Wakefan77
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Things less intense looking than Danny Manning, I’ll start. A sponge.
Crawford's defense.
Things less intense looking than Danny Manning, I’ll start. A sponge.
I was wondering that, but it started when DM decided the game was over with about 20 sec left and stopped fouling.
This is the real problem. You can read through post game threads after all of our games and posters want more Sarr after one game, more Mitchell after another. They combined to shoot 14% tonight. Thompson doesn't do anything well but he also doesn't make the huge fuckups those two do.
So in every game we're essentially playing 4 on 5. UVA doubled Moore on ever touch. Given that scenario, we're simply not going to beat the #2 team in the country with Crawford shooting 0% from deep and Keshawn shooting 0% for the game. Throw in Wilbekin making no field goals in the entire 2nd half and we're dead in the water.
Just quote those stats beforehand and tell me whether you'd guess we'd be down 5 at the 4 minute mark.
Wake held them to their 2nd lowest point total of the year - honestly the defensive scheme and effort was excellent. Manning may well be pulling all the wrong strings so far this year, but it might be like choosing the hottest girl on the softball team. 4 guard lineup, loser. More Thompson, loser. More Sarr, loser. More Mitchell, loser. The player who gets shit on the most had the best game of any guard tonight - Childress. Even if Manning is a poor in-game coach, the solution to this Wake team - if there is one - is not easy.
I listened on the radio. Sounded like the story of this season. Winnable game, choked away in the final minutes with poor turnovers or bad shots (sounded like Crawford was a culprit once again).
Can’t say I am surprised but If Manning doesn’t figure out how to get a win at some point recruits may start to scare off. I obviously couldn’t see but it sounded like around the 8-12 minute mark we had several open threes that we didn’t hit that would have given us a 5-8 point lead st that point. Virginia hit the 2 chances they had coming out of the 8 minute timeout and that was the difference.
Crawford 4-12 with six turnovers. Key 0-3. Wilbekin hit a few in the first half but was non existent in the second half.
Just sucks. I hate losing.
Dumbest strategy yet for DM. Get a stop and we have a chance to cut it to three with 1:20 or so left. Crawford fouled Hall on his own and then DM orders an intentional on Hall with 1:30 left. We have no chance in close games with Crawford on the court and DM on the bench. Dumb coach and anti-clutch player.
This is the real problem. You can read through post game threads after all of our games and posters want more Sarr after one game, more Mitchell after another. They combined to shoot 14% tonight. Thompson doesn't do anything well but he also doesn't make the huge fuckups those two do.
So in every game we're essentially playing 4 on 5. UVA doubled Moore on ever touch. Given that scenario, we're simply not going to beat the #2 team in the country with Crawford shooting 0% from deep and Keshawn shooting 0% for the game. Throw in Wilbekin making no field goals in the entire 2nd half and we're dead in the water.
Just quote those stats beforehand and tell me whether you'd guess we'd be down 5 at the 4 minute mark.
Wake held them to their 2nd lowest point total of the year - honestly the defensive scheme and effort was excellent. Manning may well be pulling all the wrong strings so far this year, but it might be like choosing the hottest girl on the softball team. 4 guard lineup, loser. More Thompson, loser. More Sarr, loser. More Mitchell, loser. The player who gets shit on the most had the best game of any guard tonight - Childress. Even if Manning is a poor in-game coach, the solution to this Wake team - if there is one - is not easy.
Exactly.
I love Sarr’s upside, but he makes mistakes in bunches.
Mitchell versus Deandre Hunter of UVA. Hunter is a PF/C and Mitchell is not strong enough yet.
At this point, I don't really care about the mistakes. I would rather see young players get in-game experience. Brown, Sarr, Mitchell, and Eggleston are the future. Why not let them get comfortable? I'd rather those guys come into 2018-2019 with confidence (and not transfer). Sarr made a lot of stupid mistakes, but he flashed a lot of potential, too. Being able to let guys like Olivier and Chaundee experiment with their abilities in real games is a silver lining to this awful season.
We have a mess at the point guard position that will take an off-season to even address, let alone work out, but we have a lot of young guys who could really use more reps in the meantime. I have no idea why we're playing guys like Thompson while we sit 8-10 at the bottom of the ACC. We should use this as an opportunity to get our young guys as many minutes as possible, so that we can use the off-season to attempt to address this incredibly flawed team.
(Also, will we see Rich Washington this season?)
Mitchell was a bright spot for me today. I won't be surprised if he takes Thompson's starting spot before the end of the season. Not that it really matters, because starting for Manning doesn't necessarily mean you're going to play more
After watching the game tonight, a couple of thoughts. I think Woods is more seriously hurt than we have been told or at least that I have heard. He was never quick but he seems to really be struggling now and I wonder if he does not have a torn MCL or something like that. He cannot even get a shot off at this point. Thompson, Sarr and Mitchell did not give us much tonight as has been well documented. Unfortunately for Thompson he is a senior and it is now time to play the younger guys including SJM and see who improves with PT. Brandon played a nice game tonight and it was nice to see Chaundee get a little more run but I would like to see Melo get some time when he goes out. This team must get a complete game out of Bryant or we have no chance of winning and I think he is just pressing so much right now that he is incapable of giving that to us right now. Does not get any easier with Duke, Louisville and Clemson on the horizon.
After watching the game tonight, a couple of thoughts. I think Woods is more seriously hurt than we have been told or at least that I have heard. He was never quick but he seems to really be struggling now and I wonder if he does not have a torn MCL or something like that. He cannot even get a shot off at this point. Thompson, Sarr and Mitchell did not give us much tonight as has been well documented. Unfortunately for Thompson he is a senior and it is now time to play the younger guys including SJM and see who improves with PT. Brandon played a nice game tonight and it was nice to see Chaundee get a little more run but I would like to see Melo get some time when he goes out. This team must get a complete game out of Bryant or we have no chance of winning and I think he is just pressing so much right now that he is incapable of giving that to us right now. Does not get any easier with Duke, Louisville and Clemson on the horizon.
I was there, they were definitely boos as we stopped fouling thank goodness.
I agree Thompson is not good but Donovan played 14 minutes, scored 0 points, 2 rebounds and you are impressed? How about Melo out there for say 4-5 minutes (instead of leaving him rusting on the bench) as a trial?
Are we sure we aren't confusing boos for "Hoos?" The UVA fans around me were saying the latter.
#summonthedwarfcouncil
Foul was only option, Virginia would run clock all the way down and you would not have enough possessions left in the game to overcome deficit. Just no weak links to foul.Dumbest strategy yet for DM. Get a stop and we have a chance to cut it to three with 1:20 or so left. Crawford fouled Hall on his own and then DM orders an intentional on Hall with 1:30 left. We have no chance in close games with Crawford on the court and DM on the bench. Dumb coach and anti-clutch player.