We're all waiting to see whether this win helps our NET or not.
We think we played efficiently, but hard to know if this was good for us or not until the NET is posted.
I will react accordingly after the next NET update.
Very good game by the Gophers today! Let’s have some positivity here....
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Nobody talking about Amir, but 18 pts, 7 assts and 6 reb is pretty damn solid.
LOVE to see a blow-out of one of the storied teams in basketball history and a perennial media darling. This will keep the Pitino-hating trolls hiding under their bridges for at least a few days [emoji6]
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Dakich was pretty favorable towards us today. And mentioned how we got ripped off against Nebraska multiple times.Was hoping he’d point at Dakich after being subbed out for final time of the game.
Was hoping he’d point at Dakich after being subbed out for final time of the game.
Not every poster who questions Pitino is a troll. Today was excellent and for me the highlight was the defense because even without a incredible shooting display we would have won. Plus, low turnovers. Awesome.
I agree, and don’t consider you one of the trolls. I specifically called them the Pitino-Hating” trolls. To question a coach is not to hate him. There are some who seem to delight in our losses because they hate our coach. I will never delight in a Gopher loss, even if I think a coaching change is needed.
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Now if the Gophers had shot this well and played as aggressively in many of our other games they would have a handful more wins and no one would be calling for Pitino’s head. Funny how that is, I don’t think Pitino necessarily coached them up any better for today’s game.
That is just a part of the college game, players get cold, they get caught watching the ball and not covering their guy, they throw weak passes, etc... Every coach looks for recruits that they can turn into cold blooded assassins that do everything right. Not all players are able to translate their athleticism and skills into clutch B1G players. Look how long it has taken for Coffey to turn his NBA level skills into a dominating force on the court. It is still a work in progress. The good programs reload with player that have the potential and cast off the ones that can’t translate onto the court. The Gophers have a nice collection of talented players, but they are still too thin to overcome a couple of misses where players don’t pan out on the court. And heaven forbid they have injuries. I think Pitino has done a good job of coaching and developing his players.
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They had a better plan and executed it very well. The team played better defense. Whether you like it or not that is his job to build a team that does that often. I have stood by this team to do special things this year and still think they will. Every coach deals with depth and injuries.Now if the Gophers had shot this well and played as aggressively in many of our other games they would have a handful more wins and no one would be calling for Pitino’s head. Funny how that is, I don’t think Pitino necessarily coached them up any better for today’s game.
That is just a part of the college game, players get cold, they get caught watching the ball and not covering their guy, they throw weak passes, etc... Every coach looks for recruits that they can turn into cold blooded assassins that do everything right. Not all players are able to translate their athleticism and skills into clutch B1G players. Look how long it has taken for Coffey to turn his NBA level skills into a dominating force on the court. It is still a work in progress. The good programs reload with player that have the potential and cast off the ones that can’t translate onto the court. The Gophers have a nice collection of talented players, but they are still too thin to overcome a couple of misses where players don’t pan out on the court. And heaven forbid they have injuries. I think Pitino has done a good job of coaching and developing his players.
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Now if the Gophers had shot this well and played as aggressively in many of our other games they would have a handful more wins and no one would be calling for Pitino’s head. Funny how that is, I don’t think Pitino necessarily coached them up any better for today’s game.
That is just a part of the college game, players get cold, they get caught watching the ball and not covering their guy, they throw weak passes, etc... Every coach looks for recruits that they can turn into cold blooded assassins that do everything right. Not all players are able to translate their athleticism and skills into clutch B1G players. Look how long it has taken for Coffey to turn his NBA level skills into a dominating force on the court. It is still a work in progress. The good programs reload with player that have the potential and cast off the ones that can’t translate onto the court. The Gophers have a nice collection of talented players, but they are still too thin to overcome a couple of misses where players don’t pan out on the court. And heaven forbid they have injuries. I think Pitino has done a good job of coaching and developing his players.
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Now if the Gophers had shot this well and played as aggressively in many of our other games they would have a handful more wins and no one would be calling for Pitino’s head. Funny how that is, I don’t think Pitino necessarily coached them up any better for today’s game.
That is just a part of the college game, players get cold, they get caught watching the ball and not covering their guy, they throw weak passes, etc... Every coach looks for recruits that they can turn into cold blooded assassins that do everything right. Not all players are able to translate their athleticism and skills into clutch B1G players. Look how long it has taken for Coffey to turn his NBA level skills into a dominating force on the court. It is still a work in progress. The good programs reload with player that have the potential and cast off the ones that can’t translate onto the court. The Gophers have a nice collection of talented players, but they are still too thin to overcome a couple of misses where players don’t pan out on the court. And heaven forbid they have injuries. I think Pitino has done a good job of coaching and developing his players.
If it's all on the players and the coach doesn't make a difference, why does anybody hire a coach? They sure make a lot of money for such an unimportant job.
If it takes Dakich ripping on Amir to get Amir to play well, we should all buy DD a beer.
If it's all on the players and the coach doesn't make a difference, why does anybody hire a coach? They sure make a lot of money for such an unimportant job.