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Message: [QUOTE="sufan59, post: 5644723, member: 8789"] You are 1,000% spot on. Even last year team not nearly as talented left a lot of wins out there because of bad coaching strategy and close wins against inferior competition that should’ve been more comfortable wins. National media knows, Syracuse is an uncomfortable subject because I think they probably think it’s impressive how badly we’ve underperformed with the players we have. This season it’s awful, players on even the best teams make mistakes, it feels like with our timeout timing and substitution patterns, the mistakes are exacerbated. Last night was the worst coaching I’ve ever seen from Autry. 3 things drove me nuts last night. Zephir, I understand why he played, guard foul trouble early, I thought he held up well, but 11 minutes in the first half, really? I appreciated that he was ready for his name to be called, but any other coach would play him for like 5 minutes than rotate your go to guards the rest of the half. Two, we have the ball with 50 seconds left in the first half with our use it or lose it timeout, didn’t see Red urging a 2 for 1 or calling a timeout to go 2 for 1. Three, in probably the most critical stretch of this game, the under 8 timeout in the second half, Naithan George and Donnie Freeman were on the bench, no words on that decision. Btw, this fan base feeling on Naithan George, I know he has had tough games, but they are beyond off base, ask St John’s who is point guard less and North Carolina if they would love to have this player, they would be contenders for a national title if they had him. We should be at a place in our season where we thinking of what steps need to be taken to get to that level, that’s how far behind schedule I feel this team is right now. Alex Kline built a great roster, if only he had the power on staff management, I have a feeling it would look a little different as well. Especially now, we do have one of the most talented team in the ACC and likely top 25 in the country, but last night especially a team like Virginia Tech, while they are good, we should not be losing to them at home. [/QUOTE]

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