What does coach do......

[mattyice]

With all those timeouts he stores up and not use during a game?

Is he storing them for the winter or do you think he keeps them in like a little shiny time out box?

I only ask because I can't possibly fathom why in God's name when you have four time outs you don't make sure you got the exact right play you want. Having our least elusive player catch the ball running away from the hoop with 2 seconds left doesn't strike me as the best option.

Another loss where we got out-coached. I feel bad for these seniors.

 

[tim_redd]

Well he used all his timeouts. His timing of using them, and what he actually does can be debated.

 

[ArgentCy]

Biggest possession is when we cut it to one and had that second TO (TV timeout at ~6mins). Chance to take the first lead of the game and we get a Bowie jumper from one-step inside the three. They went on another little run. That and using his last TO to "ice" Allen instead of keeping it to setup a play on offense.

 

[MartyFine]

Playing the guy who was suspended last game all those minutes down the stretch was inexplicable. Gave up two easy drives to the hoop

 

[fsanford]

Biggest possession is when we cut it to one and had that second TO (TV timeout at ~6mins). Chance to take the first lead of the game and we get a Bowie jumper from one-step inside the three. They went on another little run. That and using his last TO to "ice" Allen instead of keeping it to setup a play on offense.

they were going to foul and foul, when that happens it will kind of f 's up the play you are going to run.

 

[Cyclone1985]

Texas was 3/14 from three, cannot shoot jump shots, and yet we were overplaying the 3 point line all night and letting them get layups! Prohm made ZERO adjustments forcing them into long jump shots. ZERO! In fact Bowie got burned on a back-door under 1 minute because he was chasing his man around the 3 point line.

These are adjustments middle school coaches know to make. Just bad basketball.

 

[tim_redd]

Texas was 3/14 from three, cannot shoot jump shots, and yet we were overplaying the 3 point line all night and letting them get layups! Prohm made ZERO adjustments forcing them into long jump shots. ZERO! In fact Bowie got burned on a back-door under 1 minute because he was chasing his man around the 3 point line.

These are adjustments middle school coaches know to make. Just bad basketball.

For a coach who always puts in the zone when things are going terrible and it never works, this was the one game to try a zone and I don't recall it once. I try to stay positive on Prohm, but for a casual basketball mind I rarely see the logic in his decisions.

 

[mattyice]

Well he used all his timeouts. His timing of using them, and what he actually does can be debated.

I'm pretty sure I saw he had 4 left right before that last shot.

 

[CyArob]

Biggest possession is when we cut it to one and had that second TO (TV timeout at ~6mins). Chance to take the first lead of the game and we get a Bowie jumper from one-step inside the three. They went on another little run. That and using his last TO to "ice" Allen instead of keeping it to setup a play on offense.

You're not intelligent about basketball if you don't think they set up a play during that timeout.

 

[DurangoCy]

Playing the guy who was suspended last game all those minutes down the stretch was inexplicable. Gave up two easy drives to the hoop

To be fair Holden and Young couldn't guard Allen either.

I was pretty sad when Bowie left the ball handler on their second to last possession (I believe), only to then 3 seconds later foul Cleare for the potential and-1.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I'm pretty sure I saw he had 4 left right before that last shot.

Sorry that's incorrect. All the little lights were out on the espn graphic.

 

[michaelrr1]

I'm pretty sure I saw he had 4 left right before that last shot.

I'm positive you're wrong.

 

[tim_redd]

I'm pretty sure I saw he had 4 left right before that last shot.

Well I'm pretty sure you can only have 3 possible timeouts in the 2nd half now.

 

[MeowingCows]

I'm pretty sure I saw he had 4 left right before that last shot.

You saw wrong. It's not possible to have 4 timeouts at the end of a game. He had zero left.

 

[rochclone]

You're not intelligent about basketball if you don't think they set up a play during that timeout.

Yeah they must have set up 4 plays during that timeout because they ran 3 different OB plays plus the original one. Not a good use of the timeout but candidly this isn't something knew from Prohm. We had a chance after being down 18 in the first. Disheartening but expected at this point.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

I think we should have switched to zone early in the game. All those fouls. It's obvious what Shocka Smart's strategy was. Drive, drive, drive................

 

[clonedude]

Prohm has made the comment that there are too many assistants at this level telling you what to do. He said he hears all these guys telling him to do different things, and he said it's hard to keep on task and do what you know is right.

Seriously? Texas couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from outside, so we pressed up on them and let them drive it to the hoop for layup after layup after dunk after layup after dunk.... and so on. Just brilliant.

 

[mattyice]

You're not intelligent about basketball if you don't think they set up a play during that timeout.

Yes and no. We ran two straight possessions a high screen and roll play with Bowie popping out....a guy that can't shoot a lick. So yes we ran a set....but it made zero sense to have Bowie pop.

On the timeouts: ok I may have seen wrong..thank you. I don't recall Prohm exhausting his timeouts though either.

 

[clonedude]

I think we should have switched to zone early in the game. All those fouls. It's obvious what Shocka Smart's strategy was. Drive, drive, drive................

Smart's strategy was "drive, drive, drive" and Prohm's must be "shoot guarded 3, shoot guarded 3, shoot guarded 3".

 

[MeowingCows]

I wish we could end a game with some fouls to give, like UT did. Not to mention most of the fouls we give up aren't even good fouls (we give up way, way too many And-1s).

Our offense was terrible for most of the game again. I noticed early in the game that we were moving and passing around, and just missing the shots. That happens. The second half seemed like more standing and looking, and less passing and moving. UT did a reasonably good job containing us in transition, too, which didn't help any.

Defense down the stretch was too aggressive, they needed to sit back and protect the lane/force long shots that UT had been missing most of the night. Overall, this was one of our worse games this year. It would be nice if these guys could learn how to start a game without dropping to a 15-point deficit.