One of the many reasons people should not and will not take your post seriously is because I bet you actually believe the bubble popped with this loss.
Couldnt disagree more. The problem isnt the coaching its the players. Gibbs isnt a pg and hes not a dynamic 2. Jalen can be a point and has helped this team a lot but hes still just a freshman. Purvis is a low basketball IQ streaky 2 with more holes in his game than Bonnie & Clyde. Our issues begin and end with the backcourt.
It's substitutions and imo Gibbs wasting 28-30 seconds when he's the pg. scared to get it into miller, find another option, or tries to do it all on his own. If adams is out of the game hamilton has to be the point. Gibbs can't run it. Also if purvis is only going to do something in his three minute spurt in the first half and nothing else then Omar/Enoch/facey need to come in. also facey and Enoch before Phil. Lineup should be adams Gibbs hamilton miller brimah with purvis facey Omar Enoch as subs. He should ride the starting lineup as long as possible at least to 14 minutes if possible. Also miller is our most efficient player. Idc if he touches the ball 15 times in a row. If he's dominating his opponent in the paint like usual you keep feeding him and let the other team change. I think next years team will have more talent and bball iq. We'll have imo a team that resembles the '14 squad. Two pgs, shooters, someone who can pick and pop etc. right now we have one pg/point forward and that's about it. I'm in no way bailing on the team or Ollie not now or in a few years. These things are fixable if they choose to fix them
I agree, I just think that we don't have the horses. Back in 1999, when we had Rip Hamilton and Khalid, they would look at each other late in the game and say it is winning time. Following that, there would be defensive stops, points with each possession and no turnovers. We had players who could take the game up a notch when they had to. This team has some nice pieces but I don't think any coach could get them to do significantly better. It is easy to attack Ollie and blame everything on him but Ollie is a positive asset and not a liability. In terms of Uconn experience this team is pretty raw. Jalen Adams and Enoch are freshman. Gibbs and Miller are first year transfers. Purvis is a second year transfer. Hamilton is extremely talented and if he comes back next year, he could be a POY candidate. This year we could be an NIT team again, but next year, Uconn should be a Final Four contender.
I could not disagree more w this. KO is the one putting players in positions to fail. KO is the one that doesn't know how/when to call timeout. KO is the one letting the refs school us game after game. KO is the one who forgets who is in the game and who is on the bench. This has happened too many times this year. At a minimum, try changing something if it ain't working. Yes, the players were the ones not executing, but they weren't exactly put in a position to succeed. This is getting old FAST.
When the coach recruits the players, trains the players, motivates the players (or not), determines the substitution pattern, and then actually coaches (or not) the players during the game, HOW THE duck can anybody not conclude that results rest substantially with the coach? Really? How?
Like a thousand times.....how is it that everyone on this board knows that Gibbs is not a break you down point guard, yet Ollie keeps putting the ball in his hands in late game, late clock situations? I am actually starting to feel sorry for the kid.
This is the white elephant in the room. The craziest part of it is that Ollie was a college and NBA point guard. He should know.
