This team has shown a superior ability to beat down sort of good teams to average teams. It has yet to show that it can beat good teams. Adding Sharpe may do that.
Bring on Sharpe!
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Having a home game against one of them might help too as I expect to see on Saturday.
We have only played 2 of those and 1 of those games we were down 1 starter the last 36 minutes and down 2 starters for most of the last 10 minutes. The Duke game was the first game of the year...and of course ND is inexcusable regardless, even though they are not even a good team.
While I agree with you that does not make what I said incorrect. We have yet to beat a good team. Without cramps or that pick, that would likely not be true.
Having Sharpe is hopefully more insurance.
This is the mindset I hope we take, as long as Sharpe is ready for it. We could absolutely use another guy to plug in at that 1-3 to spell the 4 main guys.
If we go with excusing the losses then we have to excuse the wins since they were against bad teams. Where does it leave us? Preseason just ended and UT game is our first real game of the year? I can go with that. Top 25 team on our home court. Hopefully Wheeler is back. Let’s start off 1-0 in the games that we’re counting.
Cal, wisely, will wait until the players start pushing for him to play. No negative effect on team chemistry, and less butt hurt over playing minutes lost.
I think trying to equate the games you’re trying to excuse away versus the entire rest of the schedule doesn’t add up for a lot of reasons, including : (1) much larger sample size; (2) overall, arguably more reflective of the kinds of teams we’ll typically face especially on defense; and (3) not dealing with significant injuries.
We’ve 3-3 in quad 1 and 2 games according to the NET. Averaging 74.3 PPG in those games. I’d like to see what other teams are averaging in quad 1 and 2 games. I’d bet they dip a bit from their overall averages, albeit maybe not as much as UK.
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I see that #21 jersey on him, and my first thought is Tayshaun Prince. Let us all hope he plays like Prince.
“He’s not a Prince, he’s a King!”
Bill Rafftery
To add we have beaten UNC that I think will be a NCAA Tourney team and also Ohio, that is 13-2 and may very well be NCAA Tournament team. I hate for the small conferences you can dominate all year and then have one bad stretch in the conference tournament and be out. Everyone in the ACC other than Duke has 4 or more overall losses already so I think UNC will do enough to make it in there. UNC still has good talent, just not sure they have the right coach (know I am opening up myself for that to be said about our coach as well lol but oh well).
I’m content with our first 5-6.
The place that I think he really helps this year....if Cal would play small...is when we have to survive without OT or a guard due to foul trouble. Having sharpe allows you to keep away from the 3 bigs lineups that kill us and minimize 3 of Toppin/Ware/Collins/Brooks together. This is our 1 current vulnerability.
Heck, we could even go w just 1 and then the 4 guards for stretches.
The place that I think he really helps this year....if Cal would play small...is when we have to survive without OT or a guard due to foul trouble. Having sharpe allows you to keep away from the 3 bigs lineups that kill us and minimize 3 of Toppin/Ware/Collins/Brooks together. This is our 1 current vulnerability.
Heck, we could even go w just 1 and then the 4 guards for stretches.
Yeah it's a good point. People saying that we beat no one we did knock off a top 30 team on a neutral court by 29.
That is something lol
That is something lol
I would classify them as sort of good. Let's hope they get worse. This team at times looks like it can beat anyone. It's only chance to prove that it ran into injuries and cramps. A lot more season to go, I'm not saying they're bad, I'm just saying they're unproven. They look very good to me.
It was. It means it’s hilarious all these people claiming that it’s clearly and apparently due to Cal’s politics. What a joke.
Not saying heisnt capable of greatness, but sounds alot like Brandon Boston or Terrance Clark. Havent seen competition the likes of TN or Auburn.
Difference between Boston and kids in high school in the years to come talent evaluators. During their senior years they missed their ending hs careers, games and preparation was a little worse than then now impossible.
Cal will find a way to put himself into a no win situation with Sharpe.
Scenario 1. He plays him, dude turns out to be all world. Does he then get the minutes he deserves, and undercuts another starting guard, or does Cal stay loyal and only give Sharpe minutes here and there, which will create fan backlash?
Scenario 2, BJ Boston 2.0. Under performs, playing in a game or two, gets a “minor injury” cough cough, and sits the rest of the season.
Scenario 3. Doesn’t play at all.
Regardless, I think he declares for the draft and he’s not on the team next season. I personally (no inside info) think that was the plan all along, hence, why he joined the team this semester. Consensus #1 dudes don’t go to college to play for a season and a half, and certainly not for draft night Cal!
Scenario 1. He plays him, dude turns out to be all world. Does he then get the minutes he deserves, and undercuts another starting guard, or does Cal stay loyal and only give Sharpe minutes here and there, which will create fan backlash?
Scenario 2, BJ Boston 2.0. Under performs, playing in a game or two, gets a “minor injury” cough cough, and sits the rest of the season.
Scenario 3. Doesn’t play at all.
Regardless, I think he declares for the draft and he’s not on the team next season. I personally (no inside info) think that was the plan all along, hence, why he joined the team this semester. Consensus #1 dudes don’t go to college to play for a season and a half, and certainly not for draft night Cal!
It's funny that you let the "likes" get to you like that.
Doesn't sound like Cal is the one putting himself into a no win situation. You've already decided that there's no possible scenario that will be good, regardless of whether he plays or doesn't play you're prepared to ***** about it and blame the coach for every possible decision and outcome.
"OK Coach, GOOOOOOO and RUNNNNN mean the same thing ,Don't be a selfish mu#$%$#u^&er and don't sit next to number 11 so you don't get us mixed up, I
think I got it"
I am not a Cal sucks guy, but it is his fault he doesn’t teach the difference between a good shot and a bad shot
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Can never have enough of these.
Umm, we have a poster who backs Cal religiously and posts porn. So I guess all Cal supporters post their porn all the time and the rest of us are sick of it.
And it’s happened too, so don’t act like this isn’t real.
Bigger mistake not to play him. Should Pitino have played DA in 1997?
Not sure when, but I'd be stunned if he doesn't play, and is a major contributor, this year.
If Sharpe doesn't play this year I quit being a fan. He's the missing piece from making our backcourt good to elite.
This may be a NIL thing so he can make some bucks.
However, I hate to say this, but barring any more unforeseen injuries to our guards, the only way he makes it on the court is to shoot FTs after a T, a la Derek Anderson (as LowCountry brought up).
I hope I'm wrong.
However, I hate to say this, but barring any more unforeseen injuries to our guards, the only way he makes it on the court is to shoot FTs after a T, a la Derek Anderson (as LowCountry brought up).
I hope I'm wrong.
I agree with this ^. Specifically when Brooks, Toppin, Oscar, Mintz, Grady, Wheeler do I think.
Huh? We need another rotation guard. Four isn’t gonna cut it. The injury to Fredrick was a big loss.
It will take him a little bit of time to be familiar with some of the floppy action in offensive sets, but where he is so good it’ll probably be faster than normal