Like my dad says....Felton's teams stopped playing the last eight minutes of a game. Pete Hermann's teams don't start the first eight minutes (UF excluded). Hard to disagree.
Georgia started the Auburn game by going 2 of 18 from the field, and they didn't score their third field goal until 15 minutes into the second half. At point, we were down by more than four touchdowns.
Result was a UGA loss to Auburn.
Conversely, they played lights out for about 12 minutes in the second half to narrow a 29 point Auburn lead down to 6 points before the wheels fell back off. If you're looking for optimism going into next year, you'll find it in these 10-15 minute bursts of competence, the Florida game and the Virginia Tech game. Oh...and you'll find it in better substitution patterns, more consistent defense and fewer turnovers that will hopefully come with better ball and player movement.
Last night was ugly.
See Also:
-- Big win proves insignificant - ABH
PWD
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Showing posts with label Is it March 15th Yet?. Show all posts
Thursday, February 19, 2009
About 12 minutes of good basketball
Like my dad says....Felton's teams stopped playing the last eight minutes of a game. Pete Hermann's teams don't start the first eight minutes (UF excluded). Hard to disagree.
Georgia started the Auburn game by going 2 of 18 from the field, and they didn't score their third field goal until 15 minutes into the second half. At point, we were down by more than four touchdowns.
Result was a UGA loss to Auburn.
Conversely, they played lights out for about 12 minutes in the second half to narrow a 29 point Auburn lead down to 6 points before the wheels fell back off. If you're looking for optimism going into next year, you'll find it in these 10-15 minute bursts of competence, the Florida game and the Virginia Tech game. Oh...and you'll find it in better substitution patterns, more consistent defense and fewer turnovers that will hopefully come with better ball and player movement.
Last night was ugly.
See Also:
-- Big win proves insignificant - ABH
PWD
Georgia started the Auburn game by going 2 of 18 from the field, and they didn't score their third field goal until 15 minutes into the second half. At point, we were down by more than four touchdowns.
Result was a UGA loss to Auburn.
Conversely, they played lights out for about 12 minutes in the second half to narrow a 29 point Auburn lead down to 6 points before the wheels fell back off. If you're looking for optimism going into next year, you'll find it in these 10-15 minute bursts of competence, the Florida game and the Virginia Tech game. Oh...and you'll find it in better substitution patterns, more consistent defense and fewer turnovers that will hopefully come with better ball and player movement.
Last night was ugly.
See Also:
-- Big win proves insignificant - ABH
PWD
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Winless is now on the Table
Dennis Felton's second team was the least talented hoops squad I have ever witnessed in 20 years of watching SEC basketball. Given that the roster had almost twice as many walkons as scholarship athletes, it's a reasonable assumption to say they may have been the least talented basketball team in the entire history of the SEC.
That group won two SEC games.
That's why I thought it was almost impossible for another SEC team to ever go winless in conference play. Until last night. Last night's Georgia Bulldog basketball team gave up the fight, and were mauled by a bored Tennessee team by 31 points. They had 18 field goals and 23 turnovers. In the first half, they had twice as many turnovers as FGs.
Winless is certainly a scenario that's now on the table. The Chattanooga paper says the last SEC team to go winless was the 1953-1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. How long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that Vince Dooley was a point guard for the Auburn team that hung at least one of those losses on Tech.
Said a different way...Tech's O-Fer was roughly 20 years prior to desegregation.
Georgia's players need a locker room brawl, a night with the girls from the ice capades, trust falls, or something to bust this slump. They have to find it in themselves to not quit on each other and these coaches. The stigma of an o-fer won't make finding a job easier for the assistants, and these are hard working guys with families.
Dig deep guys. Don't embarrass yourselves further. You're not this talentless. This isn't a coaching thing any more. This is way beyond that. This is player thing.
PWD
That group won two SEC games.
That's why I thought it was almost impossible for another SEC team to ever go winless in conference play. Until last night. Last night's Georgia Bulldog basketball team gave up the fight, and were mauled by a bored Tennessee team by 31 points. They had 18 field goals and 23 turnovers. In the first half, they had twice as many turnovers as FGs.
