Ollie on benching Adams

[mauconnfan]

so you guys think our coach lost this game? up what 12 6 min left? def not his fault. we couldnt make layups and temple hit big shots. the only thing that was a bad move by Ollie was leaving Gibbs in. But the players lost that game. Choked!

You sound like someone frustrated and drinking too much tonight. Get some sleep.

 

[TasteofUConn]

But the players lost that game. Choked!

Ollie did this. Poor coaching. Not sure what Adams did, but benching him cost us this game.

 

[Waquoit]

Not sure what Adams did, but benching him cost us this game.

How anyone can say that after that pass is beyond me.

 

[SaeHusky]

The game was lost before that pass- we were down 5 points at the time with only like 15 seconds left - barring a miracle we weren't going to win. I knew we were screwed once Brimah dropped the ball on an easy dunk and a below avg 3pt shooter turned into Steph Curry

 

[KingOPancakes]

How anyone can say that after that pass is beyond me.

The pass with 10 seconds left down 5? Yea it was stupid but the game was lost loooong before that. Sometime when our only point guard was cuffed to the bench and our 5th year transfer was dribbling out every shot clock watching the lead evaporate.

 

[80shusky]

Jalen's bonehead pass at the end didn't cost the game. If he was playing minutes in the second half like he should have been that pass never happens.

 

[mauconnfan]

How anyone can say that after that pass is beyond me.

That pass had little or nothing to do with the game. He was asked to repair the dyke that just lost tons of water and was beyond repair. Not on Jalen they didn't let him see the court until the team already imploded.

 

[superjohn]

How anyone can say that after that pass is beyond me.

The game was already lost at that point. If you haven't figured out by now that we are a much better team with Jalen running things then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[tentoes4rings]

If we don't make the NCAAT, it will be the first time in 27 years that we have failed to make it two years in a row. An unprecedented low for UConn basketball as we know it.

That will get the clock ticking. 2 more years to show the new AD (who has no loyalty to KO) that JC was right about him as the long-term solution.

Can't argue with this. We always want to compare ourselves to the other blue blood programs, and rightfully so. So why do some people bristle over any suggestion of making a change if this continues? Do we ever see Kentucky, Duke, MSU, UNC miss the dance two years in a row? It wouldn't be accepted there and shouldn't be here.

 

[2north]

That pass had little or nothing to do with the game. He was asked to repair the dyke that just lost tons of water and was beyond repair. Not on Jalen they didn't let him see the court until the team already imploded.

Certainly not on Jalen but they went up 12 without him on the floor.

 

[KingOPancakes]

Certainly not on Jalen but they went up 12 without him on the floor.

You keep touting that fact like its impressive to build a 12 point lead in 15 minutes when you have a top 3 defense that is smothering the other team. Give jalen his minutes and you have a comprehensive offense that cruises to a win tonight.

 

[jibsey]

A better explanation on what happened with Jalen is needed because Gibbs can catch and shoot only, doesn't create off the dribble. 19 minutes is all he played.

 

[mauconnfan]

Certainly not on Jalen but they went up 12 without him on the floor.

I get that but they did that with Purvis missing lay ups and Gibbs not making too many plays either. Adams playing would not have hurt and it certainly would have made him a more confident and comfortable player coming in to help get the game back. I would have rejected his decision had he not played him at all. But not fair to ask him to suddenly be the savior, sorry it's just not.

 

[uconngb]

100

As soon as we give him a raise, off of 3 great weeks, he turns around and s*** the bed as a coach.

The recruiting classes are a nice step, but if we continue to be irrelevant year after year, because of poor in-game coaching and non-existent development of talent, that well will dry up.

100% correct

 

[uconngb]

so you guys think our coach lost this game? up what 12 6 min left? def not his fault. we couldnt make layups and temple hit big shots. the only thing that was a bad move by Ollie was leaving Gibbs in. But the players lost that game. Choked!

Is he not responsible for the plays called? If they aren't executed properly, then put someone else in. That possession out of a TO with the game tied was dreadful. Ollie has to start owning this .....or he's gonna lose his team.

