Huggins' post-game press conference
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Seemed like he was doing that all second half whenever someone made a foul. As if his little explanations were going to make a difference. By the looks on their faces, it seemed very humiliating and a waste of time. Yet, they fought back, so maybe he is doing something right.
Yeah, his big that looks like the Brawny Towel guy was not worth much.
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Fred was that way long before he knew he had a heart condition. He wasn't a guy to go off (except scoring) in high school, college, or the pros, so no surprise he doesn't as a coach...too cerebral. I also have heard him comment his heart condition also impacts how he thinks about what he does as a coach, but it didn't start there.
No kidding. If I didn't know better I would have thought they were joking. Or quoting Yogi Berra or something :biglaugh:
Link from WV paper Schizophrenic Mountaineers go small to mount rally - The Exponent Telegram : Sports
So Huggy Bear says of the Cylone fans, “This is definitely not a wine and cheese crowd,” he said.
How Huggy described his team, “Truth of the matter is this was a team built to play in the Big East, a big physical league. We just have to go small because that has not worked,” said Huggins.
What worked was those four guards, who brought them back and put them in a position to win until a basket by freshman Georges Niang on a nifty feed from Will Clyburn for his only assist of the game wiped out all the good feeling.
And yes, Huggy is still crying about the non-call at the end of the game (notice he didn't comment on the Ejim foul) "It didn’t help any that the officials missed what Huggins felt was a clear foul in the closing seconds before the winning basket, setting him off at game’s end.
“That was every bit as much a foul as the foul they called on us at the end of the Kansas State game,” Huggins said.
Again, though, he didn’t get the call and all those spectacular 3s, all the guts and the glory of the climb from 18 down, meant nothing at all.
“We’re two calls from being 3-1 in the league instead of 1-3,” Huggins said.
So Huggy Bear says of the Cylone fans, “This is definitely not a wine and cheese crowd,” he said.
How Huggy described his team, “Truth of the matter is this was a team built to play in the Big East, a big physical league. We just have to go small because that has not worked,” said Huggins.
What worked was those four guards, who brought them back and put them in a position to win until a basket by freshman Georges Niang on a nifty feed from Will Clyburn for his only assist of the game wiped out all the good feeling.
And yes, Huggy is still crying about the non-call at the end of the game (notice he didn't comment on the Ejim foul) "It didn’t help any that the officials missed what Huggins felt was a clear foul in the closing seconds before the winning basket, setting him off at game’s end.
“That was every bit as much a foul as the foul they called on us at the end of the Kansas State game,” Huggins said.
Again, though, he didn’t get the call and all those spectacular 3s, all the guts and the glory of the climb from 18 down, meant nothing at all.
“We’re two calls from being 3-1 in the league instead of 1-3,” Huggins said.
This makes me laugh because usually I feel like you are full of crap but we were at westtowne Tuesday night and saw 2 guys in WVU gear and when we looked at the bench last night, the first "coach" on the bench was the guy at the bar. Never did see huggy but it is actually possible.
Understandable that Huggy was frustrated with the loss after WV fought all the way back from so far down. The guy has had a lot of success and done nothing or said nothing bad about ISU as far as I know. Sure he fights for his team on the sideline but otherwise he seems like a guy you'd like to have a drink with, and I imagine a lot of coaches probably have.
I didn't get a great look at it from where I was, but I thought the guy pushed Korie off to get room for that last 3 too.
Sorry if already mentioned but I loved one of his post game comments....."we have 3 bite who think they're Shaq....but they aren't" just the way he said it was funny
I'm with you here. They showed that replay lots of times and every time I thought it was a legit pushoff and not a flop by KL.
Agreed. I don't know how you could watch the replay and call that a flop. Can't believe the tv guys just ignored it and talked about how amazing the shooter was for getting his feet behind the 3 point line.
Hoiberg called it a flop that Lucious probably shouldn't have taken. Post-game on the radio.
"Probably shouldn't have taken?" It would be incredibly dumb if it was a flop. Calls were not going our way and it left the shooter wide open.
