Tell Me Again How Pearl Can't Coach

#76
#76
BasketVolKid said:
didn't see that one... hilarious.
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He can't run a half-court offense well, because I'm not sure he ever has.

If he isn't a motivator, he's nothing. He did a lot with very little in his first years here. Once he got players, he tried to change it up. Our game slowed down, we didn't press nearly as often, and our production suffered.

Look at USI and UW-M. The guy knows how to win when he plays his style.

I'm not denying our half-court offense is terrible, but the guy knows what he's doing, if he'd stick to it.

If he wants to slow down, we need to hire assistants that excel at it. Otherwise, stick with the style he brought in.

Being a negative nancy doesn't make you smart. You can be a jerk and be right, but if you're wrong, you're just a jacka**.

I'm going to assume that the "Kid" in your name is correct. Think rather than jump on the Pearl Sucks bandwagon. Presenting opinion and fact is one thing, but simply putting people down isn't what I'd call debate.
 
#77
#77
Smitty9215 said:
Sigh,

Memphis two years ago.
Florida, several time.

We came back on Kansas last year late.
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Let's see. Against Memphis two years ago and against Florida in their heyday, we had Lofton and JaJuan Smith throwing up those threes, and that went a long way towards putting a bandage on it. Pearl still runs the offense the same way even though he hasn't been able to bring in anybody who can shoot nearly as well as those two. It's laughable that you'd even mention tightening up the score some in garbage time of a blowout.

Nobody wants to slow the game down and play old-school Dean Smith basketball. I don't have a problem with playing an up-tempo transition game. But you will run into teams, especially in the tournament, who will be able to slow down the tempo and force you to play a halfcourt game sometimes. And by and large Pearl's teams don't do much in the halfcourt offense beyond dribble it around for awhile and then throw up a three. There's just no way that you're going to win four or five games in a row in the NCAA tournament like that.

Which is not to say that I want Pearl to be fired. I just expect him to fix these obvious, glaring flaws. Or at the very least, if this is his "offense" and this is who he is, I expect him to bring in some shooters like Lofton and Smith who can knock down more of those threes.
 
#78
#78
jwells said:
He can't run a half-court offense well, because I'm not sure he ever has.

If he isn't a motivator, he's nothing. He did a lot with very little in his first years here. Once he got players, he tried to change it up. Our game slowed down, we didn't press nearly as often, and our production suffered.

Look at USI and UW-M. The guy knows how to win when he plays his style.

I'm not denying our half-court offense is terrible, but the guy knows what he's doing, if he'd stick to it.

If he wants to slow down, we need to hire assistants that excel at it. Otherwise, stick with the style he brought in.

Being a negative nancy doesn't make you smart. You can be a jerk and be right, but if you're wrong, you're just a jacka**.

I'm going to assume that the "Kid" in your name is correct. Think rather than jump on the Pearl Sucks bandwagon. Presenting opinion and fact is one thing, but simply putting people down isn't what I'd call debate.
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u r so wrong.

if what you say is true... why was the lofton, jajuan, and dane teams BETTER AT PRESSURE DEFENSE than these last 2 years?

he recruited everyone on the floor last year and this year... and they CAN'T PRESS. he admits it himself!
 
#79
#79
Smitty9215 said:
Where you are missing everything is, we have played and won big games in the half court.

I am sure you all won't be happy until Pearl is gone and Phil Jackson is the coach.
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show me what big games we've won without lofton and jujuan shooting lights out from 3?
 
#80
#80
BasketVolKid said:
u r so wrong.

if what you say is true... why was the lofton, jajuan, and dane teams BETTER AT PRESSURE DEFENSE than these last 2 years?

he recruited everyone on the floor last year and this year... and they CAN'T PRESS. he admits it himself!
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Another assumption, but I imagine you haven't taken speech class in high school, yet.

You don't argue oranges in an apple debate. I honestly have no idea what to say here, because your argument makes so little sense.

