Rocket
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He's not on this team ......he's playing along side Boogie Fland! It's like our playing 2 and 3 guards at the point where they never played before. You don't pay big NIL salaries to play OUT OF POSITION!
Iowa St., Mon., Nov. 24, 4:30p, TruTV / 1050 AM
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When it comes to rebounding, I don’t think Sellers and Darling deserve any of the criticism.
So did any reporter ask why no timeout taken late? Or did Zach submit to Rick again
I listened to this earlier. He is clearly annoyed. The first two questions were from Norlander of CBS and Zach (if you know their voices you can tell).
And he was not in the mood to humor either one.
I think he is right, the failure to grab key boards in the last few minutes decided the game.
I think two things have to improve if they are going to be a Final Four/Natty type of team. Overall D and late game execution. Neither were very good vs Bama or ISU.
RedStormRising
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First question asked and Rick non answered but the reporters head off.
I’m just saying, if you think bringing in Lee was the answer, I’d rethink that. Lee and darling have a similar problem in that they both had to jump from weaker competition. I wouldn’t have wanted them both personally
Lee is struggling mightily with that jump as we speak. Though his full story hasn’t told been yet, the same can be said for our guys
Norlander did and Rick was particularly happy about the question...LOL
Oh great! We all know how those 5-12 matchups go....
I’m sure I’m annoying most of you with the Darling is not the issue stuff, but worth noting he’s got 17 assists, 9 steals and only 1 TO in 4 games.
If Sanon shows up in either big game, is there even a PG discussion? Of course there’s a chance the Sanon’s struggles are tied to the pg play.
If Sanon shows up in either big game, is there even a PG discussion? Of course there’s a chance the Sanon’s struggles are tied to the pg play.
dk423
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I wouldn't be yelling about PG if we had a backup who could've run the offense the last five minutes. It makes everyone worse when Sellers has to try to create a shot or Zuby has the ball in his hands, instead of planted in the paint
I am far more sick over the Giants blowing fourth quarter double digit leads every week
!!!!!!Seriously though, it is way too early to get too upset. The three close losses we had (by 1, 2 and 7 point defeats) were all to top teams (#6 Michigan, #9 Alabama and #13 Iowa State). Those three teams combined, have lost only one single game and that was Alabama to #1 Purdue in a close affair.
The players we have, will need time to blend, develop chemistry and find their roles. Last season we lost to Baylor and Georgia early, but finished strong. The two seasons under Pitino have shown his SJU teams have improved significantly from November to March.
Are we winning the national championship with this group? That would be a bit of a stretch at this point, but the team's ceiling has not been defined and the close losses we are experiencing now may turn into wins later on if this year's team follows Pitino's pattern from years one and two.
For me I am not going to overanalyze our team at this point. I will wait and see how we develop going forward without making any proclamations about what we are or are not!
I don’t know why you lose a challenge when you are correct. If the ref makes an error, why should the challenger be penalized
pobee2012grad
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You don’t, if you’re right you get another one. No clue why he didn’t use it. It’s like he thought he would need two more challenges the rest of the game. Just boneheaded.
I agree with him emphasizing offensive rebounds killing us but to insult the reporters asking wat I thought were very legitimate questions shows lack of class imho.
Larry Wright
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I hold Rick to higher standard and he has brought us back to places I never thought would see again. At the very least going to make tournament for 2nd year in a row which is pretty amazing feat around here.
I will say this though, end of close games he has been uneven to say the least and not settling on rotations, lineups and mind games with players all surprising to me.
I wouldn’t disagree with you on this Ghostzapper. The problem is the way the metrics work now and how the committee selects teams come tournament time. These early season OOC games mean so much more now. Especially with a weak Big East this year. We can’t wait too long for this team to develop the way this system is currently set up. Look what happened to Ricks team the first year he was here. It took them a long time to get it together and you also had weak Big East that year and what was the outcome. This is why I don’t like turning over an entire roster every year. We must go 3-1 in our four remaining OOC games against power conference teams. If we don’t , things really dicey.I am far more sick over the Giants blowing fourth quarter double digit leads every week
Seriously though, it is way too early to get too upset. The three close losses we had (by 1, 2 and 7 point defeats) were all to top teams (#6 Michigan, #9 Alabama and #13 Iowa State). Those three teams combined, have lost only one single game and that was Alabama to #1 Purdue in a close affair.
The players we have, will need time to blend, develop chemistry and find their roles. Last season we lost to Baylor and Georgia early, but finished strong. The two seasons under Pitino have shown his SJU teams have improved significantly from November to March.
Are we winning the national championship with this group? That would be a bit of a stretch at this point, but the team's ceiling has not been defined and the close losses we are experiencing now may turn into wins later on if this year's team follows Pitino's pattern from years one and two.
For me I am not going to overanalyze our team at this point. I will wait and see how we develop going forward without making any proclamations about what we are or are not!
Just watched the game. So disappointed.
Full transparency. I am a HS Basketball official. Just a horribly officiated basketball game. I'd love to see the grading of that crew for this game. It has to be really poor.
Having said that, we seem to still have end of game issues. Not having a point guard on the floor hurts, but not utilizing your final challenge or last timeout is inexcusable. That's on Pitino.
Allowing 3s to the one guy that can really hurt you is ridiculous. You have to find a defensive solution to that.
Sanon is given too much time. Less him, more Jackson. Even though Jackson is not ideal.
Darling got jobbed a few times, but him and a bunch of others can't stay with their opponents on the perimeter, leaving us in bad positions defensively and chasing 3 point shooters.
OTOH, if this loss leads to a regular season like last year............
Full transparency. I am a HS Basketball official. Just a horribly officiated basketball game. I'd love to see the grading of that crew for this game. It has to be really poor.
Having said that, we seem to still have end of game issues. Not having a point guard on the floor hurts, but not utilizing your final challenge or last timeout is inexcusable. That's on Pitino.
Allowing 3s to the one guy that can really hurt you is ridiculous. You have to find a defensive solution to that.
Sanon is given too much time. Less him, more Jackson. Even though Jackson is not ideal.
Darling got jobbed a few times, but him and a bunch of others can't stay with their opponents on the perimeter, leaving us in bad positions defensively and chasing 3 point shooters.
OTOH, if this loss leads to a regular season like last year............
