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Vital and Gilbert

superjohn said:
Same thing in all our losses, our guard leaders were disastrous. Vital has to be benched if we have any intereat in making the tournament. Quit keeping Bouknight on a leash. Gilbert gets an F but we need him, Vital gets lower than an F. How many times do you try and fit a square peg into a round hole? He is what he is, nothing has changed. He plays hard but his bball IQ is just way too low to be relied upon the way we've always tried to rely on him. Nice kid but he just played one of the worst basketball games I've seen.
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Coach isn’t going to take your advice on this. Just want you to be prepared for it.
 
I do think Vital coming off bench would be better for us then Gilbert coming off bench. Gilbert not same player as he was coming out of high school due to his shoulder surgeries. His shot not the same but he does play hard
 
This was a winnable game. We got absolutely nothing from ANY of our guards. Based on this game, I don't know how you can give Bouknight, Adams or Gaffney would have given us any more then Vital or Gilbert. None of them showed up.
 
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Rique is the floor leader....Vital....well, he tries to be a hero....he's not MJ, LeBron, or Kobe....he needs to pass....plain and simple. That game was within our grasp and we'll fought. We are 6-3 and only one of those is a bad loss. Keep your heads up Yard, things are looking up!
 
CV didn’t take advantage of his free throws and made a lot of poor decisions.
 
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Guards win close games. There is a reason we lose almost all of these types of games in the end. I appreciate their effort but they are just not that good and they play nothing resembling seniors on the court. Im sure they are great off the court and with their teammates but this is like Groundhog Day.
 
TWG236 said:
This was a winnable game. We got absolutely nothing from ANY of our guards. Based on this game, I don't know how you can give Bouknight, Adams or Gaffney would have given us any more then Vital or Gilbert. None of them showed up.
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Adams played good defens,. Rique still dished out the ball, Bouknight and Gaffney are Freshmen at the Garden so give em a break, Vital....well, he played hero ball again...if he had stolen that ball at the end or hit a three this board would have been praising him. That's what happens when you play hero ball....
 
TWG236 said:
This was a winnable game. We got absolutely nothing from ANY of our guards. Based on this game, I don't know how you can give Bouknight, Adams or Gaffney would have given us any more then Vital or Gilbert. None of them showed up.
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Bouknight barely played. Hurley's got him tied up.
 
RF79 said:
CV didn’t take advantage of his free throws and made a lot of poor decisions.
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1st off free throw game of the year...still Top 10 in the country. Even John Stockton and Jason Kidd had bad free throw games.
 
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Akok looked like a monster tonight. If he did not have those two early fouls, we win this game. There is a lot to look up for. A year ago, we lose this by 15. The fact that we had 22 turnovers and were able to be in the game till the buzzer speaks volumes about our improvement. Cincy, Nova, Memphis all still good resume games.
 
Totally agree. Vital & Gilbert are Queens AAU, park types of players with all too predictable games. To the bench!

UConn needs some guards & a swing man who can consistently hit three's off the dribble. That'll open up the paint. Vital & Gilbert aren't those guards.

22 turnovers tonight! They did nothing to set up Akok or Bouk. Terrible leadership & selfish shot selections with bad, bad form. Ever notice that they rarely hit the bigs when they are open or where bigs like it - except on alley-oops.?

And little Gilbert forcing the drive into the lane? We all know what usually happens - a block or turnover trying to get it over to a big too late. If he keeps shooting & shooting like this, I'd sit him for a half or even a whole game so he gets the message. Alterique is not a shooter, period. He's got to get his mind right!

Polley provides absolutely nothing if he's not getting/hitting open shots off a pass. No dribble. No rebounds. No left hand. No D. No moves. No passing or creating. He may have a great looking basketball body, but Polley plays soft & scared, not aggressive enough. I wouldn't start him either.

In fact, I'll bet that Danny Hurley can't wait to get rid of all of Ollie's Follies. All have basic fundamental flaws. They are not the kinds of players UConn or Hurley needs to rebuild UConn as a power. Just confirms that Ollie was a terrible recruiter. UConn needs fundamentally sound players with great talent AS WELL AS role playing hustlers (like Vital & Gilbert)! I'm sure they'll arrive in Storrs when we're in the Big East.
 
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alohachris said:
Totally agree. Vital & Gilbert are Queens AAU, park types of players with all too predictable games. 22 turnovers tonight! They did nothing to set up Akok or Bouk. Terrible leadership & selfish shot selections with bad, bad form.

And little Gilbert forcing the drive into the lane? We all know what usually happens - block or turnover trying to get it to a big.

Polley provides absolutely nothing if he's not getting/hitting open shots off a pass. No dribble. No rebounds. No left hand. No D. No moves. No passing or creating. He may have a great looking basketball body, but Polley plays soft & scared - he has no heart. I wouldn't resign him.

In fact, I'll bet that Danny Hurley can't wait to get rid of all of Ollie's Follies. All have basic fundamental flaws. They are not the kinds of players UConn or Hurley needs to rebuild UConn as a power. Just confirms that Ollie was a terrible recruiter. UConn needs fundamentally skilled players who never quit!
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You’re far more soft and mentally weak than all of the players you’ve called out here. In fact, you’ve really embarrassed yourself here.
 
We can pretend all we want, and and I think we make the tourney regardless but there's a common theme with our losses and spoiler they won't be here next year. Not to say they're bad players but they make bad plays
 
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Marbles90 said:
It’s not like Bouk was lighting it up tonight. Gilbert and Vital are the backcourt for now until the young guys mature. Can’t just throw them in.
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He didn’t get a chance. He didn’t force the issue. He missed a couple open looks, which I can live with.

He’s the only guy on the team who can create a good shot for himself. And he barely played. I don’t get it.
 
Hurley wants to call out the fan base when they get criticized, own it when they go 3 for 17 with 10 turnovers.

your quote, “fans don’t know what’s going on every day”

Fans also don’t get paid 3.5M to keep senior guards in the game and let them turn it over every time the game is on the line

own it Hurley
 
nomar said:
He didn’t get a chance. He didn’t force the issue. He missed a couple open looks, which I can live with.

He’s the only guy on the team who can create a good shot for himself. And he barely played. I don’t get it.
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Agree with the first part. Bouknight sits because of his defense.
 
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