Alan, yes I think many are aware of this fact which is all the more reason why his approach is so head scratching. It is completely antithetical to anything Coach Nee would have said or done. State your opinions (whatever they may be) with facts and data. Anyone whoever listed to Coach Nee in his post game recap with Dick Schorr, radio show, or met him on the street knows he was full of emotion but he stated his case with facts and figures to seal the deal.

This goes with that thought:

https://twitter.com/JasonAmessenger/status/10816519244228...

Not trying to scapegoat TK. Carter has to find a way to stay on the floor. He took another three, Now shooting 19% from there after shooting 21% a year ago. Block uses 7 possessions to get 3 points. Taylor uses 10 possessions to get 3 points. The poor FT shooting is partly a function of who is shooting them. Taylor 1-4 (57% shooter), Kirk 1-6 (57% shooter) and Block 1-4 (52% shooter).

But Ohio's offensive efficiency has to get better. Defensively, they give up an adjusted 98.0 points per 100 possessions which ranks 77th in the nation. Pretty good. Offensively, they're at 97.0 points per 100 which ranks 291st. TK produces about 81 points per 100 possessions and he uses 32% of the team's possessions while he's on the floor. If you don't figure out a way to better utilize his talents, you will have a 178th ranked team.

. . . . yeah, but how about the winning contestant in the "Pick the Band" contest during a first half media time out? Not all was doom and gloom in the Convo yesterday.

bobcatsquared, I figured that was you guessing Boston ! I saw you sitting with your youth team down there. I was sitting with two friends who were actually at that concert in '77! You are probably too young to have made that show!!

I've said this before.
Free throws are "gimmes" .

They're the same on every court.
So you can practice them anywhere,anytime.

Poor free throw shooting costs games.
Good free throw shooting helps you win games.

If they're not,they should be part of every practice.

I know high schools that still have "laps" based on misses.

tough loss. i am said to say the writing is on the wall...i cant fathom not making a change after the season.

My earlier post was just crocodile tears. I’m really crying now...boo hoo hoo... we lost and wattwegonnado?

I’m toying with the idea of having a beverage consisting of a mixture of barley and hops......

This time Giacomo habitually annoying posts brought a smile to my face. The whattwegonnado especially. You see one summer when I was tending bar back home in the working class town I grew up in northern Ohio there was an annoying customer who got on everyone's nerves. He usually showed up in the late afternoon, but one day he showed up at night when the bar was packed and the owner had just about had enough. You see the owner sometimes wore his leg prostheses and sometimes he didn't. This particular night he was about to put his on and was sitting behind the bar with me, when the annoying bar patron started his annoying act once again. The owner told him he had enough to which the annoying patron said whatyagonnado peg leg? The owner hopped over the bar grabbed the annoying customer and threw him through the screen door onto the street. The owner called the police and told them a drunken @#%! was in the street and needed to be locked up. Shortly thereafter the cops showed up, to tumultuous applause from the bar's patrons, and escorted the annoying bar patron to the drunk tank. The owner placed the remnants of the door on the bar's ceiling, where they were displayed for all to see for many years after that.

Seems like I picked a good game to miss. Watching college athletes unable to make free throws is something I find hard to stomach. I expect to see some guys struggle at the line, it happens. No team runs out every guy that shoots 90% from the stripe. Seeing guys who are typically decent shooters (Block, BVP) unable to cash in is really frustrating. Coaches can only do so much, at some point players have to execute, and our guys didn't execute when put in position to win the game. Can't win them all, let's go get the next one.

Admins, please help Bobcat1998 adhere to his promises of being done and ban him. All in support of his proclamation.