Captain Kangaroo Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 These were copied from The Rasor's Edge Blog since GoZips.com severely edited them:"When you're up 15 points with 7:36 to play, you should win the game. We can blame me, blame them. I thought today we did a very poor job of handling prosperity first and adversity second. We gave game after game after game away last year. I don't know why anyone would be surprised that we gave this one away.""With 1:22 left, we shoot a reverse layup. We miss four free throws. We start the second half and show no toughness and let them back in the game.""The big boy wasn't perfect but he was better than the older guys. He just needs to learn.""We've had trouble all fall finding out who to play.""If we give up 80, we're going to lose. We didn't have one guy who could guard anybody, except Zeke under the basket."That's probably one of the most disappointing games that I've had here. That is just absolutely ridiculous. You almost don't have to shoot a shot and you can win the game. You can hold it for 35 and take six 35-second violations. That's how pitiful it was.""You try to build fanbase and you try to build excitement, and then you do that. We're not getting an at-large bid anyway. You have to win in March.""This group is not tough. Until they get tough, they won't win. It's frightening. We didn't lose turning it over a lot. We gave up 40 percent from the field last year. We gave up 80 and I don't think they're great on offense. He's a good coach, but you can't lose that game.""If you lose one like that, what do you do in the nip and tuck games? When the game's on the line, do you have enough toughness to win? Do you think Dru Joyce would let us lose that game? Or Cedrick Middleton?""We went through the same thing last year. When we give up 80, we'll lose. This group has to get with it. Part of it is figuring out who to play. You can't play as many as we did. I know the big boy has to play, even if he's not good. He doesn't know what he's doing yet, but he's going to do some good things.""I didn't yell at them. I just said you have to play better. You can't go 0-4 at the line. You can't give up 3s late in the clock. You can't give up layups late in the clock. We didn't make one play when it mattered. We got the ball right in front of the rim.""I didn't think we played great at the point. I didn't think we guarded. I think Humpty played hard. He was the best of the three."On why Carroll started and played three minutes: "I didn't like the way we started so I didn't get back to him.""I'm not scared of North Carolina State. We can play with anybody and we can lose to anybody.""It's how they feel about themselves. We have to become more consistent than that. You saw very little enthusiasm.""I think leadership is a lost art. It's time somebody steps up. It's hard to step up without knowing how much you'll play."On Marshall: "By March, we'll be good because he'll know stuff. He'll be better than he is now. He's just playing on instincts now. Building for March, we might as well play him when it matters."On the lack of post offense: "We just refused to throw it in. When we did, we didn't make the cuts we were supposed to.""We're doing something wrong at the beginning of the year. We don't guard. For some reason, their mindset is offense early."On Cvetinovic: "He has to play because he has good fire in his gut.""We haven't practiced with the McKnights at the three spot. Brett McKnight has to play better. He's had a rough fall." Quote
GoZips Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 No one is going to assess that terrible performance better than coach Dambrot just did. Quote
you am i Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 It may sound funny coming after a loss like this, but reading these quotes makes me think even more of KD as a coach. I'm sure the same messages were delivered to the team in even more direct language. His complaints focus on mental lapses, which can be fixed, but the comment about needing someone to step up as a leader is concerning. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 I wouldn't want to be at their practice today. It's going to be brutal. This team should be beyond "learning experiences". That's what last year was for, with all the freshmen. Quote
GP1 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 I wouldn't want to be at their practice today. It's going to be brutal.They are going to get a "learning experience" all right...... Quote
Zips Win! Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 These were copied from The Rasor's Edge Blog since GoZips.com severely edited them:"If you lose one like that, what do you do in the nip and tuck games? When the game's on the line, do you have enough toughness to win? Do you think Dru Joyce would let us lose that game? Or Cedrick Middleton?"One particular game comes to mind! Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Posted November 16, 2009 We miss Nate already!Nate's replacement gave us a double-double.I miss Brett McKnight. The one that played against Pitt last year. Quote
MDZip Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 These were copied from The Rasor's Edge Blog since GoZips.com severely edited them:"If you lose one like that, what do you do in the nip and tuck games? When the game's on the line, do you have enough toughness to win? Do you think Dru Joyce would let us lose that game? Or Cedrick Middleton?"One particular game comes to mind!Now that's just mean! Quote
zip37 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 DID NATE'S REPLACEMENT EXHIBIT ANY LEADERSHIP?? NO! Quote
Quickzips Posted November 16, 2009 Report Posted November 16, 2009 DID NATE'S REPLACEMENT EXHIBIT ANY LEADERSHIP?? NO!I'm sorry, are you implying that a true freshman in his first collegiate game is supposed to take over and be the leader on and off the court for this team? I've seen a lot of lofty expectations for Zeke, but that one would take the cake. I'm hoping this is just sarcasm. Quote
ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net Posted November 17, 2009 Report Posted November 17, 2009 It's too early to panic. KD was doing what coaches do. They speak in BS coach speak, hoping to gloss over bad losses while also motivating their players. Over time, all coach speak becomes grating, positive and negative. This program is growing (or is supposed to be anyway) to the place where fans can just ignore the BS coach speak and enjoy the team and the games. Come on KD, make it happen. MAKE.IT.HAPPEN. Life is about action. Go Zips. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Posted November 17, 2009 It's too early to panic. KD was doing what coaches do. They speak in BS coach speak, hoping to gloss over bad losses while also motivating their players. Over time, all coach speak becomes grating, positive and negative. This program is growing (or is supposed to be anyway) to the place where fans can just ignore the BS coach speak and enjoy the team and the games. Come on KD, make it happen. MAKE.IT.HAPPEN. Life is about action. Go Zips.I don't see any BS coach-speak anywhere in Dambrot's comments. Did you read them? He was frank, and brutally honest. He slathered almost NO lipstick on the pig. If GP1 had written half the things Dambrot said in the post game conference, many basket-o-centric ZN members would have freaked out. Quote
Zippysgotagun Posted November 18, 2009 Report Posted November 18, 2009 DID NATE'S REPLACEMENT EXHIBIT ANY LEADERSHIP?? NO!Yes...he led everybody in Rebounds and Blocks (and while he didn't lead in points, he still had 10 of them). Not a small feat for someone playing in his first college game.Linhart might have helped, yes, but leadership doesn't win games...scoring more points than your opponent does. Linhart's defense would have helped, not his leadership. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Posted November 18, 2009 DID NATE'S REPLACEMENT EXHIBIT ANY LEADERSHIP?? NO!Yes...he led everybody in Rebounds and Blocks (and while he didn't lead in points, he still had 10 of them). Not a small feat for someone playing in his first college game.Linhart might have helped, yes, but leadership doesn't win games...scoring more points than your opponent does. Linhart's defense would have helped, not his leadership.I agree. I saw plenty of "crapped down our legs, go-ice-cold-in-the-last-8-minutes" games with Linhart on the court last season (and season's prior).As Dambrot said: "We gave game after game after game away last year. I don't know why anyone would be surprised that we gave this one away." Quote
RACER Posted November 18, 2009 Report Posted November 18, 2009 i don't remeber to many times were nate had 12 rebounds in 24 min.remember he only played 24 min not 35-40.even the autsin peay announers said that he was making thier players chnage shots in the paint.im sorry but 10 pt 12 reb in 24 min is as good anybody esle did.this inclueded guys how have been in our program for 2-3 years. Quote
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