"Whatever they did, we knew what was coming."

[Rocktheworld]

Lastly, it is his job to reach these kids.

Especially perfect because I picture you, @Paesano as a kind of Cartman in real life

 

[HuskyHawk]

WE DON'T HAVE A BIG THAT CAN SCORE. It's very tough to win when you only have 3 players on offense putting up shots the entire game.

Mamadou and Carlton need to be developed offensively IMMEDIATELY for us to salvage some of this season.

Disagree completely. Carlton and Diarra have more offense than our other recent bigs, and I think Cobb does as well. What we don’t have p, is an offense that makes any attempt to get them the ball where they can do anything with it.

 

[JellyBean]

What a bunch of BS. Can't believe my brothers and sisters here in the yard are overreacting to what another player said. Heck UConn players could have said the same thing about Wichita State.

Folks here are ripping the team for not running an offense. How do we know that our boys and coach KO don't have an offense? I saw a 1-4 Low look. A 3 Out 2 In look. A hint of a primary and secondary look. So there is an offense being ran. We just can't make shots. Which leads to folks saying "Our offense sucks!" Or "They are running anything!" Oh they running an offense. Just shots aren't falling.

I got faith in my boys and coach KO. 7-6 is not where we should be. Players gotta step up. Basketball is a simple game.

 

[zls44]

7-6 is not where we should be.

You are absolutely correct. They should NOT be 7-6.

Based on advanced metrics, they're one of the luckiest teams in the country and should be 5-8.

 

[Paesano]

You are absolutely correct. They should NOT be 7-6.

Based on advanced metrics, they're one of the luckiest teams in the country and should be 5-8.

They are really good at pulling out OT wins against teams like Columbia.

 

[Deadrody]

And yet this kid got absolutely worked all game lol

Ah, so UConn won ? Must have missed that

 

[Deadrody]

You think Tulane will beat us by twice as much as Wichita?

Better Ollie teams than this (a lot better) have been hammered by teams like Tulane before. Are you somehow under the impression that getting up for playing #8 is not a thing ? Or will they similarly raise their game every night against every team, unlike proven past performance ?

This team STINKS and when they go on the road, in conference, and aren't playing a nationally ranked team ? Yeah, they're going to lose a lot of games by 20+ points, and yeah, very likely that list will include Tulane. I'll grant you, there is a decent chance they don't lose at USF.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

When the other team can say, "Whatever they did, we knew what was coming," the only way to win is if they also say, "We knew what was coming, but we just couldn't stop them."
This is not a team that elicits the second comment. Neither was last year's.

"If we had two pieces of bread we could make a ham sandwich...if we had some ham."

 

[SubbaBub]

Since UConn can't shoot. It really doesn't matter.

This^^^^. If our top three could hit an open shot we would stop caring about a lot of the other stuff. Our opponents double the ball because they don't care if someone is wide open.

 

[mauconnfan]

When the other team can say, "Whatever they did, we knew what was coming," the only way to win is if they also say, "We knew what was coming, but we just couldn't stop them."
This is not a team that elicits the second comment. Neither was last year's.

"If we had two pieces of bread we could make a ham sandwich...if we had some ham."

Found the ham

 

[willie99]

Maybe Greg Marshall is a good coach with experienced players that know how to execute his game plan. This is stuff Patriot players tend to say too, doesn't mean the coaches of all their opponents suck.

But why bother, just keep it simple people, especially when your narrative is already cast in stone. You overlook much larger stuff than this, so I won't set my bar too high.



"TAKE THE STAIRS OLLIE", "PICK UP THE BALL JALEN", "THIS TEAM SUCKS" "GILBERT SUCKS ANYHOW" THE PROGRAM IS A DUMPSTER FIRE" "KIDS TRANSFERRED BECAUSE OLLIE SUCKS" "INJURIES ARE JUST EXCUSES" (but we're lucky if our opponents player is injured of course)

AND, "I ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TEAM"

Nothing else really matters



PS: can anyone tell me about the most recent Coppin St results? TIA, because I find that insight brilliant

 

[Paesano]

Maybe Greg Marshall is a good coach with experienced players that know how to execute his game plan. This is stuff Patriot players tend to say too, doesn't mean the coaches of all their opponents suck.

