LOL. Who’s jumping ship on Forbes? I don’t see that at all.
Other than some guy named “Nicholas” who “isn’t sold” I haven’t seen anyone jumping ship. Coaches get too much credit for the good and bad.
The past two games have been tough because there was a lack of effort, basketball IQ, and executing the scheme. In my opinion, the past two losses are on the players. The coaching staff can’t go on the court and play for them (would be nice if we could with Randolph and BJ).
It’s clear Forbes has done everything he can to try and energize his team. Hell, he got ejected. I think it’s easy to blame coaches for a team getting blown out twice in a row, but there’s only so much they can do. Forbes can’t be much more clear. He’s said it enough times in interviews that I can only imagine how many times he says “GGTT, 50/50 balls, two hands, play on two feet, hard smart together” in practice.
Schematically, our guys aren’t executing because they simply aren’t passing/ moving the ball inside out. It’s too stagnant and never pushes the opposing defense. It’s incredible that stagnant is the way I’m describing motion offense, but that’s what happens when guys hold onto the ball and aren’t looking to create offense for teammates . When the 3 point shot is going down, it’s easy to mask our athletic deficiencies. When it’s not, things get ugly. On defense, we simply need stronger bigger players. I think it would’ve made a big difference in the first half if we replaced Ody and Massoud with a 6’11” 240 kind of guy to match up better against Bates and Funderburk. With another offseason, I think the transition D will sort itself out. As coach and his players have said, they’re not too shabby in the half court, the problem is it seems like they’re always trying to stop teams in transition.
And that’s the only thing I can knack Forbes on so far, not getting more 2021 commits, specifically a large athletic 4 and/or a true center. Hope he finds one one over the offseason.