re: Clemson 84 @ Alabama 90 Final - ESPNU

Quick comment on the crowd…it was actually well attended which surprised me. This is the kind of game I used to look at the open seats and fume.

Just after Iron Bowl, just before SECCG. School out. Cold as shite. Early tip.

We jumped out to such a big lead it lulled people to sleep. The crowd definitely needs to be louder, but they came alive a bit at the end(with me shaming the old fogies in my section to stand up haha)

I have to hope and believe it’ll be more lit in conference play.

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Yeah, I agree with you but I have coached enough to know that a timeout doesn’t guarantee a stop or a score. With some coaches it is just part of their philosophy to play through runs. Sometimes hard to watch though.

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It’s never guaranteed, but typically if it doesn’t stop the other team’s run, you were gonna lose anyway. Our offense also doesn’t have a lot of set plays which is typically used after a TO to get an easy bucket/open look.


That said, the momentum thing is real. Even with coaches that like to lean towards letting their guys play through it, I’ve watched a lot of basketball and can’t remember even 2-3 decent coaches that are worse than Oats at calling TOs during another teams runs. As I mentioned, he’s even referenced his cluelessness in a press conference before. He’s more oblivious to it than being a strategic decision to help his team grow or save the TOs. I’ve watched him do it in at least 2 NCAAT games and I know we got eliminated in one of those (can’t remember which one it was, but it was before I realized how big of a blind spot it was for Nate).

Glad the team won and think we probably need Bristow back for Az if we want to have a puncher’s chance in that one. Rebounding #s are going to be ugly in that one, so we’ll probably need to shoot lights out.