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re: It's time! Pessimistic outlook of Billy Kennedy's final season
Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:25 pm to Old Sarge
Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:25 pm to Old Sarge
Awesome win
The reasons why Kennedy is a poor coach were all still evident as they always have been. No reason why smart fans cant be happy with the win and still understand the big picture.
Kennedy will make the tournament with a loaded roster this year, probably get run in the round of 32 then return to the NIT next year when we lose House, Jones, Caruso, etc. It's just the way its gonna be.
The reasons why Kennedy is a poor coach were all still evident as they always have been. No reason why smart fans cant be happy with the win and still understand the big picture.
Kennedy will make the tournament with a loaded roster this year, probably get run in the round of 32 then return to the NIT next year when we lose House, Jones, Caruso, etc. It's just the way its gonna be.
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Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:28 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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Do you think a good coach would have let Baylor bring it back below 20?
How do you even get out of bed in the morning?
I seriously don't think there's anything any sports team could ever do that would make you happy. Winning 100-2 at the half? OMG how did they let him get in the lane for that layup!!!?!?
Billy Kennedy is a great coach. Deal with it.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:30 pm to Projectpat
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Billy Kennedy is a great coach
Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:34 pm to Projectpat
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Billy Kennedy is a great coach. Deal with it.
I love you dawg, but either you dont believe this or dont know much about the Xs and Os of roundball.
If Dave Campo was made head coach of the Patriots and won a Superbowl, is he a good head coach? Of course not, because we have a huge body of work proving he isnt. Letting your team outclass inferior talent doesnt make you a good coach, it makes you an opportunist.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 1:39 pm to WestCoastAg
I bet Pat is confused why Murray State didnt fall off the map after Kennedy left.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:05 pm to Roger Klarvin
What I understand is that anytime our team does anything good, coaching has no effect and the other team was obviously terrible.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:05 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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Do you think a good coach would have let Baylor bring it back below 20?
Yea probably. Once it was a 30 point game they were mainly running clock and giving bench dudes some run.
They only even got to under 20 b/c for whatever reason Baylor was still fouling and launching 3s w/2 minutes left. Even then it took a buzzer beating 3 to drop it to 19.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:15 pm to Projectpat
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What I understand is that anytime our team does anything good, coaching has no effect and the other team was obviously terrible.
Baylor is a solid team. They won't finish the year ranked as they are about the fifth best Big 12 team but they are solid. We just thoroughly outclassed them. They simply couldn't match our skill across the board. If we played that game at a neutral site ten times, we'd win 8 of them. We are LOADED this year, this is an elite 8 caliber team or better with good coaching.
It was a great win over a good team that had everything to do with us having more good basketball players than they did.
Meanwhile, our fundamentals are still poor, we don't shoot FTs well, our half court sets continue to be abysmal and our zone defense rotation is very sluggish. All the things that involve being "coached up" in the game of basketball we are from average to bad in all of them. What we do well and why this team will save Kennedy's job is making plays in the open court, getting loose balls and disrupting shots due to our great length and generally out-athleting most of the teams we play because we have a lot of future NBA players on this team. We also finally have enough shooters to hold our own against zone defenses (which we are incapable of beating otherwise because again our half court sets are not good).
In 2013 DJ Hogg would have been our second leading scorer. He didn't even get on the court until what, five minutes left in the first half last night?
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:18 pm to Roger Klarvin
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I love you dawg, but either you dont believe this or dont know much about the Xs and Os of roundball.
I think its more likely you don't know as much as you think and do more ball watching than you realize.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:24 pm to Dr RC
Is that a poorly formed gay joke? Maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Anyway, eventually I'll be proven right. Enjoy this season, because it will not be repeated barring more national 5 classes brought in by Stansbury.
Anyway, eventually I'll be proven right. Enjoy this season, because it will not be repeated barring more national 5 classes brought in by Stansbury.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:34 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Is that a poorly formed gay joke? Maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Wait, you think being told you might have a problem with ball watching is a gay joke?
and you position yourself as Mr Basketball Mind here?
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:40 pm to Dr RC
It reads like you are accusing me of watching the player's balls more than the actual game.
Not the most sensical thing, but that's sure what it reads like to me
Not the most sensical thing, but that's sure what it reads like to me
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:44 pm to Roger Klarvin
I'm sorry but if you can't figure out what I meant (and I'm surprised you seem to have never heard this phrase) then you are nowhere near the basketball brain you think you are.
Ball watching is when you watch the player with the basketball instead of what all else is happening on the floor. Holy hell dude. NBA announcers use that phrase all the time when a player fricks up and loses his man on D. It's what people constantly bash the frick out of James Harden for doing when he attempts to play defense.
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:47 pm to Dr RC
Never heard that in the context of a fan watching the game.
Anyway, I've devoted a couple lengthy posts here to breaking down our poor off ball play in detail do we can dispel that idea.
Anyway, I've devoted a couple lengthy posts here to breaking down our poor off ball play in detail do we can dispel that idea.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:50 pm to Roger Klarvin
and your posts are incorrect
I specifically looked out for it vs Baylor and there was quite a bit of off ball movement up until the game got out of hand in the second half and we started running clock.
I specifically looked out for it vs Baylor and there was quite a bit of off ball movement up until the game got out of hand in the second half and we started running clock.
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:53 pm to Dr RC
A couple really nice plays such as Caruso's nice cuts help cloud the overall theme, which is our wing players still play too much "wait and see" basketball.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 2:56 pm to Roger Klarvin
it was much more than a couple of nice plays but go ahead and dig in if you must.
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 3:09 pm to Dr RC
I have 4+ years of data to fall back on, I don't need to dig in
You really shouldn't get so hot and bothered just because someone refuses to have their better judgement clouded by an outlier. You can support Aggie sports without believing all our coaches are good.
You really shouldn't get so hot and bothered just because someone refuses to have their better judgement clouded by an outlier. You can support Aggie sports without believing all our coaches are good.
Posted on 1/10/16 at 7:57 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Another toss up win.
Posted on 1/10/16 at 8:11 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Think we'll make our 17 predicted wins this year?
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