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Post by beaverbeliever71 on Dec 23, 2019 8:30:50 GMT -8
I usually try not to agree with Baseba!!! But his critiques of Tinkle are pretty spot on. I am so f%#*ing sick of watching him complain after Every. Single. Call. Then the players start looking towards the refs/sideline hoping for a bailout. Also I saw Hunt miss a 3 and immediately get pulled. Which I’ve seen in other games this year. That’s not gonna help a team struggling to hit shots if they’re gonna get pulled if they miss. And lastly I don’t see it with Lucas. Pure shooter supposedly but looks unathletic and smashed the side of the backboard on a spot up? If these are our recruiting wins I fail to see how we win 10 games next year. I’m usually not a sky is falling guy and don’t think Tinkle is GA level terrible by any stretch, but this doesn’t look good going forward to me Tinkle is hardly the only coach around to complain about calls.. let alone the only coach in the conference to do so.. Lucas was shooting 45%(still at 40% for the season) from 3 point land coming into game and your going to complain because one open shot he missed hit the side of the backboard? |
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Post by ochobeavo on Dec 23, 2019 9:11:02 GMT -8
I usually try not to agree with Baseba!!! But his critiques of Tinkle are pretty spot on. I am so f%#*ing sick of watching him complain after Every. Single. Call. Then the players start looking towards the refs/sideline hoping for a bailout. Also I saw Hunt miss a 3 and immediately get pulled. Which I’ve seen in other games this year. That’s not gonna help a team struggling to hit shots if they’re gonna get pulled if they miss. And lastly I don’t see it with Lucas. Pure shooter supposedly but looks unathletic and smashed the side of the backboard on a spot up? If these are our recruiting wins I fail to see how we win 10 games next year. I’m usually not a sky is falling guy and don’t think Tinkle is GA level terrible by any stretch, but this doesn’t look good going forward to me Tinkle is hardly the only coach around to complain about calls.. let alone the only coach in the conference to do so.. Lucas was shooting 45%(still at 40% for the season) from 3 point land coming into game and your going to complain because one open shot he missed hit the side of the backboard? Im sure you would have mad the shot and are more athletic than he is I think Lucas will be solid. But the issue for me still remains - other than Tres plowing into people for an and-1, I don't know who can create a shot for themselves off the dribble when 3's aren't falling. Maybe I'm overreacting to a brutal loss, but I feel like I've been saying this for the entire WT era. |
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Post by beaverstever on Dec 23, 2019 10:37:20 GMT -8
While it's only one (bad) loss, it's hard to have that game really depress any high hopes for this team. Similarly to the OU game, when it came to crunch time, the other team was the one that applies the pressure that pushed them into a run that decided the game. With OSU having a 1st team all-pac-12 player that is a Sr, you expect this team to be the one that has a go-to guy that can make those kinds of runs happen for us. Additionally, we have a 7 footer who is a great shot blocker that can change a game, but instead it was Nebo that decided this game on the defensive end. And we have one of our highest ranked guards recruited into the program in a long time that is a jr and will still just disappear any given game ... along with two other starters that will frequently bring nothing to the table on the offensive end.
At the end of the day, it just feels like the recipe for a mediocre team, not one that could slip into the tourney. I do still believe they have the potential, but until they figure out how to exert their will in crunch time against good teams, that potential is going to remain only that.
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Post by tnarg33 on Dec 23, 2019 11:07:59 GMT -8
I usually try not to agree with Baseba!!! But his critiques of Tinkle are pretty spot on. I am so f%#*ing sick of watching him complain after Every. Single. Call. Then the players start looking towards the refs/sideline hoping for a bailout. Also I saw Hunt miss a 3 and immediately get pulled. Which I’ve seen in other games this year. That’s not gonna help a team struggling to hit shots if they’re gonna get pulled if they miss. And lastly I don’t see it with Lucas. Pure shooter supposedly but looks unathletic and smashed the side of the backboard on a spot up? If these are our recruiting wins I fail to see how we win 10 games next year. I’m usually not a sky is falling guy and don’t think Tinkle is GA level terrible by any stretch, but this doesn’t look good going forward to me .. let alone the only coach in the conference to do so.. Lucas was shooting 45%(still at 40% for the season) from 3 point land coming into game and your going to complain because one open shot he missed hit the side of the backboard? But Tinkle is our coach and I hate that he does it. And sure while some coaches are even more demonstrative about it (Hurley), Tinkle does it at a volume that is unparalleled even when there is no reason for it. All the time. Every call. Show some mental toughness for Christ's sake and maybe the team will display some too. And Lucas's clanger off the side of the backboard was just an example, not the reason, that I don't see it with him. He actually reminds me of Reichle of the past two years where he has no confidence. I'm not claiming to be anything remotely resembling a D1 basketball player but I shoot 10x better when playing pick up if I know the guys I'm playing with because they know I can shoot. I go into a game where other guys are better than me and I haven't proven myself and the results are far worse. Confidence is huge for a shooter and right now I don't see him having that. I think a good contrast would be Tsakarakis. Equally not that athletic or good overall but that dude thought he was the best shooter on the planet and came in as a freshman and let it fly. Lucas to me looks like he is hesitant or unsure about his shots. Which sort of circles back to my example of Hunt getting pulled immediately after missing a 3 against A&M. Not the best way to instill confidence in your players. Which now has me thinking that all I really ever see Wayne do is harp on people. Harp on the refs, harp on the players. This current stream of consciousness has me in a real anti-Tinkle mood. Let's go Beavs, prove me wrong. |
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