thats not the part we didnt believe
the part we didnt believe was that 50-75 people were happy with how things are going
Thank you!! Finally a voice of reason. The mistake was in Hagans. You don’t stop and dribble the air out of the ball at half court with 6 seconds left to go in the game. It was good coaching to not call a timeout. Cal has never had to call TO in that situation because he’s had fast, smart PGs that drives the ball downhill and get to the rim. Hagans is not that type of player. He, and Quickley especially, play timid and scared of making a mistake instead of playing to win the game. Once the nerves get settled and they get more acclimated to the system, I expect the guards to take a huge leap forward after the Christmas break. Cal always has success coaching PG’s and that is the biggest glaring issue at the moment. We are playing good enough defense as it stands to win games. However, you can not go scoreless 15 straight possessions and expect to win. This is why we got curb stomped by Duke (that, and a matador defense). With the way we’re playing on offense rn, we will lose against a team that runs anything that resembles a structured offense.
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Don’t know why you’re telling me no when I said I don’t see what’s wrong with folks wanting Cal to call a timeout
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Well, cal says its the players that should call a time out. With that said op's comparison is basically null and void.
Sorry you had to watch such terrible basketball all weekend, but I was talking about the part where you said ‘nothing but love for cal.’
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The BBN isn’t confined to Rupp Rafters and your computer. The Big Blue Mist is everywhere and the majority are optimistic.
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They were mostly military servicemen and women who have a healthy respect for anything UK. A lot of them get deployed overseas and can’t catch every UK game.
It's a crap shoot in end of game situations of whether or not to call a time out. Pluses and minuses to each. But if you don't call one you damn well should look like you've worked on end of game situations a ton in practice. We never do.
Agreed. I really have to wonder if people believe 1/2 the crap they post. If they do, heaven help them.
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Lol. Nah I was there. And LeBron is everything I’ve ever seen on TV. Dude is huge and fast with the ball. Almost like a pg. If they get AD, lookout.
Apparently time moves in double speed in the Negative Nancies World. No wonder they get so grumpy.
Not to mention a three wasn’t the call, but Keldon had to settle for it because Nick screwed up the play and Ashton had to slow down to let Nick get set.
Oh sorry, I’m using facts. FAR CAL HE SUCKS HIRE JAY WHITE! that’s better.
Nah man .. I'm stuck in a wheelchair. I wouldnt know anything about getting out and talking to real life people in person.... just wish I could get to a place where a lot of UK fans congregate like that...
and that was a couple of weeks ago.... I bet people are even more concerned now [laughing]
Yeah he’s a big dude. Just don’t have many human beings like that in the world. I haven’t been to a game there, but have been to San Antonio and everyone was great and super nice to all of us. Went an done some work with Habitat for Humanity and I hated to leave. Great people and a beautiful place. Also, i don’t know how to feel about Davis an the lakers. Lol. Maybe he would fit with them, but I kinda like him with the Pelicans. Kings are my team but I’ve kinda adopted the pels.
What happens when we’re playing in the tourney and we have 0 timeouts left and we’re in the same situation? Not calling a TO was the right play. Cal got to see what Hagans is made of during crunch time. Great learning experience. Hagans will now know to push the ball all the way to the rim and try to draw a foul instead of dribbling the air out of the ball at halfcourt.
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Cal said Hagans should of called a time out. Do you even listen to post games?
If you think a player should call the time out... then call the time out for him if he's not doing it.
So we should throw this one away so we can get Hagans some experience as to how not to eff up the end of a game? With 2 TO's remaining? And Cal even said a TO should have been called. Piss off.
Which is exactly why you call a timeout with a young, inexperienced team. They don't know what to do in that situation. A timeout gives him a chance to simplify it for them.
That would be too logical.
Yeah but after it was over UK got a really nice 2nd place trophy for the game they just played. Really justified all the hard work they put in.
Not sure if comparing Few's X and O struggles to those of Cal right now is the smartest comparison. One guy beat Duke. The other one lost by 34 to Duke.
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People were clamoring for Cal to call a timeout at the end of the Seton Hall game. He didn’t and we lost. Mark Few called a timeout against Tennessee and they lost. The point is that timeouts are overrated and calling one or not calling one doesn’t affect the game as much as people think.
I get the point and it's not one I care about in either direction of the argument. The issue for me wasn't that Cal didn't call a timeout. It's that he lost to Seton Hall.
Tennessee, by contrast, is actually a good team. So there's that.
Did you forget that UT called a TO and drew up a play that ended up being the game winner?
You are trying to compare a veteran team playing their 30 something game to the season to a team playing their 9th game, that's just ignorant.
Love San Antonio , love all the military there , but the stuff about " everyone" being content with whats going on is ******** . No one , not a single person I know is happy with the Cats and the current mojo of our program or process as some call it . You seem to think Cal is ok with game management and X's and O's . Most of the guys I hang with who played ball all their life think he's pretty much terrible as a bench coach. Last three years have been well below standards .
They would have had to bring ball across halfcourt then called one. So, would've been left with 4-5 second to depend on young guys to execute what you drew up against a defense that is now set. I'd rather take the chance of a higher probability of scoring with defense on their heels & hope that a 19 year that has played basketball forever has surely been in the situation before & has the presence of mind just to go.