I meant foul...my northern accent and voice to text don't mix well.
Caleb Grill has been dismissed from team
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Not a smart move by Grill, but to say it cost us the game is a stretch.
Caleb’s back issue has obviously taken his ability to contribute like he really can, and ripping the kid for trying to give it a go this last month is sad.
Caleb’s back issue has obviously taken his ability to contribute like he really can, and ripping the kid for trying to give it a go this last month is sad.
It really is amazing to watch. Even after WV gets a call in their favor Huggins is still working the refs.
He's frustrated because he's a really easy guard and he can't get open. There's absolutely zero fear that he's going to do anything other than hunt 3s.
That was also a weak a$$ T on Grill. Those extracurriculars go an all the time.
He’s went for 0 to many games for as many minutes he plays! He’s got hot a few games but not very many!
When his shot is off, he's a detriment on offense. If him and Rob come back you know TJ will play them both a lot, will that push out a Watson (who we don't know much about but appears to be athletic) and kinda have us having a team that looks pretty similar to this year?
I have no problem with Grill standing up for one of his guys. Pretty soft T, but the refs were trying to get control of the game.
The T wasn't called on the floor I believe. I think it called at the review. The refs were closing in and one was getting ready to grab the WV player when caleb came running in and then shoves the WV player. I think it had more to do with timing than the severity of the shove.
I was wrong about Caleb this time. He was defending a teammate. He didn't deserve a T.
However, after watching the game again........having Robert and Osun use extreme pressure on the ball-handler (generally someone smaller) 20 FEET from the bucket is bad coaching and just flat-out stupid.
It leads to blow-bys, no defense at the rim and a dunk.
Or, the refs just laugh at it and call another deserved foul.
However, after watching the game again........having Robert and Osun use extreme pressure on the ball-handler (generally someone smaller) 20 FEET from the bucket is bad coaching and just flat-out stupid.
It leads to blow-bys, no defense at the rim and a dunk.
Or, the refs just laugh at it and call another deserved foul.
I wish we would use our bigs as rim protectors instead of defending out on the perimeter, doing things like hedging on picks.
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That is what happened with Osun's fouls at the end, WV came down, Osuns guy set a screen on lipsy or whoever was guarding the on ball player and Osun popped out to try to guard him tight. They did it twice in a row.
I'm not a hard disagree with you on this point. However, I think one of the issues with the last regime was "Do as I say, not as I do." If T.J. is preaching calmness and then he simply loses his **** on a ref it is a little more difficult to continue to preach calmness in the huddle.
I think the length of the delay to sort everything out had more impact than the 5 points we lost on the exchange. We were in as good of a rhythm as we've been in in a long time. Getting good shots and hitting them, playing with purpose and swagger. After 10 minutes standing around they came back out cold and lethargic, looking like the team we've seen too much of the last month.
All the talk about TJ not 'working' the refs is just another way of saying 'I'm mad/frustrated and can't do anything about it. It's not fair, poor me, poor ISU, this only ever happens to us and will always keep happening to us.' It's a bs victim mentality that isn't helpful to anyone. It may or may not get us an extra call or two a game, but at the expense of instilling an excuse-making culture.
I think we are all just frustrated and disappointed. Something clearly needs to change, but there's not much we can 'fix' in the last week of the season. But maybe we'd all just feel better if TJ would go off on someone. I'd rather he continue to stay consistent with the culture he's built rather than sacrifice his credibility for possibly an extra win this season.
All the talk about TJ not 'working' the refs is just another way of saying 'I'm mad/frustrated and can't do anything about it. It's not fair, poor me, poor ISU, this only ever happens to us and will always keep happening to us.' It's a bs victim mentality that isn't helpful to anyone. It may or may not get us an extra call or two a game, but at the expense of instilling an excuse-making culture.
I think we are all just frustrated and disappointed. Something clearly needs to change, but there's not much we can 'fix' in the last week of the season. But maybe we'd all just feel better if TJ would go off on someone. I'd rather he continue to stay consistent with the culture he's built rather than sacrifice his credibility for possibly an extra win this season.
