3. Never eat hot wings when you're out on a date.
Made this post elsewhere but I hope TJ learned 2 things from this year
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I love how someone dumbed this. Like it didn't happen.
Many players were wincing and limping etc. today.
My biggest complaint with this years team is that we haven't seem to even mess with a "small ball" line up with either King or Jaz at the 5. I know the answer probably is we don't have a Brockington who can guard up to a 4 or have Jaz and King available together, but the hesitancy to even throw that out there has caused us to rely way to much on Jones and the same offensive sets.
I know most times if I hit a "laugh" button on one of his takes to expect a "dumb" from him. It happens pretty regularly. I think it's pretty funny.
Also, he has no problem calling out people's opinions from years ago but he had some brutal cringe takes on TJ. Ironic.
I've had bad takes before, I'm sure we all have had them. But he has no problem bringing up other people's and also hides behind this being atleast his second username.
I don't feel that is the issue. We have played small ball a lot. In fact I would argue teams are taking advantage of our 4 guard lineup.
Today, I thought that was a turning point at the 6/7minute mark of 2nd half. OU knew we'd switch and got one of our 4 guards on Groves or Godwin in paint and got easy basket. TJ's then brought Kunc in for Jones and OU again got a post guarded by an ISU guard. Pretty tough for Lipsey, Grill, Gabe or Holmes to guard either Groves or Godwin down low.
Our defense has been Jeckyl & Hyde the last month. Easy to say we don't have the horses, but I feel opposing coaches have us figured out. It just might take their players some time to adjust.
I honestly think we're being a little hard on the AJ Green waiting game. Hell, Duke wanted him. I think with that caliber of player it's not always easy to know what to do.
We all know AJ is the exact player this team needs this year. I'm not going to get down on him or the staff for that decision.
We all know AJ is the exact player this team needs this year. I'm not going to get down on him or the staff for that decision.
The best part is we wouldn’t be any better with Hunter.
I have NO sympathy regarding AJ Green and people who do aren't serious. They so badly needed better guards even with Brockington and Hunter, they lost both and didn't bring in a single efficient guard. The loss of Williams hurts and I'll be the first to admit it.
But the AJ Green thing was avoidable if they had done what most coaches would have done, filled the spot and figured it out later. If AJ decides he wants to come around draft time, you wish Jones or Ward the best and try to help them find a spot. It's what serious programs would do. You don't need a third string center in college basketball which is decidedly a guard's game.
Ok who the let Macloney's ass back in here?
Sure, we don't know if they would have come. We don't know because we didnt try. Get the best players you can in the door and figure it out afterwards. There's ways we could have made it work. Instead we got 0 good shooters and gave ourselves 1 less player. If you are going to do that then the guys you have better be able to shoot, which they obviusly can't, and you better not have any injury(3, maybe 4 of them now) or busts(Ward apparently since we play the worst rotation piece in the Big 12 17 MPG over him).
Instead we're eating every single negative effect of the above and once everyone figured us out we were exposed as a bunch of old over achievers.
We're on the same page for what we want but aren't at the same time.
Sure, we don't know if they would have come. We don't know because we didnt try. Get the best players you can in the door and figure it out afterwards. There's ways we could have made it work. Instead we got 0 good shooters and gave ourselves 1 less player. If you are going to do that then the guys you have better be able to shoot, which they obviusly can't, and you better not have any injury(3, maybe 4 of them now) or busts(Ward apparently since we play the worst rotation piece in the Big 12 17 MPG over him).
Instead we're eating every single negative effect of the above and once everyone figured us out we were exposed as a bunch of old over achievers.
So, you're going to cut a kid that you've already guaranteed a scholarship, has moved across the country and enrolled in summer classes?
This isn't a video game. These are real people.
He obviously did something right because he was a starter a portion of the season and started at least 1 tournament game that I remember.
That part is awful. You're right, and I'd soften my stance as I think that that's too far. I'd say I'd rather be a center short than a guard short and wouldn't offer a scholly to a center if I was okay just running it back with a center on the roster and just bring in 1 instead of 2.
When I think about it, it would be a really bad move just as a person to do what I'd suggested. Just would hope guard play is prioritized more.
It's a fine line and it may be a situation where there's no correct answer.
Fred bounced out Richard Armadi IIRC to free up the scholly.
