Starting to lose faith in Jose. Hasn’t been that impressive this year. And every time he makes a mistake he looks around like it is someone else’s fault.
Jose has had his ups and downs this year. Granted, right now he is in a slump. More worrying is whether or not we are still seeing that same fiery competitive spirit and leadership that he has been known for in his short time here. You can't really blame him in my opinion. It's hard to always be the one bright spot on a boring team and to constantly carry the water for the rest of an otherwise underachieving team. Then, the minute you falter or let it get to you, you kind of get thrown under the bus by your coach. But I still believe in Jose. The coaches need to be building him up and boosting his confidence, instead of calling him out for this team's poor performances.
Last night the announcers went on and on about how Mike Brey had talked to TJ Gibbs before the game about forgetting about feeling pressure, and scoring, and winning and losing, and just to have fun playing and smile. And what happened, the guy found his mojo and scored 20 points.
Contrast that with Pastner calling out Jose's shooting woes and for not getting enough rebounds as a 6'-0" tall point guard on a team that has been out-rebounded in practically every game this season (read systemic problem, aka scheme problem, aka coaching problem).
