Official Owl Game Thread
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In basketball as a teammate there is nothing worse than being forced to take the negative play because your teammate lacked focus or was just lazy. That foul that Rachal just got was totally on KES. It is ugly to watch what one or two players not doing the basics can do to a team.
He ran his mouth got a technical then picked up a touch foul. Haith autobench on two fouls.
Seems like uninspired play for at least the last 2 games. Especially on defense. I feel bad for players like Jackson that play hard all the time.
Haywood and KES have not played up to their hype this season.
Haith’s zone has lots of holes. Not the Wainwright defense at all.
That's why you have seen a couple weird rotations. Why Rachal just turned down the 3 for the drive and an and-1. Go inside or sit.
A perfect storm if flat uninspired offense and porous defense. Owls are unconscious,
Their highest point total in a half.
Very disappointed to see the season go down the drain in a half.
Temple is not Houston.
We no longer have three versions of it. We use to have a standard, a slide we ran against multiple outside shooters, and a chase where they ran it almost like a box and one where we chased the good shooter or scorer and the zone would rotate back into a proper 3-2 with the chaser matched up in the wing or top with the shooter. The last few games we can barely get the standard right and Haith has left us in it way too long. Our man is pretty good and so is our 1-2-2 three quarters court pressure.
Shumate may be the only player I saw out of 11 that showed any fire. Rachal okay but doubled everywhere and he can’t dribble.
Their best player only played about 8-10 minutes. Doesn’t look good and no energy noticed. We are a below average team without energy. The best comparison is we look like Memphis at TU last year. No energy and coach has no fire either.
Their best player only played about 8-10 minutes. Doesn’t look good and no energy noticed. We are a below average team without energy. The best comparison is we look like Memphis at TU last year. No energy and coach has no fire either.
Williams/Jackson/Shumate/Richie/Joiner over Haywood/KES.
Haith has given Haywood/KES ample opportunity, and they haven’t produced.
Haith has given Haywood/KES ample opportunity, and they haven’t produced.
KES has moments but gets way too many minutes. I honestly think Haywood never recovered from those early games and the bad shooting. He has deteriorated the further into the season we go. I had hoped his one good shooting game would break him out, but it seems to have just been a quick flash before a return to previous form. It now has spread to his defense and rebounding.
Will we see more of Schumate, Earley, and Williams? I hope so, before Joiner had the autobench KES was playing much better, once it became clear he would get a good portion of the ball handling his play went backwards.
My smart TV went dumb when we were 15 down so I missed whatever horrible play we had the last 4 minutes. I’ll be watching the second half on my iPad so I probably won’t be posting much. While our shooting has been bad it’s been turnovers and rebounding that has really lead to this deficit. To have a chance we need to value the ball and fight for boards.
Open shot given up by Haywood, followed by a missed layup by KES. Take these two out and we’ve had a good start to the half.
We’re getting a little better play this half but you can’t blow run out layups when you‘re behind.
I’ve been calling for Shumate and Urbancic for weeks. I have about given up. Give players a chance who have fire and an upside.
I will never understand how coaches paid millions of dollars play people based on their ranking and not on their play. Every year it costs coaches their job.
You know what playing people because they are ranked high and you want other high ranked recruits does? It gets you high ranked recruits who feel entitled to play because they are high ranked recruits.
You know what playing the players who work hardest and play best gets you? The best hardworking players. You know what the best hardworking players get you? Wins. It gets you wins. Winning gets you more winners.
You get what you permit.
You know what playing people because they are ranked high and you want other high ranked recruits does? It gets you high ranked recruits who feel entitled to play because they are high ranked recruits.
You know what playing the players who work hardest and play best gets you? The best hardworking players. You know what the best hardworking players get you? Wins. It gets you wins. Winning gets you more winners.
You get what you permit.
Doesn’t surprise me that Toby Lane’s mask doesn’t cover his nose. He’s the sort of dude who microwaves salmon in the office kitchen.