re: Auburn Vs Georgia- Conference Opening Game Thread

Wasted opportunity with poor decision making down the stretch. Good effort but this team is not close to good enough to shoot free throws poorly and get a road win. Have a quick turnaround with A&M. They better shake this one off and be ready to go at home Tuesday night if they want any shot at making the tourney.

We’re gonna kick the shite out of A&M

Just gonna have to take our lumps this year.

Andy is not cut out for basketball or football. Baseball fine. Other two Deere Lowered.

Yea very accurate. They will be a different team late February. Similar to Florida last year (not saying we are that good).

People keep saying this team will grow and get better... but honestly I don't see it. It seems like most of these players have hit their ceiling already and this team is at its peak. I don't think there's another level to go to.. these aren't young players, they are all upperclassman except for SWA and Freeman. I think this is just what we got.

Not saying this team is horrible or even bad, but its just kind of average.

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these aren't young players, they are all upperclassman except for SWA and Freeman

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SWA, Freeman, Jovic, and Magwood all have huge room for growth, all freshman. Walker too, though he's not getting many minutes. Tahaad has plenty of room for growth too, though who knows if it happens.

But when people are talking about them growing and getting better, I'd say it's more about them playing together as a team, not improving individually. We have too many individuals playing together, not a team playing together.

Hall in particular is going to have to become a better passer for us to get better. Tahaad obviously needs to as well.

We aren’t good nor bad. We are an average SEC probably will be around the bubble come selection time.

Actually thought Steven coached it pretty well today but as we have said this team has many defensive flaws.

Overton Hall and Murphy are going to take a lot of shots. That’s why they choose to come here. Overton to be more than a defender, Murphy to show he can stretch the floor, and Hall is a volume shooter anyway. Some days he will carry us to wins some days he will take us to losses.

Need SWA Jovic Walker and Magwood to really step up become great at the things they do well and improve what they do poorly. They are the core going forward. Obviously we will add pieces and Freeman might be a guy that hangs around and becomes a better decision maker with the ball in his hand. He has elite potential. Needs to become a great defender. He’s already decent. Probably could hold 15-20 more pounds on his frame

Can’t say even with selfish play at times that this team doesn’t play hard.

Anyone got any idea about what's going on with Tahaad?

From Pearl's post game press conference about him not starting...

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It was a coach's decision. It was a failure to meet our team standards and expectations. Tahaad's got to do a better job of leading by example. That's something we continuously talk about. Until he does those things off the court — he's got to stop putting me in these positions where I have to make difficult decisions.

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