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Of course I am because no one should have expected a reloading year. It is fun to hope for it, but expecting it is ludacris. And I’ve yet to see anyone give me a valid example.
People drool over how great Krueger is. And he had a rebuilding year without a coaching change.
Man, I bet you are a blast to hang out with...
I wouldn't go as far as calling it a criticism but I would genuinely like to know why he consistently shoots with his right hand when he gets to the rim. It may be necessary once in awhile but it seems like he's adding a degree of difficulty a lot of the time.
Here, here. If we can't walk into Phog and get a win after replacing 4 starters from last year's team, I don't know what to think.
I think some of the criticism aimed at D-Jac recently is somewhat warranted. Its great to see that he seems to have found his shot again but he really needs to embrace the shooter role and leave the ball handling to Wigginton and Babb. When he puts the ball on the deck a poor outcome is more likely to occur that a positive one.
CycloneErik
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Or look at a school like UConn had had a blueblood run until their coach retired. They're a wreck now.
I don't love having this year, but it happens. We're not real far away and help is coming.
They are currently sitting at 9-9 right now. I would say they are in a rebuild right now as well.
That’s a good example. I might consider them a blue blood, but maybe not.
However this year they are 9-9 and certainly will have to improve to make the NCAA.
My thought on late game struggles:
1) Fatigue. We just lack quality depth. We've seen time and time again teams being able to keep it close with KU only to lose at the end. In my mind, the reason for that is an inability to keep a traditional substitution pattern. The runs KU can go on at home make it so you just can't put in anything but your best,especially in the second half.
Look at how the second half played out. It seemed like we were perpetually down between 4-7 points. If we take out Babb or Donovan or Wiggy or Lard, or some combination of the 4 of them we likely see that KU lead go out to 10-12, pretty much putting things out of reach. Without quality depth, you're forced to roll with your main guys, and they are gassed by the end of the game.
2) Predictability. We are very one dimensional. We have some good guards and pick and roll bigs. High action out top with bigs rolling to the rim was working for a while. Towards the end of the game, KU figured it out and we didn't have any other options.Ths is why Prohm stresses running as much as he does. He knows we lack to versatility to consistently score in the half court.
They let us have the dump down to the post, but we don't have anyone who is either a consistent low block scorer or a good enough passer to pass out of it. We also don't have a big who is a threat to pick-and-pop and shoot a 3. That leaves us very guard oriented and easy to figure out over the course of a game.
3) Youth. You take Donovan out of the equation, and you have 2 freshman and a sophomore as our main contributors. They will learn how to close these games out.
1) Fatigue. We just lack quality depth. We've seen time and time again teams being able to keep it close with KU only to lose at the end. In my mind, the reason for that is an inability to keep a traditional substitution pattern. The runs KU can go on at home make it so you just can't put in anything but your best,especially in the second half.
Look at how the second half played out. It seemed like we were perpetually down between 4-7 points. If we take out Babb or Donovan or Wiggy or Lard, or some combination of the 4 of them we likely see that KU lead go out to 10-12, pretty much putting things out of reach. Without quality depth, you're forced to roll with your main guys, and they are gassed by the end of the game.
2) Predictability. We are very one dimensional. We have some good guards and pick and roll bigs. High action out top with bigs rolling to the rim was working for a while. Towards the end of the game, KU figured it out and we didn't have any other options.Ths is why Prohm stresses running as much as he does. He knows we lack to versatility to consistently score in the half court.
They let us have the dump down to the post, but we don't have anyone who is either a consistent low block scorer or a good enough passer to pass out of it. We also don't have a big who is a threat to pick-and-pop and shoot a 3. That leaves us very guard oriented and easy to figure out over the course of a game.
3) Youth. You take Donovan out of the equation, and you have 2 freshman and a sophomore as our main contributors. They will learn how to close these games out.
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Heck I would love go to the Big 12 tournament this year just to see all the games. There is a ton of talent on most teams and ESPN has them as the best conference right now. I was watching TT vs OU, BU vs WV, and then ISU and KU. Great games last night!!
Not quite sure what point in the game you are referring to, but Fran said that both coaches were trying to save their last timeout with about 3 minutes to go because the next dead ball would be a TV timeout. Unfortunatly for coach Prohm there were no dead ball situations during Kansas' late mini run and he had to burn his last timeout with 2:20 to go in the game.
I had this exact same discussion with my roommate last night, as he couldn't figure out why Prohm wasn't using a TO. Unfortunately, KU then goes down and hits a three...but I totally agree with the strategy. Ultimately, that's not what lost us the game.
My son got a concussion playing tackle football with his teammates the summer before his sophomore year of high school. Just goofing around, got tackled and went down smacking the back of his head on the dry hard ground. His buddies brought him home (from five houses away) because he didn't know where he was or what happened. I took him to the emergency room and the entire time he was repeatedly asking why we were there (he was convinced it was for me because I had a cast on my wrist). To this day, he doesn't remember getting tackled or staying overnight at the hospital for observation. He just turned 40.
Concussions can do strange things to you...better to use caution.
So the only example we have so far is a team that sucks this year.
Not the same situation by any means, but a brain injury story as well. My cousin fell backwards off of a 1st floor balcony his senior year of college. Luckily, he landed on the grass area and not the concrete a few feet away, but he was in the hospital for 3 days and the first 2 he couldn't grasp why my mom and all her siblings were there. He also made a joke about how they must've been there for his mom(while he was in the hospital bed). Still to this day he doesn't remember any part of the day he fell from the balcony (he fell at around 1 in the afternoon), not before and not after, and also very few things from his first day in the hospital.
He always says it scares him to think about something he can't remember but knows for a fact happened. Like he has tried purposely to remember anything from that day and it just will not register. The brain is a crazy and amazing thing.