really something when you see a team play so well on both ends of the court. Rare to see a team put so much ball pressure on you and still dominate inside . So long, physical and extremely well coached. He has absorbed so much from so many and really knows how to teach it, their effort is as good as I have seen. Lets see if they sustain it.We need help to beat them. We need our best game and their worst. I have seen that happen many times. What they did with 3 straight wins against ranked teams, winning all by 19 or more had never been done ! Further, in the last two it was more like 40 but Howard was classy and played his green team. K would never do that.
Crazy things happen on the road in the current environment. If we can get off to a fast start and MI misses some shots early, we have a good chance to win this one. The officiating really favors the home squad as well on ticky tack calls.
We get another crack at them on Saturday. Wish the Barn could be packed and loud. But, ugh!
He's starting to strike me as a guy who used his playing career as a coaching apprenticeship. I've heard Damian Johnson talk about how much he learned at every stop along his way, specifically citing a couple of his pro coaches.
Good point - he stuck for a long time, after he was a usable player, great guy in the locker room and was exposed to one of the best BB coaches ever in his three years playing there and 6 years as an assistant. (Pat Riley)
If we shoot well we can do it. Interesting in yesterday's gophers weekly pitino talked again about the time Gabe puts in shooting. Maybe Saturday will be the day he is rewarded for all his hard work.
He hired Martelli and reached out to the college games best coaches, especially on the defensive side. He already knew what he offense he wanted to run but Riley pointed him to a place he had gone for himself for defensive keys and those were giants in coaching circles for defense.
Thanks for the info and it's cool to hear about how the knowledge is passed along via coaching trees.
And, seriously, don't forget about Eric Spoelstra. Dude knows his stuff. Howard certainly took things from him, too, as Spoelstra was the actual head coach when Juwan was a player and assistant there.
Exactly. They blew out us and Wisconsin and outside of those games they've played Maryland, Penn St, Northwestern, and Nebraska.
Thanks - Yup, Coach Spo learned from Riley and they play the game the right way - fun to watch.
I cant imagine pitino wont make adjustments. They were down 30 against michigan the first time. Not sure what the adjustments will be, but we wont play them obviously like we played them last game. I think we can win this game. They have played unbelievable for a couple of games. Time for them to come back to earth and be just a normal team on the road in the BIG! Lets hope so anyway.
Gabes problem isn't form. Gabes problem is paralysis by analysis.
Will never need to worry about Gabe not doing the "dirty work" to help his team win. Would be nice to see him sinking 3s and playing with a smile on his face again. Been too long since the air guitar.
100% this. I don't where he lost it, but Gabe plays without any passion whatsoever. He works his ass off and plays hard and we all admire that. But, for some reason, there is no happiness in his play.
Yep. Someone needs to convince him to play like it's a pickup game at the Y.
I think your last sentence nailed it. He seems like the type of person that internalizes things and the pressure just builds. Hard to play that way.
Chicken or the egg.
Not everyone is emotional, its probably a big part of why he was/is
a good three point shooter. We need that back. I think the King of "Lets not get too crazy about anything" was Tim Duncan. Maybe Gabe emulates that. I used to love it when a player used to make a nice play and act like "Look at Me, That was Totally Awesome", and then watch Duncan make a far greater play in a bigger moment and act like "Yeah, I can do that pretty much anytime I feel like it, so what's the big deal?".Not everyone is emotional, its probably a big part of why he was/is
Stone cold killer, I'll take it!
