[quote=ā9erken, post:76, topic:30647ā]I only got to see some of the first half, but is there any reason we didnāt double Buchanan? Folks in the shoutbox mentioned we werenāt doubling him at all until the end. Once it was clear our post guys couldnāt handle him, Iād think it would make sense to start doubling down on him and make them beat us with the outside shot rather than easy shots down low. It sounded like we did that late and they hit a 3, but it seems like after he was clearly on his way to a career high itās time to take your chances with their outside shooters.
Iām a little surprised that Price isnāt getting raked over the coals for this game. Lutz and Major both got criticized heavily on here for our guys not being ready to play bad opponents. Are our fans giving him more leeway for good reason, or maybe people just donāt care as much anymore?
I hope Price can turn things around. Iām still concerned about the defense and his trouble recruiting post players. Hopefully he can fix those issues in the next year or two.[/quote]
We never really doubled him, Jobey brought this up in the post game. The one time we ādidā double him was when we were up 3 with 30 secs left. We werenāt supposed to. Andrien dug down on him, coming off the guard who hit a 3 in his absence, tying the game. Price said he specifically told the team to live with a 2, but no 3ās, but they did not execute (he did not mention any names).
Jobey also mentioned (which I was telling my friends during the game) we should try to change up dās more often when a team is hot like that just to try and keep them off balance. They did that more in the 1st half but stayed mostly man in the 2nd.
It was not a well coached game for us. Even if we did some of the above though, the defensive effort was just horrific. The personnel isnāt good for defense for reasons already mentioned, but to be honest, the effort just wasnāt there either.
As far as Price getting raked over the coals, I do think people are just numb at this point. Also, though Major was never afforded a honeymoon period for some reason, I think for people our fan base wants to be successful, we give a lot of rope. Lambert surely had that, only now are people realizing he really isnāt that great and its ok to criticize him. Price people want to succeed so they look the other way for now. I do like alot of what Price does, but can he ever put a competent defense out on the floor? I donāt know. Seems like his teams will try to outscore/shoot you. Thatās ok with meā¦if it works. It did not against a marginal team last night.
