Ridiculous take. I was three rows behind the bench and Coach Ollie was absolutely involved throughout the game. On one play he shoved Vital towards the corner to get better spacing on offense.
Rodney does seem lost out there sometimes. He forgets to go back and help on breaking the press at least 4 times per game and his timing or spacing or something is not quite right at the start of the games. He did have some great finishes today (Jalen's were incredible) and when he gets hot, he is quite a weapon.
So what's the excuse for him not calling TO's the past four years before they took away the "stop big run" timeout? He hasn't called TO's to stop big runs in his entire career here as a head coach. I'm not calling for his firing, but stop making excuses. This is a pattern with him for 5 years now. How can you deny that?
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He doesn't get a pass at all, but asking for him to be fired or replaced, well people are idiots but again just my take. The "divorce" or lost his "drive" - did anyone pay attention to the man last night he was passionate as hell and coaching his brains out. Does anyone get what just happened to the guy? Jalen gets his 2nd and he brings in Vital (who I like but isn't a PG) NOT Alterique. He now has CV and Rodney running the show. Amida gets 2 fouls he brings in either Facey, Enoch or Durham, both of whom have very little time as a 5. He now shares Terry Larrier's spot with Vance and Rodney in all reality and his 3 guard line up is now Jalen, CV and Rodney not Alterique, Jalen and Rodney with Larrier to create the "small" line up. Before they left for Maui they had AG go down, first game at Maui Terry Larrier, arguably his best player at that point, goes down. This team has changed over a week dramatically for Coach KO and the staff and add 3 games in 3 days to it, not easy. But I am sure sportsart and so many others could win an NC with this injury riddled squad? Amazing, great fans. He sucks....
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Its alarming to say the least. The past 3 years we've seen the same 3 things over and over to start games. The team routinely comes out playing flat, undisciplined and unable to defend the three. It takes exceptional talent to overcome these deficits, and we simply don't have enough. Due to the injuries, I'd give KO a pass this year but if we see more of the same next year, there needs to be a change. This program deserves better.
A "pattern for the last 5 years". Funny, I bet you weren't complaining about his TO usage in 2014.
I'll say it one more time. Make all the excuses you want, this is a pattern that has gone on for years, if you haven't noticed it you're not paying attention.
By your logic, how did it get from 4-0 to 30-9 after he called a TO? Cause you know, TOs magically "stop runs", even when you're undermanned against a better team.
Now that you said it one more time I understand. Thanks for clarifying. And I'm still looking for your complaints about this from 2014.
I repeated myself because your response didn't make any sense. Either your reading comprehension isn't very good, or you're moving the goalposts on purpose.
Refute this: they got outscored 11-3 in the 3 mins after his first timeout and 7-2 in the 3 mins after the under 16 timeout yet you and others are all over him for not calling more. Maybe he should've called another but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have mattered and all the nitpicking about this is ridiculous.
In my original post I simply made the point that having one less timeout to work with this year doesn't excuse the pattern of being poor at calling timeouts throughout his coaching career (including this year, in my opinion). I never even addressed the specific timeout and set of plays you're talking about.
You as well. Go Huskies!
Vital and Jackson are learning their limits.
You may be right about the TOs to some extent but not about him sitting on the bench
The reason the starts are so bad is we lack mental focus and intensity. A lack of a sense of urgency when it's 0-0, rather than we try to avoid embarrassment when we get down 20. That's a leadership issue both with the coaches and players. I agree KO is engaged in defense but he needs to strategically figure out why we consistently leave the other team's best shooters wide up early in the game. To me that means the players are not paying attention to the scouting report or it's not being effectively communicated.