lizardbreath
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Not running away with it a little at the end invites loss. Obviously, it's losing ... ground.
Right Sas. White, in taking the air out of the ball, just drains the enthusiasm from UF's souped-up hot-rods. Leaves all with nowhere to put their determination. It's White fleeing the pressure of the high expectations of dominating. Psychiatry refers to this as "approach-avoid". Thus, it is an ingrained response that is dictated by that habitual adjustment White used long ago to void fear-generating tension. It's gonna be up to these kids to re-install bravery into their Coach. (IDK?) If possible?
White should enlarge several photos of that trophy presentation and put it on the locker-room wall. Point to it often for their motivation-orientation.
Yep, Blackshear plus his teammates need to practice & practice taking the ball closer to the hoop. It's gotta be a "team-coached" factor. Blackshear and Payne already can get there, but their teammates aren't attuned to the dominating concept of getting the ball to them. Neglecting this = coaching failure.
1) White, as coach, needs to persistently inject combinations that will eliminate "end-game" sputtering.
2) Emphasize in film-study to players how they shot 54% FG for repeat performances. Don't let them start future games like they don't know what to do.
3) Early losses came from White's coward-style. The players we got now cannot succeed in playing that way. Time to play bravely, so it's time to coach bravely.
4) White has well coached them at defense.
5) We all should enjoy watching this team unless they backslide like so many of White's students have so often?
Give us 4-5 more games like this and I can sit back restfully for the remainder of the season. Winning creates belief.
I agree. We saw some really promising talent and decent overall depth last night. But MW needs to grow a pair and get the hell out of the way of the team doing what it's capable of doing. He's "letting the air out" of the program with his pussy-assed "play not to lose BS," and he'll eventually either discover a spine or get himself fired. I've had little to say about BB since the offense collapsed after the brilliant showing out west to start the 2017 season. Call it an overload of disgust with bungling what could have been a great season that year - or simple weariness with watching UF slip into utter mediocrity in both major sports. One way or the other, this season is make or break for MW. If he can't find a way to win big with this talent he, needs to go sooner rather than later.