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#8
#8
It is the coach's responsibility to make sure the team doesn't lose momentum during the break. This has been a common issue in many games. Because it is constant - it is the coach.

I don't pay attention to who is on the court at the end of the first half - too much changing for me to keep up. I wonder, does she reset at the half and start the five she started the game with - or play the ones that were last on the court and making things happen?
 
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volglassmaker said:
How do you play the first half just as good as the other team. Then come out after half time and look like you never played the game before.
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Halftime adjustments by the opposing coach. Apparent bad halftime juju by ours.. Plus, talent eventually wins out. Others have more than us.

But keeping up for a half is an improvement
 
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#12
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Last year the system worked more than it didn’t. Last years team had less talent but clearly we can see now they experience and leadership. Over achieved IMO by going all the way to S16 and a few bad minutes from going to the E8.

They just don’t have that same TEAM this year. You can see the dawg in Civil and Pauldo though. Prawl and Hurst are gonna take some leaps too. They gotta get the lazy upperclassmen out. It sucks to say but those type of things drag a team down as much as a good leader(s) pick them up.
 
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volglassmaker said:
How do you play the first half just as good as the other team. Then come out after half time and look like you never played the game before.
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Because the other coach makes something called adjustments to do somethings better. CKC could probably make adjustments if she had a different (i.e., normal) system, but she can't and therein rests the mystery of "The wasted Third Period"
 
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glv98 said:
Halftime adjustments by the opposing coach. Apparent bad halftime juju by ours.. Plus, talent eventually wins out. Others have more than us.

But keeping up for a half is an improvement
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Not picking on you, glv, you're just the first to mention half-time adjustments that I saw. My question, and I mean this sincerely, if the team has been executing the game plan and has been playing well, what half-time adjustments is a coach supposed to make? I understand attempting to anticipate adjustments by the opposing coach, but why must this anticipation mean making adjustments to what has been working? Now, in context of tonight's game, clearly the players didn't continue to do what was working, particularly on offense, in the second half, and it is fairly clear, in my opinion, that there wasn't any effort to address this lack of the same effort and results as it was happening, or, if there was, that not many players responded positively. Given the limited pool of alternative players, I don't know what else a coaching staff is supposed to do.

Jim
 
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CannonVol80 said:
Not picking on you, glv, you're just the first to mention half-time adjustments that I saw. My question, and I mean this sincerely, if the team has been executing the game plan and has been playing well, what half-time adjustments is a coach supposed to make? I understand attempting to anticipate adjustments by the opposing coach, but why must this anticipation mean making adjustments to what has been working? Now, in context of tonight's game, clearly the players didn't continue to do what was working, particularly on offense, in the second half, and it is fairly clear, in my opinion, that there wasn't any effort to address this lack of the same effort and results as it was happening, or, if there was, thatnot many players responded positively. Given the limited pool of alternative players, I don't know what else a coaching staff is supposed to do.

Jim
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Kim actually cited LSUs halftime adjustments in her presser. I guess it’s fine to just say more of same at halftime if you’ve played well. But if you have no counter adjustments and no ability to control your teams mindset down the stretch, you see the result.
 
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If you look at the NCAA team stats a couple of things are really obvious. First, despite all the fan gripes about unfair refs. Tennessee ranks 319th in D1 fouls committed. That is absolutely inexcusable. Second, the team ranks 127th in A/TO an indication of 5 players on the floor not necessarily a team.

Refereeing basketball is a really tough job. In general refs are honest and fair minded. They certainly make mistakes but there is no great conspiracy against Tennessee and refs aren't in the pockets of top coaches. Learning how to defend without fouling is the job of the coaching staff. Ranked so low means that there is a disconnect there. Either the coaches aren't teaching the players or the players are ignoring them. Another factor is how the refs are coaching the game. That is also on the coaches to adapt.

Assist to turnover numbers are an indication of a couple of things. Primarily it is an indication of team play. Is a team coached to get a shot and take it or is it coached to pass the ball to the team mate that has the best shot?
 
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glv98 said:
Kim actually cited LSUs halftime adjustments in her presser. I guess it’s fine to just say more of same at halftime if you’ve played well. But if you have no counter adjustments and no ability to control your teams mindset down the stretch, you see the result.
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I think you have to anticipate the opposing coach’s halftime adjustments, so “more of the same” is getting nipped in the bud because we don’t plan for THEIR new plan.
 
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brassie said:
Tennessee ranks 319th in D1 fouls committed. That is absolutely inexcusable. Second, the team ranks 127th in A/TO an indication of 5 players on the floor not necessarily a team.
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Honestly, I think our players are so exhausted from “pressing” constantly that they can’t sustain the level of energy and focus it takes to avoid excessive fouling.

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#22
I am not sure how a coach anymore keeps from "losing the team" when things aren't going well. Players are still getting paid their NIL and probably several are just going through the motions before the portal opens up. No amount of coaching will compensate for a player who has checked out.
 
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Okie said:
I am not sure how a coach anymore keeps from "losing the team" when things aren't going well. Players are still getting paid their NIL and probably several are just going through the motions before the portal opens up. No amount of coaching will compensate for a player who has checked out.
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Fact: Money often changes people.
 
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CannonVol80 said:
Not picking on you, glv, you're just the first to mention half-time adjustments that I saw. My question, and I mean this sincerely, if the team has been executing the game plan and has been playing well, what half-time adjustments is a coach supposed to make? I understand attempting to anticipate adjustments by the opposing coach, but why must this anticipation mean making adjustments to what has been working? Now, in context of tonight's game, clearly the players didn't continue to do what was working, particularly on offense, in the second half, and it is fairly clear, in my opinion, that there wasn't any effort to address this lack of the same effort and results as it was happening, or, if there was, that not many players responded positively. Given the limited pool of alternative players, I don't know what else a coaching staff is supposed to do.

Jim
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If your offense stays the same and it gets shut down after half time, the opposing team most likely made an adjustment and you didn’t have an answer to it. If the defense suddenly looks ragged, the opposing team most likely made an adjustment, and you didn’t have an answer. Also, what’s wrong with taking the initiative in regards to halftime changes? Used to be the mark of a really good coach.
 
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