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THE DOWNSIDE
Matt Park said after the game that “at least they proved that they are a good team”. No they didn’t. They’ve proven that, when they are a mind to, they can compete with good teams but you’ve got to find a way to win your share of those games and always go all out to win to be a good team. You can attribute that to the youth of the team but will this group still be together when they learn to do that?
Benny Williams: a 5 star recruit who couldn’t do anything right last year, occasionally played the way JB wants him to this year, got pulled from the starting line-up Saturday, played 7 minutes and di nothing, then took a ‘personal day’ when we are playing the $7 team in the country. And yes, JB’s response to the question about him was ridiculous. Of course it’s going to be the first question, especially after you’ve said you would address the issue after the game.
Joe Girard had his second straight bad game. He was 5 for 20 an 2 for 8 from three. As JB said, he was tightly guarded by the other team’s best defender but that’s been the situation all year.
Chris Bell and Justin Taylor were 3 for 9 and 2 for 8 from the arc. We are still waiting for them to provide the second outside threat we desperately need.
We got called for 12 fouls and Jesse got called for 5. They seemed legit and he’s a senior center who should know how to avoid them.
The refs laid off the whistles for most of the game but then tried to make up for it down the stretch. My favorite play was a pass from Ben Vander Plas to no one under the basket. Kihei Clark tried to reach the ball and fell down. The ref ruled he was fouled by Vic Hanson’s ghost, (it was ascribed to Judah Mintz), and Clark made two free throws. There was also an unacknowledged tie-up and another that was declared a foul. At least we got to the line 18 times instead of 3, (as we did vs. UNC). Unfortunately, we missed 7 of them- and lost by 5.
When I entered the shuttle bus back to Manley, a man who looked like I think I look now motioned for me to sit in the last available seat. I never look a gift horse in the mouth but I looked at him and wondered how old does he think I am?
Matt Park said after the game that “at least they proved that they are a good team”. No they didn’t. They’ve proven that, when they are a mind to, they can compete with good teams but you’ve got to find a way to win your share of those games and always go all out to win to be a good team. You can attribute that to the youth of the team but will this group still be together when they learn to do that?
Benny Williams: a 5 star recruit who couldn’t do anything right last year, occasionally played the way JB wants him to this year, got pulled from the starting line-up Saturday, played 7 minutes and di nothing, then took a ‘personal day’ when we are playing the $7 team in the country. And yes, JB’s response to the question about him was ridiculous. Of course it’s going to be the first question, especially after you’ve said you would address the issue after the game.
Joe Girard had his second straight bad game. He was 5 for 20 an 2 for 8 from three. As JB said, he was tightly guarded by the other team’s best defender but that’s been the situation all year.
Chris Bell and Justin Taylor were 3 for 9 and 2 for 8 from the arc. We are still waiting for them to provide the second outside threat we desperately need.
We got called for 12 fouls and Jesse got called for 5. They seemed legit and he’s a senior center who should know how to avoid them.
The refs laid off the whistles for most of the game but then tried to make up for it down the stretch. My favorite play was a pass from Ben Vander Plas to no one under the basket. Kihei Clark tried to reach the ball and fell down. The ref ruled he was fouled by Vic Hanson’s ghost, (it was ascribed to Judah Mintz), and Clark made two free throws. There was also an unacknowledged tie-up and another that was declared a foul. At least we got to the line 18 times instead of 3, (as we did vs. UNC). Unfortunately, we missed 7 of them- and lost by 5.
When I entered the shuttle bus back to Manley, a man who looked like I think I look now motioned for me to sit in the last available seat. I never look a gift horse in the mouth but I looked at him and wondered how old does he think I am?
