Pearl's game plan was in this game. We could not guard Kessler or Smith in the post, and he's got guards driving time after time after time throwing up bad shot after bad shot. Just really dumb. Get the ball to Smith at the high post or Kessler in the low post. No way to stop them. We played a helluva 2nd half. Oquendo played out of his mind. We took some poor 3 pt shots during the game and missed FTs down the stretch that cost us, but we played hard, hard, hard.... Gotta give Crean credit for keeping the team motivated and playing hard in spite of the record.
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I want to point to this result as evidence that the road from the outhouse to the penthouse in college hoops is not as long and fraught as college football.
And that Pearl is a so so coach who can only aggregate talent.
But I didn't watch. Monk, what say you to my hypothesis?
And that Pearl is a so so coach who can only aggregate talent.
But I didn't watch. Monk, what say you to my hypothesis?
I think your premise is correct. Pearl is B-/C+ coach, but an A+ recruiter. The right coach can turn a program around quickly, particularly with the portal. Any coach at UGA HAS to recruit the state; there's just too much talent here to think you can compete without recruiting GA.Nostradawgus said:
I want to point to this result as evidence that the road from the outhouse to the penthouse in college hoops is not as long and fraught as college football.
And that Pearl is a so so coach who can only aggregate talent.
But I didn't watch. Monk, what say you to my hypothesis?
I won't say "I told you so," because this was ultimately still a loss, albeit one that should've been a win over the #1 ranked team in the country. And Georgia is still a major work in progress.
Pearl is not a genius tactician. Crean is not a know-nothing clown. Mark Fox can obviously coach just fine at this level. Archie Miller didn't lose all basketball knowledge when he moved from Dayton to Bloomington. Fred Hoiberg possesses the skills to excel at Iowa St and in the NBA. Nebraska has proven to be a major uphill battle, however. Was Hoiberg's past success a mirage? We could come up with dozens of other recent or current examples. The margins are not nearly as wide as people perceive them to be. However, school history, inherited roster, state of the conference, recruiting competition, injuries, luck, timing, etc. all play significant roles in determining relative success or failure. In most cases, you cannot expect something to magically change and remain constant in a couple of years. Progress isn't always linear.
Monk was nice to give Crean credit for maintaining belief among the squad. The guys believed that they could beat Auburn. Despite being shorthanded all season and constantly undersized, they did almost everything well enough to beat the #1 team in the country. Georgia severely outplayed Auburn in the second half. The crowd and sudden game pressure undoubtedly helped spook Auburn a bit, but it was by far Georgia's most communicative and cohesive defensive effort of the season. The obvious question is why did it take Auburn coming in to elicit that kind of effort? Granted, it's impossible to make up for losing your two most experienced, strongest bodies basically from the get-go. But that kind of effort is what it takes.
I'm sure that Pearl wanted to get Smith and Kessler more touches, but a combination of Georgia's defensive activity and KD wanting to do it himself almost (should've) cost Auburn the game. Despite scoring 20, I didn't think that KD was very good.
Too bad. It would've been a really nice victory for the program.
Pearl is not a genius tactician. Crean is not a know-nothing clown. Mark Fox can obviously coach just fine at this level. Archie Miller didn't lose all basketball knowledge when he moved from Dayton to Bloomington. Fred Hoiberg possesses the skills to excel at Iowa St and in the NBA. Nebraska has proven to be a major uphill battle, however. Was Hoiberg's past success a mirage? We could come up with dozens of other recent or current examples. The margins are not nearly as wide as people perceive them to be. However, school history, inherited roster, state of the conference, recruiting competition, injuries, luck, timing, etc. all play significant roles in determining relative success or failure. In most cases, you cannot expect something to magically change and remain constant in a couple of years. Progress isn't always linear.
Monk was nice to give Crean credit for maintaining belief among the squad. The guys believed that they could beat Auburn. Despite being shorthanded all season and constantly undersized, they did almost everything well enough to beat the #1 team in the country. Georgia severely outplayed Auburn in the second half. The crowd and sudden game pressure undoubtedly helped spook Auburn a bit, but it was by far Georgia's most communicative and cohesive defensive effort of the season. The obvious question is why did it take Auburn coming in to elicit that kind of effort? Granted, it's impossible to make up for losing your two most experienced, strongest bodies basically from the get-go. But that kind of effort is what it takes.
I'm sure that Pearl wanted to get Smith and Kessler more touches, but a combination of Georgia's defensive activity and KD wanting to do it himself almost (should've) cost Auburn the game. Despite scoring 20, I didn't think that KD was very good.
Too bad. It would've been a really nice victory for the program.
I take your point. Guys don't forget how to coach from job to job. But I think some guys just aren't good fits at particular places. What may have worked at Marquette or IU, either in strategy or recruiting, for example, just may not work in Athens. What worked for Miller at Dayton in a lesser conference may not work at IU in the Big Ten.TKramer15 said:
I won't say "I told you so," because this was ultimately still a loss, albeit one that should've been a win over the #1 ranked team in the country. And Georgia is still a major work in progress.
Pearl is not a genius tactician. Crean is not a know-nothing clown. Mark Fox can obviously coach just fine at this level. Archie Miller didn't lose all basketball knowledge when he moved from Dayton to Bloomington. Fred Hoiberg possesses the skills to excel at Iowa St and in the NBA. Nebraska has proven to be a major uphill battle, however. Was Hoiberg's past success a mirage? We could come up with dozens of other recent or current examples. The margins are not nearly as wide as people perceive them to be. However, school history, inherited roster, state of the conference, recruiting competition, injuries, luck, timing, etc. all play significant roles in determining relative success or failure. In most cases, you cannot expect something to magically change and remain constant in a couple of years. Progress isn't always linear.
Monk was nice to give Crean credit for maintaining belief among the squad. The guys believed that they could beat Auburn. Despite being shorthanded all season and constantly undersized, they did almost everything well enough to beat the #1 team in the country. Georgia severely outplayed Auburn in the second half. The crowd and sudden game pressure undoubtedly helped spook Auburn a bit, but it was by far Georgia's most communicative and cohesive defensive effort of the season. The obvious question is why did it take Auburn coming in to elicit that kind of effort? Granted, it's impossible to make up for losing your two most experienced, strongest bodies basically from the get-go. But that kind of effort is what it takes.
I'm sure that Pearl wanted to get Smith and Kessler more touches, but a combination of Georgia's defensive activity and KD wanting to do it himself almost (should've) cost Auburn the game. Despite scoring 20, I didn't think that KD was very good.
Too bad. It would've been a really nice victory for the program.
I agree with you on KD. He was out of control trying to do everything himself, and Pearl didn't rein him in. They should have gotten the ball to their 2 surefire NBA post players, but they didn't. And it came down to missed FTs under pressure and a missed call by the officials at the end. We had the game in our hands and let it go.