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UKfan2151

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When what you are practicing is total garbage, how do you expect the end product to be anything other than total garbage? The offense is chit. The defense is chit. We do nothing even remotely well. Maybe the additional practice will make us look even suckier the next time we face a team with a pulse.
 
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Catastic5

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Considering how much we get injured, I sometimes wonder if there’s a serious flaw in his practice methods?
 
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They can practice all they want but when the system being practiced sucks, it doesn’t matter.

Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.

Mark Pope’s team have perfected:
-playing defense with hands down;
-not pressuring on ball making passing easy;
-rebounding with 1 hand;
-playing the only post presence 24 feet out;
-failure to run any offense to setup scorers;
-only acting tough when they want to fight

so on and so on.
 
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fisherscatfan said:
They can practice all they want but when the system being practice sucks, it doesn’t matter.

Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.

Mark Pope’s team have perfected:
-playing defense with hands down;
-not pressuring on ball making passing easy;
-rebounding with 1 hand;
-playing the only post presence 24 feet out;
-failure to run any offense to setup scorers;
-only acting tough when they want to fight

so on and so on.
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I remember when he was hired, he said he coached his teams to tip rebounds. Some of our fans said it was genius.
 
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fisherscatfan said:
They can practice all they want but when the system being practiced sucks, it doesn’t matter.

Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.

Mark Pope’s team have perfected:
-playing defense with hands down;
-not pressuring on ball making passing easy;
-rebounding with 1 hand;
-playing the only post presence 24 feet out;
-failure to run any offense to setup scorers;
-only acting tough when they want to fight

so on and so on.
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dont forget never blocking out. I remember being so mad Amari Williams would never block out. I thought its probably just him. turns out its popes teams
 
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Dr.LutherSan

Dr.LutherSan

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I don't think intensifying practice or fixing "the system" is something that will do anything. I just don't think this team is very talented and it's too late to fix that.
 
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