Great Timeout and Analysis

[JackofVirginia]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

 

[L J S A]

He was the anti-Lavin for a long while -- people liked his X's and O's but thought he was a crap recruiter. Well, the Canary Islands only have so many prospects, so he apparently did what he had to do to correct the glaring deficiency.

 

[salty dog]

Kind of reminds me of DLo's big shot at Marquette last year but no one tried to spin a Lavin
coaching genius move. A kid hits a big shot just like Gibbs did. You can draw up a million
plays but if you can't execute it means nothing and no one remembers

 

[JohnnyFan]

He was the anti-Lavin for a long while -- people liked his X's and O's but thought he was a crap recruiter. Well, the Canary Islands only have so many prospects, so he apparently did what he had to do to correct the glaring deficiency.

Yes. A good X's and O's coach can have some success with a young talented roster. Others just continuously remind the media that the roster is young.

 

[stjohnnie75]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

Give the ball to your best player. Genius!

 

[panther2]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

During the time out, Sterling Gibbs told Willard that he wanted the ball and was going to take a "3" to end the game. When asked about this later Willard said that he agreed with it because it is hard to win in OT on the road.

 

[simplyred]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

Give the ball to your best player. Genius!

At the ed of the Georgetown game, DSR has the ball and instead of putting up the 3 (albeit he was covered), he passes the ball to a freshman, who gets stripped. Game over and JT3 does not look like a genius. Sometimes, it's in the execution.

 

[JackofVirginia]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

Give the ball to your best player. Genius!

Basketball is a game of reaction, not all coaches would have called timeout and just have played out the seven seconds remaining. Interesting as well Gibbs did it without a pick set up for him. Someone made that decision.

 

[simplyred]

Kk

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

Give the ball to your best player. Genius!

Basketball is a game of reaction, not all coaches would have called timeout and just have played out the seven seconds remaining. Interesting as well Gibbs did it without a pick set up for him. Someone made that decision.

You're over-thinking this.

 

[stjohnnie75]

hmy: With 17.2 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall - Creighton game and the Pirates trailing by two points the ball was in Gibbs hands of course. However, not surprising, he was doubled and forced to give up the ball. Now with 7 seconds left Willard called an excellent timeout. The analyst quickly points out that instead of picking for Gibbs and attracting more bodies Willard should allow Gibbs to go it alone. Lo and behold, Gibbs makes one of his successful fakes and buries a three for another victory.

Give the ball to your best player. Genius!

Basketball is a game of reaction, not all coaches would have called timeout and just have played out the seven seconds remaining. Interesting as well Gibbs did it without a pick set up for him. Someone made that decision.

I've never coached a game in my life but I would give the ball to my best shooter (especially if he is also a pg) to take the last shot. Throw in the fact that Gibbs has hit big shots in the past. For me, not being a coach you could call it beginners luck but for a seasoned head coach I would call it common sense.

Also, like you said Seton Hall could have decided not to call a TO. Gibbs could still have hit a shot to win the game. Then we could be debating that Willard was a genius for not calling a TO.

As pointed out on the telecast, I have no idea why Creighton didn't put their best defender on Gibbs. He didn't need a pick. One fake and he had the defender looking like he was on skates.

Anyway, my main point is that any big time player can make their coach look good.

 

[westchesterjoe]

Hardy was big time for us, back in the day. DLO has that knack too. Cotton was last year for PC. Gibbs has become that type of player and did the same thing in the BE Tourney against Nova last year.

He is having a possible POY SEASON SO FAR.

 

[stjohnnie75]

Hardy was big time for us, back in the day. DLO has that knack too. Cotton was last year for PC. Gibbs has become that type of player and did the same thing in the BE Tourney against Nova last year.

He is having a possible POY SEASON SO FAR.

Agree 1000%