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flacat22

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He might suck but the team sucks too. Inconsistent
STFU. A top 10, 14-4 team with more top 15 wins than anyone in the country sucks? You and the others like you who whine and moan at halftime are **** “fans” and should probably go watch figure skating or dog shows. 20 minutes to play.
 

Digger-Cat

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Exactly this^^^^. Worst decision Pope’s made all year. Absolutely lost this game with those crazy lineups the last 8 minutes. Completely baffling for a guy as smart as Pope to have this level of a brain fart - but he did.
I understand stealing minutes, but dude had Butler and Oweh on the bench and had Noah, Chandler and Perry in at the same time. That lost us this game. You cannot play those guys at the sane time. This is the SEC, not dome mid Major league.
 

megablue

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I expect to see a short bench this half with the starters getting the bulk of the run. I think Pope was hoping for some output from the bench but there is definitely some liabilities. We miss Carr’s size and versatility at the 4.
I agree with you !!
 

Broker

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No they’re not.

They’re just better coached and not soft
Vandy's quickness and desire to win is the difference. The sole reason that our defense is so bad is we are slow footed and not quick enough to stay in front of an offensive player that is quick. They reach and foul. Luckily today the refs are not calling our grab and holds on a driving Vandy player. The defense will be fixed with recruiting quicker and more lengthly kids. We have always heard, "you can't coach speed," well you really can't coach slowness. A match up zone would stop some of the penetration our opponents seem to be able to do at ease. We can't play tight on the 3 pt line because of our lack of quickness to stop the penetration.
 
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Henogee1975

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It’s time to have the discussion that we’re not really a great shooting team. We can go on streaks, but maintaining even 35% in a one game scenario can be a struggle for us.

Defense, rebounding and effort have all been very lacking today.

We’ve got to have another way to manufacture looks at the basket because they’re on to the high post stuff.
Agree
It’s a good, not great shooting tram
 

NociHTTP

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Exactly this^^^^. Worst decision Pope’s made all year. Absolutely lost this game with those crazy lineups the last 8 minutes. Completely baffling for a guy as smart as Pope to have this level of a brain fart - but he did.
Noah needs to be spelling Amari and Brandon, for fatigue OR mental reasons. Noah is better than both of them IMO. Chandler isn't there mentally, and Perry is too slow (can knock down the three unguarded).
 

TortElvisII

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BCD

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Oh no comprehend just fine. Your first line was “not consistent reffing”. Can’t walk it back now.


They need to toughen up and just play. This team has become softer as the year has progressed. I think that’s the prob
Oh no comprehend just fine. Your first line was “not consistent reffing”. Can’t walk it back now.


They need to toughen up and just play. This team has become softer as the year has progressed. I think that’s the problem.
I’m not walking it back. What I was trying to say, and failed to state clearly, was that all the emphasis the UK staff placed on studying fouls recently to better understand how the SEC is being called, is out the window for this game. They are really letting them play. We just didn’t expect or prepare for that. Just my $.02
 
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