Mizzou fans, why did Haith bench the senior Bell the whole 2nd half?? Stupid

just have faith

Keep the fricking faith.

Also, this is a horrible waste of an alter. Lots better troll opportunities during the daytime.

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MA MA MA MA MA MA U MAD MAD NESS

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Dude, I totally expected to hear that song a lot more during this tournament. I haven't heard it yet.

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I saw some post game quote - correct if wrong - where Haith said that bell missed his first 2 shots so he pulled him for the entire 2nd half.

Um Pressey routinely misses 2 shots on a single possession yet he still plays.

That's not how you treat an experienced senior, Haith or not.

(And why did y'all stop feeding Oriaki? Seriously, apart from all the jokes, I just don't get the Tiger love for Haith. His moves are real head scratchers. )

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First, I don't know that there is Tiger love for Haith. Sure people will defend him when attacked by other schools because, as of now, he is part of Tiger nation.

As to your points, those are the exact things that make me wonder if Haith deserves the job or not. Even if Bell isn't scoring, he's our best perimeter defender. Pressey can't defend to save his life. Haith said something about Bell was just having an off night. Bullshite. Leave him in and defend if nothing else.

Not feeding the ball to Oriakhi blew my mind DURING the game. He was giving effort, was productive, but on top of that, CSU's big man had 2 fouls in the first half and they left him in. I would bet 90% of college coaches would attack him, trying to get that 3rd. What did Haith do? Just the opposite. Stopped feeding it inside. I don't know if you caught it, but going into one time out, the crowd got somewhat quiet, at least quiet enough that you could clearly make out one fan yell "Get Oriakhi the god damned ball!".

We have seen a lack of intensity for 40 minutes all season as well. CSU frankly outworked and outhustled us. Played with more heart. Wasn't the first time opposition has done that. Part of that has to be on Haith as well.

Lots of question marks if you ask me about Haith. Should he be canned immediately? Probably not. Like it or not, MA left him a shite situation and he had to patch it up with transfers. He probably deserves a chance with his own true classes coming through in the next year or two. Flip side is maybe the whole Miami thing will make the decision easier.

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Leave him in and defend if nothing else.

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Bell didn't play defense when he was in.

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Never fails.

Haith loses NCAA tournament game where he was out-coached and his team was outplayed by a mid-major?

Blame Mike Anderson.

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Dale you know I'm not blaming MA for the loss last night. Haith had all year to get this team right and didn't. There were in game things that happened that had nothing to do with which players they were either. Had all to do with coaching. The situation MA left Haith has more to do with why Haith will get more time before a decision is made on Haith.