Chris Beard on CBB players being 'fatigued'
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Coaching world has to be laughing at Mark Pope. Todd Golden and Nate Oats are for sure.
When I was 26 years old in between school I had a summer off and lifted in the morning for 45 mins, played full court bball for 3 hours at LAC, then lifted again. 6 days a week. I would die if I tried that today but I sure as hell wasn’t a D1 athlete getting paid 1 million a year with a nutritionist and trainer. As a matter of fact I was getting hammered and chasing tail every night 
There is no fatigue unless you are poorly conditioned which falls on pope if that’s the case. Most athletes are conditioned enough to play well into their 30’s much less 18-22 years of age. There is so much stoppage in play in today’s game fatigue should never be a factor for even a poorly conditioned player. Wake me up when this Pope experiment is over. It’s embarrassing really.
This is correct. Pope has said it a few times this year and last year that he does not condition them because he allows "analytics" to tell him when a player should rest based off their personal variables.
This is dumb. This is why we are tired.
Our legs went out yesterday against Florida, which renders so many short shots by Oweh and others.
Again, this is Pope's fault for having his basketball philosophy having too much weight in analytics.
Analytics is a great tool. But let's keep some common sense. There are 4 TV timeouts per half. Each team has their own timeouts. Plus stoppages for foul calls and video reviews. Fatigue should NOT BE an issue. If it is then the players are poorly conditioned. That's 100% on Pope and his S&C coach.
Yeah, fatigue is a lame excuse especially since most player play less than 30 minutes per game.
Exactly. Now third game in three days, that is going to factor a bit. Shots start coming up a bit short, getting back a bit slower, etc. But yeah, Pope has been using that all year as a crutch.
You can use that in Novemeber, early December a bit. Guys are still getting used to roles, playing more minutes, etc. But March? No way.
Analytics have their place. They're good for long term predictions and trends. They have much less effectiveness in the short term imo.
Amen to that. Why I find Pope puzzling for saying he makes halftime adjustments based on analytics. I still have no idea what he means by that — it’s nonsense.
We have a guy who was a player on the best conditioned teams in college basketball and yet he goes the complete opposite as head coach, a total weirdo doofus move, it's baffling