Winless is certainly a scenario that's now on the table. The Chattanooga paper says the last SEC team to go winless was the 1953-1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. How long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that Vince Dooley was a point guard for the Auburn team that hung at least one of those losses on Tech.
Said a different way...Tech's O-Fer was roughly 20 years prior to desegregation.
Georgia's players need a locker room brawl, a night with the girls from the ice capades, trust falls, or something to bust this slump. They have to find it in themselves to not quit on each other and these coaches. The stigma of an o-fer won't make finding a job easier for the assistants, and these are hard working guys with families.
Dig deep guys. Don't embarrass yourselves further. You're not this talentless. This isn't a coaching thing any more. This is way beyond that. This is player thing.
PWD
Winless is now on the Table
Dennis Felton's second team was the least talented hoops squad I have ever witnessed in 20 years of watching SEC basketball. Given that the roster had almost twice as many walkons as scholarship athletes, it's a reasonable assumption to say they may have been the least talented basketball team in the entire history of the SEC.
That group won two SEC games.
That's why I thought it was almost impossible for another SEC team to ever go winless in conference play. Until last night. Last night's Georgia Bulldog basketball team gave up the fight, and were mauled by a bored Tennessee team by 31 points. They had 18 field goals and 23 turnovers. In the first half, they had twice as many turnovers as FGs.
Winless is certainly a scenario that's now on the table. The Chattanooga paper says the last SEC team to go winless was the 1953-1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. How long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that Vince Dooley was a point guard for the Auburn team that hung at least one of those losses on Tech.
Said a different way...Tech's O-Fer was roughly 20 years prior to desegregation.
Georgia's players need a locker room brawl, a night with the girls from the ice capades, trust falls, or something to bust this slump. They have to find it in themselves to not quit on each other and these coaches. The stigma of an o-fer won't make finding a job easier for the assistants, and these are hard working guys with families.
Dig deep guys. Don't embarrass yourselves further. You're not this talentless. This isn't a coaching thing any more. This is way beyond that. This is player thing.
PWD
That group won two SEC games.
That's why I thought it was almost impossible for another SEC team to ever go winless in conference play. Until last night. Last night's Georgia Bulldog basketball team gave up the fight, and were mauled by a bored Tennessee team by 31 points. They had 18 field goals and 23 turnovers. In the first half, they had twice as many turnovers as FGs.
Winless is certainly a scenario that's now on the table. The Chattanooga paper says the last SEC team to go winless was the 1953-1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. How long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that Vince Dooley was a point guard for the Auburn team that hung at least one of those losses on Tech.
Said a different way...Tech's O-Fer was roughly 20 years prior to desegregation.
Georgia's players need a locker room brawl, a night with the girls from the ice capades, trust falls, or something to bust this slump. They have to find it in themselves to not quit on each other and these coaches. The stigma of an o-fer won't make finding a job easier for the assistants, and these are hard working guys with families.
Dig deep guys. Don't embarrass yourselves further. You're not this talentless. This isn't a coaching thing any more. This is way beyond that. This is player thing.
PWD
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Felton 0'fer 2009. Streak hits 7
As you know by now, the basketball team's losing streak hit seven games last night as they lost by 26 to the Gators in Gainesville. They really didn't look competitive in this one after about the 10 minute mark in the first half.
This is a bad basketball team with very little hope. Hope in sports is everything.
We've heard rumblings for about 18 hours that today is the end of Felton's tenure. How good are our contacts? Well...if he's gone, then they are pretty good. If not, then they aren't. That's about as transparent as I can be.
I think that we should know by around 2:00 today. If nothing breaks by then, he'll be the coach for the Bama game on Saturday. Beyond that who knows.
(UPDATE: Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com says that Felton has been terminated. Press conference at 11:00 am)
PWD
This is a bad basketball team with very little hope. Hope in sports is everything.
We've heard rumblings for about 18 hours that today is the end of Felton's tenure. How good are our contacts? Well...if he's gone, then they are pretty good. If not, then they aren't. That's about as transparent as I can be.
I think that we should know by around 2:00 today. If nothing breaks by then, he'll be the coach for the Bama game on Saturday. Beyond that who knows.
