Jack
Jolly Good Fellow
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The good trends I saw in the UGA game:True confessions...I don't mind that we lost. I don't expect to win every game, and I understand that bad games happen. It's how we lost that bothers me. We let them be the aggressor for most of the game, and we were slow in making adjustments and overall, it looked like they wanted it more. I don't think U(sic)Ga has a more talented basketball team than GT does. More and more, it seems like CDS' plan is 1)Recruit really good players, 2) Let those really good players play, and 3) Profit. It remains to be seen if he can follow through with that plan. Here are some things I liked and didn't like:
What I liked:
-The crowd. Finally a crowd that was into the game and gave our guys some juice. Thanks to those who attended.
-Lance Terry in the last five minutes. Dude made up his mind he's wasn't going down without a fight and almost single-handedly willed the team back into the game. This is the kind of attitude we need from him and the rest of the team for all 40 minutes. I was amazed at the way he played and kept thinking, "Where has this Terry been?" More please!
-D.O. and his passion for the game and aggression on the boards. Keep bringing it, kid.
What I didn't like:
-Baye and Nait and Kowacie all had really really poor games for their standards. TOs, missed shots, disappearing acts on the boards. They played a total of 85 minutes between the three of them and totaled 4 rebounds and shot 8-31 from the field. From probably our three best players, that was a HUGE fail. Baye missed a ton of early shots at the rim and George and Reeves never seemed into it. Reeves either got benched in the 2nd half or possibly injured.
-The refs. I know, I know, we didn't lose because of the refs, but they left a lot to be desired. They called a dumb Technical on DO for a brief hold on the rim, and they generally let UGA get away with a lot of elbows and pushes and hacks, particularly early in the game. Every single high screen included the screener reaching out to grab the defender as he tried to fight through and they called it maybe once. And I lost count of the number of times their bigs sealed off and held our guys to clear a lane for their guards. Is that legal? I don't think so, but it never seems to be called.
-UGA's 46 points in the paint. Same, same, no need for change, right?
-1 point on fast breaks. 1.
This one + the UNF game point to a pattern, and it ain't pretty. I reserve hope for a turn-around, but this was a difficult game to watch. Come on, CDS and team, let's turn this thing around before it is too late! Go Jackets!
As stated above, Lance Terry set an example I hope will inspire the team.
Mustaf had a bad game but what he has shown so far is his strength in going to the hole. He is thick and defenders can’t slow him like the other guards on the team.
When he makes s few adjustments and tweaks, he will be highly productive.
DO showed signs of coming out of his shell and if he keeps it up, he will be a solid contributor.
Baye is a double double machine.
It wasn’t pretty for him but he produced again.