 

[2north]

You keep touting that fact like its impressive to build a 12 point lead in 15 minutes when you have a top 3 defense that is smothering the other team. Give jalen his minutes and you have a comprehensive offense that cruises to a win tonight.

I get that but they did that with Purvis missing lay ups and Gibbs not making too many plays either. Adams playing would not have hurt and it certainly would have made him a more confident and comfortable player coming in to help get the game back. I would have rejected his decision had he not played him at all. But not fair to ask him to suddenly be the savior, sorry it's just not.

Exactly my point. They're up 12 with 6 mins to go. He's not rescuing that debacle of a finish and nothing he did in the first half suggests they would even take the lead with him on the floor.

 

[KingOPancakes]

@2north the point I'm trying to make is that building a 12 point lead over 15 minutes on a team you're holding to 30% from the field is not something to be proud of. It means you're not scoring the ball as much as you should be. And if this season has taught us anything it's that Gibbs is not a PG. the offense runs much smoother with Jalen at the point. Forget whatever lesson you're trying to teach him, put Adams in the game, let your offense do the work and have Jalen run laps tomorrow for whatever indiscretion he'd committed at the half.

 

[2north]

@2north the point I'm trying to make is that building a 12 point lead over 15 minutes on a team you're holding to 30% from the field is not something to be proud of. It means you're not scoring the ball as much as you should be. And if this season has taught us anything it's that Gibbs is not a PG. the offense runs much smoother with Jalen at the point. Forget whatever lesson you're trying to teach him, put Adams in the game, let your offense do the work and have Jalen run laps tomorrow for whatever indiscretion he'd committed at the half.

Fair enough. And my point is Jalen being in the game is not pushing a lead to 20. It was a complete team meltdown.

 

[KingOPancakes]

Fair enough. And my point is Jalen being in the game is not pushing a lead to 20. It was a complete team meltdown.

I couldn't agree more.

 

[msgordon]

it was obviously a meltdown, but not having jalen on the floor in the second half presumably left gibbs/purvis/hamilton more fatigued for the stretch and finally bringing him in when he had no chance to establish a rhythm made no sense

 

[KingOPancakes]

it was obviously a meltdown, but not having jalen on the floor in the second half presumably left gibbs/purvis/hamilton more fatigued for the stretch and finally bringing him in when he had no chance to establish a rhythm made no sense

Not sure we'll ever find out why Jalen was benched and I'm almost convinced that's a good thing because there's no right answer. There's nothing Adams could have done that was severe enough to bench him for an entire half (which was absolutely the original plan), yet forgivable enough to bring him in when you realize you're drowning. I've got KO's back on a lot of things, but this was completely mismanaged.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess no one from the horde pushed for a further explanation of what the "reason" was or asked why the "reason" became irrelevant at the end of the game.

 

[80shusky]

Not sure we'll ever find out why Jalen was benched and I'm almost convinced that's a good thing because there's no right answer. There's nothing Adams could have done that was severe enough to bench him for an entire half (which was absolutely the original plan), yet forgivable enough to bring him in when you realize you're drowning. I've got KO's back on a lot of things, but this was completely mismanaged.

Yep, I think it was the original plan to keep him benched. I think I saw him in warmups most of the 2nd half as if he wasn't coming back. I thought he might be hurt. Then, KO puts him back in at the last minute when it is too late and scowls at him when he makes the bad pass.

 

[80shusky]

Exactly my point. They're up 12 with 6 mins to go. He's not rescuing that debacle of a finish and nothing he did in the first half suggests they would even take the lead with him on the floor.

Nothing he did in the first half suggests they would take a lead with him on the floor? We couldn't have used the 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block that he had in the first half, in the second half? Oh yea, and no turnovers in the first half either.

 

[2north]

Nothing he did in the first half suggests they would take a lead with him on the floor? We couldn't have used the 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block that he had in the first half, in the second half? Oh yea, and no turnovers in the first half either.

No, because they didn't take the lead with him on the floor. And the guy he was guarding went off in the 1st half (and the 2nd so nobody was stopping him.)

Sure we could have used him but he doesn't change the game tonight, we implode with or without him.