UTSA (2/24/24)

Green Light · February 26

I seem to recall @ least 3 times that Edwards had his last second shot partially blocked.

BigWillie · February 26

4 hours ago, Green Lantern said:

Exactly. To be clear for everyone in the thread - I’m not advocating firing the guy or that his seat is hot. Just find it interesting that certain players on here consistently receive criticism (some warranted) but we’re hesitant to scrutinize the person in charge of it all & proclaim that we’re all good at that spot. I’m just not convinced is all. It’s still very early in his tenure, but I had a way different feeling about Mac in Year 1 vs Hodge Year 1. Grant inherited a disaster of a program and quickly righted the ship. Ross took over a 30+ Win NIT Championship team. It’s not even close to the same situation. This with the caveat that I do acknowledge injury struggles this year.

There are certain issues: late game offensive sets for last shots, late game management, press break, giving up offensive rebounds in critical situations ect. that have been recurring issues throughout the season regardless of player availability.

I look at it differently. Grant inherited a pretty bad program and I will say, yes, that effected recruiting, but in defense of Hodge, he lost most of the offense from last year and was able to replace a good part of that with a couple of players. I think JE replaces TP and CJ replaces Kai. Both to a certain extent.

I also see that Grant went 20-18 in his first season. We are on track to be similar. Against mostly better competition. I think that counts for something.

Lastly, there have been numerous opportunities in the last minutes of close games where the plays are there, but the players just don't execute. I won't belabor the point of losing the clutch of TP, but it can't be understated here.

Most of the items you are saying are head coach related, other than maybe set plays sound to me like lack of execution. Not lack of plan. In fact, I would say with the talent we have, the game plan has kept us toe to toe with some good teams.

BigWillie · February 26

22 minutes ago, Green Light said:

I seem to recall @ least 3 times that Edwards had his last second shot partially blocked.

Ding ding ding.

NT80 · February 26

2 hours ago, Green Light said:

I seem to recall @ least 3 times that Edwards had his last second shot partially blocked.

Poor ending. I love Edwards as a player but he was out of control on several drives to the basket again this game. The strategy seemed to be drive the lane or pass down low to draw fouls the last 6-8 minutes. UTSA was ahead on fouls 6-2 at that point. But several possessions ended in wild shots, or losing ball control and a turnover instead. We had a timeout to set up a play at the end, instead of this playground ball, but never used it.

It really falls on the coaches to keep the players informed about the shot clock, timeouts, and foul situations. Several shot clock violations. There are communication gaps with the team that shouldn't be happening this time of season.