You won't like my take but I believe that left and his play dropped when he started feeling himself.

You can tell his attitude changed and he became less hard hat and more bright lights.

With the added ego came the offensive inefficiency, drop in focus defensively, etc.

The irony was after we won the SEC he was claiming "no pressure" when he struggled the entire tournament. He continued those struggles the NCAA tourney which culminated into him missing FTs which could have sealed the game.

Before someone attacks me, I'm not hating on Herb. He is suppose to be out leader out there, our best defender.. heck our best player but for some weeks now that hasn't been the case. Our leader has been Quin and Reese through actions. Our best player has been Quin and our best defender has been Keon.

When our leader implodes like that it is almost impossible to recover. The worst thing that happened to this team was Herb believing the hype. It changed him to our detriment.

This post was edited on 3/29/21 at 1:22 pm

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Posted by BigBird09

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Posted on 3/29/21 at 2:22 pm to YStar

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You won't like my take but I believe that left and his play dropped when he started feeling himself.

You can tell his attitude changed and he became less hard hat and more bright lights.

You're right. I hate that made up take. Pretty much all of the hard hat numbers increased towards the end of the season.

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With the added ego came the offensive inefficiency, drop in focus defensively, etc.

You might be the only person I know that thinks that a drop in shooting percentages is because of an INCREASE in confidence. Also, what drop in defensive focus are you talking about? It's imaginary.

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The irony was after we won the SEC he was claiming "no pressure" when he struggled the entire tournament. He continued those struggles the NCAA tourney which culminated into him missing FTs which could have sealed the game.

Herb's SECT Numbers: 13.7 ppg, 5.7 apg, 10.3 rpg, 2.3 spg, 2.3 bpg and only 2.3 topg. Only thing with his numbers that was below average was his FG% at 39% which was heavily influenced by him missing on his deep ball (0-7 in the SECT).

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Our best player has been Quin and our best defender has been Keon.

Our best offensive player has been Quinerly for a while now. Offense is not why Herb was selected SEC POY. I love Keon and think his on-ball defense is terrific, but he's not a better defender than Herb. Herb provides every aspect of defense (on-ball defense, team defense, rim protection, and steals) and delivers it at an elite level. There is no statistical backing for Herb being worse defensively down the stretch.

In the postseason, the only statistical drop off was 3pt percentage and FT percentage (which was strictly because of his last game; shot 81% from the line otherwise). Pretty much everything else was better than his season averages (some of them dramatically better like rebounding, blocks, and 2FG%).

It's ridiculous to call Herb (of all people) egotistical and imagine him as anything less than a stellar defender down the stretch of the season just because he missed some FTs in his last game and lost his 3pt shot at the end of the season. You're letting the very few negatives affect your view of all of the positives.

This post was edited on 3/29/21 at 2:51 pm

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