I didn't argue anything about why Lofton & co were better at pressure defense.

What I did argue is that he has moved away from pressure defense to try to fit into something he's not.

I'm not very good at math...for that reason, I don't teach it.

Stick with what you're good at. He's proven he can get the most out of his players when he plays his style.
 
#82
#82
BasketVolKid said:
show me what big games we've won without lofton and jujuan shooting lights out from 3?
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What games do many teams win when the 3-ball isn't falling?

It's called balance. It's like running to open up the pass in football. When you don't have balance, defense gets very easy.
 
#86
#86
BasketVolKid said:
dude... its pointless to try and use logic to those in love with bruce pearl. they think we've never been to the tourney before... we've never won the sec before. they use the 24 hour #1 ranking as their "ultimate, undisputed, crushing argument" that CBP is god. they can't spell flex... or 1-2-1-1. they don't know what jump to the ball means. they think post play is people joking around on volnation. and they don't think CBP should be able to get his players to train, or play D... and if he can't or won't coach effort... that's ok with them. cuz if he left... we'd never go to the tourney again.

oh yeah... and it's not CBP fault we've had TEN players dismissed or suspended under his watch in 4.5 years.
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You sure make it easy to laugh at you.
 
#88
#88
jwells said:
What games do many teams win when the 3-ball isn't falling?

It's called balance. It's like running to open up the pass in football. When you don't have balance, defense gets very easy.
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how about a national championship...

kansas vs memphis....

3-PT FGS: 3-12, .25 (B Rush 0-2, M Chalmers 2-6, S Collins 1-4)

25% from 3 isn't exacly lighting it up.

but being 26-43 (60%) from 2 sure helps.
 
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#90
#90
BasketVolKid said:
how about a national championship...

kansas vs memphis....

3-PT FGS: 3-12, .25 (B Rush 0-2, M Chalmers 2-6, S Collins 1-4)

25% from 3 isn't exacly lighting it up.

but being 26-43 (60%) from 2 sure helps.
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That would be a good argument if Memphis hadn't gone 6-22 from 3 and 25-62 from inside the arc. Oh, and 12-19 from the charity stripe.

Memphis' own idiocy helped Kansas to a win.

I can assure you that had this not been the National Championship, the Jayhawks would have talked about how they had to hit the 3 better if they wanted to win.
 
#91
#91
Vercingetorix said:
This is his opportunity to prove a lot of people, me included, wrong. Obviously we need a considerably bigger sample size than one game against an A10 opponent.

Beating Charlotte shorthanded doesn't mean he's a good coach. Losing to Kansas shorthanded won't mean he's a terrible coach either. Let's see how he does when he gets into the SEC schedule.
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I've watched UT BB since 1968 and I don't hesitate to say that BP is the best BB coach we've had since then. I don't understand why some of our so called fans think that every time we lose a game we need to change coaches.
 
#93
#93
junebug said:
I've watched UT BB since 1968 and I don't hesitate to say that BP is the best BB coach we've had since then. I don't understand why some of our so called fans think that every time we lose a game we need to change coaches.
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I don't see people calling for a coaching change. What I see is people frustrated with Pearls inability or unwillingness to address the problems that will not allow the team to progress further.
 
#94
#94
jwells said:
That would be a good argument if Memphis hadn't gone 6-22 from 3 and 25-62 from inside the arc. Oh, and 12-19 from the charity stripe.

Memphis' own idiocy helped Kansas to a win.

I can assure you that had this not been the National Championship, the Jayhawks would have talked about how they had to hit the 3 better if they wanted to win.
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memphis couldn't shoot free throws all year... granted.

point is... KU won the most important game of the year by making only 3-12 3 point shots. they must've been doing SOMETHING right.

maybe its because they shot great inside the arc... maybe its cuz they played great half court D... maybe its cuz the memphis players weren't that smart and couldn't make free throws.

point is... KU won the biggest game of the year making 3 from beyond.
 
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