Matt Jones Periscope
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Most of you don't get it.
It's not about whether you are or aren't playing good defense it's whether you have or not and see if players who have shown to see if they can play through the difficulties.
Milder didn't play because he isn't good at defense AND it was opportunity for our key guys to figure it out. Well we didn't.
Only loser and panicky coaching would randomly swap players around like an idiot. Mulder wil need to slowly earn it through the season.
It's not about whether you are or aren't playing good defense it's whether you have or not and see if players who have shown to see if they can play through the difficulties.
Milder didn't play because he isn't good at defense AND it was opportunity for our key guys to figure it out. Well we didn't.
Only loser and panicky coaching would randomly swap players around like an idiot. Mulder wil need to slowly earn it through the season.
I'm constantly amazed that we have so many people here that think theres some conspiracy here with Mulder or that Cal is the only person alive that doesn't know he has this hidden Larry Bird caliber player waisting away on his bench.
I'm going to wash my mouth out after saying this but here goes .....The most successful active coach right now recruits shooters AND plays them . Even when they are somewhat lacking on defense . I hate the SOB but that's a fact .
I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands there's a lot more to successful team basketball than spot-up 3-point shooting.
Nobody said any of those things he said but you fell for it.
cal makes perfect decisions always. Never makes a wrong call. I love cal but some really tend to worship the man as a deity
I think everyone understands it , but you have to have it if you want to win a championship . You HAVE to have balance .
this isn't about "making a wrong call." it's being said on here that Cal is intentionally putting an inferior lineup on the floor for some nefarious reason, that he prefers getting kids drafted than winning games.
IOW, losing on purpose.
Which, if true, is treasonous and grounds for immediate execution. And, if not true, is an idiotic allegation.
Hint: it's not true.
To be fair, Cal did say it's more important to him to put players in the NBA than winning NCAA titles.
That is not what anyone is saying..think about what you said for a minute. If he was putting an inferior lineup on the floor, none of the 4 and 5 star kids that start would be in it. It would be Pullion and that other walk-on kid if anyone inferior was playing. Cal has stated he wants to get kids drafted and that is his first priority. No one said he is losing on purpose..But many are saying guys like Mulder should get a chance because he has proved himself to be a valuable contributor this season. Cal needs to give him a chance with the first group. Maybe sub Briscoe out and put Mulder in and then put Briscoe back in to relieve Fox later on. Mulder can shoot and is athletic enough to do other things offensively. He guards better than Willis or Gabriel..In the game the other day we could have used his scoring because no one was guarding anyone in either team. We just don't shoot that well at this time. You Cal worshipers just read and interpret things the way you want to apparently but no one else is saying they hate Cal or anything of the sort. But there are a few of us that disagree with his methods sometime and there is nothing wrong with that. This board is for discussion isn't it?
Mulder was a 4 star player with a grade of 90 coming out of the juco ranks..that's equivalent to a top 30 guy coming out of high school..so while he may not be bird, his ranking suggests that big things was expected of Mulder from scouts.
Never saw the tweet from the 38-1 team, but a Harrison comes to mind. I guess Matt doesn't want to address it and stir things up.
Anyway, we got killed at the 4, as we had zero answer for Leaf and Welsh. I was totally surprised by our deficiency there, but we'll learn and we better not look like this come March.
Lots of great points here, and its never one area. The only complaint I have was 3 Briscoe miscues and I don't believe he lost any time on the court for it. But the fact is, others have a much shorter rope to get minutes, namely, Humphries and Mulder have little room for error.
I'm still all in, and while I want another shot at UCLA, that will be very unlikely come tourney time.
Now let's go get UNC and UL and smack them around!
Anyway, we got killed at the 4, as we had zero answer for Leaf and Welsh. I was totally surprised by our deficiency there, but we'll learn and we better not look like this come March.
Lots of great points here, and its never one area. The only complaint I have was 3 Briscoe miscues and I don't believe he lost any time on the court for it. But the fact is, others have a much shorter rope to get minutes, namely, Humphries and Mulder have little room for error.
I'm still all in, and while I want another shot at UCLA, that will be very unlikely come tourney time.
Now let's go get UNC and UL and smack them around!
No, he said he would be disappointed if he won a title and nobody was drafted, which is vastly different from what you're saying.
He said he very clearly wants to win titles.
You make it sound as if he's content with losing, and in his press conference just yesterday, he made it abundantly clear that losing disgusts him.
"Last year we started the season with a goal. You may think that goal was to win the national title and win all the games. It was to get eight players drafted ..."
That's a direct quote after the 38-1 season. I don't doubt he hates losing but a lot of you refuse to believe that it's not his primary objective to win. I'm sure he won't deny that he's players first.
Two for three you're getting better . It's great when someone like you chimes in , crushes your whole sides argument
He has also followed that up with the explanation that if those guys are good enough to make the NBA then they will "drag us along" to championships. I think he's onto something. It's just an incredibly difficult task.