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SelectionSunday said:
Do we know what the story is behind Pitino dressing down one of his assistants immediately after Michigan got the easy bucket to go up 4? Did any of the reporters ask him about that?
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Pretty sure the press conference was on BTN2Go yesterday. I believe he was asked about it and responded with something like, "We will keep it between the team." Can't find the press conference on that site today.
 

maxwellsmart said:
Easy to analyze by listing apparent faults. How would you handle it, Bo?
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I think Pitino needs to develop some set half court plays so that the team can rely on them towards the end of the game or when ever the game is stacking up on us.

I like pitinos offense when players are able to make plays, but they crumble when their expected to develop a result under pressure during their posession.


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woozee said:
I think Pitino needs to develop some set half court plays so that the team can rely on them towards the end of the game or when ever the game is stacking up on us.

I like pitinos offense when players are able to make plays, but they crumble when their expected to develop a result under pressure during their posession.


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1-3-1 trapping zones are very tough to run a set play vs. I thought Pitino and he players for that matter executed well against that zone save a few stupid turnovers. Had we hit the first couple corner threes that were wide and a few lay ops that were missed its a different game.
 

Winasota Gopher said:
1-3-1 trapping zones are very tough to run a set play vs. I thought Pitino and he players for that matter executed well against that zone save a few stupid turnovers. Had we hit the first couple corner threes that were wide and a few lay ops that were missed its a different game.
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Yeah I have no clue about yesterday's game. I was down at buddy guys legends holding a table to see buddy guy later that night.

They wouldn't switch on the game... :(


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Didn't see any of the game, but it's not surprising Pitino lost it. When the wheels are falling off and a coach knows it, things like this tend to happen.
 

GoodasGold said:
The first 3 years at Duke, Coach K's conference record got progressively worse toward abysmal. It's early. Let's sit back and see if Pitino can right this ship, pull it out of the ditch and get it back in the fast lane. I'm a big fan of mixed metaphors.
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OK, but fans have lower patience levels than they did in the early eighties. Modern technology can stir up a maelstrom of negativity in a very short period of time. Coach K had a winning season followed by two losing ones in his first three years. If that happened to Pitino in his first three seasons, he may not get a fourth. Iowa's Todd Lickliter didn't but he had three straight losing years.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
I'm really, really interested in how Pitino is going to handle this. Does it become a more of a mess or does he right the ship and make something out of it? He related to the Louisville game more than a few times that it was such a good learning moment for the team, This is, in my opinion, a huge learning moment for him. All new territory for him. I think successful coaches do their best coaching when in fixes like this. He's got to keep it out of the ditch and get it back on the road.
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Okay, I picked this one...you guys shouldn't be watching basketball if you can't tell the difference. We have bad players. We have a very good coach. We have fragile players in over their head. You all thought they were good players playing AT&T State. The difference is the competition, not the coaching. If he yells at the players, yanks them out of the game they are not strong enough to rise up and say I'll show you. You need patience until we get new players. We will play better with 5 of 7 at home and maybe magically it will turn around but if it does he is Big Ten Coach of the Year because we have very limited resources. And if you can't see the improvement in Mo and EE, there's no hope for you. Improvement can't fix their inherent weaknesses.
 

60's Guy said:
Okay, I picked this one...you guys shouldn't be watching basketball if you can't tell the difference. We have bad players. We have a very good coach. We have fragile players in over their head. You all thought they were good players playing AT&T State. The difference is the competition, not the coaching. If he yells at the players, yanks them out of the game they are not strong enough to rise up and say I'll show you. You need patience until we get new players. We will play better with 5 of 7 at home and maybe magically it will turn around but if it does he is Big Ten Coach of the Year because we have very limited resources. And if you can't see the improvement in Mo and EE, there's no hope for you. Improvement can't fix their inherent weaknesses.
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Dang it......(You too saw that I mixed up the metaphors!)
 



