mjs
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You knew this was coming...
PTJR and LRTrojan. Those "tired legs" sure killed AppSt. Last time I fall for that "excuse".
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mjs
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RE: You knew this was coming...
To be serious, AppSt really impressed me. A bunch of really athletic, fearless kids, who are also good basketball players. Not sure how we stayed with them. Although if we had a point guard, who could work it inside to our big men, I'm also not sure how they stop us.
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RE: You knew this was coming...
Tired legs don’t affect you as much if you have a nine or ten man rotation, as opposed to Joe Foley’s five or six man rotation.
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2021 09:53 PM by LRTrojan.)
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mjs
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RE: You knew this was coming...
(03-09-2021 09:48 PM)LRTrojan Wrote: Tired legs don’t affect you as much if you have a nine or ten man rotation, as opposed to Joe Foley’s five or six man rotation.
App had basically a 6 man rotation against GaSt. They played 2 other guys, 3 minutes each. Against CC, the night before, all 5 starters played over 40 minutes. Apparently, depth was not their strength, but apparently conditioning was.
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03-09-2021 11:55 PM |
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mjs
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RE: You knew this was coming...
Coach Foley has said he won a National Title at Arkansas Tech with a 6 man rotation. The lack of numbers was not the problem for our girls. It was the fact that we lost 4 of our top 6 players to defections or injuries. If Joe had those 4 girls, plus Teal Battle and Caicedo, he may have won this thing playing with 6.
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03-10-2021 10:57 AM |
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RE: You knew this was coming...
Adapt & Overcome. He is great at preparing his players to be motivated & READY.
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03-10-2021 11:33 AM |
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RE: You knew this was coming...
(03-10-2021 10:57 AM)mjs Wrote: Coach Foley has said he won a National Title at Arkansas Tech with a 6 man rotation. The lack of numbers was not the problem for our girls. It was the fact that we lost 4 of our top 6 players to defections or injuries. If Joe had those 4 girls, plus Teal Battle and Caicedo, he may have won this thing playing with 6.
Some truth in what you say, but had he not lost those girls, they undoubtedly would have gotten the majority of the pt, he would have had a pretty good bench with the girls would became the starters when the others abdicated.
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2021 07:54 PM by LRTrojan.)
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RE: You knew this was coming...
(03-10-2021 07:50 PM)LRTrojan Wrote: (03-10-2021 10:57 AM)mjs Wrote: Coach Foley has said he won a National Title at Arkansas Tech with a 6 man rotation. The lack of numbers was not the problem for our girls. It was the fact that we lost 4 of our top 6 players to defections or injuries. If Joe had those 4 girls, plus Teal Battle and Caicedo, he may have won this thing playing with 6.
Some truth in what you say, but had he not lost those girls, they undoubtedly would have gotten the majority of the pt, he would have had a pretty good bench with the girls would became the starters when the others abdicated.
Question is would he have played those bench players without the injuries and defections. Joe just never plays a lot of girls. I assume that when he recruits them, he tells them they will have to "wait their turn". Obviously, we saw that some of those "bench warmers" have a lot of talent. But, they certainly didn't have the experience Joe believes they needed.
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