Gator Basketball ***Official Basketball Game Thread: Gators vs #6 Kentucky***

[FireFoley]

Kugel the dumbest player in sports

I said it prior to the season. If Kugel was half as good as he thought he was he would be lethal. He plays with little effort and energy in my opinion and thinks he is better than any other player on the court by a mile. The showboating during play is not going to get him anywhere.

 

[lagator]

That’s frustrating as it gets

Two of our better players in Samuel and Richard absolutely no-showed. Can’t have that.

I don’t know what was wrong with Samuel today. Was he out partying or something last night? Every time he touched the ball he bobbled it. He typically has good hands but they were awful today.

 

[Spurdog98]

Well most of you have been begging for this type of basketball and now you have it. It's fun the watch but the results will be the same. Defense and FT shooting sucks.

 

[lagator]

Samuel should be able to utilize his quickness and strength against their bigs. Richard had plenty of open opportunities, he just bricked em. Having 2/5 starters play like crap against a top 10 team will get you beat.

You can’t afford to do an “orange out,” pack the stadium in an effort to revitalize our fallen program, and come out of there with an L in a VERY winnable game.

It’s not just against this top 10 team. Golden built a nice roster but so far his well deserved reputation is he can’t beat good teams. We’ve lost to every decent team on our schedule so far. It is what it is. Odds are we struggle in a very deep SEC.

 

[MertzJay26]

I said it prior to the season. If Kugel was half as good as he thought he was he would be lethal. He plays with little effort and energy in my opinion and thinks he is better than any other player on the court by a mile. The showboating during play is not going to get him anywhere.

No effort? He’s arguably our best defender lol

 

[MertzJay26]

Well most of you have been begging for this type of basketball and now you have it. It's fun the watch but the results will be the same. Defense and FT shooting sucks.

This team is miles ahead of where White had us. I’m not sure the style in which we’re playing is the problem

It’s all about FTs and TOs. No choice but to clean those up.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

You know that stupid queer Scottie is all smiles . Mondee is probably sippin on a Mai tai at ballyhoos now happier than a pig in slop . Good for nothing bastard makes me sick .

I snorted

 

[maheo30]

No effort? He’s arguably our best defender lol

Golden Boy literally said he's been outstanding on defense. My issue with Kugel is his shot selection. Stop putting up garbage shots.

 

[Spurdog98]

This team is miles ahead of where White had us. I’m not sure the style in which we’re playing is the problem

It’s all about FTs and TOs. No choice but to clean those up.

Yeah, talent wise maybe but I still see some of the same problems.

 

[Ironhead]

Disappointing loss for sure. Thought we had this one.
I see a lot of upside with this team Thinking we will reel in a few big wins before March.

 

[gatorev12]

Well most of you have been begging for this type of basketball and now you have it. It's fun the watch but the results will be the same. Defense and FT shooting sucks.

I'm disappointed we lost the game, but we've looked good in all our games this year and our only losses weren't blowouts--most were down to the last possession.

That is a marked improvement from the Mike White era, where he only focused on defense and there was no energy surrounding the team, fanbase, or program.

We at least look re-energized and that's a step in the right direction. Recruits turning into the game yesterday would see a sold-out O'Dome and a team capable of playing with anyone. Wth did Mike White offer?

 

[lagator]

I'm disappointed we lost the game, but we've looked good in all our games this year and our only losses weren't blowouts--most were down to the last possession.

That is a marked improvement from the Mike White era, where he only focused on defense and there was no energy surrounding the team, fanbase, or program.

We at least look re-energized and that's a step in the right direction. Recruits turning into the game yesterday would see a sold-out O'Dome and a team capable of playing with anyone. Wth did Mike White offer?

He’s like 1-16 in games against teams with a pulse. Sounds like you love yourself some moral victories so he’s the right coach for you. That stat about losing every close game but one (the one must be the overtime win over a bad Michigan team) is extremely concerning. I really like this roster but major concerns about Golden knowing what to do with it.

