re: UGA Basketball Season Long Thread (19-15, 10-10) // Season Complete

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oh my god no!!!! We played a bunch of players in a game we won easily! Fire this clown!!!

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We won easily because tech is horrendous. Have you seen what happens when we play these scrubs in the losses? I was at the opener @clemson and saw us fight and claw our way back from double digit deficit basically teh entire came to cut it to within 3...in typical fox fashion we pull the guys who did the work and put in his "wtf am I doing lineup" and it ballooned back to 10 in about 2 minutes.

That's not just an isolated incident, it's just about every single game. I get that we aren't Kentucky and have talent behind talent at every position, so I'm NOT faulting these guys at all because they're doing their best. The problem is that there should N-E-V-E-R, outside of serious foul issues, be a point where we have 3-4 of these kind of players in at once, unless JJ/Maten are the other 2 in there. I'm sure fox has forgotten more about basketball than I've known but I'm not a moron and I can use my eyeballs and brain to see when somethign it stupid. There simply isn't any justification for some of his subbibg, at all, and it's been going on for like 7 years now.


And lastly I'll talk about Kessler. Like I said above, I don't fault HK because he's only doing what he can with the hand God dealt him, and it's not like he's forcing himself onto the court. He's only doing what Fox tells him...so I want to stress I'm not pissed AT kessler directly. With that said, he should see no more than 2-3 minutes per game TOPS, yet Fox's dumbass continues to put him in for ~8 minutes a game which would be better served going to pretty much any other player on the roster. And to make things worse he puts him in with 2 or 3 others that can't do much of anything either.

Kessler cannot shoot, he can't rebound, he can't defend, he can't pass, he can't dribble...basically there is NOT A SINGLE THING he can do on teh court that is an asset to us aside from hustle, which is basically meaningless. When Edwards/Kessler/KPG are in...you ever notice how when the ball is passed to them they look around for a second and will then just pass it back to who gave it to them? They're worthless from a basketball standpoint.

I honestly don't care how many wins we have this year or if we miraculously luck our way into the tournament, I'm ready for Fox to go after this year because we're seeing the same retarded arse decisions this year that we saw in year 1. If it aint changed yet it's never going to. Unfortunately, GM is such a bum that Fox will probably get a 12 year extension this year.

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That's not just an isolated incident, it's just about every single game. I get that we aren't Kentucky and have talent behind talent at every position, so I'm NOT faulting these guys at all because they're doing their best. The problem is that there should N-E-V-E-R, outside of serious foul issues, be a point where we have 3-4 of these kind of players in at once, unless JJ/Maten are the other 2 in there. I'm sure fox has forgotten more about basketball than I've known but I'm not a moron and I can use my eyeballs and brain to see when somethign it stupid. There simply isn't any justification for some of his subbibg, at all, and it's been going on for like 7 years now.

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Even if JJ and Maten are out there, those 3-4 guys being in bogs down the offense, just with how aggressively defenses can help with no repercussions.

IMO, the guys Georgia has that can make plays at a tournament level are Maten, Gaines, Ogbeide, Crump, and Harris. I'd want to keep at least 3 of them on the court at all times. Parker, Turtle, Wilridge, and Edwards can also help a quality team in different ways, at least athletically. I haven't seen enough out of Diatta to tell one way or the other, but he's struggled when I've watched.

I get why Edwards plays a lot. He's a solid athlete who can play D and rebound. They need someone to spell Ogbeide and Maten down low.

I agree on the minutes, they won't change too much from that. Also I don't like to bash kids but Kessler is outclassed big time for this level of basketball. Coached against him in HS and was shocked he got a major D1 offer. Would much prefer to see Wilridge get minutes at the 4 above him.

We really need JJ to get out of his slump. Love watching him play but he has struggled this year, forcing it a bit. Think Charles Mann helped take a little heat and pressure off him more than I realized last year.

Friday will be a big test. Oakland has played a very weak schedule but are a pretty good team that will be fired up to have a big school visit them.

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Edwards is definitely an athlete, and he can get boards, but I haven't been impressed with his defense at al

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Edwards reminds me a small bit of Jon Cannon a few years ago...he actually CAN produce some offense but only if very close to the basket. His game around 5' from the basket is not bad honestly, only problem is that's about it. He's a kinda big body so he can get some rebounds but his defense is bad, he can't shoot from any decent range, and he's definitley not a ball handler.

Edwards is still pretty raw but has huge upside. Kid is so long and athletic. In that way he is the opposite of Jon Cannon. Cannon was almost Kessler slow and unathletic but did have some touch around the basket.

Edwards can run and jump, rebounds and aggressively attacks the rim.

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Edwards reminds me nothing of John cannon

He's a donte Williams/florveus type to me

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All I meant was that he actually does have some offensive game directly close to the basket, but zero touch on shots outside of 5 or so feet.

Florveous didn't do a single thing well, basically a waste of a spot. Donte was a formidable shot blocker but had little offensive game.

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Florveous had arguably the worst hands I've ever seen.

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Rashaad Singleton

How many points does Maten put up for his homecoming? How many minutes over his avg will he play tonight?

Keep in mind they get 6 days off after this

so, no TV tonight?