Penny and Memphis are a train wreck in waiting. I’d much rather have our situation rather than theirs. We are having a bad year as many expected but I have much more faith in the direction of our basketball team than Memphis. I really liked the look of our alt 5 tonight with Saba, Kelly, Smith, Coleman and Maxwell. Anyone not see promise there?
There has to be a happy medium between all recruit and no coaching and no recruiting and all coaching though.
those guys were not good tonight. More turnovers than baskets made. Coleman and Maxwell were 3-16 combined shooting. Coleman is 11 for his last 42 from the field. Need to get him going ASAP.
Actually that group began the run and kept the score close enough in the 1st half when the starting group “were not good” that was reason for the 5 in 5 out substitution. Honestly the ball moves better when they are playing together because they are not looking for or deferring to other ball stoppers (unwilling passers) hence the fast break pass from Smith to Saba for the dunk. That was a 1st this season and he played more confident on offense yes his defense/well protector status isn’t quite established yet, but when he is in the game I wouldn’t play a defense that requires him to leave the paint area make him a rim protector deter every shot that is your job. CJP is smart enough to figure that out that Saba can’t guard anything on perimeter so start using his size as a strength, defensively he may not block every shot, but at 7’1 he can alter a lot of them.
). There is a reason why most teams play us man-man versus zone.No coaching though. 'Twas his achilles heel.
He had the right idea when he told Will Bynam to take it to the rack. But you are right, he should have been to many final four's with the talent he had.
**** I know man. We lose two all ACC players who basically played every minute and everyone just expected two other guys to step in and look great. Even if we’d signed key talent at those positions I doubt our record would look much different right now with a COVID pause and injuries - maybe a couple more wins.
World class excuse making. We knew Jose and Moses were going to be here 4 years, no more than that. Pastner’s consistent recruiting failures left the team devoid of players to even be a .500 ACC team.
It’s been 6 years and I think it’s fair to say that Pastner is just not a great recruiter. He is a very positive person but he is not able to get the recruits necessary to be competitive Year in and year out. Maybe once every 3-4 years but I feeling like Tech fans should get more than that.
So what’s the answer?
It’s a fair article.
See ND the last couple of years & their struggles. They really stepped back & finally have taken a couple steps forward thus year.
Every college team has young players, COVID, and injuries. Every team loses key players to graduation or transfer. Not every college team is in last place in its league.
LOL. Tell me your miserable without telling me your miserable.
Yes, it is correct that not every team is in last place.Thankfully, GT is not one of those llast place teams. We are half a game out of 9th place and I feel good that we will play better inthe 2nd half of the season. Be patient and enjoy seeing the kids play basketball with all the energy and passion they have.
Yes. Thank goodness we are now second to last.
look like 14th place to me, but I guess if you want to make it sound better, you will say a half a game out of 9th place.