 

[LagoonGator68]

He’s like 1-16 in games against teams with a pulse. Sounds like you love yourself some moral victories so he’s the right coach for you. That stat about losing every close game but one (the one must be the overtime win over a bad Michigan team) is extremely concerning. I really like this roster but major concerns about Golden knowing what to do with it.

Asausage yourself and it’s concerns

 

[lagator]

Asausage yourself and it’s concerns

I was thinking of grabbing one of Ox’s prostitutes this afternoon but if I don’t, will probably asausage later. Not sure what that has to do with Goldilocks always getting it pushed in every time he faces a decent team. But al least a lot of them are close losses.

 

[gatorev12]

He’s like 1-16 in games against teams with a pulse. Sounds like you love yourself some moral victories so he’s the right coach for you. That stat about losing every close game but one (the one must be the overtime win over a bad Michigan team) is extremely concerning. I really like this roster but major concerns about Golden knowing what to do with it.

Losing our best player (and one of our only offensive threats) midway through last season certainly didn't help with the stat--and it was year 1 for him after being left a terrible roster to begin with.

So while he needs to start winning games against the better teams; I'm at least seeing signs that he's rebuilt our roster and has the pieces in place.

If by the end of the year that stat is no better and coaching issues were a key reason behind that, than I'll be right alongside everyone else saying we need to find someone else.

 

[LagoonGator68]

The damn roster he has put together in and of itself is pretty fuchsing amazing. You turds are unbelievers and unbelievable.

 

[no1g8r]

He’s like 1-16 in games against teams with a pulse. Sounds like you love yourself some moral victories so he’s the right coach for you. That stat about losing every close game but one (the one must be the overtime win over a bad Michigan team) is extremely concerning. I really like this roster but major concerns about Golden knowing what to do with it.

If I compare where Golden is in his second year vs Napier and his 2nd year, there’s no comparison. Golden’s team is making progress, moving in the right direction. There are a few things to resolve before Starting to celebrate anything, but getting guys up to their lifetime averages in FT% would be a good start, and was the difference in losing vs winning many of those close losses. As for play calling, I don’t really know if the problem is more with calls, or with execution. Regardless, the gap between mediocre and good is much narrower at this stage than it is for Napier after 2 full seasons.

 

[Spurdog98]

If I compare where Golden is in his second year vs Napier and his 2nd year, there’s no comparison. Golden’s team is making progress, moving in the right direction. There are a few things to resolve before Starting to celebrate anything, but getting guys up to their lifetime averages in FT% would be a good start, and was the difference in losing vs winning many of those close losses. As for play calling, I don’t really know if the problem is more with calls, or with execution. Regardless, the gap between mediocre and good is much narrower at this stage than it is for Napier after 2 full seasons.

I'm not sure why we are using Napier as the measuring stick for the basketball program but it's certainly a symptom of how far we have fallen from grace as a Div 1 program across the board. 1044 days since we have beaten UK in basketball or Football.

 

[gatorev12]

I'm not sure why we are using Napier as the measuring stick for the basketball program but it's certainly a symptom of how far we have fallen from grace as a Div 1 program across the board. 1044 days since we have beaten UK in basketball or Football.

I'm fairly confident we'll make the tournament this year and may even surprise a few people when there.

We haven't even fully gelled yet and while I'm not into moral victories, we did play a good Kentucky team down to the wire (and led most of the game too). Play like that every game and we'll most certainly win our share against ranked teams--and likely will be ranked ourselves at some point in the back-half of the year.

Can't say that about Napier; though he's certainly not the barometer for success.

 

[no1g8r]

I'm not sure why we are using Napier as the measuring stick for the basketball program but it's certainly a symptom of how far we have fallen from grace as a Div 1 program across the board. 1044 days since we have beaten UK in basketball or Football.

Napier isn’t a barometer of how close we are to the top, but of how close we are to the bottom.