Outcoached

[jorge34]

Ten mintues left, Calhoun cuts the lead to 47-44. The next 2 minutes, and 10 second, they go 0-3 on Napier missed 3 pointers, and turn the ball over once....while Louisville scored 10 consecutive points to go up 13. That stretch essentially ended the game.

When you break it down, if a couple of those 3's fall, if the bigs step up and deny Dieng or Behanan a bit, UConn would have been able to gain the momentum back, and it's a different game.

they will learn

 

[BugsyCT]

Outcoached? Didn't we just beat ND in their building 2 days ago?

Come in off the ledge. We played the top-ranked team tonight. This coach and this team are still learning. Can't expect miracles every game.

 

[uconngb]

Hate to say this because I love Ollie, however, Pitino made him look like the rook that he is. Didn't press at all the first half and came back gunning with Siva in the second half. It's like uconn never saw the press in their life... Also poor team D in the second half. Depressing to say the least.

nomination for "un-post" of the year. if you thought this game was lost because of coaching, you are blind

 

[jdb50]

On the postgame show they mentioned that the Cards made 8 out of their first 10 shots which set up their press and we lost our confidence when we couldn't handle it. It just snowballed from there. Can't blame Ollie. It was a fun first half that's why I'm glad I went. The Cards were better on many levels.

 

[Caronimo]

I guess I know what it feels like to be Jason Page now. I'm just an upset fan trying to point the blame somewhere. We knew the press was coming and it just didn't seem as if we were prepared for it. All in all, Louisville is experienced, athletic, strong and is poised for a run in March. Would have been nice to knock them off

 

[RickyMoore21]

Ok so maybe the OP didnt go about raising his point the right way but he is raising a valid point...Our performance against the press, given the ability of boatright and shabazz, is unacceptable. the answer to why they struggled so much could very well be that they were not prepared enough for the press. i personally did not like the way they were going about trying to break it. also, i did not see many adjustments in that 10 minute stretch. we really struggled against the matchup-zone.

I dont think the OP was trying to kill Ollie, most of us can agree hes done an exceptional job thus far, but he was just raising the issue of the lack of possible preparedness/2nd half adjustments. UL is a darn good basketball team.

 

[CL82]

I'm a troll? ... I am embarassed

Perhaps you should clothes on then.

 

[Husky68]

Ok so maybe the OP didnt go about raising his point the right way but he is raising a valid point...Our performance against the press, given the ability of boatright and shabazz, is unacceptable. the answer to why they struggled so much could very well be that they were not prepared enough for the press. i personally did not like the way they were going about trying to break it. also, i did not see many adjustments in that 10 minute stretch. we really struggled against the matchup-zone.

I dont think the OP was trying to kill Ollie, most of us can agree hes done an exceptional job thus far, but he was just raising the issue of the lack of possible preparedness/2nd half adjustments. UL is a darn good basketball team.

No one starts a thread like this as his 5th post and is not a troll.

Louisville did beat Mizzouri by 23. Aren't they supposed to have a top notch and experienced coach with a transfer big man who is a senior leader and ready for the NBA?

Bazz and Boat got manhandled and made some ball handling errors, Lousville also gets to give out scholarhsips and has some very athletic guards (who played well). Against most teams having two ball handlers is enough, against these guys needed to have OC, Giffey, Evans and DD handle ball well in open court and attack after press broken, they just aren't up to it against a team like this. TO and Wolf just can not patrol the paint, just not athletic enough.

Even with this, as noted after Calhoun scored at 10:02 were down 47-44 next were down 57 -44 at 7:22 while had 3 Bazz 3 pointers miss and two DD misses in that time. So 4 possessions where Uconn missed and Louisville got 3 pointer, 3 point play and 2 other buckets was the whole difference. Hardly getting out coached. I would be more inclined to say that Pitino was outcoached by Ollie for 30 minutes until the better talent/athelets won out.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Hate to say this because I love Ollie, however, Pitino made him look like the rook that he is. Didn't press at all the first half and came back gunning with Siva in the second half. It's like uconn never saw the press in their life... Also poor team D in the second half. Depressing to say the least.

