goldengophers --
Sure, its possible that a team on fire from 3 point land can be beaten. And sure, Tubby's job of coaching in that game should be analyzed and its very well possible that the loss is his fault.
But that was not what I was contesting about your comment, you called the excuse the biggest bunch of bs you'd ever seen here at the GH.
I remember when we lost to the Illini in 1997. We were a GREAT team that year, and 99% of Minnesota fans defended Minny's honor that year after the loss and accepted the excuse that the Illini was simply on fire from 3 point land. NO ONE, or very few, that 1%, pointed fingers at Clem and criticized his coaching of that game.
But that is because everyone LOVED Clem at that time, and so everyone was accepting of that excuse.
But this year, the only true difference is that YOU HATE Tubby. So the same excuse that was acceptable for a coach that you loved, is not acceptable for a coach you hate. That's being a HYPOCRITE!!!!
See, I accepted the excuse at the time we lost to Illinois in 1997, because at the time I loved the Gophers and I loved Clem. Just because in hindsight I hate the guy now, doesn't mean I'm going to pretend like I didn't accept the excuse then, and NO ONE claimed it was a bs excuse at that time.
So I'm going to accept the excuse this time, too. Because I'm not a hypocrite.
Is it right to accept that excuse?! Maybe not. But its NOT the most bs excuse ever. It's very common. Doesn't make it a good excuse, but it IS a common one, and hence, I don't think its a bs one, either.
No one wins an NCAA title in February, so letting a team that's NOT been making their 3's, shoot away, is not a bad risk to take.
They were missing them early on.
But yes, when they started to make them, they should have adjusted and done something about it, but honestly, I've seen it hundreds of times, when a team gets hot from outside, not many coaches know how to defend it. Defending the 3 often leaves a team vulnerable to other things, and so often times coaches will just let the team keep shooting hoping that they don't continue to make the shots.
Not only did our 1997 team lose its only relevant conf game because of uber hot outside shooting, but the 1990 Elite 8 team lost to a very hot GT team as well, and I witnessed that game in person, so I full well know just how badly we were outplaying GT that game, but they just couldn't seem to miss those 3 pointers. It was a great game to see in person, and would probably be my greatest live sports memory ever had that final shot of Lenard's gone in.
So maybe Clem was a bad coach as well, and not able to defend against the 3 either?! But I never remember him being criticized for it. Maybe because we all loved him, and maybe that's a weakness of mine, but guess what, I'm not the coach and whether I accept bs excuses or not does not change what happens on the court. But what my continuing to accept the same excuse that I accepted, like everyone did, back in 1997, and back in 1990, does do, is it makes me CONSISTENT and not a hypocrite.