60's Guy said:
Okay, I picked this one...you guys shouldn't be watching basketball if you can't tell the difference. We have bad players. We have a very good coach. We have fragile players in over their head. You all thought they were good players playing AT&T State. The difference is the competition, not the coaching. If he yells at the players, yanks them out of the game they are not strong enough to rise up and say I'll show you. You need patience until we get new players. We will play better with 5 of 7 at home and maybe magically it will turn around but if it does he is Big Ten Coach of the Year because we have very limited resources. And if you can't see the improvement in Mo and EE, there's no hope for you. Improvement can't fix their inherent weaknesses.
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I agree more with you than other posts, but I wouldn't write such a blank check for coach, he has made some blunders in the first 4. He also is doing some very nice things too from a coaching and development perspective.
 

60's Guy said:
Okay, I picked this one...you guys shouldn't be watching basketball if you can't tell the difference. We have bad players. We have a very good coach. We have fragile players in over their head. You all thought they were good players playing AT&T State. The difference is the competition, not the coaching. If he yells at the players, yanks them out of the game they are not strong enough to rise up and say I'll show you. You need patience until we get new players. We will play better with 5 of 7 at home and maybe magically it will turn around but if it does he is Big Ten Coach of the Year because we have very limited resources. And if you can't see the improvement in Mo and EE, there's no hope for you. Improvement can't fix their inherent weaknesses.
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I'm hoping you are right. It looks as of some of these new players you speak of will be joining us next year in the backcourt. :cool:
 

Blitzkrieg said:
•This is a fault of both the players and their coaching. Blowing double digit leads in 3 out of 4 B1G games is atrocious.
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Can you cite the three Big Ten games the Gophers have had double digit leads in? Thanks.
 

tjgopher said:
Can you cite the three Big Ten games the Gophers have had double digit leads in? Thanks.
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While Blitzkrieg is correct in spirit- he is wrong on the facts. We led by 9 against Mich (momentarily 10 but it wasn't true) and we led by double digits against Purdue. OSU- well that's just a game you have to win and we blew it was well but certainly never led by much of anything. Point is- when the game has been on the line in all three games- we didn't play good basketball and lost.
 



bga1 said:
While Blitzkrieg is correct in spirit- he is wrong on the facts. We led by 9 against Mich (momentarily 10 but it wasn't true) and we led by double digits against Purdue. OSU- well that's just a game you have to win and we blew it was well but certainly never led by much of anything. Point is- when the game has been on the line in all three games- we didn't play good basketball and lost.
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I agree the Gophers haven't finished games, but let us at least be somewhat accurate. I see no need in resorting to hyperbole in the midst of this. All he has to do is say the Gophers haven't finished games. But, instead, he fibbed by quite a margin. He said we led three of the four games by double digits, when the fact of the matter is we have led ONE B1G game by double digits. We led by 9 at Michigan, never led after the 17:00 mark of the first half at Maryland, and led exactly once (70-68 in OT) against Ohio State after the 16:00 mark of the first half.

Were all of the games at one point in the balance? Yes. Were we leading by double digits in 3 games? No.
 

tjgopher said:
I agree the Gophers haven't finished games, but let us at least be somewhat accurate. I see no need in resorting to hyperbole in the midst of this. All he has to do is say the Gophers haven't finished games. But, instead, he fibbed by quite a margin. He said we led three of the four games by double digits, when the fact of the matter is we have led ONE B1G game by double digits. We led by 9 at Michigan, never led after the 17:00 mark of the first half at Maryland, and led exactly once (70-68 in OT) against Ohio State after the 16:00 mark of the first half.

Were all of the games at one point in the balance? Yes. Were we leading by double digits in 3 games? No.
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We led by 10 at Michigan for several minutes in the second half, until the refs put another point on the board on a review during a tv timeout.
 

WanderingGopher said:
We led by 10 at Michigan for several minutes in the second half, until the refs put another point on the board on a review during a tv timeout.
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Correct, making the largest official lead of the game 9 for Minnesota.
 

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