GMac's explosion at the game today
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I bet he was on here and read what I posted the other day. Call out Brackins to make an example. I like it.
Beating NDSU by 2 isn't neccesarily all on Mac. This team should be able to go out, and if they just play hard, should win by 20. They could not have been playing hard. Some may blame Mac but ultimately it is on these guys to play with intensity and play hard.
He's part of the problem. He played with much better effort yesterday than he did at Duke. He took a lot of plays off against Duke.
He did? He looked disinterested the entire game, and forced some VERY ill-advised shots. Didn't play any defense (but that's the norm for us).
Well, whatever his explosion was, did it really work? The team lucked out that the NDSU player missed his last shot, and also missed the player wide open under the bucket.
Unless Brackins has a moster conference season I think he will have no choice but to come back for his senior year. Wouldn't it be weird if somehow next year Brackins comes back and Gilstrap is awarded another year? Do we even have enough scholarships if that were somehow to occur?
We did have one rotten game as we were favored by 20 and won by 2.
So who on this team will pick us back up off the mat?
BF twitter was interesting.
"Watching MBB shootaround as I walk--staff does a GREAT job of breaking down the game plan--if players will follow with effort we WIN"
A lot of us have been putting the blame on Mac, but sometimes motivation has to come from within. Sure, a coach must figure out how to push buttons, but sometimes player/player chemistry is tough to overcome. We need some player leadership that others respect, and the lackluster effort on shootaround before the Duke game was indication, there is definitely some focus/chemistry issues.
"Watching MBB shootaround as I walk--staff does a GREAT job of breaking down the game plan--if players will follow with effort we WIN"
A lot of us have been putting the blame on Mac, but sometimes motivation has to come from within. Sure, a coach must figure out how to push buttons, but sometimes player/player chemistry is tough to overcome. We need some player leadership that others respect, and the lackluster effort on shootaround before the Duke game was indication, there is definitely some focus/chemistry issues.
the thing is that when we get on the hat streaks and score 5-9 unanswered points the opposing team calls a time out and we lose all that momentum. And the other team evens it back up
We need to learn to keep our momentum after the timeouts
We need to learn to keep our momentum after the timeouts
Mr. funny man Jack & Hilton. While the "delivery" may have been a bit farfetched in nature, the idea that Mac has to show some emotion and get his guys to WANT to play for him is spot on. Him showing any emotion and enthusiasm for his players is better than the status quo of his adjusting his cufflinks and staring at the end zone scoreboard dazed and confused. The problem is, against NDSU, this came out, he chewed some a$$, showed some emotion, and got them fired up, but then the players only carried this on for 4-5 mins and back to our ho-hum attitudes.
There, this "yahoo" poster provided some clarification.
Is that Fennelly's way of giving Mac is support and attempting to get a message out to us that maybe it isn't all him? I have to think so. I have enough respect for BF that that statement carries a lot of weight, at least to me.
While I agree he needs to be more intense and have the ability to get his team pumped up, there is a fine line between doing that and showing panic. He may be panicking on the inside but he cannot relay that to the team.
