Made this post elsewhere but I hope TJ learned 2 things from this year
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I'm not so sure about that, no offense to Lipsey but I doubt we lose 7 out of 9 like this if he was running the show this year. We definitely wouldn't have blown the Tech game with him bringing the ball up.
I think he would have thrived on this team where at Texas he's being lost in alot of talent around him.
Nah..........you were correct the first time. Was just going to post the Armardi for Kane deal Fred had no problem doing until JP beat me to it.
He's struggled with the physicality in The Valley the last month. He's at the level he needs to be at. You're right.
Who says you have to do that either? There's a number of different ways to handle it now that NIL is legal
If TJ can take this marginal group dancing..
man i'm excited to see what he can do with some studs (like the 4 we have coming in)
4? Thnking more like '2'. Watch Indiana beat Purdue tonight with Scafino scoring 35? Looked him up and sure enough I read he's a 5-star. There's a reason those guys can take teams on their back.
Outstanding observation except for the non-mention of Lipsey, he’s had a few mistakes but by God he’s a Freshman! But the others meh… Osun my God at the start of the season you would’ve thought he was the savior. Granted, he’s had some flashes much like Holmes. But extremely inconsistent. I don’t know, but there’s help coming next year. I’m not sold this team is better than last.
Give Coach Green a "raise" to help pay for AJ out of pocket. I know there's some rules there but other teams certainly find ways around them
NIL him his scholarship. I know some SEC teams already do that on football.
As much as I want to agree with you, I just can’t. As we have seen many times this year, just dribbling the ball down the court and making a completed pass hasnt been all that easy. having another guard that can dribble and pass could have been useful. But whatever.
Wrong
We did not drag our feet on Green. He did what he said he was going to do. His NBA dream was fulfilled, so he went that route. I would even imagine we had decent inside intel about the kids intentions and probability of going NBA. Yes, we thought we had him. Yes, we are much better with him.
We saw this yesterday for sure. OU was bothered by our half court pressure and turned it over several times while not scoring the first 5 minutes. Then they figured it out and kept getting wide open threes. But we could only score 7 points in that span when we should have been up 10 or 12 at least.
Our problem is on the offensive end. We should have been able to score in the 60s at home and won that game. I wish we had more offensive talent in this year’s freshman class. I think the next two classes will be much better scorers.
The major lesson for TJ and the staff is they needed better offensive players.
Watching the game on TV ...The Analyst early in the game stated that Oklahoma had better athletes than Iowa State...I AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT...
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This is year 2 of a complete rebuild of a program. If you look at talent, last year’s team had no business being in the Sweet 16. It wouldn’t surprise me to see this group make a similar run. However, this team is limited in so many areas. It’s hard to win consistently when the guy across from you is just physically better. That’s all going to change next year. To fairly judge Otz you need to wait for years 3-5. That’s when you find out where the program is headed. I’m looking forward to it.
3. How to make adjustments at halftime. This team is absolutely pathetic in the second half of every game.
4. How to call a timeout to kill momentum. Dude always calls them 6 points too late.
4. How to call a timeout to kill momentum. Dude always calls them 6 points too late.
I’ll judge him. He’s done a helluva job these first two years. He inherited a 2 win team, went to the Sweet 16 and will be back in the tourney in Year 2.
