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Post by PantherU on Feb 9, 2024 20:44:20 GMT -6
We arent good enough to lack discipline like this. EJ's whining has been an issue all season. The coaching staff needs to do something to fix it. They did all this last year too, btw. At Wright State Markeith gave the students a gesture...I can't remember if it was a throat slash or some kind of F you thing, but that made it directly on ESPN+. Whatever. I'm not going to clutch my pearls about it. I just wish they wouldn't do it. It very well may have cost them the game yesterday.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Feb 10, 2024 8:20:44 GMT -6
You may not be, PantherU, but based on Bart Lundy's comments after the YSU game, he is. I'm glad, because it seems whenever he acknowledges a problem, like lack of team chemistry and defense, he fixes it.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 10, 2024 11:50:46 GMT -6
You may not be, PantherU, but based on Bart Lundy's comments after the YSU game, he is. I'm glad, because it seems whenever he acknowledges a problem, like lack of team chemistry and defense, he fixes it. And not in the way that Spicoli fixed Jefferson's car in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" either.
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Post by TBone on Feb 10, 2024 13:34:29 GMT -6
We had one technical in the first ten games, and two in the first fifteen. We've had nine in the last nine games. EJ has committed five of those nine in the last nine games, and six overall on the season. (what's our record?) BJ has committed three of those nine. KP, Markeith and Langston (the ninth of the nine in the last nine games) each have one technical a piece. I believe Youngstown made three free throws on the technicals, but regardless, we most likely win the game without them. BJ's in particular hurt because it was also his fourth foul, and we went cold for a long stretch while he sat out. I agree the technicals are an issue but the fact is they’ve got into conference play and you have the same officiating crews who talk to one another and we have the reputation now as a team that talks too much. Freeman and Jamison specifically so the refs are looking for any reason to give them a T. I’ve watched plenty of other Horizon League games and seen players have back and forth with fans and not receive a technical so those two need to understand even though it’s not right that’s just what is going to happen. Then those two need to adjust. When refs are or aren't calling certain things, you have to adjust. If they're calling it tight, you can't play as aggressive D. If they're letting them play, play more aggressive. If they're T'ing you up for miniscule things because you've developed a reputation, don't give them the reason to blow the whistle. We can say the refs aren't doing the same to other players in the conference all we want, but the truth is, these players have a very well-deserved reputation at this point - which is on them, not the refs.
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