I was the "eye roller". I am an alum, bleed green, and a Bobby supporter. And this alum stands up when our play deserves it.Great, now Bobby is alienating our biggest fans.Nobody at Hamâs could hear the first âcall inâ question. We heard Bobbyâs answer, asking the caller if he had seen the other games and defending the teamâs shot selection.
I tried to frame my question a little differently, but apparently didnât ask the question clearly. I pointed out that Charlotte had gotten the opposing bigs in foul trouble in the past two games and seemed to have had success going inside. Then I said that the people I attend and watch games with and I got frustrated because the team seemed to abandon going inside late in the game when it had been working, and resorted to shooting 3âs. Then asked Bobby to comment.
I thought my question was respectful, and didnât feel like it was attacking him. I thought, based on Bobbyâs in game gestures at the beginning of timeouts after a couple of early shot clock, off balance 3âs late in the game at Dayton and based on a conversation 5 minutes earlier with a certain Signature Sports icon, that Bobby would welcome the question. It would be a chance to say that they wanted to attack the middle. Thatâs what I get for thinking.
My take, and here I go thinking again, is that Bobby has been âtalking toâ Lee about shot selection to the point that Bobby thinks heâs damaged Leeâs confidence. Thursday night Bobby was going to great lengths to restore Leeâs confidence by publicly supporting Leeâs shot selection, whether he privately likes all of Leeâs shotâs or not.
He did work in a partial answer to my feeble attempt at a question, saying Dewberry had a turnover trying to take it inside late, saying Mack didnât accept a pass strong (which was at the top of the key, not inside). Iâm convinced the team wasnât committed to going inside late, in spite of Bobbyâs answer. I donât have a problem with him defending his team, his coaching, or shot selection. But Bobby clearly took a defensive posture in responding to my question. Guess I needed to frame it a little more positively.
As for the âeye rollingâ, it came when he asked me if I attended x, y & z games. Iâve missed 5 home games since I started school at Charlotte in 1981. Yes, all of the Wissel ball years. Iâve been to 9 of the last 10 conf tournaments, and try to travel to an ocassional road game, including Indiana when Plav hit the miracle, ClemPson this year and others. I am certain that Bobby knows I attend every game, maybe not those particular games. Last year, Boby went out of his way to thank me and my group for showing up at all of the games, when many werenât wasting their time watching that garbage (my words, not his). The âeye rollâ was simple exasperation when he asked me if I was at the games. It wasnât conscious or intentional, just a reaction.
I was the "eye roller". I am an alum, bleed green, and a Bobby supporter. And this alum stands up when our play deserves it.Nobody at Hamâs could hear the first âcall inâ question. We heard Bobbyâs answer, asking the caller if he had seen the other games and defending the teamâs shot selection.
Too bad you got that type of reaction. Sounds like a little of a misunderstanding as far as you couldnât hear the first question, so you may have asked almost the same question. That may have frustrated Bobby because he didnât know you couldnât hear the first question.
I would think though that if youâve only missed 5 home games in 25 years and made 9 of the last 10 conference tournaments that Bobby would probably know you by name. Not many people make those conference tournaments.
Too bad you got that type of reaction. Sounds like a little of a misunderstanding as far as you couldn't hear the first question, so you may have asked almost the same question. That may have frustrated Bobby because he didn't know you couldn't hear the first question.I would think though that if youâve only missed 5 home games in 25 years and made 9 of the last 10 conference tournaments that Bobby would probably know you by name. Not many people make those conference tournaments.
He knows me by name. Again, I think he was simply thinking about trying to rebuild the confidence of his players by defending their choices on the floor.
Great, now Bobby is alienating our biggest fans.
Not even close. The name âKnee not Jerkingâ has some significance.
He knows me by name. Again, I think he was simply thinking about trying to rebuild the confidence of his players by defending their choices on the floor.Maybe so. I'll bet he doesn't like being second guessed either. Most coaches have huge egos.
Secondly, do you cry when we win taking those shots? Did you listen to him when speaking of giving kids "confindence" in shooting the ball? If you take the shots away the confindence to shoot tough shots and score would go away as well.I just want to say I think Lee would be a great shooter (and we'd be marveling at his shooting percentages from 3-ball) if he and the team was more patient on offense. Even if we have only one good shooter (not sure that's the case, but ok), we should have him running past one or two screens, multiple times, every possession. For e.g., he often shoots the ball quickly, soon after he catches it, probably trying to get it off before the defender gets to him. But if he'd hold up when the defender is right on him, get the ball back to the point, then run his guy off another screen or two, he'll have another shot at getting open the next time (maybe his teammate sets a better screen, defender stumbles/gets lazy, defender takes a bad angle, etc). Lee should have at least 2 or 3 looks every possession so that he can pick and choose the best time to shoot. And if he then occasionally fakes like he's going to three, but instead moves in for a short jumper (which is often confidence building too), his defender is then guessing every time which way he's going to go, making him tentative, and giving Lee even better looks from outside. This is easily the most frustrating thing about our offense, and I just don't see why we don't make the opposing defenders work harder to cover us, shooting 3's or not.
I think Lutzâ defensiveness is getting a little too much attention. With the media coverage of fan negativity (right or wrong) and the possibility that he or his players are reading the board too, I bet he was out to support his players that night no matter what questions he got. I can see the argument that he wasnât trying to be rude as much as supporting his team. But the play of his teams for the past how-many years suggest that what he said might be how he actually teaches his players. Either way, I hope he can turn that around, because itâs a primary reason our team has been so inconsistent and has had limited success in recent years imo.
I just want to say I think Lee would be a great shooter (and we'd be marveling at his shooting percentages from 3-ball) if he and the team was more patient on offense.
ding ding ding
We have a winner, no more calls please.
I think Lee has a much better shot than Demon or Brendan (way better shot than Brendan), but he is not as clutch as Demon and doesnât have the range of Brendan. He could be a great shooter if he played like Jobey did, worked it around and waited for the open look, if he doesnât get it pass it off the double team or find the mismatch.
When Lee is drawing a SF as a defender, there is a mismatch somewhere. We found it in the Dayton game for a long time, but when clutch time came, we stopped working for the good look.