I keep seeing this, and it's a really poor excuse.
I'm no coach but when I played it was easy to take outside shots (even contested). To consistently get the ball down low took skill and some design plays. Defenses seem to be defending the post and baiting our guards to shoot jumpers. History is proving that we can't make them all game and with patience we will become ineffective/impotent offensively. I will say Brimah did help in this area, even if only alley oops.
Funny thing he was a lot more exuberant coach his first two years even getting a technical in the Louisville game. Something has changed in his demeanor were he just stays silent and mutters to himself in frustration all the time. He even calls timeouts at the worst times. I mean what is the point of the late TO's today or the game against Memphis. Even doesn't know to use his extra fouls like the Temple game. Just awful coaching from Ollie this year. I thought it couldn't get worst from last year. LOL!
One thing about Ollie is that hes big into the positive reinforcement. We dont really get to see what happens behind closed doors in practice, but Calhoun was a lot more tough on his players during games compared to Ollie. Sometimes I thought he may have gone slightly overboard, but at the same time, sometimes you need to do that. With Calhoun, he was never scared to take a player out of a game for making a mistake, or getting in somebodys face to make a point.
This is scary, do you even know these walk ons?
I'm sure you are referring to his divorce? As that seems to coincide with downward spiral of emotion and zest for the game.
Sorry but this post is stupid. Ollie is doing a terrible job this year and you can also blame him for last year if you want but his first year we were a tournament team that had some huge wins and could have made some noise if we weren't banned, his next season he won the title taking out a who's who of big time coaching. Bash him all you want for the last two seasons, I'll join you but you sound ridiculous talking about his first two seasons.
We have as much inside offense or more than we had in 2014 when we won it with DD. SM is definitely doable in the post as he showed against a bigger Memphis team. Problem is we are consistently running our offense inside out which we need to do to keep the defense honest. This will also open up cleaner inside shots for SM.
I don't know about let's fire Ollie, but I do know people are incredibly disappointed that his coaching has declined the past 1 1/2 years. You don't need Brimah to beat Tulane, Temple or Tulsa; especially with five star athletes like Daniel Hamilton, Rodney Purvis, Jalen Adams and a bevy of talented upperclassman and transfers. Instead, you need good in game coaching, you need to motivate your players with the kind of energy you demand on the sidelines, you need to correct player issues, and most of all your face cannot share the same frustrated faces your players make when they miss shots. Ollie needs to be a leader and a voice of inspiration, confidence and motivation for his players consistently. Yes, premature calls for his firing are misplaced, however this pattern has got to change before it's too late, and this season may already be gone in terms of making the NCAA tournament. I'm not saying this team can't go on and massive run and turn things around but right now it doesn't look good.
Probably because he is the only guard who can break his man off the dribble and drive to the basket.
