[MBB] Game #24: 1/27/18 - 7:00pm - @ Stony Brook

[DanesRGood]

They aren't going to get better if they don't play. Let them work it out. Should've played them more in OOC instead of now.

[MRSGDG]

Our new recruit Rizzuto is at the game.

[Clickclack]

What we need to do is light a fire under Nichols and Campbells ass

Nothing... It can't be done...

[MRSGDG]

They aren't going to get better if they don't play. Let them work it out. Should've played them more in OOC instead of now.

Hindsight is 20-20. We were kicking ass in out of conference so we thought we were running on all cylinders. It wasn't till we went into conference and the wheels fell off but now we're wishing oh yeah maybe we should have played the bench more during non-conference. But if we're winning those non-conference games do we really want to bring in the bench and possibly lose. I don't have the answers just seems more complicated than looking back and saying what we should have done.

 

I'm just glad we're seeing some changes this game and if we still lose at least we can say that we've changed it up.

Edited January 28, 2018 by MRSGDG

[Clickclack]

Our new recruit Rizzuto is at the game.

I'm sure the kid is thinking this is going to be like taking candy from a baby... This starting spot.

[MRSGDG]

I got a text from GDG who drove down to the game...he said David did not do any warm ups.

[MRSGDG]

I got a text from GDG who drove down to the game...he said David did not do any warm ups.

But he still starting him I guess...

[Dane96]

David and Devonte have been sitting a while. Xavier and Costa getting their mins.

 

Devonte had two fouls...which really hurt. The second one was a weak call.

 

Nichols is either hurt (the wrist) and can't go...or just not executing. I have to think it is the former.

[Eli]

 

They aren't going to get better if they don't play. Let them work it out. Should've played them more in OOC instead of now.

Hindsight is 50-50. We were kicking ass in out of conference so we thought we were running on all cylinders. It wasn't till we went into conference and the wheels fell off but now we're wishing oh yeah maybe we should have played the bench more during non-conference. But if we're winning those non-conference games do we really want to bring in the bench and possibly lose. I don't have the answers just seems more complicated than looking back and saying what we should have done.

 

I'm just glad we're seeing some changes this game and if we still lose at least we can say that we've changed it up.

 

Unfortunately, I think the staff ultimately prioritized winning OOC games instead of developing team cohesion/chemistry throughout the whole roster and risking going 4-12 in OOC (or whatever). Now we're asking kids to step up when they've barely played all year or if they have played it's been spot duty due to our limited rotation. It is what it is. Brown is learning on the fly just like the players...sometimes you get a good group, sometimes you don't. Sometimes no matter what you do it's how the cookie crumbles. No one, not even Brown, foresaw Nichols being so bad this year. You can't pin that on Brown.

 

I'm not mad at Brown or even that upset anymore of how he uses the roster. Regardless of the bench development, our stars aren't stars right now. That's the bigger issue. And the other guys just aren't as engaged as we were last year. It is what it is. Pretty sure Brown has adjusted and re-adjusted and implored these guys to be better...they just can't.

 

This is on the players.

 

Edited January 28, 2018 by Eli

[MRSGDG]

 

 

 

They aren't going to get better if they don't play. Let them work it out. Should've played them more in OOC instead of now.

Hindsight is 50-50. We were kicking ass in out of conference so we thought we were running on all cylinders. It wasn't till we went into conference and the wheels fell off but now we're wishing oh yeah maybe we should have played the bench more during non-conference. But if we're winning those non-conference games do we really want to bring in the bench and possibly lose. I don't have the answers just seems more complicated than looking back and saying what we should have done.

 

I'm just glad we're seeing some changes this game and if we still lose at least we can say that we've changed it up.

Unfortunately, I think the staff ultimately prioritized winning OOC games instead of developing team cohesion/chemistry throughout the whole roster and risking going 4-12 in OOC (or whatever). Now we're asking kids to step up when they've barely played all year or if they have played it's been spot duty due to our limited rotation. It is what it is. Brown is learning on the fly just like the players...sometimes you get a good group, sometimes you don't. Sometimes no matter what you do it's how the cookie crumbles. No one, not even Brown, foresaw Nichols being so bad this year. You can't pin that on Brown.

 

I'm not mad at Brown or even that upset anymore of how he uses the roster. Our stars aren't stars right now. And the other guys just aren't as engaged as we were last year. It is what it is.

But you totally know that if they tried to do "cohesion" and play all the players and we were losing ooc games..the board would then probably say why are we playing these players ... we should be playing our stars. ?

 

But definitely agree no one could have foreseen David going this far backwards.

[Dane96]

While they went in our favor just now, I hate the AE refs. They let the kids play...and then they are calling fouls what they weren't calling fouls.

 

Takes away from the product on the court.

[DanesRGood]

 

They aren't going to get better if they don't play. Let them work it out. Should've played them more in OOC instead of now.

Hindsight is 50-50. We were kicking ass in out of conference so we thought we were running on all cylinders. It wasn't till we went into conference and the wheels fell off but now we're wishing oh yeah maybe we should have played the bench more during non-conference. But if we're winning those non-conference games do we really want to bring in the bench and possibly lose. I don't have the answers just seems more complicated than looking back and saying what we should have done.

 

I'm just glad we're seeing some changes this game and if we still lose at least we can say that we've changed it up.

 

 

I'm sure how much of it is hindsight. Lots of us, including Coach Brown, said the bench did not play enough. Would rather have seen them play then and lose some more games than need them now and they are not ready.

[Dane96]

anyone elses feed keep shutitng down?

[MRSGDG]

anyone elses feed keep shutitng down?

Mine has been fine. Try and restarting the app that usually works for me.

Edited January 28, 2018 by MRSGDG

[MRSGDG]

Oh boy I feel like although we're getting all these calls right now it's going to come back to haunt us relatively quickly..