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I've got to say...the quotes from Les in today's paper are really disheartening to me...
"We did some very good things against Wichita State for a majority of the game"?
Really? Did he watch tape of the same game that I sat through? What exactly were all of these "very good things" that BU did for "a majority of the game"??? BU allowed one of the most offensively challenged teams in the Valley shoot 64% from the field for the game...I don't know how any coach could look at that performance and come away with a positive assessment like that...this is borderline delusional to me...We hit some shots here and there, so what?...I don't know how that can be spun into "we did some very good things for a majority of them game".
"We had a 12 minute breakdown and good teams will take advantage of that"
...umm, news flash, WSU is NOT a very good team...especially with their point guard out. Yes...They took advantage of us, but they are not a good team.
"We're not making any wholesale changes or making any drastic changes in philosophy."
OK, so you are going to trot out the same 7 man rotation that has been a disaster for three games now...you're going to continue to get destroyed on the boards and jack up threes and hope for the best...great news!!!...I'm really looking forward to it.
"I'm encouraged by the continuing good attitude and approach to practice."
Well, I'm discouraged by the continued lousy approach they show us in the games. Stop talking about how great this team is in practice...it's getting old...How about you challenge your kids to start bringing that same effort and approach from practice into the games...?
Quotes like these really don't give me much confidence that any of these deficiencies that we have seen from this team are actually going to get addressed...These are the kind of quotes a coach makes when a team is 14-2 and just happened to have an off night which stopped their 9 game winning streak...not a team that has lost 5 in a row, and shows glaring, glaring weaknesses in numerous aspects of the game....
Don't you think this would be the time for our head coach to say something like, "our effort defensively and on the boards over the past few games has simply been unacceptable...We have worked on it and make it a point of emphasis in practice and I have let every guy on this team know that it is up to them to show me improvement in those areas, first and foremost...and if they can't get it done we've got 11 scholarship players on this team and I'm going to put every one of them in there until we find the combination of guys that is willing to make the sacrifices to get this right....pure and simple.'
I'm not asking Les to come out and say 'our team stinks'...or 'player A and player B are really terrible right now'...I just want him to acknowledge that there are areas of the game that this team really needs to address, and the coaching staff is going to do everything they can to make sure that those areas become priorities in practice and in the games as we go forward....
"We did some very good things against Wichita State for a majority of the game"?
Really? Did he watch tape of the same game that I sat through? What exactly were all of these "very good things" that BU did for "a majority of the game"??? BU allowed one of the most offensively challenged teams in the Valley shoot 64% from the field for the game...I don't know how any coach could look at that performance and come away with a positive assessment like that...this is borderline delusional to me...We hit some shots here and there, so what?...I don't know how that can be spun into "we did some very good things for a majority of them game".
"We had a 12 minute breakdown and good teams will take advantage of that"
...umm, news flash, WSU is NOT a very good team...especially with their point guard out. Yes...They took advantage of us, but they are not a good team.
"We're not making any wholesale changes or making any drastic changes in philosophy."
OK, so you are going to trot out the same 7 man rotation that has been a disaster for three games now...you're going to continue to get destroyed on the boards and jack up threes and hope for the best...great news!!!...I'm really looking forward to it.
"I'm encouraged by the continuing good attitude and approach to practice."
Well, I'm discouraged by the continued lousy approach they show us in the games. Stop talking about how great this team is in practice...it's getting old...How about you challenge your kids to start bringing that same effort and approach from practice into the games...?
Quotes like these really don't give me much confidence that any of these deficiencies that we have seen from this team are actually going to get addressed...These are the kind of quotes a coach makes when a team is 14-2 and just happened to have an off night which stopped their 9 game winning streak...not a team that has lost 5 in a row, and shows glaring, glaring weaknesses in numerous aspects of the game....
Don't you think this would be the time for our head coach to say something like, "our effort defensively and on the boards over the past few games has simply been unacceptable...We have worked on it and make it a point of emphasis in practice and I have let every guy on this team know that it is up to them to show me improvement in those areas, first and foremost...and if they can't get it done we've got 11 scholarship players on this team and I'm going to put every one of them in there until we find the combination of guys that is willing to make the sacrifices to get this right....pure and simple.'
I'm not asking Les to come out and say 'our team stinks'...or 'player A and player B are really terrible right now'...I just want him to acknowledge that there are areas of the game that this team really needs to address, and the coaching staff is going to do everything they can to make sure that those areas become priorities in practice and in the games as we go forward....
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