Nova has played better has the season has progressed and been playing well lately. If they replayed a bunch of those games I bet they win someof them now. They pretty much nailed every open 3 today, and the center who is shooting 55% from line all season, made 8-9 FTs in high pressure moments.
The missed FTs were bad. Both he and Stewart need to get their act together at the line. When he bit on that pump fake there was only 3-4 seconds left on the shot clock and the guy didn’t have time to get a good shot. He ended up with a runner / floater drom about 8-10 feet out and missed. In my opinion Stewart and Ross are pretty solid in their roles. They do need to get more defensive rebounds.
But the point of keeping them out is to avoid repeated trauma. The risk is much higher if the next hit comes before recovering from the previous hit. That was the context of this discussion: Is it this generation softer than past generations for sitting out after a hit? I say, not softer but smarter, more informed.
You said no, but then you seemed to agree with my comment. It was Reed's fault. Refs made the correct call. Had Reed made a play on the ball it would have been different. But he was off balance and couldn't find the ball.
I said he wasn't AS great as we want or think. He is one of the top centers in the country, but of the centers we've has the last few years, he in 3rd place behind Sanogo and Clingan, and will likely be in 4th place before Reibe is done here.
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I didn't mean to attack you like a tiger. I'm only 55 so maybe I'm too young to get your point but it seemed like you were criticizing the current practice of concussion protocols as overly cautious. The old "back in my day, men were real men!" trope. Sorry if I misunderstood you. Just offering my perspective and you are of course entitled to yours.
Nice coaching zen there Pal! Very Phil Jackson
You never know. 😂
Maybe that's true but I doubt it. I think it is more likely that human nature causes us to notice when calls go against us and forget when they are in our favor. But I could be wrong.
I don't give a FF about the spread.
Do you think other blue blood fanbases are more chill about their team's imperfections? I don't follow other teams closely but my guess is it is pretty universal. Maybe some brands that never win and never expect to win are actually more chill. You may be right that a more positive fanbase results in a more confident team but do you have a positive example we should model ourselves after?
He looked pretty foolish when he jumped out of the building on that slight head fake. Even though the Nova player missed the layup, they retained possession on the scramble and hit a 3 to take a late lead. But, then Ross blocked that shot....and TOTALLY REDEEMED HIMSELF" Way to not get down on yourself Jayden. Hang in there!
A better more talented team does not need to steal Nova's defensive plan. In that case it would probably be UConn stealing Nova's "defensive plan".
I don't think Stew, Ross or Eric are the problem. Would it be nice if they scored a bit more? Sure. But not having a legit backup PG is a problem. If only we had Hass for one more year. He was a great backup. The problem was we asked him to be our starting PG last year. Yikes!
Could be right, but why the no review. We have seen opinions influenced by reviews many times, some often against us. Not doing a review was the failure in this case.
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Tarris is not a good rebounder. He gets his numbers but so does his opponent. I watch him and he does not box his man out. Hurley had a quick hook with him today. I actually think Reibe is more effective.