(12-06-2017 11:17 PM)cmt Wrote: It was great for Josh to leave.
Tubby sounded like a nice replacement to get us back on track, retire, and we get another young, hungry coach in here.
How could Bowen or anybody know that Tubby had already retired? If we can't fire him, can we have him arrested for robbery or fraud or something?
Spot on. It was a decent idea, but it's not working.
So many people trying to offer insight by viewing a box score. Smh.
As somebody who watched that travesty first hand, let me clear the stadium full of straw men in here.
GT is playing at Wofford because Wofford is opening a brand new state of the art arena payed for and named after their alumni that owns the Carolina Panthers. In addition to fighting the Falcons for fans in Upstate SC, this is a big part of the reason the Panthers training camp is at Wofford's football stadium. It is a nice facility, particularly given what Wofford is. Wofford was willing to forego quite a bit of "paycheck road game" money to get home games at the new arena. UNC is playing at Wofford next year as well. And I suspect the place will be 50/50 baby blue, because GT fans were about 1 out of 5 of those at Wofford's place, and that's with GT having an obviously bad and depleted team.
GT was playing without Josh Okogie, their best player and a potential All-American caliber player. He has a broken finger which is also infected.
While GT didn't lose any elite players last year, they did lose Josh Heath, Quinton Stephens, and Corey Heyward who were all competent ball handlers even if they weren't good shooters. And Heyward was a legit ACC caliber defender, even if he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. And Stephens was a streaky shooter. While he wasn't reliable night in and night out, he could go off for 16+ if he got hot. They could all direct traffic and farm assists to Lammers/Okogie/Jackson. Well all the competent ball handlers not named Okogie and Jackson are now gone. And oh yeah, thanks to some really galling NCAA bull**** that I'm sure you're all aware of, Okogie hasn't played a game yet with GT this season and Jackson has only played three or four games now this season. Chemistry and experience built up with the team and it's experienced ball handlers and talented players so far this season: ZERO. There's a true freshman out there handling point every play for GT right now. Unless that true freshman is a NBA lottery pick (he aint) that's obviously not going to go well particularly early on.
Fletcher Magee for Wofford played out of his mind down the stretch. Every time Wofford desperately needed a three to stay within reach he would drill it. The basket Wofford made to tie the game with about 90 seconds left? He stopped, rolled back away and then pivoted and hit a fade away three from NBA range. The basket Wofford made to go ahead with about 50 seconds left? He was playing a screen that was damn near half way to mid court and he just shot it right there at the screen point -- with a taller defender in his face -- and drilled that too. That little b*stard couldn't miss down the stretch. He's a senior, they honored him that night, he has a chunk of the Wofford record books, and this was his Super Bowl, World Series, and March Madness all rolled into one.
GT was shooting hot all night and finally decided to go cold down the stretch at the precise time Magee couldn't miss anything he heaved up. Bad combination. Lammers is still getting over respiratory junk, so he was gassed at the end of the game. Okogie still out. That leaves either the true frosh at PG or a rusty Tadric Jackson to try to generate offense. The true frosh had gone cold and Tadric did hit some big shots but unlike Fletcher Magee he did still miss down the stretch some.
The indictment to be made against GT from this game is just how damn empty the talent cupboard is from Gregory and how Pastner hasn't been able to restock fast enough. Still waiting for some more lights out recruits Josh. GT needs at LEAST four or five more seriously talented players before this is anything other than a patchwork quilt barely holding together.
Next time just ask me instead of using the box score as an ink blot test to project your own agenda/bitterness/resentment onto.
(12-06-2017 08:57 PM)Davidofmtp Wrote: Tubby is bad but Josh is just Josh.
obsessing again i see. They have medical treatments for you affliction.
Plain and simple we won our last three games by a total of 5 points and lived on the FT line.
BTW it was a road game and Wofferd hit 12 shot from beyond that arch at a rate of 40%.
Under those same circumstance we would have lost by 20-25
Affliction???? Lol. That accusation from someone who has posters of Josh and a love doll inside his trailer. Always excuses for your love interest. I got bad news for you race boy, Josh is never coming to visit you ever again. You hate Tubby and I get it. However, you would have hated anyone who replaced Joshie. That is called obsession.
(12-09-2017 04:20 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote: So many people trying to offer insight by viewing a box score. Smh.
As somebody who watched that travesty first hand, let me clear the stadium full of straw men in here.
GT is playing at Wofford because Wofford is opening a brand new state of the art arena payed for and named after their alumni that owns the Carolina Panthers. In addition to fighting the Falcons for fans in Upstate SC, this is a big part of the reason the Panthers training camp is at Wofford's football stadium. It is a nice facility, particularly given what Wofford is. Wofford was willing to forego quite a bit of "paycheck road game" money to get home games at the new arena. UNC is playing at Wofford next year as well. And I suspect the place will be 50/50 baby blue, because GT fans were about 1 out of 5 of those at Wofford's place, and that's with GT having an obviously bad and depleted team.
GT was playing without Josh Okogie, their best player and a potential All-American caliber player. He has a broken finger which is also infected.
While GT didn't lose any elite players last year, they did lose Josh Heath, Quinton Stephens, and Corey Heyward who were all competent ball handlers even if they weren't good shooters. And Heyward was a legit ACC caliber defender, even if he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. And Stephens was a streaky shooter. While he wasn't reliable night in and night out, he could go off for 16+ if he got hot. They could all direct traffic and farm assists to Lammers/Okogie/Jackson. Well all the competent ball handlers not named Okogie and Jackson are now gone. And oh yeah, thanks to some really galling NCAA bull**** that I'm sure you're all aware of, Okogie hasn't played a game yet with GT this season and Jackson has only played three or four games now this season. Chemistry and experience built up with the team and it's experienced ball handlers and talented players so far this season: ZERO. There's a true freshman out there handling point every play for GT right now. Unless that true freshman is a NBA lottery pick (he aint) that's obviously not going to go well particularly early on.
Fletcher Magee for Wofford played out of his mind down the stretch. Every time Wofford desperately needed a three to stay within reach he would drill it. The basket Wofford made to tie the game with about 90 seconds left? He stopped, rolled back away and then pivoted and hit a fade away three from NBA range. The basket Wofford made to go ahead with about 50 seconds left? He was playing a screen that was damn near half way to mid court and he just shot it right there at the screen point -- with a taller defender in his face -- and drilled that too. That little b*stard couldn't miss down the stretch. He's a senior, they honored him that night, he has a chunk of the Wofford record books, and this was his Super Bowl, World Series, and March Madness all rolled into one.
GT was shooting hot all night and finally decided to go cold down the stretch at the precise time Magee couldn't miss anything he heaved up. Bad combination. Lammers is still getting over respiratory junk, so he was gassed at the end of the game. Okogie still out. That leaves either the true frosh at PG or a rusty Tadric Jackson to try to generate offense. The true frosh had gone cold and Tadric did hit some big shots but unlike Fletcher Magee he did still miss down the stretch some.
The indictment to be made against GT from this game is just how damn empty the talent cupboard is from Gregory and how Pastner hasn't been able to restock fast enough. Still waiting for some more lights out recruits Josh. GT needs at LEAST four or five more seriously talented players before this is anything other than a patchwork quilt barely holding together.
Next time just ask me instead of using the box score as an ink blot test to project your own agenda/bitterness/resentment onto.
Josh seems to be a perfect fit at Georgia Tech.
He was an okay fit here at Memphis for awhile but he was never an entrenched in with the fan base as it seems he is now at GT.