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Gator Basketball Gators vs West Virginia
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Ancient Reptile
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The announcer keeps saying that MW changed his offense before the tinnerc game from dribble drive to getting the ball inside. If this is correct, it is impressive.
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Watching the replay. Too busy today. First of all, phkkk the refs. Not a big "refs are killing us" guy but....phk the refs. Artis Gilmore Jr is pretty good but phkk the refs. Appleby needs to play more. Imagine taking away a 3pt shot cause you "think" a guy flopped. Hell, the ball was in the basket before the ref made the terrible call. When Mann gets on the court after foul trouble we see how good he is. White must be now thee guy to transfer to to jumpstart a career. Castelton is just the newest guy to flourish at UF. Scotty Lewis has at least one highlight a game. Usualy 2-3. Quez Glover is still my guy but Mann and Appleby are both REAL basketball players. Locke is the closest thing to Lee Humphrey in awhile. Castleton is a heady player and leanrng how to play tougher all the time. And his FT % is money. The white boys for WV can absolutely BURY a three and Fla showed their toughness at the end when they didnt blink and win it at the end of a close game to a good team on the road..........obtw White is coaching well (I like Mike) and phkkk the refs...........
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Castleton and Mann have REALLY developed under White. Castleton averaged 2 points a game at Michigan. I have watched film of him at Michigan. White and crew have REALLY worked on Castleton to realize his potential. Mann has such an array of shots and is a dynamic player and White has brought the best out of him and allowed him to play freely. White has REALLY changed the offense and he is REALLY coaching up these players and it has payed off huge dividends. The announcers mentioned that a few times during the broadcast. White really made some great adjustments after halftime, MASTERFUL coaching by White today no doubt. Love seeing White really coaching HARD on the sidelines, always shouting out instructions to the players and encouraging them.
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You’re right and he did have 7 assists today. I should have worded it better. There is some inconsistency in that he will force some passes. He also overcommits at times and gets caught off balance. But he makes some elite level passes every game.
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Only caught the last 5 minutes of the game because I was helping out a friend with some demo work ahead of renovations. Happy for the win. As much as I can't stand White's coaching style, UF won at the #11 team's home court, and it sounds like it was 5 vs 8, even more than normal.
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Maybe you're seeing something I'm not, but I see no reason to mention Locke in the same breath as Humpty, unless you do it while saying "don't do it."
Jake from State Farm
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"Phkkk the refs" really?
It was late and all I had was the replay and a little mind altering liquid that shredded the walls of civility and restraint. Sometimes the filter gets modified since I dont have to song and dance with kids anymore. Restraint was paramount then but it was usually fun and wholesome. Too much home cooking it looked to me. But the lack of crowd evened it up. btw .......phkkk those refs.
I expect better Coach!
One thing I have learned in 66 years is that expecations and reality are not close friends. Maybe aquaintances at times but hoping for a lasting relationship between the two is a fools errand. I find that i am MUCH happier knowing now that lasting relationships can be a two edged sword. So I rock and roll along knowing that life is like a car lot. Lots of choices but eventually the warranties expire.
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He should also at least consider dropping another 150 lbs. Not sure if it had anything to do with giving up the booze for more food.
Jake from State Farm
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Coach, you need to lighten up a bit.
You know what they say about 1 door closes, another 1 opens...... The ocean is full of fishes...
And yes, Phkkk those mountain grown Refs!
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First, let's scold our UF staff for leaving Jitoboh off the players' listing. Making a list; checking it twice.
I've never seen refs dialed into unwarrantedly actually remove points scored by the visiting team -- I think at least 5 Gator-points were erased after the fact. ?? We beat 'em anyway.
The big criticism of Mike White has never been about him being a side-court cheerleader = it has been a call for him to be an in-game side-court teacher of basketball. Immediately take out a messing-up kid, give him an instant lecture on what's wrong & what's better. Sit him thinking on that - not ruminating about a pouting coach. Now, IMO, these guys have shown the way; they have inspired their coach to work at teaching & inspiring his team of college kids. We could talk about Mike White developing lately. That, we all like. To that players are responding. Hope it will be a continuous no-look-back development shared by players and their coach-squad.
Keep the Go Gators - you're all enjoyable to watch and to root for.
I've never seen refs dialed into unwarrantedly actually remove points scored by the visiting team -- I think at least 5 Gator-points were erased after the fact. ?? We beat 'em anyway.
The big criticism of Mike White has never been about him being a side-court cheerleader = it has been a call for him to be an in-game side-court teacher of basketball. Immediately take out a messing-up kid, give him an instant lecture on what's wrong & what's better. Sit him thinking on that - not ruminating about a pouting coach. Now, IMO, these guys have shown the way; they have inspired their coach to work at teaching & inspiring his team of college kids. We could talk about Mike White developing lately. That, we all like. To that players are responding. Hope it will be a continuous no-look-back development shared by players and their coach-squad.
Keep the Go Gators - you're all enjoyable to watch and to root for.
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Every coach on the team should be slapped around for this.
A lot of hustle yesterday, much better ball movement, but then taking care of the ball needs to be the next thing. I think the inbounds pass that had to be chased down should be a wakeup call, not expecting the ball to be thrown to you also needs to be a theme. If you have the ball, there are only 4 other people you want to touch it and those 4 should have more than a little awareness. And then there are the times they tried to throw to Castleman over culver; well, there aren't words to explain that. culver is an outstanding talent who will play at the next level, why we kept trying to take advantage of him is way beyond my pay grade.
Again, I saw Castleman try to put the ball in the basket being guarded by 4, The next time it happened he passed it out to an open player for a 4 point play-maybe it was a teachable moment.
The type of enthusiastic play we saw yesterday makes the game exciting and will get the Gators deep into the sec tournament if it continues. But beating the refs has always been part of the game; anyway, most of their seeing eye dogs are down with cv19.
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That's White's coaching development. Glad to see it.
