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@Fresno St
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kdwrightuwyo
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Man, we need a 300lb Right Tackle to come play ball for us, too! Dude is slow, but has pushed all our guys around all damn game.
ItSucksToBeACSURam
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One of the worst 2 game stretches I've ever seen from JMac... he does not look engaged in the slightest...
ItSucksToBeACSURam
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Apparently if you watch inside Wyoming basketball Edwards explains the logic of starting inferior players over your best. Makes no sense to me but I'm not the coachAdv8RU12 said:
ItSucksToBeACSURam
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3-13 and 10 total points by JMac our last two contests. That is not good. I really thought come conference he'd put this team on his back and carry the load. It couldn't be further from the truth. He has shrunk and looks like a freshman playing his first conference games. It's been hard to watch at times. By no means has this been all his fault but damn. It's been a rough stretch for JMac
ItSucksToBeACSURam
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Well no one really plays like they want to win so maybe that's the message from the top down...Adv8RU12 said:
FarmerPoke
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Was only able to catch about the last 6 or so minutes of the game when I got home tonight, and unfortunately, I don't have a single positive to take from the stretch that I watched. Ugly, ugly basketball.
ItSucksToBeACSURam
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I am beginning to agree. This team is so Jekyll and Hyde it's insane.Wyo2dal said:
NowherePoke
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ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
I can't decide which is more Jekyll and Hyde, the team or this board. Here is what I have learned from recent game threads:
We need more Naughton
Naughton is getting worked
Gorski sucks
Gorski is the only player contributing
Kelley should be playing D2
Kelley is the only one hitting clutch shots
James needs to play more
James is killing the team with mental errors
More Dalton!
Dalton isn't playing well
We have a ton of talent
We don't match up athletically with Fresno
Anyway, you get the idea. I am kind of mocking our reactions, but in all seriousness I think it highlights the main issue with our team in that we don't really have an identity or a core rotation. You just never know what you are going to get from game to game.
In a vacuum, losing at Fresno in a game that was close until the last couple of minutes isn't a big problem. They aren't going to lose many MWC games at home (they already beat Nevada there). The bigger issue is that we don't really seem to be improving as a team and that is concerning both for this season and long term under the new coaching staff.
The loss to UNLV was WAY worse than tonight. UNLV sucks. Fresno might win the the MWC.
Pokes still have a chance to get to .500 in conference play and maybe get to 20 wins. Need to regroup and get back to sharing the basketball and defending hard. All is not lost, but if they don't get their shit together soon they are going to live down to the preseason prognostications.
JMac is a role player trying to be the guy. He's forcing too much instead of letting the game come to him. He really needs James, Dalton, and/or Adams out there with him to take the pressure off. Herndon is a role player as well, but at least he acts like it most of the time which is why he's been efficient this year.ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
kdwrightuwyo
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McManimal also is not a shot creator...he needs an open look to hit his shots. He really hasn't had any. Teams know this and have locked him down.
We didn't play our best, but the Fresno defense was tough last night. We got very few open shots, let alone passes. Fresno played the tightest D against our team that I've seen...all five being pesky and in their face the entire game. We need to lock down like they were.
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We didn't play our best, but the Fresno defense was tough last night. We got very few open shots, let alone passes. Fresno played the tightest D against our team that I've seen...all five being pesky and in their face the entire game. We need to lock down like they were.
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LanderPoke
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DIng Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!! What the hell is Edwards thinking?Adv8RU12 said:
Edwards has got to find a way to get James, our best player, more minutes. It blows my mind. Fucking start him!!
LanderPoke
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I think these teams are evenly matched, but them being at home pushed them over the edge. They got some home cooking.
The fact that we can't rebound with their bigs was the deciding factor.
JMac has got to show up. I never thought I'd say this, but Gorski was our best player last night.
The fact that we can't rebound with their bigs was the deciding factor.
JMac has got to show up. I never thought I'd say this, but Gorski was our best player last night.
Gorski was but then disappeared as well, Edwards is a good motivator but somewhat a cry baby when things aren't going his/their way I've noticed. I'm hoping his ways of motivation change over the year(s) Bullying them isn't always the option, get creative and try new things at times.....Utah St isn't great Jalen Moore is really their only option, and Nevada truly scares me next week.
TSpoke
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These last 2 games have been really bad but the fact that they have been so bad with such awful shooting and so many unforced errors and we still had a shot in both the games could be encouraging. Sucks to lose two games that we could have won but I know we can play much better than that. I believe the wins will come. I think we can hold court at home and hopefully our tean can start to learn how to win on the road.
