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Churches must be full today.

4-0 UAB

Anyone have a streaming link?

You don't want to see it.

Same ole ****. UAB starts out hot. Then panics when they realize the other team came to play.

We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

(02-26-2017 01:17 PM)jthrashr Wrote:  Anyone have a streaming link?

Been trying to find one. Can't unless you know someone with Cox, Optimum, Buckeye, Frontier, or WOW providers. For some reason those are the only ones that allow online streaming of CBSSN.

I use Sling TV and it isn't offered through them. So I'm listening only today

great first 5 minutes...thats it

Bryant and Hurtado better be ready to play because our back court is mediocre on their good days. Lee and Cokley aren't perfect but they deserve a better supporting cast. High major forwards playing with low to mid major guards.

You have to want to play defense. We play flat footed, hands by our side with zero energy and desire. That's 100% coaching. They accept that level of effort.

It's not the "mid-major guards" its the Jr. high level coaching that gets us.

Cokley and Lee not even trying to box out. Blame the coach all you wish, but that is on the players.

(02-26-2017 01:39 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Cokley and Lee not even trying to box out. Blame the coach all you wish, but that is on the players.

The coaches allow them to stay on the floor. You have to send a message that you will not accept that level of effort. All it takes is effort to box out. No talent is necessay.

I'm a little surprised we are only down four.

(02-26-2017 01:22 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

That's a loaded comment.

Do you mean that our coaching won't be to the level we expect until year 3 or that our junior class is pulling the team down?

(02-26-2017 01:42 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:22 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

That's a loaded comment.

Do you mean that our coaching won't be to the level we expect until year 3 or that our junior class is pulling the team down?

Both.

(02-26-2017 01:43 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:42 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:22 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

That's a loaded comment.

Do you mean that our coaching won't be to the level we expect until year 3 or that our junior class is pulling the team down?

Both.

Fair enough. I think our juniors are a talented group...Haase just seemed to be able to squeeze more out of them than Ehsan has been able to.

Don't know if that was motivation or game-planning and managing. Maybe it's a combo of those things, too.

(02-26-2017 01:43 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:42 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:22 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

That's a loaded comment.

Do you mean that our coaching won't be to the level we expect until year 3 or that our junior class is pulling the team down?

Both.

So basically you're saying Lee and Cokely are the two players bringing the entire team down.

anybody else having trouble posting?
its taken me about 6 minutes to get this post to go through

Only won one game this year when trailing at the half.

(02-26-2017 01:31 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  It's not the "mid-major guards" its the Jr. high level coaching that gets us.

Not saying the coaching is good. I said earlier this season there has been no fundamental defense taught at UAB since Haase arrived. We won with talent, namely Robert Brown and William Lee. Cokley could also play at a lot of high majors. Norton is solid. If Haase and Ehsan had recruited two more quality guys in the backcourt, we could still win this league even with the ****** coaching.

Haase and Ehsan brought in good enough players early to get us to the 2nd round of the NCAA's. The last two classes haven't been good enough to cover for the lack of development and poor game coaching.

Another Robert Brown and a good PG (in addition to Norton) would have made up for a lot of dumb.

(02-26-2017 01:47 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:43 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:42 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(02-26-2017 01:22 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  We are not going to have a good team until this junior class is gone.

That's a loaded comment.

Do you mean that our coaching won't be to the level we expect until year 3 or that our junior class is pulling the team down?

Both.

Fair enough. I think our juniors are a talented group...Haase just seemed to be able to squeeze more out of them than Ehsan has been able to.

Don't know if that was motivation or game-planning and managing. Maybe it's a combo of those things, too.

They are talented. But for whatever reason, they are not consistent. They don't play hard all the time, and they don't want to play defense unless it is blocking a shot.