I will comment on a very non-important part of this discussion and that is the Roy Williams commentary. I am a diehard UNC fan (just got back from seeing them play Duke and Miami in Chapel Hill) and I have similar statements about Roy in terms of in game coaching. The problem I see is not that Roy can't coach but, rather, he is too stubborn to make in game adjustments that don't fit what he likes to do as a coach and team. He wants his teams to play Man to man and get out in transition and feed the post. They are horrible at playing the perimeter pick and roll and every team exploits this. Rather than sometimes go to zone, he will continue to hammer away with continued philosophies. A prime example is at the end of the Duke game when they had 3 timeouts. I will repeat 3 timeouts. They have 17 seconds left after Duke scores the go ahead points. Roy is pushing Berry to bring the ball up the court and a horrible shot is taken by a sophomore not often in that situation. Why does he not call a timeout? Because he never does in that situation and coach Dean Smith never did either. This is his quote to a local media member. Now, I believe a good coach adapts to his players and situations and is able to make quick decisions after he has surveyed both and what is best for the team. I just think Roy is too stubborn sometimes to try to make these adjustments. His teams will NEVER play a style that is not uptempo and not man to man on defense, not matter what his personnel suggests.
Now, getting to Marlin, I find that he coaches just fine in game situations. The problem I've had with him over the years is his inability to recruit well and retain players. It is obvious, in that regard, he is unwilling to adapt to today's college players and landscape. He had great success at SHSU but that success has been harder to come by here. I've held out hope that things could just fall into place here but we've been the poster child for inconsistency and its maddening.
I noted this in the game thread just now. Free Throws were an issue but I think a glaring stat was the number of offensive rebounds we had (19) and second chance points that they converted to (7). Obviously, a number of these came from Washington himself but it showed an inability to put the ball in the hoop. Period. We shot worse from 2 pt land than we did from 3pt FG, even with all those offensive rebounds.
I don't know what the ____ you are reading, or who the ____ you think you're talking to, but you need to calm your ___ down. Nobody ever claimed "influence" over anything. I never claimed to have any knowledge of the situation, whatsoever, as I've stated throughout this entire conversation. I didn't stick my nose anywhere. The only thing I did was say that it was surprising that Jay was the culprit, and Marlin's history tells me there could be more to the suspension than meets the eye. I also found it very unnerving that he made the comments that he made at the presser.
For you people who try to make everything black & white, GFY. Things happen in life, and "fight or flight" is not always the correct or sensible way to address a problem. Sometimes people in authoritative positions without checks and balances (and Marlin is one of those people) can benefit from a subordinate telling them where to stick it. Do not compare Tony to Marlin, as his reputation is beyond reproach as far as I'm concerned.
And for the last damn time, if you're too lazy to read the thread or too short sighted to have an educated rebuttal, Please.
JEEERRY!....JEEEER, er TURRRBINE!.... TURRRRRBINE!
Oh snap!!!!
Last edited by ZoomZoom; February 23rd, 2016 at 07:33 pm. Reason: Is all this over a possible bone headed action of a 20 year old?
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