How do you squander a 16 point lead?
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Squandering a 16 point lead midway thru the first half isn’t that pathetic. We had a run then they had a run.
The ease and speed with which a weak Wake Forest team stormed back on the road, yeah squandering that lead qualifies as rather pathetic.
You build it in the first 8 minutes of a 40 minutes game
I think it's sad too to blow a 16 pt lead and start to play crappy the rest of the game and lose AT HOME.Capel needs to get through to his NBA guards( cough)
And it happens when you give up on defense midway through the first half against a bad team.
They outscored us 51-27 from the 10:00 mark of this 1st half to the 8:00 mark of the 2nd half. That is getting your @ss kicked at home by the worst team in the ACC. I dont know how that isnt pathetic.
seriously! From 2nd 1/2 of last year through this past offseason we kept hearing 2nd Rd. pick. Since Nicholls, I haven't heard anybody mention it. You're right, IT's DEAD! Now, someone needs to let X know.
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I won't defend X and Trey at the end of the game, but X wasn't even on the floor for a large percentage of the time when Wake make their 1st half run. You can't pin that on him directly. Maybe if you say he shouldn't have gotten some early fouls.
If I recall correctly, I think Capel was running with Trey, Murphy, Drumgoole, Hamilton, and Coulibaly during mid-late 1st half. I recall saying to my buddy, " I really don't like this lineup. I have no idea where the points are going to come from." That's where we were missing Toney. At least he would have locked down some D and grabbed some boards and maybe got us a bucket to stop the bleeding.
Drumgoole gives us very little from a contribution standpoint as a freshman, although I can tell he sees the court very well and his BB IQ seems superior to X, and Trey at this stage. He just does not score the rock right now.
Coulibaly is a below the rim guy. He will have a role here, but is not the answer we are looking for.
I'm afraid Trey has developed a reputation. The refs are on to his shenanigans with tripping. He needs to knock that $h!t off like yesterday. If I were Capel, he wouldn't see the floor for a week the next time he does it. Let's not lower ourselves to Greyson Allen's level here.
Brown is nothing more than an 8th man on a good team.
Everyone's hands are down in the zone D. You can't play good zone D with your hands down. It's fundamental and on the coaches.
Late in the game:
X's block on the french guy's 3 was clean IMO, and I think it could have been a turning point in the game. That call hurt.
Murphy passed up two open 3's late in the game. Why?
We never get a bucket coming out of a time out? What is Capel drawing up over there? Are the players just not executing?
That's all I have...
I won't defend X and Trey at the end of the game, but X wasn't even on the floor for a large percentage of the time when Wake make their 1st half run. You can't pin that on him directly. Maybe if you say he shouldn't have gotten some early fouls.
If I recall correctly, I think Capel was running with Trey, Murphy, Drumgoole, Hamilton, and Coulibaly during mid-late 1st half. I recall saying to my buddy, " I really don't like this lineup. I have no idea where the points are going to come from." That's where we were missing Toney. At least he would have locked down some D and grabbed some boards and maybe got us a bucket to stop the bleeding.
Drumgoole gives us very little from a contribution standpoint as a freshman, although I can tell he sees the court very well and his BB IQ seems superior to X, and Trey at this stage. He just does not score the rock right now.
Coulibaly is a below the rim guy. He will have a role here, but is not the answer we are looking for.
I'm afraid Trey has developed a reputation. The refs are on to his shenanigans with tripping. He needs to knock that $h!t off like yesterday. If I were Capel, he wouldn't see the floor for a week the next time he does it. Let's not lower ourselves to Greyson Allen's level here.
Brown is nothing more than an 8th man on a good team.
Everyone's hands are down in the zone D. You can't play good zone D with your hands down. It's fundamental and on the coaches.
Late in the game:
X's block on the french guy's 3 was clean IMO, and I think it could have been a turning point in the game. That call hurt.
Murphy passed up two open 3's late in the game. Why?
We never get a bucket coming out of a time out? What is Capel drawing up over there? Are the players just not executing?
That's all I have...
^agree with everything except on the post time outs. We do score on out of bounds plays.
Let brown shoot.
I don't mean to be harsh but he can't handle drop offs and inside passes.
Look at the game Wake went on its run after brown took (and missed) a bad jump hook.
He is good defender but a non entity on offensive,especially inside.
Pitt has no serious inside presence and cannot match other teams big's.
That is why we lose a big lead and game but hopefully it is addressed next year with Collier, Amadasun & hugley
I don't mean to be harsh but he can't handle drop offs and inside passes.
Look at the game Wake went on its run after brown took (and missed) a bad jump hook.
He is good defender but a non entity on offensive,especially inside.
Pitt has no serious inside presence and cannot match other teams big's.
That is why we lose a big lead and game but hopefully it is addressed next year with Collier, Amadasun & hugley
Capel even said specifically in the WF post game that he can't remember the last time they scored out of a time out, so he doesn't seem to agree.
He’s a bad defensive player
He’s a good shot blocker -
He only has 1 skill on defense .
His positioning is bad , his rebounding is bad , and he’s not quick enough to hedge and recover .
Agreed and no lower body strenghth so other 4s and 5s can move him easily. Can't wait until we have a center who can stand in the middle and be a force.
Brown's hands are always below his waist unless he's blocking a shot. If I were Capel, I would make him walk around campus with his hands above his head for a week. lol.
I don’t mean to be harsh -
he’s shown more signs of life this year -
Though his moping after a missed shot is infuriating to me. Get down court and get the ball back! Stop sulking and playing bad defense and lazily getting back
Yep. But I was told he was a rim protector because he has good blocked shot stats. He is the rare player who is good at blocking shots but bad at defense. Throw in the fact he's just about as bad a rebounder as a 6'10 player can be. But, yea, he's a rim protector alright.
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