(03-07-2021 09:53 PM)kevster Wrote:  

(03-07-2021 09:39 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  Sloppy sloppy sloppy. Some of the things I saw reminded me of the Bartow years. Didn’t seem like the players played nearly as hard for Shay. All the new players might be the reason? Not sure. Disappointed in how the season turned out. We seemed to hit our peak midway through and then get worse. We’ll see how many players hit the portal. Really hope to see Monsanto in an ETSU uniform next season.

Agreed, Fan. Several things reminded me of the Bartow years. My questions:

1. When you're down by a bunch with 4 minutes to go, why do you hold the ball for 30 seconds every time down the court, then heave a prayer before (or after) time expires? Instead of having possibly 8 or 10 possessions, you've limited yourself to 4, meaning you're counting on stopping the other's team offense every time down the floor, and counting on hitting a bucket every time you go down the court.

2. Why are there so many individual players, with no team philosophy? This is what made me a Bartow "hater" the first time I saw him coach. There was no team. It was all individuals.

3. Why are so many people saying ETSU did better than expected this year? Was everyone expecting a 500 season, even with all the cupcakes to start the season?

Maybe I'm missing something. I've been an ETSU fan for a lot of decades now, but other than the Bartow years (which I've tried to erase from memory), I can't remember a team that seemed to lack so many fundamentals.