Too large a deficit to overcome! Awful start, gritty comeback that falls short. The return of the dreaded 1-3-1? Was hoping that was retired. This could be a bubble team given how we can’t beat the top BE teams / even at HOME. So much for stacking wins. Now we have to worry about another losing streak.
Worry away if you must.
I'm not part of your "we."
I'm saying this before the game even ends: Credit where it's due. That was a very well-coached second half of basketball by Hurley.
I like how he kept composure when Miller stalled & tried to stir things up after Freemantle fouled out. The entire coaching squad seemed more actively involved in game adjustments & team management.
Andre Jackson’s 0 for 7 meltdown to start the game was the difference.
There's no doubt that there have got to be better ways to get Newton going.
They don’t put any effort on defense.
This is too extreme for me. In addition to late arrivals, errors, breakdowns, etc., I saw recoveries and successes and adjusted defensive schemes. The second half showed results that came from such efforts. Fewer dumb fouls were committed.
Showed some heart in the second half today, but we’re looking at a complete season collapse right now. It sucks.
Yeah, "showed some heart," but I'm definitely NOT part of what your "we" is looking at.
When the game is close they are simply unable to perform.
Some yes plus some no
doesn't add up to "simply."
On the plus side, looks like you found your peeps, even if maybe you don't aspire to be cheerleading captain for Team Eeyore.
Hawkins charge,
Tristan travel.
Hurley calls a time out after a made basket.
Newton doesn't miss the second foul shot.
It just never ends!
Well, yeah, there were errors, a number at key junctures, but you left out some good things that would signal progress.
In recent games, they fell apart and showed little recovery when things like that happened.
It was interesting that you mentioned 2 things by the same player (who had his 'fullest' Big East game) by referring to him by his last name and his misspelled first name.
If you don’t think there was in game coaching adjustments by Hurley that worked extremely well in the 2nd half, you’re just a hater
There are other possibilities: unobservant, uncomprehending, or subject to excessive influence by haters & trolls.
To be fair, some of these alternative suggestions may better apply to others allied in overall opinion, including haters and trolls
Team continues to beat itself.
- Heroic amount of missed open shouts
- Unforced turnovers
- Napping in the 1st half
Negative voices aren't exhibiting widespread growth and improvement in supportive attitude, writing skills, emotional maturity, etc. Maybe this doesn't apply to you, but it's pretty easily observed.
We all ought to be
able to improve over the season's unfolding. A lot of folks don't even seem to be trying.
Can't get onboard with nice comeback, great effort....granted it was but really needed a W badly.
A loss is a loss and that's mostly how January has gone.
I appreciate you owning your feelings.
I accept as fact an outcome I didn't want. Having done that, it's easier for me to appreciate the observable positives and move on to the next game.
People are happy with his result? With the coaching and play?
Can you read? Many are not. Not many are. I quote some of them above, and I'm only on the 3rd page when I wrote. No way it could have let up.
Do you possibly imagine that those who don't rmphasize the upsetting things are happy? On what basis? Absence of complaints?
Am I going to let you dictate how I should feel, or let you stigmatize me if I have a different perspective on things? No way. I don't see a winning attitude in how you express yourself. It's more a whining attitude.
Nothing makes me want to emulate you. And none of that means that I didn't & haven't seen the same games as you, and that I haven't felt a wide span of uncomfortable feelings.
What are YOU going to do moving forward?
What will the coaches do?
What will the players do?
I choose not add to the pig pile of cataloging past wrongs and forecasting future futility & doom. Why should I?
No, should never be happy after a loss. They played an amazing second half though
Put up 55 points, didn't get into foul trouble, and didn't collapse. In context, yes, amazing.
Too bad Joey or Tristen couldn't draw a foul on their 3-pointer attempts at game's end and send the game into OT if they made the FTs. But that's way too low percentage a strategy.
a loss is a loss is a loss.
here comes everyone to explain why we should feel good about this result…
You do realize that you posted this instantly after a post that said, "No, should never be happy after a loss," don't you?
I haven't seen a "feel good about the result" post yet.
That didn't matter at the end. Our inability to play well when the game is one the line mattered.
How many times do we have to cut the lead to one only to freeze up?
Tonight 2 or 3, right? If all of them were "freeze ups."
How many times have we in the past or will we in the future? I dunno. Do we really "have to?"
I'll go out on a limb and say that it'll continue to happen until it doesn't.
I'll root in favor of improving in the meantime.
How about you?
Anybody else?
I think that's enough for me, other than to say that in addition to the well-known phrase 'ishposting,' I want make mention of seeing a lot of what I'll now name "pissposting," both here and in other threads. I'm not a fan of it. It seems singularly unhelpful, by virtue of grafting a recruitment agenda onto venting in order to create a negative energy community.
