The Downside - Maryland

[SWC75]

- Coach Autry said after the game “We just didn’t show up.” Matt Park suggested that when the team went into the locker room at halftime, down 17-43, Red’s speech would “make the paint peel”. The team came out for the second half and in the first minute, gave up a Maryland lay-up, missed a shot, didn’t get the rebound and Maryland got a dunk. It was the start of a 2-10 run. It made me wonder: are these guys listening to Autry? Or are they tuning him out? By the way, Elijah Moore was sent to the scorer’s table 1 minute and 14 seconds into the game. Red said “it was something that was miscommunicated”.
- We were completely disorganized on both ends Nobody knew what offense we were running. It was just stand away from each other and let one guy try to ‘use the spaces’ to get to the basket. However, by the time he got to the paint, there weren’t any spaces. Chris Bell attempted 1 three and scored 2 points. He only played 17 minutes. Jyare Davis was the guy Moore replaced at the 1:14 mark. He wound up playing only 12 minutes and didn’t score. His only stats were two missed shots and 2 turnovers. Jaquan Carlos had 1NP in 40 minutes of play.

- And our ball handling an passing were comically bad. We had 21 turnovers for the first time in memory, most of them unforced. Sometimes our guys just seemed to be handing the ball to Maryland.

- Defensively, we allowed penetration out front with little opposition, (on one play, Chris Bell simply sidestepped a driving Terp and watched him go all the way to the basket to score). And we had no ‘help’ defense to make up for it. That’s been a problem all year and it hasn’t improved. And we don’t get back on the fast break, also a problem all year that hasn’t improved.

- The end result was an unwatchable game and, as Brent Axe says there, even the most devout SU fans are ceasing to watch these games: Syracuse basketball suffers worst loss of season to Maryland in Brooklyn
If Adrian Autry’s tenure here ends at the end of this season, (no point now: you think Alan Griffin is going to save the day?), this will be the biggest reason.

 

[BillSU]

- Coach Autry said after the game “We just didn’t show up.” Matt Park suggested that when the team went into the locker room at halftime, down 17-43, Red’s speech would “make the paint peel”. The team came out for the second half and in the first minute, gave up a Maryland lay-up, missed a shot, didn’t get the rebound and Maryland got a dunk. It was the start of a 2-10 run. It made me wonder: are these guys listening to Autry? Or are they tuning him out? By the way, Elijah Moore was sent to the scorer’s table 1 minute and 14 seconds into the game. Red said “it was something that was miscommunicated”.
- We were completely disorganized on both ends Nobody knew what offense we were running. It was just stand away from each other and let one guy try to ‘use the spaces’ to get to the basket. However, by the time he got to the paint, there weren’t any spaces. Chris Bell attempted 1 three and scored 2 points. He only played 17 minutes. Jyare Davis was the guy Moore replaced at the 1:14 mark. He wound up playing only 12 minutes and didn’t score. His only stats were two missed shots and 2 turnovers. Jaquan Carlos had 1NP in 40 minutes of play.

- And our ball handling an passing were comically bad. We had 21 turnovers for the first time in memory, most of them unforced. Sometimes our guys just seemed to be handing the ball to Maryland.

- Defensively, we allowed penetration out front with little opposition, (on one play, Chris Bell simply sidestepped a driving Terp and watched him go all the way to the basket to score). And we had no ‘help’ defense to make up for it. That’s been a problem all year and it hasn’t improved. And we don’t get back on the fast break, also a problem all year that hasn’t improved.

- The end result was an unwatchable game and, as Brent Axe says there, even the most devout SU fans are ceasing to watch these games: Syracuse basketball suffers worst loss of season to Maryland in Brooklyn
If Adrian Autry’s tenure here ends at the end of this season, (no point now: you think Alan Griffin is going to save the day?), this will be the biggest reason.

Very good question. I think they are tuning him out!

 

[23Zone]

There is no cogent argument to retain Autry. Totally over his head. Like an intern performing a craniotomy

 

[kingtidge]

There is no cogent argument to retain Autry. Totally over his head. Like an intern performing a craniotomy

The cogent argument is that the school is not willing to spend to buy him out and hire a new and viable coach...

I am not saying that is the case, but there's been enough chatter in that regard to have that concern.

 

[85SUAlum]

How does a starting lineup get miscommunicated? Miscommunicated by whom? How does the staring lineup even work? Does a coach have to submit a starting lineup in writing to the refs/scorer's table before the game and once submitted he must start those 5? Are they not allowed to change the starting lineup on the fly before the tipoff?

 

[SWC75]

How does a starting lineup get miscommunicated? Miscommunicated by whom? How does the staring lineup even work? Does a coach have to submit a starting lineup in writing to the refs/scorer's table before the game and once submitted he must start those 5? Are they not allowed to change the starting lineup on the fly before the tipoff?

Brian Higgins discusses this at 3:30:

 

[85SUAlum]

yup, that answered my question - thanks!

 

[kingtidge]

So Choppa was supposed to start instead of Davis but someone submitted the lineup wrong to the officials so Davis had to start instead, or else the refs call a technical at tip-off if the players on the court don't match the lineup submitted??

Ok, I learned something new.

Not a good look that we can't even get the lineup correct, however.