Last night was an utterly ridiculous performance. Period. And you can apply that across the board- out-coached, out-hustled, out-shot, out-rebounded (after first 7 or 8 minutes), out everything. but most notably- out-smarted, pun definitely intended. Pathetic.
The 3 biggest things I took from last night were this: First, Larry crushed us last night. What a terrible performance, and the least intelligent game he has ever played. We are in trouble if he continues down this path, and if he doesn't change his attitude, he belongs on the pine with Saintil & Skeen taking the minutes. Second, there was ZERO team last night. Zero. We had 10 or 11 heroes, and it all added up to a big fat ZERO. And third, and lastly, why is it that every time someone on this team gets hot, Smart yanks them right out of the game? And why is it that EVERY SINGLE time that we go on a run, or even a mni-run (all he will allow), he pulls the whole damned team, and replaces them. Then when the originals come back in, they are ice cold. ie... B-Rozz last night. I've never seen a guy get that hot, and get yanked. Coach took him out of the game, almost single-handedly. He was never the same. No on on this team can even remotely get comfortable with the current rotation.
I know we are all easy when we are winning, and sure- it's easy to get upset when we lose. Our record is still solid. But we are now 1-2 in CAA play, and already in trouble- conference wise. A lot of hard work in achieving this record is for naught. And anyone who knows anything about college basketball has been seeing this coming on. Well, last night was the culmination. The sub patterns have gotten worse and worse, and it may be somewhat justifiable when you're playing Bethune Cookman, or even a Towsen, with a big lead. But last night was the real deal. The big leagues. And the coach got his A$$ handed to him. I hope this will be a lesson.
For the record.... I thought Joey was a serious stud last night. He gave it everything he had, and if they all played like him.... we win that one. He is a team player right now. Don't know about several of the others.