kshoe Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 1) we can't hold an 8 point lead with 2:40 to go against an offensively anemic team 2) We twice had the ball tied with the ability to take the last shot and twice Marquette got an attempt at the game winning shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhagolf Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Chalk this one up to BAD COACHING! Having Mr. Turnover, Anthony Drejaj, on the floor, rather than Danny Brown. This is the first year of Brad's complete recruting class - so far, there's not much you can hang your hat on, for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 ...had guarded Novak the entire game. Why did Brad did think it was a good idea to put the much smaller and less athletic Drejaj on Novak during the last 2:30 minutes? Did anyone else hear Brad's postgame interview? He said that he could swallow this loss because Marquette won by hitting key shots down the stretch in regulation. He doesn't even realize that his coaching decisions enabled Marquette to hit those shots. Also, at the end of the either regulation or the first OT, we had the ball back with about twenty seconds left. Marquette was not pressing off the rebound even though we had been struggling off the press. Rather than wait to cross halfcourt and call a timeout (which would have given us the ball out-of-bounds on the offensive side of half court), Brad called a timeout right away. Predicitably, Marquette pressed off the timeout, and we turned the ball over. BAD, BAD COACHING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 There's a pattern here -- Brad goes with what he feels comfortable with whether it makes sense or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 It was suggested by someone sitting next to me that he is beginning to coach like Mike Martz (sans the offensive knowledge). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Being stubborn will get you nothing but bad results - Martz is a perfect example of this and Brad showed us the same nonsense today and the truth be told this whole year. He has much soul searching during the off season to do about what he does next year. He can say all he wants that we just have to keep doing what we need to do since that is what is best for the team - well if he keeps doing this next year then he won't have a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 >>Being stubborn will get you nothing but bad results<< I think you hit the nail on the head cheese. Brad is stubbornly in love with Drejaj's tenacity at the expense of a realistic appraisal of his ability. It cost us what would have been a big win today. I fear this Drejaj infatuation will continue into next season when AD shall be taking minutes from a really talented set of guards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stchuckbilliken Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Brad had the same problem last year in playing Ross Varner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Drejaj will also have the advantage of being a "senior leader" giving Brad yet another excuse to play him ten minutes too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMS81 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 We had a total of 6 points from DP,AD,LM and VN today. You can't blame the coaching staff when half the players on the floor at any given time pose no scoring threat whatsoever to the opposing team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Yes we can -- he recruited them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleacherBum593 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 -You can't blame the coaching staff when half the players on the floor at any given time pose no scoring threat whatsoever to the opposing team. Who put that set of players on the floor in the first place? Answer - the coaching staff. Therefore, they SHOULD get the blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Nick Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 "We had a total of 6 points from DP,AD,LM and VN today." While they did not have big point production, this does not mean that some of them did not have a good game. DP ran the show pretty solidly, LM hit a big three and pulled the Defense away from the basket, VN played good D against Novak. AD just sucks. DP really isnt a scoring threat but I think next year with the kids coming in their wont be that many shots to go around as Lisch will not be afraid to take shots as a freshman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMS81 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Are we talking recruiting or in-game coaching? We all agree that recruiting needs to steadily improve. Is Tom Crean a great coach because Novak can hit long contested off-balance 3-pointers late in the game? Was Brad a bad coach today because half of his players could not make a basket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Well Coach Soderberg did recruit them and that is on him. One may have to face up to the fact that some of the players just may not be good enough to cut it. If that is indeed the case then it is definitely his fault because he recruited them. The shooting percentages for almost every game have been crapola. Today we shot 32% and only put up 51 points in 50 minutes of action. In a word I find that putrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 If Coach Brad had not gotten weird on us in the last two minutes, Novak wouldn't have even gotten those two shots off. Without those points by Novak, we walk away with a win. That is why coaching makes a big difference in tight games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 by the way it was Mr Brown who threw the ball away in the first overtime with ten seconds left, not drejaj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 1st Overtime, we get the rebound, start to bring it up and call time out but take it out under the basket..... as you know we throw it way, Novak gets the ball timeout is called, but they take it out on the side, in their back court. Why the different locations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 True, but Brown received the ball trapped in front of the halfcourt line with only two seconds left in the ten-second count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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