What’s Worse?

Man our players are as hurt as ive ever seen a team. Any team in any sport.

 

Yeah im not on him at all. Hes giving 100% and in the face of the biggest [uck fay]ing ball hog in college basketball and the arguably the hottest player in the tourney

 

Team got [uck fay]ed. That is all.

 

I don't like the call in that spot but if the roles were reversed we would swear up and down that it was a foul. It's a real tough way to lose a lead with mere seconds left, we simply Tennessee'd it, like we always do.

 

He had to close hard, had to.

 

Edwards right heel hovering over the out of bounds line on that bullshit shot

 

Almost a 5 second, almost out of bounds, Turner almost avoided him entirely. Going to be talking about that foul and Cline for years to come.

 

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Damn, didn't realize it was that close.

 

Went back and watched highlights. Bad idea. Cline’s 3’s are enraging.

 

In case anyone wondered if we’re biased about the last call in regulation:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ftw.us...purdue-tennessee-foul-call-carsen-edwards/amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.jconline.com/amp/3306447002

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ftw.us...purdue-tennessee-foul-call-carsen-edwards/amp

 

I can handle a guy going off like that, but no excuse not to attack him on the offensive end to try to get number five. Pick him, drive on him, anything to try to get the guy off the floor.

 

I was/am admittedly drunk - but it seemed to me that on the review in question the ball hit the Purdue guy's leg. Which means not only did they give Purdue a free timeout they also ended up getting the call wrong.

Did I mis-see the ball hitting that dude's leg?

 

One angle showed it clearly did not hit his leg.

I’m not convinced, however, that it didn’t hit Edwards’s hand last before going out.

 

One angle showed what looked like a glancing blow and another looked like there was a foot of separation.

 

Barnes is bad, BAD, at adjusting to what is going on on the court in the heat of conflict.

He is George McClellan.

 

The idea that such a call could possibly happen against a Duke defender should make one giggle.

 

I think he puts a lot of trust in his players, and it’s a double-edged sword for him. Sometimes you just can’t trust them.

 

I wish he had trusted Grant enough to have him on the floor at the beginning of OT.

After the win over Gonzaga he made some quote about how, after we took the lead late, “I turned around and told the coaches if we could just somehow survive the next 3 minutes (I can’t remember the exact number) we would be ok.” Don’t remember the specifics, but I thought it was a really weird thing for a leader to say. I think it is more than just him trusting te players too much. I don’t think he thinks well in the heat of battle.

 

Grant was at the table early, but there wasnt a stop in play. I woulda played him. Thinking barnes assumed we would lose the tip and send him in after a defensive trip or 2.