Williams Blog: Time for MBB to take things up a notch

[tre]

Anyone miss Lutz yet? I never really see Freddy get on his players all that much....maybe its the Phil Jackson philosophy, time will tell.

I'd like to state that this is just my opinion......
Personally, I don't think the absence of Lutz is the reason this team is having it's struggles.

[cyclonepower]

Anyone miss Lutz yet? I never really see Freddy get on his players all that much....maybe its the Phil Jackson philosophy, time will tell.

ease up on the Lutz factor, while he helped Fred along last year, we were still a last place team in the Big 12. I would say the DG factor is a lot bigger than having Coach Lutz this year

[4429 mcc]

ease up on the Lutz factor, while he helped Fred along last year, we were still a last place team in the Big 12. I would say the DG factor is a lot bigger than having Coach Lutz this year

Agree with that...JMO we are missing a lot of assignments missing adjustments and lack discipline right now. Lutz helped out a lot in those areas...again JMO.

[cyclone101]

I'd take this bet.

Same here

[Psiclone]

This team misses Jake a lot. He made a great impression last season and was definitely the leader. He made everyone work day in and day out and it shows in the lack of intensity this year. Been evident every game.

I agree re: Jake and his attitude. That's something that rubs off on others.

I think McGee has the same effect. I've posted a number of times before, and I'll continue to do so, that I think McGee should start. His hustle, and intensity on defense, will effect the team from the outset of games and at the start of the all-important second half. I think he's shown on court that he deserves to start and Fred will be sending a message that hustle and intensity get rewarded.

Who else other than White has consistently played better than him?

[CyJack13]

Also, Chris Allen, Chris Babb and Scott Christopherson combined to go 4-for-18 from the floor. Here’s my stone cold LOCK for the rest of the season. Those three will not combine for a night like that more than once more this season. Deal? I’m officially on the record with that prediction.

I'd take this bet.

Me too, on the road against a team like Baylor or Missouri with a really long and active defense with our offense which consists of a lot of just standing around and spotting up, we could be in for some rough nights.

[Cyforce]

article ranks right up there with PG by committee.

[GMackey32]

I've yet to see Allen on a hot streak. I know he had at least one hot game but I didn't see it. His shot selection makes me violent.

Same here.

[swarthmoreCY]

Until further notice, I think our shooting ability is very overrated. Unless we're completely wide open all game long, and we tend not to work hard enough or move enough for that to happen, we're not really that great at shooting the three.

Good shooters with inferior shot selection look very average. Not having a pg probably effects things too, but instead of using our ability to shoot three's as a way to get better shots, we tend to use it as a cop-out.

[iowast8fan]

Based on the entire season so far, I'm seeing a last or second last place finish in conference this season. Remember when people were commenting on how poor our OOC schedule was with the exception of Mich.? We should have at least a couple 30 point victories by now. I've yet to see an inspired team come out of the locker room to start the second half. I hated McDermott, but you have to admit his philosophy of a strong first 2 minutes of each half was taken to heart by his players. They came out fighting to start the 2nd half every game...they just happened to keel over after that.

[GMackey32]

Based on the entire season so far, I'm seeing a last or second last place finish in conference this season. Remember when people were commenting on how poor our OOC schedule was with the exception of Mich.? We should have at least a couple 30 point victories by now. I've yet to see an inspired team come out of the locker room to start the second half. I hated McDermott, but you have to admit his philosophy of a strong first 2 minutes of each half was taken to heart by his players. They came out fighting to start the 2nd half every game...they just happened to keel over after that.

Except for the Texas game in McDermott's last year. We were up at half and Texas came out with like a 10-0 run and were pressing us. McDermott finally called a timeout after they went up 8 or so points, but at the point, the momentum had shifted.

[CycloneErik]

Based on the entire season so far, I'm seeing a last or second last place finish in conference this season. Remember when people were commenting on how poor our OOC schedule was with the exception of Mich.? We should have at least a couple 30 point victories by now. I've yet to see an inspired team come out of the locker room to start the second half. I hated McDermott, but you have to admit his philosophy of a strong first 2 minutes of each half was taken to heart by his players. They came out fighting to start the 2nd half every game...they just happened to keel over after that.

I don't remember seeing us come out of halftime much better than comatose very often in those days.

[scyclonekid]

When you do not play the fundementals part of the game well you will have problems. We are there and I am worried about when we start big twelve play.

[SantaRosaCy]

I have seen Allen, Babb and Christopherson all get hot; however in my opinion Allen and Babb both tend to force shots. A little more patience and better shot selection should unquestionably improve that 3 point percentage. That and having McGee shoot a few more!

[swarthmoreCY]

Hopefully TT sucks, or we are looking at 10/10 imo.