Thug ball had me dying lol, he has ignored bacot pushing off for the 16 years he’s been at unc
I had to do it, pasting Gary’s tirade. Enjoy this masterpiece!!
...and welcome back to rewarding the goons.
This will be short,
to wit:
I'll start with the one consolation we can take moving forward,
i.e., literally EVERYTHING had to go their way in order to eke out an OT win, e.g.:
- us making unforced mistakes --- silly TOs, missing chippies, not making our normal FT pct
- us not finishing and/or not controlling rebounds thru the (CONSTANT and predicatble) hard contact
- them getting a ridiculous number of FTs, and making a ridiculous pct of those FTs
- incompetent and yes, one-sided "officiating", inventing fouls on us while enabling them to travel (hell, #43 did it twice in the same possession more than once, and pulled off a
piece de resistance 4-step paint finish) and commit offensive fouls pretty much at will, yet get to the line that ridiculous number of times.
BUT finally..... the ultimate factor was totally on US. The strategic approach to try to physically match up with them was ultimately counterproductive and played right into their hands. These guys were screaming to be SPED UP!!! They are NOT quick and are not especially good passers and the few times we did pressure them they did not respond well. Instead, we played at THEIR tempo (only 10 dadgummed transition points all game!) rather than forcing ours.
Anyway, all I can say is that while I'm thankful nobody associated with that program will ever coach here --- I'd prolly gouge my own eyes out rather than watch that fugly thug-ball --- I nonetheless just don't get letting them do their iso back-ins over and over (and over), when a healthy dose of 42 and 32 would've ruined their damned day...