

[IndyLives]

My takeaways:

• Cmon Danny. Team fought back & you make a silly mental lapse with the technical. Absolutely gutted us.
• Cant start Sampson. He's got no offensive upside & didnt do much defensively. Switch Reed & Sampson roles.
• Need to decide on the PG position. it killed us both offensively & defensively. Cant let a team shoot over 50% from the field from 3. Perimeter defense is probably the biggest concern right now. It went from a strength last 2 years, to a potential problem.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Sorry but I’m not blaming Dan Hurley. The refs had money on this one.

Blame defense, some bad calls AND Hurley. His tech was the literal difference. Incredibly immature.

 

[ec33]

then Solo got popped in the jaw by a swinging elbow just standing there.

Well, the definition of "in the cylinder" changed from when it was called as a foul against Reed.

Hmmmm, what was the difference? The color of the jersey?

 

[AntG168]

He said that really wow always a smart thing to say.

I mean I get it. But he wasn’t wrong.

 

[TheHorde]

Sorry but I’m not blaming Dan Hurley. The refs had money on this one.

They definitely badly wanted to be a part of the storyline

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

broke out and then Hurley decided to put him back in handcuffs

He’s stubborn when it comes to his lineups.

 

[Tommyboy]

Because it's embarrassing and classless.

So are referee vendettas.

 

[AntG168]

Blame defense, some bad calls AND Hurley. His tech was the literal difference. Incredibly immature.

His tech and the call before it was a joke. The Hurley tech isn’t why we lost. Not being able to guard is why we lost

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

We need a PG. this isn’t 2022 where we just didn’t fully give Newton the responsibility. We just don’t have one on the roster.

Reed needs to be a focal point on this team moving forward. Our guard play overall is worriesome as everyone has weaknesses in their game.

We do have one on the roster, Ahmad Nowell. The bigger question is, is he ready to play big time minutes?

I suspect we'll see him sooner rather than later, depending on his injury.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Hey, if you don't like Hurley. You have to give back the nattys because that's what makes Hurley Hurley.

There’s still a time and a place. He has gotten better about not doing it in truly awful moments but this one was bad. He has to be better.

 

[FreeKlaiber]

disappointed in Samson's decision making in doing a weak ass obvious push in OT. Might be his biggest fan on the board, but he's never gonna get it, if he's pulling that. I'm also ready to see Nowell. The team showed some toughness in comeback but we arent gonna be athletic enough at times without Ross or Stewart becoming major contributor.

 

[DawgEnjoyer]

Massive indictment on Penny Hardaway. He's going to piss away an immensely talented team because the guy can't coach a lick after 40 years involved in basketball. Executed the missed free throw play perfectly. Sad it didn't go in.

The Penny hate is so bizzare, he got his team ready and beat the 2x defending champs.

Stop doing backflips to criticize the guy

 

[AntG168]

We do have one on the roster, Ahmad Nowell. The bigger question is, is he ready to play big time minutes?

I suspect we'll see him sooner rather than later, depending on his injury.

We might as well give him some run

 

[CardiacAndre7]

The way we schedule has shown to work. Back to back national championships. 19 straight neutral straight wins. 43-3 in our last 46 games and 1 loss proves that it’s flawed?

It’s flawed either way. We didn’t win chips the last 2 years because we played bunnies to start lol.

 

[upstater]

What drove Hurley nuts was not the bad calls by the refs, but the way they called the game from the start. Basically calling fouls for people using their feet to play defense. You were rewarded for simply running into a guy that was running (i.e wasn't set). But there were no fouls on all the constant hacking. The refs decided early that you could do anything with your hands, but nothing with your feet.

 

[Horatio]

As you can see, the rotations and starting line up are still being evaluated. Would’ve loved to see pressure applied earlier and throughout the game. We’re too deep not to do so.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

His tech and the call before it was a joke. The Hurley tech isn’t why we lost. Not being able to guard is why we lost

The tech was not a joke. He probably shoulda already had 2 techs. He was abusing the Refs.

 

[jake14mw]

That one hurts. So many things to pick apart but unfortunately Dan Hurley lost us that game by making it a 2 possession game with 40 seconds left

The good:

1. Amazing first half from Tarris and Stewart, it was really fun to watch them bring us back
2. Solo Ball INSANE shot to sent it to OT
3. Liam had a rough game but two huge shots to help us come back late in the game

The (consolidated) bad:

1. Memphis switched 1-5 and for most of the game, nobody except Tarris punished them. You need somebody that can punish bad mismatches in the starting 5
2. Memphis absolutely dogged us on defense. We got Aidan to be the scorer when the sets break down, and he wasn’t able to today. We need that from him moving forward
3. Samson Johnson has to give us SOMETHING. ANYTHING

Tyrese Hunter was unbelievable tonight, fantastic game from him. Not the result we wanted but we still get 1 more game in Hawaii. Let’s come home with a W. Let’s go Huskies!

Agree completely