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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Feb 24, 2019 19:58:33 GMT -6
His players hate him too from what I hear. So is AJ downgrading Williams or Coach P? How many and which players hate AJ? This stuff needs more info. By the way, the game is on rerun right now. Look at the U’s recruiting class and it’s not much of a mind bender.
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Post by easmus on Feb 24, 2019 20:37:25 GMT -6
I’m never going to complain going with Lamb down the stretch. She’s skilled and fearless. Nothing wrong with going to her at all in that situation particularly with the way she was going. That FT line elbow jumper is Chloe’s bread and butter. She had a great 4th quarter and I have no issue with that play. She also got hammered on her put back attempt and Sjerven didn’t crash the boards rather stayed out at top of key and watched. We didn’t shoot many FT and didn’t shoot them that well. Take those missed FT and Duffy missing those lane shots early in the 4th and it’s a different ending. But they don’t all go in and this could be a blessing so they don’t go into the SLT with a bunch of pressure of a long winning streak.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Feb 24, 2019 20:48:45 GMT -6
Completely agree. Duffy had two bunnies in the lane and I think two good looks at 3s, but at least one she usually hits, early in the 4th that would’ve been huge.
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Post by usdcoyote on Feb 24, 2019 21:04:26 GMT -6
His players hate him too from what I hear. So is AJ downgrading Williams or Coach P? How many and which players hate AJ? This stuff needs more info. By the way, the game is on rerun right now. I'm too old to have spoken to any current or recent players, I'm talking about Lavins recruits. AJ spent a lot of time talking bad about Lavin and Flynn and USD in general. I have no idea if he still does that about the current staff. I also have no idea how his players feel about him.
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Post by gopheryote on Feb 25, 2019 9:43:10 GMT -6
When you get to Lambs last shot, slow it down and watch closely. The very last shot. I never caught it during the game Wowza. I didn't agree with, but understood, the no-call at the end of regulation in SCSC. But this one was a roll-block to the knees. The ref right there even looked down at the defender and still swallowed the whistle. I didn't think the officials were bad, but they dictated the game in a specific way (they always do) which wasn't to USD's favor.
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Post by gopheryote on Feb 25, 2019 9:51:30 GMT -6
My two cents: Hats off to SDSU for executing in the 4th quarter. As for the Yotes, that 4th quarter was so uncharacteristic of everything we have seen this year (both from players and the coaches) that I am still scratching my head. Will a sequence of events like that happen again? Probably not. But we have played this team twice and had opportunities both times to blow them out in the 2nd half, and both times we went away from what we had done almost all year. In Vermillion, I gave some credit to AJ's changes. Yesterday wasn't even a result of SDSU playing awesome, but more USD falling asleep. (This isn't a group that will normally leave Guebert wide open 4 times in a row.)
Disappointing and unnecessary loss, but I think we all knew the intangibles were not in our favor. The bubble still looks very weak for middle-of-the-road P5 teams, but it will be interesting to see where Charlie Crème has the teams placed this week.
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Post by kiyoat on Feb 25, 2019 10:38:01 GMT -6
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Post by easmus on Feb 25, 2019 11:02:07 GMT -6
When you get to Lambs last shot, slow it down and watch closely. The very last shot. I never caught it during the game Wowza. I didn't agree with, but understood, the no-call at the end of regulation in SCSC. But this one was a roll-block to the knees. The ref right there even looked down at the defender and still swallowed the whistle. I didn't think the officials were bad, but they dictated the game in a specific way (they always do) which wasn't to USD's favor. In both games the refs swallowed the whistle during final seconds of the game. If we get round 3 and SDSU gets the final shot and they call a foul I won’t be a happy camper.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Feb 25, 2019 11:18:28 GMT -6
I don’t think it’ll come down to a final shot if we’re lucky enough to get a Round 3. As Goph said above, there have been two games this season where they really should’ve been able to wring their bunny necks early in the second half and let them live.
I feel like they’re learning what it’s going to take and will be a slightly different, more focused team come SLT time.
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Post by gopheryote on Feb 25, 2019 12:16:00 GMT -6
When you get to Lambs last shot, slow it down and watch closely. The very last shot. I never caught it during the game Wowza. I didn't agree with, but understood, the no-call at the end of regulation in SCSC. But this one was a roll-block to the knees. The ref right there even looked down at the defender and still swallowed the whistle. I didn't think the officials were bad, but they dictated the game in a specific way (they always do) which wasn't to USD's favor. I'm willing to admit when I was wrong, and with a new angle (below in the tweet), I can now see it wasn't a roll-block. The defender clearly hit Lamb up high first, and then rolled down on her knees. Maybe that isn't a flag? Not sure I know all the blocking rules. (However, in basketball, it is still an obvious foul.)
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Post by Yotes on Feb 25, 2019 17:54:43 GMT -6
Something I keep coming back to, especially following this game, is the question of what sdsu is going to do next year? Is there anyone waiting in the wings? Miller and Guebert scored over half their team's points between the two State-U games (92/180), and had just 3 bench points yesterday (a desperation three at that). Maybe I'm just spoiled by the high level of play here but they seem poised for a giant step back.
I also can't help but look at USD and wonder what next year could be like. I'll enjoy this season, but returning every single player except A. Arens should make for one downright terrifying squad.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Feb 25, 2019 18:10:27 GMT -6
I'm not saying they won't recover but I don't think their fans really truly understand how much they're going to miss those two next year. It's going to be a rude awakening.
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Post by kiyoat on Feb 25, 2019 18:49:28 GMT -6
Definitely a step back in their guards. Even in games when Macy wasn’t the high scorer, she had a huge impact every time she was on the court IMO. Larson and Selland have developed into an excellent duo, but they are both essentially “stretch-fours” I think. So no dominant Center, no dominant guards, ... I’m sure they will still be good by Summit standards, but not anywhere close to SDSU standards.
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Post by kiyoat on Feb 25, 2019 18:57:28 GMT -6
I could maybe see Burchhart (sp?) develop. She’s only a freshman. But again, a forward. Irwin has been good at times, but not consistent. Same with Riley C-J.
There is a noticeable drop off this year when the starters aren’t out there. You can say the same about most teams, but the Coyotes have been able to go 3 or 4 deep into the bench without much drop off. That used to be true of the Jacks in the past as well.
Just my opinion.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Feb 25, 2019 19:07:11 GMT -6
They make so much happen and demand so much attention that it's going to be impossible to replace both of them. Selland and Larson are going to be very good next season, but you're talking about losing two all-time greats that both completely change the shape of defenses simply by being on the floor. The voids they leave will go beyond the 30 a night they're giving them. It's going to be a huge adjustment for everybody associated with that program next season.
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