Hard to blame coach Martin for A/M loss

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Now that the smoke has cleared, he can not get on the floor and box out for rebounds hustle or shoot free throws from the coaches area. The LSU win may have puffed up their heads:crazy:
 
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utfantilidie said:
Now that the smoke has cleared, he can not get on the floor and box out for rebounds hustle or shoot free throws from the coaches area. The LSU win may have puffed up their heads:crazy:
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The problem with that argument is that you're essentially freeing him of all blame in ANY loss, not just this one.

Because how the players play, in general, IS up to the coach. You coach hustle; you coach rebounding.

He deserves a lot of credit for wins and a lot of blame for losses. That's how this works.
 
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Typical bs from people who love CCM. If he had called time out immediately after in bounding the ball we get it basically at half court with time to set a play. That is coaching 101.
 
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feathersax said:
Is it true that CCM called only one time out the entire game?
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He left a boatload in his pocket at the end of the game. Barton also commented that he didn't know how much time was left after A & M's last shot and that there was no play called if they made a shot. That's 100% on the inept coaching staff. But, why should I be surprised.

Wes Rucker commented that it looked like no one wanted the ball down the stretch of that game. At some point, a head coach needs to pull his team together and talk to them. Martin didn't/can't do it for some reason. He also allowed the refs to call 7 offensive fouls on UT in the 2nd half. 7! I can see 3 or even 4, but at some point you have to fight for your team. That's pathetic.

That loss last night at home was inexcusable. I put it all on the coaching staff.
 
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When will some fans realize that coach Martin must be accountable for 2 1/2 years of mediaocra team play? I thought that it was his job to get team ready? Last coach did not have this problem and was a 2 seed in ncaa tournament after year 1. I guess it is not coach martins fault for anything.
 
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One thing that is incorrect is the idea he should have called a timeout. We were far more likely to get a good shot on the fly than with a set play off the inbounds, particularly on of his set plays.
 
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He's got the players, now it's time for him coach them up, or quit impersonating a SEC basketball coach, plain and simple.
 
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BOP said:
One thing that is incorrect is the idea he should have called a timeout. We were far more likely to get a good shot on the fly than with a set play off the inbounds, particularly on of his set plays.
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From my view, the game was lost long before the last minute. Effective coaching would have dealt with the runs by AM starting early in the second half. Pizz poor coaching!
 
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utfantilidie said:
Now that the smoke has cleared, he can not get on the floor and box out for rebounds hustle or shoot free throws from the coaches area. The LSU win may have puffed up their heads:crazy:
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He could put in his top five free throw shooters for the last seventeen seconds when an obvious foul is coming. He could call timeout with 4.4 seconds left after the shocking three to settle the team down and try to get a better shot than we actually put up. He can design a play where we don't throw the in bounds pass into the corner of the court into an automatic trap. He can call timeout at least once when they are making their run and get on some people to play with more intensity. He can develop some type trap to get the ball out of the players hand that kept making threes over and over. A lot of things he could have done as a coach. The players must execute better but you have to play the percentages down the stretch of a game.
 
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feathersax said:
Is it true that CCM called only one time out the entire game?
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He called the' use it or lose it' in the first half. He did not call another one until there was 36.9 seconds to go in the game. I know because I had lost it over him being a goofball by not stopping the aTm run one single time and making adjustments by calling TO. He then proceeded to not use the other 3 for the rest of the game.

This guy has been a HC on a high level for 6 years. He played the game in college and pros. There is no excuse for him being this inept.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
He could put in his top five free throw shooters for the last seventeen seconds when an obvious foul is coming. He could call timeout with 4.4 seconds left after the shocking three to settle the team down and try to get a better shot than we actually put up. He can design a play where we don't throw the in bounds pass into the corner of the court into an automatic trap. He can call timeout at least once when they are making their run and get on some people to play with more intensity. He can develop some type trap to get the ball out of the players hand that kept making threes over and over. A lot of things he could have done as a coach. The players must execute better but you have to play the percentages down the stretch of a game.
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Maymon is a 64.9% FT shooter. Not great, but not terrible. He should've made 1-2 at least based on his percentages. He didn't. FT's at that point in the game are about concentration. He was probably fatigued and just couldn't seal the deal.
 
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CCM didn't use his timeouts or work the refs at all. It wasn't his best coached game. He loses 3 or 4 key contributors this year, if he can't reach the tourney with this group then he's gonna have a hard time moving forward.
 
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Sounds like Martin's in-game coaching ability is about on par with Dooley's...........that's pretty scary.
 
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Just a few thoughts From what I watched. The Referee's were really blowing on the whistle far too much in the first half. There is going to be contact through out any basketball game. Swallow the whistle and let them play a little,geez! If I'm a recruit and SEC games are ref that way I wouldn't want to play in that conference. Early fouls on Stokes and Jordie Mac didn't help UT, and they never got their rhythm especially Stokes. For once I would love to see CCM get in the Refs face on calls that are questionable. I know it's not his style, but just once. A&M deserves credit for not giving up, so kudos for them battling like they did. They wanted it more. Unfortunately it's games like this and NC State that we may look back on if we don't make the dance. Must protect Home court at all cost.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
He could put in his top five free throw shooters for the last seventeen seconds when an obvious foul is coming. He could call timeout with 4.4 seconds left after the shocking three to settle the team down and try to get a better shot than we actually put up. He can design a play where we don't throw the in bounds pass into the corner of the court into an automatic trap. He can call timeout at least once when they are making their run and get on some people to play with more intensity. He can develop some type trap to get the ball out of the players hand that kept making threes over and over. A lot of things he could have done as a coach. The players must execute better but you have to play the percentages down the stretch of a game.
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Everything you just mentioned requires "coaching". Too bad we don't get that from this staff.
 
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