Go away please. thank you.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

The only criticism I have of Ollie from an in-game coaching standpoint is he tends to be a little slow in pulling the timeout trigger. I know there's something to be said for letting the kids play through a rough stretch, especially at home. But Louisville's press and transition offense was so good once it got going that it seemed each possession would end with Louisville extending the lead one way or another.

Having said that, an extra timeout from Ollie maybe means we lose by 13 instead of 15. Louisville was phenomenal in the second half and we found out something that we figured would be the case this year - if we don't have the best guards on the floor, we're not going to win.

 

[ShockedTheWorld]

This was not a coaching issue- Shabazz and Boat couldn't keep their explosive, experienced guards in front of them. KO had the team ready to play. During this season, as a fan that's all I can ask for. They came out with energy, then got outplayed by the #1 team in the country. No shame.

 

[prankster]

To paraphrase Brendon Ayanbadejo:
Saying we were outcoached = bitchassness

 

[freescooter]

Hate to say this because I love Ollie, however, Pitino made him look like the rook that he is. Didn't press at all the first half and came back gunning with Siva in the second half. It's like uconn never saw the press in their life... Also poor team D in the second half. Depressing to say the least.

Needlss to say I don't buy all the Ollie s the greatest coach in the nation bs, but this post isn't really right. Did Pitino do some things Ollie didn't react well too? Yeah, but that was pretty irrelevent to this game. We got beat every which way from Sunday by a much better basketball team. You want to say we got out coached, fine, but we goto beat so many different ways that Jim Calhoun on is best day assited by John Wooden and Red Auerbach wouldn't have won that game.

 

[The Funster]

Outcoached? Out-Siva'd is more like it.

 

[Waquoit]

This was not a coaching issue- Shabazz and Boat couldn't keep their explosive, experienced guards in front of them. KO had the team ready to play. During this season, as a fan that's all I can ask for. They came out with energy, then got outplayed by the #1 team in the country. No shame.

Exactly. Our best players didn't have their A game and the team got worn down as the game went on. They didn't quit and Ollie coached fine. Like you said no shame, let's move on.

 

[businesslawyer]

Exactly. Our best players didn't have their A game and the team got worn down as the game went on. They didn't quit and Ollie coached fine. Like you said no shame, let's move on.

Four days ago, any sane person would have been happy if we escaped the stretch of at ND, home to LV and at Pitt with even one win. We have it, and go to Pitt this weekend playing with the house money of our schedule getting much easier starting next week. I think we can beat Pitt. Will we -- we'll see.

The first post was nothing more than troll-tastic.

 

[Deepster]

I think Caronimo could have said it better in his original post, but I do agree with some of the sentiment. And I don't think that's a bad thing.

We saw Pitino do to Ollie what we saw Calhoun do to hundreds of young coaches over the years. Play the first half, regroup at the half and adjust to dominate the 2nd half. The great Calhoun teams always came out of the locker room and had a 18-2 run or something to set the 2nd half tone. Ollie was outcoached tonight. He didn't have a counterpunch. Part of that was the talent of his roster. A bigger part was that Rick Pitino is a great basketball coach.

Things I did not like seeing?

1) The body language on some players, especially Napier.
2) The absolute confusion about what to do with that press.
3) There were times I just didn't like seeing Ollie calm or sitting on the bench and admittedly, that's me still being used to the Mad Irishman.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Ville is just better. Plain and simple. Better players and better athletes at this point.

 

[alexd]

There were a few times during the game, when it got quiet, that I came oh so very close to yelling "Pitino...table for two...Pitino...table for two".

From where we sit, he would have heard me loud and clear.

 

[prankster]

There were a few times during the game, when it got quiet, that I came oh so very close to yelling "Pitino...table for two...Pitino...table for two".

From where we sit, he would have heard me loud and clear.

Such opportunities present themselves, from time to time.

The true measure of a man is whether or not he seizes upon said opportunities.

You could have been famous, this morning.

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

1) Pitino is the best XO coach in the game, especially on the defensive end. Bar none. Other coaches like self, K and Roy are system coaches. Pitino can destory a team defensively in a dozen different ways, especially when they have a weakness like UConn does upfront.
2) I'd rather have Ollie's team get worked this way THIS year. A learning experience for sure. Will make this group better next year.

