Anas on the bench
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Brought him in pretty early for Ray though for some reason. Really giving Ray an earfull after that T.O.
Didn’t come help on drive when Sutton got beat. Just stood and watched!!! What a joke, 6th grade crap! Step over and draw a charge! SOFT!!!
There’s a little different mindset from David today. Once a player has been beaten on D or if they have failed to help, he’s made a sub. This should have been the way all along.
Noticed that. Agree, but too little, too late. DP should have used the bench as a motivator the entire season!
It’s never too late unless your season has ended...
Anas should see no more than 10 minutes a game. Anas more than anyone else on this team needed Rick's foot up his rear knee deep. Softest player at UofL I can remember since????
Agree. I think DP has a chance to be a very good coach someday. Needs an EKU type job and grow/learn from there.
I agree 100%. As a matter of fact I have heard that EKU will be making a change at season’s end. That would be an ideal spot for DP to learn and grow as a head coach.
As I often do, I gotta disagree with you. It is too late. Why? Because we could win out in the regular season and ACC tourney (and we know that won’t happen) and our seeding in both tourneys is pretty much already been decided.
With that being said, all the mistakes with the lineup and coaching that led to some of our losses have predetermined that we’ll get higher seeded competition in both tourneys. So it is too late and has killed any chance of success going forward.
Now, I’m still pulling hard for the guys but I’m just being realistic.
Hard to believe people don't understand that. In 5 or 6 years he might be the hot coaching prospect.
So you’re a pessimist.. partly cloudy instead of partly sunny.. ok chicken little!
“Might” is the big word! If he is so be it, but IMO DP has a lot of learning left. All the mistakes I saw at Duke the other night are hard to overlook. As I have said 100 times, I like DP but he doesn’t deserve this job at this time. Your first car usually isn’t a new Corvette!
He did not ask for the job he has. Remember he has not even been a mid to high level assistant coach and suddenly he is the head coach at a top program. Sure he has some talent but also some personnel weaknesses. How many low level assistants with no experience could take this team and win 20 games? Has he been extraordinary? Not really but why would anyone expect it?
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I think it's just about extended PT. In previous seasons he's been the back-up to Mathiang, Onuaku... now he's put in a spot to play more minutes than he's capable of playing. He's a limited role player.
He didn’t have to say “yes”, and accept that $900,000 salary. Don’t know why some rush to defend DP? He’s not 16, he turned 33 the other day. He’s a married MAN with a wife and kids. He is deserving of some criticism if he was willing to accept the responsibility of the position.
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My problem with Anas is he plays with no intensity. I talked to him down by the court before a game last year and asked him to get fired up and play hard. He just looked at me and started laughing. He just doesn't take the game very serious and doesn't care if he wins or loses.
Yeah he lacks intensity because if you came up and asked me that, I would punch your face.
More than likely you are both some story tellers.
NCAAcardfan ain't punching anybody in the face and Brookstreet didn't tell Anas to play hard prior to a game.
Looking forward to the next tale!!!
NCAAcardfan ain't punching anybody in the face and Brookstreet didn't tell Anas to play hard prior to a game.
Looking forward to the next tale!!!
I will gladly defend him from unreasonable criticism. Knowing a little about DP, I think he would prefer that the program was intact, he was still an assistant coach, and he did not have to deal with the pressure. Part of why he took the job was out of duty to the program. I have no doubt he is working as hard as he can to do a good job. He kept the program going for a year under the worst circumstances and that is all we could ask. I won't blame him for having the job since he did not really apply or lobby for it.
I have to believe his background is not one that caused him to develop a strong sense of competitiveness. I do think that is one risk associated with recruiting foreign players.
If you look at the intensity level between someone like Anas and Montrez Harrell it's not even close. If Anas played with the same intensity as Montrez did, he would be a first round pick in the NBA draft.
I don’t think anyone is advocating he get this job at this point. DP is capable of doing 200 Level work right now. But he’s in a doctorate level class. We’re getting what he’s capable of. He’s learning with a fire hose to his mouth at this point. This education by fire will do wonders for him down the road somewhere else. And maybe some day he can return here. I’m cheering for him!
I’m grateful for the job he’s done. But, I have grown tired of the local media and a portion of our fan base clammoring for him to be named permanent halfway through this season.
And, the Duke game. And I’m aware they are a very good team. But not only did his coaching prowess and lack of experience scream in that game but it exposed the entire staff IMO. It’s one thing to have your kids lay down, quit, not listen, etc., but the lack of adjustments in that game were glaring.
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It's impossible to make adjustments when the people you are instructing aren't doing what you tell them to do. Not make any excuses for Padgett, but in hindsight, with the news of his own personal issue (family member dying that day), and the kids not listening to anything because they just quit, it's difficult to hold him unconditionally responsible for the Duke outcome. Lots of things were against us that night including a really good Duke team who had their best player watching from the bench.
But 4 blocks a game is a good game for that statistic. 4 plays does not a good game make. He brings relatively nothing else to the table. Always going for the block he leaves his feet way too much. Therefore his defense suffers at times. He also doesn’t rebound well at all for a big man. And his scoring only comes around once ever 10 games or so. Your post may have been entirely sarcastic, but Mahmoud doesn’t give us enough in any other statistic outside of blocks to get the minutes he’s getting.
He is also a good passer from the top of the key. Only problem is, it is hard to make a pass if there is no movement by your teammates. Then he goes into the slow motion glide to the basket with the low percentage light touch shot that rolls around the rim forever. Guys like JJ and Trez would make a living on the put backs.
While I’m sure DP is a great guy let’s not put him up for sainthood just yet. He’s human, and while he cares about the program getting an opportunity to advance his career while tripling his salary were motivators too.
I'm not in DPs corner to be next coach but you better get ready for him to get the job. The calls are not being made by Vince Tyra on who the next coach or AD for that matter will be. They will give it to David, listen to the outcry of the fans, let it die down and move on with a small coaching salary to pay. Same goes for Tyra. Then the President. They know we will all get over it someday. If the gave a damn what we all think Tom Jurich would still be here.
Sainthood? Not at all what I said. I am just not going to blast him for not being Brad Stevens. Sure, it is fair to criticize his coaching but it is not his fault we are in this mess. I am already on record that we would have been better off with someone who had prior experience but DP is who was selected and while I don't support him being the permanent coach I will still not attack him. It was a bad situation and all in all he has represented the program pretty well.
Agree with a lot of your points but when a guy accepts the big-boy salary he opens himself up to be second guessed. Not attacked, but definitely second guessed, it comes with the territory.
EKU fired their coach this morning. Good spot for DP as I stated a few days ago!
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