by EastStang » Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:44 am
So, we lost about 5 games by 3 points or less, all after having leads. Glass empty, we should have won all those games and coaching or lack thereof caused these losses. Glass half-full, gee, with a couple of breaks, we'd have five more wins. Watched the Temple game in person, saw some others on TV, we have a mixture of lack of composure (which leads to boneheaded plays and poor free throw shooting), weak inside play, and some tactical issues in coaching. Clearly our big men need to improve for us to be successful. When teams expand their zones, we have to be able to punish them inside which we can't seem to do. Secondly, we need to react quickly to other teams starting to warm up outside in the second half. We have to be able to expand our zones as well. Is this a player issue, recruiting issue, youth issue, or coaching issue, or a mixture. Its probably a mixture. Unless you're Kentucky or Duke, you can't fire the team. If you fire the coach, is there any guarantee that the new coach would (1) be able to recruit as well and (2) do any better? I"m hoping this is mostly a factor of having a young team. If it is, then next year we could be conference champions.
UNC better keep that Ram away from Peruna