Postgame Thoughts… Georgetown

[OrangeDW]

Jimmy is real crafty in the paint, but the extreme emphasis on iso ball with him… it’s too much. Way way too much.

I mean….it’s laughable. That CANNOT be our bread and butter.

We used to do that for Billy Owens and Hakim Warrick. Now….Jimmy Boeheim is the bread and butter when the game is on the line.

Make it stop.

 

[Ghost]

So it’s the same that if I had all of those things I could start for syraxuse?

Yes.

 

[phil77]

Any open shot or missed rebound Benny gives up I can show multiple examples of Jimmy and Cole doing the same thing. If Benny looks "lost" in the zone in his 5 minutes what does Jimmy and Cole and Buddy for that matter look like all game?

Benny can't get on the floor because of his missed assignments and open 3s but GT rained threes on Buddy and Jimmy's side all day long.

Such a double standard the coach and board has. It would be different if the two forwards ahead of him actually played defense and rebounded but they don't either.

 

[PhatOrange]

Anytime you have Villanova’s 8th man and a Cornell guy, you’ve GOT to ride them!!!

Honestly, Jimmy has exceeded my expectations but he’s an ACC level role player at best. He’d be a great 15 minute guy off the bench. Swider barely contributes and plays +35, it’s laughable. This is all on JB.

 

[Ghost]

I mean….it’s laughable. That CANNOT be our bread and butter.

We used to do that for Billy Owens and Hakim Warrick. Now….Jimmy Boeheim is the bread and butter when the game is on the line.

Make it stop.

I do think we've made nice progress in having players look to get the ball into the post. We struggled with that for years now - we made a lot of progress on emphasizing it this season.

 

[OburgOrange]

Should I go with bacon on my sub or not?

Yes. And I just picked up some of this for mine

 

[OrangeDW]

Pretty good defense? What

Guy posted at halftime that “Joe needs to get going” after he played the half of his life.

 

[Jake]

how ironic will it be for Boeheim to have his first sub 500 record with both his sons on the team?

Ironic?? Maybe in an Alanis Morisette kinda way.

 

[Cuse Action]

Outcoached

Not an unusual occurrence.

 

[NineOneSeven]

That 3 they nailed when we were up 1 late… a no doubter

 

[jdubs30]

the Swider hate is overboard IMO.

He’s probably our best rebounder, he hustles, he had about 6 assists today. He’s literally the only one who’s contributing across the stat sheet. Sure he has some flaws, but without him the lineup we are worse

 

[Melancer46]

We were plus 5 with Benny on the floor.

Yes, which is why plus minus, especially for single games, is a terrible statistic.

 

[OrangeDW]

Ironic?? Maybe in an Alanis Morisette kinda way.

Our starting lineup is like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

 

[Scooch]

Jimmy is real crafty in the paint, but the extreme emphasis on iso ball with him… it’s too much. Way way too much.

You’d think he was Dominique Wilkins in his prime the way we run a half dozen isos a game for him. It’s incomprehensible.

 

[OrangeDW]

the Swider hate is overboard IMO.

He’s probably our best rebounder, he hustles, he had about 6 assists today. He’s literally the only one who’s contributing across the stat sheet. Sure he has some flaws, but without him the lineup we are worse

He plays and shoots too much. Get him in the right role.

 

[Melancer46]

A real PG who plays defense, penetrates and gets people the ball and frees up our shooters would go a long way.

But for the second season in a row, Coach goes out of his way to not use it. Absurd.

We played horrific basketball all second half by choice.

I don't think Symir is that guy unfortunately. I'm not really sure he's much better at any of that stuff than Joe, and obviously Joe brings a level of shot making Symir can't dream of. But Symir played well today and with Buddy's struggles, certainly deserved playing time in the 2nd half.

The scary thing is I'm not confident we have anyone coming in next season that can give us that either.

 

[OrangePA]

Outcoached

I don't think it's coaching.

We just don't have enough athletic talent to compete at a high level on a consistent basis.

We're just not that good. .

It's that simple.

But, there will be some fun games and some solid wins down the road.

I'll be watching it all.

Let's Go Orange!

 

[Scooch]

He plays and shoots too much. Get him in the right role.

Unfortunately, almost everyone on the team is in the wrong role. Buddy and Jesse and the only ones who are generally in the right place. And even Buddy should probably be getting 10 less minutes a game with a better cast around him.

 

[LoveShack]

Our starting lineup is like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

when are we gonna ...meet the coach of our dreams and his beautiful wife

 

[djcon57]

the Swider hate is overboard IMO.

He’s probably our best rebounder, he hustles, he had about 6 assists today. He’s literally the only one who’s contributing across the stat sheet. Sure he has some flaws, but without him the lineup we are worse

that all might be true...but we can’t win with a lineup of Jimmy and Cole at forward. So one of them needs to come out and it ain’t gonna be Jimmy.

 

[OrangePA]

Another 2nd half collapse. Embarrassing. Sit Cole and play Benny.

No doubt that Benny has to play.

This team lacks basic athleticism.

Benny gives us some of that. So, you play him and let him learn.

 

[jncuse]

Just realized I hit the under on my under 154.5 bet.
As I am a big better that made me almost $25.

Might go crazy and binge on the additional $$ toppings on my sub.
On second thought, better not!

 

[UpstateSM]

Imagine how much fun it’s going to be if we’re ever good again.

 

[NineOneSeven]

And despite all that we were up 1 late before a lucky Gtown 3

 

[OttoinGrotto]

We all know why. JB only plays guys he trusts in the second half, and trust isn’t earned in the first half. Usually we have at least a couple guys on the bench that he trusts, but this year there isn’t anyone.

Collectively the best basketball we've gotten from our bench in the first half, and it absolutely did not matter.