- Nov 10, 2017
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I agree this was a very bad loss at home to a tournament bubble team. To paraphrase the late John Mckay " we didn't shoot very well but we made up for it by not rebounding". Out rebounded 43 to 25 by Bama and out scored 29 to 1 from the bench ! A complete break down.
I support Mike White and still believe he will be a very good coach.
Coach White is on par or even ahead of where Billy D was 3 years in. The big exception will be this third year. Billy 98-99 team took the big jump forward and it doesn't look like that will happen for Mike White year 3.
The problem now in my opinion is the team chemistry. It is poor. Last year White and team over achieved after losing Egbunu. This year it seems like there are no vocal on court or locker room leaders who can rally the team. I am not sure how many more moves he can make to get this team winning. Without a dominant presence in the paint teams have figured out that when the Gators don't make 3s they don't win. This looks like a good time for a closed door players only meeting, but I don't know who will lead it. We have kids who play hard but without quality post and paint play they force shots and try to as the coach says play hero ball. You can force the tempo and play fast but you need a bench with fresh legs. One point of the bench yesterday pretty much says it all.
If Big John comes back he should help. But this team looks to face mismatch problems the rest of the season. Maybe a leader will show up and the team responds. The game coming up against LSU should answer some questions on where this season is going.
I support Mike White and still believe he will be a very good coach.
Coach White is on par or even ahead of where Billy D was 3 years in. The big exception will be this third year. Billy 98-99 team took the big jump forward and it doesn't look like that will happen for Mike White year 3.
The problem now in my opinion is the team chemistry. It is poor. Last year White and team over achieved after losing Egbunu. This year it seems like there are no vocal on court or locker room leaders who can rally the team. I am not sure how many more moves he can make to get this team winning. Without a dominant presence in the paint teams have figured out that when the Gators don't make 3s they don't win. This looks like a good time for a closed door players only meeting, but I don't know who will lead it. We have kids who play hard but without quality post and paint play they force shots and try to as the coach says play hero ball. You can force the tempo and play fast but you need a bench with fresh legs. One point of the bench yesterday pretty much says it all.
If Big John comes back he should help. But this team looks to face mismatch problems the rest of the season. Maybe a leader will show up and the team responds. The game coming up against LSU should answer some questions on where this season is going.