Emit Remmus said:As much as I hate the f'ing RTD...that wasn't so bad
After David Schneider hit 1 of 2 free throws with 3.1 seconds left to put William and Mary up by three, Larry Sanders took the inbounds pass at the half-court circle and fired off a quick pass to Ed Nixon, the Rams' hottest hand, where a wide-open 3-pointer and trip to overtime was waiting.
Nixon, who led the Rams with a career-high 18 points in 28 minutes as a reserve, got the call for what would have been the game-tying shot, but it didn't fall.
Rambunctious said:Other than the error at the beginning of the article there was nothing wrong with it. The story of the game was that we had a big lead and yes, we squandered it mightily. Of course it had something to do with W&M. But let's be serious here, we have better, more athletic players and we should have won the game. Coach Smart was outcoached by Shaver in the 2nd half. They went from 16 down to the lead and we didn't make a single, visible defensive adjustment.
Rambunctious said:Alternate a 2-3 and man-to-man on successive trips down the court. Extend the 2-3 to be more aggressive on the perimeter. Try 1-3-1 halfcourt trap versus a full court trap which lead to easy perimeter shots - - this would have extended the halfcourt offense some. Get out of a man-to-man D when they are killing you with backdoor cuts. Don't press every trip down the court (where our guys tired?). Call additional timeouts and coach.
These are a just a few suggestions. Instead we saw nothing different to make W&M think and break their rhythm. Maybe I am the only one that sees so few adjustments being made. Overall I like Smarts style of play, but the team's discipline (note Brad's late fouls and Joey's oop) and game management is not there yet.
Mistachill said:Alternating defense like you're suggesting would've probably caused more confusion on our end than affect W&M. And don't you think we needed those timeouts late in a close game? You can't press every trip down anyway when you're only shooting 35%.
Again, we lost by one point and shot 35% from the field and 27% from three point range and you blame the defense?????
A coach can only do so much. Is it Coach Smart's fault Joey threw that alley opp? Was Joey a prime time point guard before Coach Smart got here and only NOW he's making plays like that?
It sounds like you expect Coach Smart to be Houdini and preform magic tricks from the sidelines. Maybe we don't play those defenses well and Coach Smart decided to win or lose doing what we do best. At some point its the players responsibility to execute.
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