What's with the line that [Redacted] "could win a game down the stretch?" Did I miss something? Maybe it was a literal statement, that he was able to win only one game down the stretch.
"though he struggled to keep his team in position to win games late" is a really generous way to say "Wake was blown out in pretty much every game"
I'm not ready to give up on Manning yet, but I do think some staff changes are needed after the season. First and foremost, we need an assistant with some legitimate head coaching experience.
The writer couldn't be any more wrong about the end of last night's game. The only thing wrong with the last 32 seconds was a bad shot Brandon took and Brandon had played very well down the stretch.
In fact if you go back to the 4:52 mark, when Bryant committed his fourth foul, the only possible coaching mistake was not getting Bryant back into the game sooner. However, he was sitting at the scorer's table from about 3 minutes to go and there wasn't a stoppage for him to enter. And we were playing well.
I disagree. There was a time out with 1:27 left in the game. Wake was down 3, 84-81 and had only 6 fouls. It was the perfect position to extend the game and make UNC hit one-and-ones. UNC came out with two 60% foul shooters (Meeks and Britt) and we should have fouled them immediately. Instead, UNC ran 27 seconds off the clock and hit a three pointer, and the game was essentially over. Not fouling in that situation was a coaching mistake.
You mean an inexperienced head coach with an inexperienced staff wasn't a smart thing to do when a complete rebuild was needed?!?!?
This entire experiment has been an utter farce. Yet Wellman remains untouchable because those in power don't really give a fuck about being good or not. Shambles.
The author mentions that the average tenure of ACC coaches is 23 years when you take out K's 41 and Manning's 5. Not sure why he did that when the average tenure of K and DM is... wait for it... 23 years.
First of all, in college, you can't foul someone who doesn't have ball. Secondly, at 1:27 and down three, you don't need to foul. If you play one D and get the ball back, you can tie the game. It's too early to foul.
I disagree. There was a time out with 1:27 left in the game. Wake was down 3, 84-81 and had only 6 fouls. It was the perfect position to extend the game and make UNC hit one-and-ones. UNC came out with two 60% foul shooters (Meeks and Britt) and we should have fouled them immediately. Instead, UNC ran 27 seconds off the clock and hit a three pointer, and the game was essentially over. Not fouling in that situation was a coaching mistake.
Sure you can, just not intentionally. You saw Collins 1st and 3rd "fouls" last night, right? I disagree that 1:27 is too soon - extending the game when the other team is still in the bonus works well in college.
You mean an inexperienced head coach with an inexperienced staff wasn't a smart thing to do when a complete rebuild was needed?!?!?
This entire experiment has been an utter farce. Yet Wellman remains untouchable because those in power don't really give a fuck about being good or not. Shambles.
At the the very best, it's a 50/50 call to start fouling when down one possession at 1:27. It's not a "bad" coaching decision. It's a toss-up. Many ( I would guess most) would play that last one D before fouling.
Does anyone else find it curious that all media mentions of [Redacted] and Grobe's termination use the word "fired"? It's as if everybody can see through Ronnie's bullshit about accepting resignations or them stepping down to spend more time with family or whatnot.
And I love the quote about comparing resumes "with redacted names." That had to be intentional.
Fouling there would have been a very smart move, especially with only 6 fouls and two poor shooters out there. I think the best coaches would foul in that situation, especially coming out of a TO, but I can agree with your characterization that it wasn't "bad coaching."
Keep your day job.
A one possession game with 90 seconds to go is hardly the time to start fouling. Just because UNC made a big three doesn't mean it was the wrong decision.