(UPDATE: Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com says that Felton has been terminated. Press conference at 11:00 am)
PWD
Felton 0'fer 2009. Streak hits 7
As you know by now, the basketball team's losing streak hit seven games last night as they lost by 26 to the Gators in Gainesville. They really didn't look competitive in this one after about the 10 minute mark in the first half.
This is a bad basketball team with very little hope. Hope in sports is everything.
We've heard rumblings for about 18 hours that today is the end of Felton's tenure. How good are our contacts? Well...if he's gone, then they are pretty good. If not, then they aren't. That's about as transparent as I can be.
I think that we should know by around 2:00 today. If nothing breaks by then, he'll be the coach for the Bama game on Saturday. Beyond that who knows.
(UPDATE: Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com says that Felton has been terminated. Press conference at 11:00 am)
PWD
This is a bad basketball team with very little hope. Hope in sports is everything.
We've heard rumblings for about 18 hours that today is the end of Felton's tenure. How good are our contacts? Well...if he's gone, then they are pretty good. If not, then they aren't. That's about as transparent as I can be.
I think that we should know by around 2:00 today. If nothing breaks by then, he'll be the coach for the Bama game on Saturday. Beyond that who knows.
(UPDATE: Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com says that Felton has been terminated. Press conference at 11:00 am)
PWD
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Hoop Dawgs lose another one
Image: DawgPost.com
Georgia fell to Mississippi State by six points tonight in Athens. They played about 15 minutes of competent, SEC-caliber basketball. The other 25 minutes...not so much.
David Hale has all the details and post-game quotes including discussion of a new offense for the b-ball team that apparently debuted in this one. As David Ching said, the idea of cutting loose Dustin Ware and letting him make plays is appealing.
Dustin Ware looked like an SEC caliber freshman point guard in this one, and that's a good thing. He got 14 points, 5 rebounds, and two assists in 37 minutes. Ricky McPhee, walk-on shooting guard, had the game of his life scoring 15 points in 24 minutes.
Jeremy Price looked good at times, and he looks to be shaking the confidence issues of the past. However, the box score shows him with five turnovers. As Felton said post-game, that doesn't really sound right. Some of those (not all) may be a score keeper error. Someone turned it over. just not JP in all instances.
On the downside, our guys had about 19 turnovers in the first 23 minutes of the game, and Trey Thompkins continues to struggle going 1 of 8 from the field. Most of Trey's problems look to be mental. He's never dealt with anything remotely similar to the sort of adversity that he's currently facing.
The team didn't quit on Felton, and they actually improved significantly in the second half. I doubt any changes will be made this week. They head to Gainesville on Wed (Raycom) and Tuscloosa on Saturday (FSNS). UF looks like a definite loss. Bama is a somewhat winnable game. The Tide has lost 4 of its last 6, and they play a rare Thursday Night game before facing us. Maybe they'll pout their way to a defeat.
(Note: If you're reading this and finding a tone of embracing a moral victory, then we have a disconnect. That's most certainly not the intention. I just didn't feel like piling on when I wrote it.)
See Also:
-- Dawgs fall apart again - DawgPost
-- Dawgs put up fight but lose - ABH
PWD
Hoop Dawgs lose another one
Image: DawgPost.com
Georgia fell to Mississippi State by six points tonight in Athens. They played about 15 minutes of competent, SEC-caliber basketball. The other 25 minutes...not so much.
David Hale has all the details and post-game quotes including discussion of a new offense for the b-ball team that apparently debuted in this one. As David Ching said, the idea of cutting loose Dustin Ware and letting him make plays is appealing.
Dustin Ware looked like an SEC caliber freshman point guard in this one, and that's a good thing. He got 14 points, 5 rebounds, and two assists in 37 minutes. Ricky McPhee, walk-on shooting guard, had the game of his life scoring 15 points in 24 minutes.
Jeremy Price looked good at times, and he looks to be shaking the confidence issues of the past. However, the box score shows him with five turnovers. As Felton said post-game, that doesn't really sound right. Some of those (not all) may be a score keeper error. Someone turned it over. just not JP in all instances.
On the downside, our guys had about 19 turnovers in the first 23 minutes of the game, and Trey Thompkins continues to struggle going 1 of 8 from the field. Most of Trey's problems look to be mental. He's never dealt with anything remotely similar to the sort of adversity that he's currently facing.