Disappointing, but not a disaster. UL played a great game, maybe their best. They would struggle against temas with big backcourts and a physical post player. UConn has neither

 

[Inyatkin]

Needlss to say I don't buy all the Ollie s the greatest coach in the nation bs, but this post isn't really right. Did Pitino do some things Ollie didn't react well too? Yeah, but that was pretty irrelevent to this game. We got beat every which way from Sunday by a much better basketball team. You want to say we got out coached, fine, but we goto beat so many different ways that Jim Calhoun on is best day assited by John Wooden and Red Auerbach wouldn't have won that game.

Thanks for pointing this out, because it's commonly believed on this board that Ollie is the greatest coach in the nation. Maybe ever.

 

[CTHUSKY74]

I'm sure it's been said already but I'd like to reinforce a couple of points. We played a team with superior depth and talent and ranked #1. Could we have beaten them? Yes with better play offensively than theirs for the whole game and with some help from the refs on physical plays where we got abused. We also would have needed to pick up defensively much better in the second half where there were many breakdowns. I am really proud of how hard this team played and how well it played even though it couldn't sustain it for the entire game. I'd be willing to bet that our hall of fame coach wouldn't have found much more in the bag of tricks with this lineup vs Behanon, Smith, Siva, Dieng, etc. Remember last years debacle? I'm sure Kevin would have loved to have had a Kevin Freeman to match up with Behanon but we showed that we had some weakness in handling this press. They are very good at it and create problems for every team they play. I don't think Kevin's relative experience level vs Rick 's had anything whatsoever to do with the outcome. Give him more time to work with this team and more players to fill holes in the roster where we are thin and I like his chances of winning against any team.

 

[freescooter]

Thanks for pointing this out, because it's commonly believed on this board that Ollie is the greatest coach in the nation. Maybe ever.

Sees that way.

 

[Inyatkin]

Sees that way.

No, it doesn't. People like him, with good reason. That's all.

 

[UConn Hoops1]

Oh just stop. Louisville clearly has more overall talent, is far deeper, and wore them out.
Did Ollie just lose his ability to coach after being up 8 early in the second half?
Give Louisville the credit, they are GOOD

I agree 100%. I was EXTREMELY worried about not even being competitive in this game. Not because of Louisville's talent. Clearly that could have won them the game under any circumstances. Our guys left it all on the floor at ND;had to travel; and, had almost zero downtime to rejuvenate to deal with the likes of this Cardinal team. Siva going out early helped in the first half; and Kevin talked about not meeting the challenge in the second half. I believe the challenge wasn't met because of mental(mostly) and physical fatigue. Yeah Louisville's second half "D" was excellent; but our guys have seen some very good defenses to date. The 10 second half turnovers imo is down to fatigue related, poor decisions as is their overall level of play. And, with only a small dig intended, Tyler is still learning the meaning of game to game consistency.

GO HUSKIES!!! BEAT THE PANTHERS!!!

 

[upstater]

Wally has been a hater for a long time. Remember the trashy things he wrote in 2011?

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   Wally Szczerbiak ‏@wallyball
   Impressive road performance by #Lousiville at #UConn. Also Rick Pitino took Kevin Ollie to school and re established reality!#HOFcoach
   
   
   I personally am of the belief we got worn out by a deeper, more talented, and more physical team. Daniels cannot handle the ball in space to help break the press. Bazz and Boat have to do it all. They wore down and got no help from any of the bigs.​

 

[aceboon]

Glad KG punched him in his back during their Twolves days.

 

[babysheep]

Goes from "depressing to say the least" to "embarrassed" to "just an upset fan"

Backpedal over your exaggerations harder.

If you're going to jump right to "depressing to say the least," as if "depressing" is the only word you could think to use that could even begin to properly effectively describe your emotional reaction to UConn losing a basketball game, let alone to the #1 team in the country this year of all years, you need to develop some better coping mechanisms or refrain from posting for 48 hours following a game.

 

[mauconnfan]

Wally has been a hater for a long time. Remember the trashy things he wrote in 2011?

Who is Wally Sczerbiak??....and who really gives a rats a*8 about what he thinks??