Gator Basketball Gators blow late double-digit lead, lose to Kentucky at home

[RaptureVeteran]

Another loss for Mike "dribble in place" White

And somehow I see plenty of people still defend them as the only excuse for such stupidity being that they started watching basketball today

 

[rogdochar]

There are several weaknesses in this team ... with White & crew unable to correct ... maybe unable to see it even.
The blindness on recognizing that "talls" manipulating those 65% FGs is what controls the scoring. A coach never just shrugs his shoulders and declares for everyone, including his players, to hear : "I don't know what else to do?" and coaching near close-out pep-talks of "shoot, shoot, shoot" ?

Is it the right move to have no expectations of the HC of a major school's major sports program.
Poor speed on passes, poor speed on repositioning dash movements, standing like a spectator of uninvolvement, etc. Is White saying "it's the players' flaws. I don't know what else to do to handle it."? I rejoice at the incoming of 5-stars, but I want them to get the best coaching and White ain't that. He'll get 50% of their worth out of them, and that's not fair to fans or to those players. UF is pursuing CBBall inadequacy and we're paying $2 million for it.
Without saying fire White, the coaching needs a shakeup, a shakeup for the better.

 

[no1g8r]

Serious question: If Mike White and the Gators suck so badly, how did they manage to have a late lead against the #1 and #7 teams in the country? Wouldn't a team that really sucks be losing pretty much from wire-to-wire?

I agree that Gators are lacking offensively in many ways (lack of offensive bigs, lack of creativity by guards, lack of movement by everyone, etc), but for the past couple of games or so, I've seen more movement without the ball, more inside scoring attempts, and better overall effort than we saw previously. When we've had our scoring droughts has been when we reverted back to no movement without the ball. Is the consensus that White is telling them to stand still and wait around? (which runs contrary to what White was telling them while miked up today)

 

[MertzJay26]

Painfully stupid take

How many times do we run actual offense to get guys open? Rarely. Most of our offense is pull jumpers. You basically admitted to it in your post and I'm not sure if I'm missing the sarcasm or if the take really is just that bad

2nd part of my post was sarcasm

 

[LeeForThree]

Serious question: If Mike White and the Gators suck so badly, how did they manage to have a late lead against the #1 and #7 teams in the country? Wouldn't a team that really sucks be losing pretty much from wire-to-wire?

I agree that Gators are lacking offensively in many ways (lack of offensive bigs, lack of creativity by guards, lack of movement by everyone, etc), but for the past couple of games or so, I've seen more movement without the ball, more inside scoring attempts, and better overall effort than we saw previously. When we've had our scoring droughts has been when we reverted back to no movement without the ball. Is the consensus that White is telling them to stand still and wait around? (which runs contrary to what White was telling them while miked up today)

Defense...and only defense. They lost because of offense and only offense. Meaning we are a ****y version of Virginia...which is complete garbage basketball and I'd rather blow it up and fire White and start over then keep watching it imo

 

[no1g8r]

I do like to see a faster-paced offense, and the first half of this game was fun to watch. But am I the only one who likes to see teams play good defense as well? I'm not Muschamp-bad, but I appreciate good defense almost as much as good offense. Am I in a minority of 1?

 

[fischerwood]

Please, somebody call Billy D...PLEASE

 

[LeeForThree]

I love the defense, but it doesn't mean you neglect offense...and it definitely doesn't mean the head coach complains about defense when we lose 55-45...which he has done numerous times over the last 4 years

I do like to see a faster-paced offense, and the first half of this game was fun to watch. But am I the only one who likes to see teams play good defense as well? I'm not Muschamp-bad, but I appreciate good defense almost as much as good offense. Am I in a minority of 1?

 

[LeeForThree]

Please, somebody call Billy D...PLEASE

He is headed to an NBA title this season

 

[Frozen Gator]

I do like to see a faster-paced offense, and the first half of this game was fun to watch. But am I the only one who likes to see teams play good defense as well? I'm not Muschamp-bad, but I appreciate good defense almost as much as good offense. Am I in a minority of 1?

Not at all, but one likes to see the fruits of good defense result in some easy baskets and open shots.

 

[MertzJay26]

Just gotta hit our shots guys. No matter how contested they are because we have no identity on offense. Just gotta hit em.

 

[MertzJay26]

He is headed to an NBA title this season

Wut

 

[rogdochar]

UK took away the 3pter because they knew we cant score I side the 3pt line

Opponents count on White's boys being one dimensional. Any one dimensional team is convinced by the practices & HC's attitude that that's all they are.

for the past couple of games or so, I've seen more movement without the ball, more inside scoring attempts, and better overall effort than we saw previously.

Bull's eye no18r. Now, this late, these guys are awkward at correctly attacking the basket. Somebody has pounded into them that "shoot-shoot" is all that pleases the coach. No coach is stressing fast-passing to get the opposing D lagging the action. Over & over, the ball movement stops, giving the opposing D plenty of time to set up & to be calmly ready to challenge. On the inside stuff, guys nonchalantly float in "out-of-body" narcosis = attacking is not their #1 in practices, in mindset, not drilled into them.

Starting to learn attacking the rim this late means our Gator players are "newbies" going against opponents whose coaches have had their charges rehearsing that style preseason and through 20 games now. Does anyone have a quote after a losing streak implies: it's not my fault, the players aren't doing what I tell them." Ever think Bob Knight, John Thompson, coach K, would ever have that attitude.?

 

[t-gator]

Go away

Charge your phone

 

[78]

265th ranked offense in the nation. Duh.

 

[Jbossgator8]

I just can't believe we outscored UK in the paint 30-26. We should have gotten up more 3s. The UK defense really keyed in on Allen and Locke so that they couldn't get any open looks...

 

[MidwestChomp]

He like dem 4 guard lineups

You can play a 4 guard lineup if you play like Nova. However we don't have the big guy to anchor the middle like Wright has had. It also takes teaching BALL MOVEMENT!

 

[MidwestChomp]

Go away

We average almost 70 a game? Never would have guessed.

 

[MidwestChomp]

265th ranked offense in the nation. Duh.

White to Muschamp..hold my beer.

 

[78]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that scoring is what separates the NCAA haves from the have-nots. We're too deep into this regime to be having that problem.