State vs UGA basketball thread...

[HoopsDawg]

I agree. I don't Understand the Holman minutes being anywhere near Woodard's. It makes no sense

Woodard still managed to lead us in rebounds despite significantly less minutes than our 5 starters.

[CadaverDawg]

Woodard still managed to lead us in rebounds despite significantly less minutes than our 5 starters.

Meanwhile Aric blocked out nobody all night. So frustrating.

[Ari Gold]

Holman played well at Arky. He didn’t tonight
No one really did tonight except Q .. Perry and Ado both played well
I’m not as worried about the minutes Holman gets, More concerning is Lamar.. 5 points and 5 dimes his last 2 games and we actually won both .. also his body language tonight was terrible .
He needs to get right and get right quick

[HoopsDawg]

I'm not a big fan of Q at the point. He's a phenomenal scorer but he makes lazy passes all the time. He threw away two balls under the 5 minute mark tonight. Q is our best offensive player he's just not our best PG. Probably 4th best at that position behind Peters, Nick, Carter.

It's not so much him running the point as it is getting him the ball up top in the half court. Peters played 30 minutes tonight. I'm not so sure he deserved it.

Here's a combo I would love to see much more of: Carter, Q, Woodard, Perry and Ado. Just didn't see it at all tonight.

[Ari Gold]

I'm not a big fan of Q at the point. He's a phenomenal scorer but he makes lazy passes all the time. He threw away two balls under the 5 minute mark tonight. Q is our best offensive player he's just not our best PG. Probably 4th best at that position behind Peters, Nick, Carter.

It’s not so much Q at the point
It’s getting the ball in his hands at the point to use the high ball screens

[Dawgcap]

It?s not like we played great in the first half .. we scored 11 points the last 2 minutes or so to get the 11 point lead
Why does it matter if he said that.. my guess is it did have some effect on our play..

I wasn?t dogging him as a coach but at the same time don?t blame a situation like travel on poor shooting and not blocking out. We won a game that we should of won big. Didn?t play great but I think travel wasn?t the issue no more than being at home and having lapses We have a talented team who don?t play together at times. Call it like it is. So travel and hotels affected everyone but Q? Look it may have made a difference but I don?t think a coach should make excuses for players like this. Then they have reasons instead of holding themselves accountable.

[mstatefan91]

Exactly. Datcher is better and he doesn?t set moving screens and makes freethrows as well.

I know this was during the flow of the game but I've seen Datcher set many a moving screen since he's been here. But he has not done anything this season since the early non-con games. I have been surprised that 22 gets those minutes instead... though he gets very few as well.

[mstatefan91]

I wasn?t dogging him as a coach but at the same time don?t blame a situation like travel on poor shooting and not blocking out. We won a game that we should of won big. Didn?t play great but I think travel wasn?t the issue no more than being at home and having lapses We have a talented team who don?t play together at times. Call it like it is. So travel and hotels affected everyone but Q? Look it may have made a difference but I don?t think a coach should make excuses for players like this. Then they have reasons instead of holding themselves accountable.

I think Howland was just pleased that we won the game and was talking in general.. not necessarily making excuses.. but keep on keeping on

[RougeDawg]

I don't know when the team flew to Athens, but travel delays this time very well could have been due to weather. The line of storms that came through today were pretty fierce, and the line is still going through Atlanta and Athens now.

Our asshat excuse of the GTR airport does not help matters.

Isn?t this the 2nd time in a couple months we have had travel royally f*cked up? Bowl game was a disaster of travel.

From Bracky Fife allowing what he is and has, to our 1980?s pre internet travel agent, we have no recourse for those who make fun of our athletic department.

[Dawg61]

Carter, Q, Woodard, Perry and Ado. Just didn't see it at all tonight.

That's the exact combo that went on a 23-1 run vs Arkansas and totally kicked their ass. Once again we see Howland is either too stubborn to go to it again, too loyal to certain players (most likely this one) or he's too blind to recognize it. I really like Howland but this shit drives me crazy with him. How can he not try that same 5 lineup for at least a couple minutes tonight after it was so effective vs Arkansas??

[Dawg61]

Our asshat excuse of the GTR airport does not help matters.

Not much anyone can do about this one unless you've got an extra $10 billion burning in your pockets to spend on a state of the art airport. Good luck getting serious airlines to commit a fleet of planes to a greater metro area of 100k people though.

[mstatefan91]

That's the exact combo that went on a 23-1 run vs Arkansas and totally kicked their ass. Once again we see Howland is either too stubborn to go to it again, too loyal to certain players (most likely this one) or he's too blind to recognize it. I really like Howland but this shit drives me crazy with him. How can he not try that same 5 lineup for at least a couple minutes tonight after it was so effective vs Arkansas??

Howland is a match up coach. He will pick the players that he thinks matches up best with the other team's lineups regardless of how some of those players have played lately. Right or wrong. That's what he does..

[mstatefan91]

Our asshat excuse of the GTR airport does not help matters.

Isn?t this the 2nd time in a couple months we have had travel royally f*cked up? Bowl game was a disaster of travel.

From Bracky Fife allowing what he is and has, to our 1980?s pre internet travel agent, we have no recourse for those who make fun of our athletic department.

Shit not that long.. Happened to the women going to TAMU.. they took care of business tho

[Dawgcap]

I think Howland was just pleased that we won the game and was talking in general.. not necessarily making excuses.. but keep on keeping on

If that’s the case I was out of line. I just meant if he was using that as an excuse I don’t agree.

[Ari Gold]

I think Howland was just pleased that we won the game and was talking in general.. not necessarily making excuses.. but keep on keeping on

Oh don’t worry.. they will find something else . I’m just glad we have finally moved passed him not taking off his jacket bitching...

[Dawgcap]

Oh don’t worry.. they will find something else . I’m just glad we have finally moved passed him not taking off his jacket bitching...

Dude I have been on your side about bitching but I took it that he was making excuses for lackadaisical play at times.

[Dawg61]

Oh don’t worry.. they will find something else . I’m just glad we have finally moved passed him not taking off his jacket bitching...

Howland was all over the refs to get that Tech called at the end of the game. He's shown a lot more fire/intensity than he did his first year here when I think he was still walking on egg shells a little bit from getting fired by UCLA. His in-game demeanor no longer bothers me because I think he's more intense/into the games than he was the first season here.

[Dawg61]

Howland is a match up coach. He will pick the players that he thinks matches up best with the other team's lineups regardless of how some of those players have played lately. Right or wrong. That's what he does..

I'm sure this is what he'd say too but I'm not sure I believe it because he woulda started the same 5 vs any team tonight regardless of matchups.

[mstatefan91]

I'm sure this is what he'd say too but I'm not sure I believe it because he woulda started the same 5 vs any team tonight regardless of matchups.

But there is absolutely no way for you to know that....

[HoopsDawg]

But there is absolutely no way for you to know that....

I guess I will just have to root for foul trouble again to get our best 5 on the court.