Pretty much agree will all this. I don't think any of us expected to win the games vs Kentucky, Florida and the better OOC teams. But, we shouldn't be losing to teams like AU (twice), the home game vs UGA and now the bad road loss at A&M. Folks complain about the free throw discrepancy and I agree somewhat but why in the world did we jack up 25 3s when we only made 4 of them? That's roughly 20 possessions we could've taken the ball to hoop and tried to draw a foul. That's the kind of coaching mistakes I didn't think we'd see in year 2. I'm not in the fire CAJ camp or even think he's on the hot seat but we've got to show major improvement next year. If we don't make the tournament next year the PTB may need to start re evaluating things..
You don't win many games in the NBA at the FT line but you win a great many them there in college. I won't evaluate CAJ until at least year 5. But in the meantime, he needs to develop his coaching strategy to fit the college game.
This was my biggest concern with his hire. I have always felt the best coaches were in college and the best players in the NBA. So much of the game at the NBA level is just letting your players do their thing not so much with the college game.
I have always believed players in HS can get by with their sheer raw ability lots of times. In college is where most players really learn the strategic side of basketball for the first time.
The turnover on the cross court pass by Key with less than a minute to go is emblematic of this.
There are some coaches out there who don't like teaching the fundamentals of the game rather expecting players to know that already. I hope CAJ is not one of those coaches.
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