The team didn't quit on Felton, and they actually improved significantly in the second half. I doubt any changes will be made this week. They head to Gainesville on Wed (Raycom) and Tuscloosa on Saturday (FSNS). UF looks like a definite loss. Bama is a somewhat winnable game. The Tide has lost 4 of its last 6, and they play a rare Thursday Night game before facing us. Maybe they'll pout their way to a defeat.
(Note: If you're reading this and finding a tone of embracing a moral victory, then we have a disconnect. That's most certainly not the intention. I just didn't feel like piling on when I wrote it.)
See Also:
-- Dawgs fall apart again - DawgPost
-- Dawgs put up fight but lose - ABH
PWD
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Georgia lost at Vandy tonight in Hoops
I went to the game. We had moments where we played smart. We came out of the gate with more intensity than I've seen us play with on the road in a while. Those are the positives.
But things just sort of fell apart. Trey Thompkins was off his game all night going 3-15 from the field. He just couldn't get it to fall inside or out, and the frustration really wore on him. Really the whole team fell further and further into a funk as it got late.
Crazy factoid of the night....Georgia only shot 2 free throws in the game. There's no way there were only 19 turnovers. The stat sheet at half-time said 12 turnovers for UGA. There's not a chance in hell that only 7 turnovers were committed during the second half. Is there? Seemed like 28, but I guess the stats don't lie.
Vanderbilt shot 2-16 from the three point line, or this would've been an epic beating.
Bummer of a day. First Reshad Jones pulls a nutty and goes pro. Then Favors goes to GT. Now this game. I'm going to sleep before anything else crazy happen.
PWD
But things just sort of fell apart. Trey Thompkins was off his game all night going 3-15 from the field. He just couldn't get it to fall inside or out, and the frustration really wore on him. Really the whole team fell further and further into a funk as it got late.
Crazy factoid of the night....Georgia only shot 2 free throws in the game. There's no way there were only 19 turnovers. The stat sheet at half-time said 12 turnovers for UGA. There's not a chance in hell that only 7 turnovers were committed during the second half. Is there? Seemed like 28, but I guess the stats don't lie.
Vanderbilt shot 2-16 from the three point line, or this would've been an epic beating.
Bummer of a day. First Reshad Jones pulls a nutty and goes pro. Then Favors goes to GT. Now this game. I'm going to sleep before anything else crazy happen.
PWD
Georgia lost at Vandy tonight in Hoops
I went to the game. We had moments where we played smart. We came out of the gate with more intensity than I've seen us play with on the road in a while. Those are the positives.
But things just sort of fell apart. Trey Thompkins was off his game all night going 3-15 from the field. He just couldn't get it to fall inside or out, and the frustration really wore on him. Really the whole team fell further and further into a funk as it got late.
Crazy factoid of the night....Georgia only shot 2 free throws in the game. There's no way there were only 19 turnovers. The stat sheet at half-time said 12 turnovers for UGA. There's not a chance in hell that only 7 turnovers were committed during the second half. Is there? Seemed like 28, but I guess the stats don't lie.
Vanderbilt shot 2-16 from the three point line, or this would've been an epic beating.
Bummer of a day. First Reshad Jones pulls a nutty and goes pro. Then Favors goes to GT. Now this game. I'm going to sleep before anything else crazy happen.
PWD
But things just sort of fell apart. Trey Thompkins was off his game all night going 3-15 from the field. He just couldn't get it to fall inside or out, and the frustration really wore on him. Really the whole team fell further and further into a funk as it got late.
Crazy factoid of the night....Georgia only shot 2 free throws in the game. There's no way there were only 19 turnovers. The stat sheet at half-time said 12 turnovers for UGA. There's not a chance in hell that only 7 turnovers were committed during the second half. Is there? Seemed like 28, but I guess the stats don't lie.
Vanderbilt shot 2-16 from the three point line, or this would've been an epic beating.
Bummer of a day. First Reshad Jones pulls a nutty and goes pro. Then Favors goes to GT. Now this game. I'm going to sleep before anything else crazy happen.
PWD
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