But why bother, just keep it simple people, especially when your narrative is already cast in stone. You overlook much larger stuff than this, so I won't set my bar too high.



"TAKE THE STAIRS OLLIE", "PICK UP THE BALL JALEN", "THIS TEAM SUCKS" "GILBERT SUCKS ANYHOW" THE PROGRAM IS A DUMPSTER FIRE" "KIDS TRANSFERRED BECAUSE OLLIE SUCKS" "INJURIES ARE JUST EXCUSES" (but we're lucky if our opponents player is injured of course)

AND, "I ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TEAM"

Nothing else really matters



PS: can anyone tell me about the most recent Coppin St results? TIA, because I find that insight brilliant

Are you KO's son?

Let me let you in on a little secret. KO is done. It is only a matter of when, not if. He was paid for his efforts in 2014 and now it is time to move on. And nothing you say here will change that.

 

[August_West]

Disagree completely. Carlton and Diarra have more offense than our other recent bigs, and I think Cobb does as well. What we don’t have p, is an offense that makes any attempt to get them the ball where they can do anything with it.

Yeah that turnaround hook when we got Carlton the ball in the lane 4 feet from the basket that didnt even make it 1/2 way to the hoop was a thing of beauty and makes me want to feed him every trip.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah that turnaround hook when we got Carlton the ball in the lane 4 feet from the basket that didnt even make it 1/2 way to the hoop was a thing of beauty and makes me want to feed him every trip.

He has shown some flashes of skill down there. I don't know why our guys don't dunk. It is like they aren't aware that guys in the circle can't draw a charge. They should be, since everybody else dunks on us.

 

[pj]

That's not on Ollie. I know for a fact he coaches them to share the ball and pass the ball having been to couple practices over the past couple seasons. Also have had an informal conversation with KO at a barber shop where he was getting a cut. Basically said guys don't follow through on offensive sets and then try playing hero ball and that's not what he and the coaches teach them to do.

When you don't have consistent shooters or inside presence its difficult to run a fluid offense that uses the PnR a lot. The players coming in next year along with the current players being a year older should solve those issues

If the players do not do what the head coach teaches them to do, then the head coach needs to apply appropriate discipline. Does KO do that?

 

[willie99]

Are you KO's son?

Let me let you in on a little secret. KO is done. It is only a matter of when, not if. He was paid for his efforts in 2014 and now it is time to move on. And nothing you say here will change that.

I really doubt you know anymore about this matter than the average 2nd grader

There is nobody that's trusting you with inside information, Mrs Vance Jackson

 

[Paesano]

I really doubt you know anymore about this matter than the average 2nd grader

There is nobody that's trusting you with inside information, Mrs Vance Jackson

Wait, does that make me Vance's mom or his wife?

P.S. It is an educated guess. Us smart people can do that and be right most of the time.

 

[DMIL]

This is it, isn't it? Even when we put together aggressive defense, some rebounding, Larrier hitting a good percentage and running a few decent sets. When it comes time to drain some perimeter shots we can't get nearly enough production to fend off a run if we're ahead, or stem the tide when an opponent starts to get hot. Our lack of outside shooting negates the good things we do and puts us in a box where the effort has to be nonstop and the other parts of our game have almost no margin for error. Poor decisions and lack of effort are fixable, but even Calhoun couldn't put the ball in the hoop for his guys. I'm already in the boat of fans unimpressed with KO's development but we need a couple of shooters to complement some decent young players for next year. I think we recruited 1 guy but we need another and a PG to run the show. We lost 2 instant contributors in the last recruiting process. We need to do better this time around with Alterique still a questionmark.

Right on the mark here.

 

[Travelman6]

Well if they always knew what was coming, they probably should have beaten the Huskies by way more than 10 and should have had the lead with ease before the final 10 minutes...so...his quote in hindsight does nothing to make WSU or their victory look better.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Well if they always knew what was coming, they probably should have beaten the Huskies by way more than 10 and should have had the lead with ease before the final 10 minutes...so...his quote in hindsight does nothing to make WSU or their victory look better.

You forgot to mention that we lost to them by only 3 more points more than did Baylor