Does anyone on this team care?

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There is no one with any energy on this team. I know It’s good to stay level headed while playing, but no one shows any fire. If no one steps up and gets this team fired up it’s going to be a quick exit from the tourney! We have good players who just look like they’re going through the motions. Is this on the coach or players?
 
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EC4VOLS said:
There is no one with any energy on this team. I know It’s good to stay level headed while playing, but no one shows any fire. If no one steps up and gets this team fired up it’s going to be a quick exit from the tourney! We have good players who just look like they’re going through the motions. Is this on the coach or players?
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Just Keon and Jaden
 
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When you shuffle line up and bench 19-20 year olds they are going to take it hard. These are not pros.
 
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BeAllEndAll said:
When you shuffle line up and bench 19-20 year olds they are going to take it hard. These are not pros.
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When your most experienced players aren’t very good and you are relying on young players to lead the team, this is what happens. Pons, Fulkerson, Vescovi, and James are major disappointments this year, especially Fulkerson and Pons.
 
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landscapingvol said:
When your most experienced players aren’t very good and you are relying on young players to lead the team, this is what happens. Pons, Fulkerson, Vescovi, and James are major disappointments this year, especially Fulkerson and Pons.
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Barnes wanted guys who wouldn't give him a hard time and do things his way without question. Well, it's pretty clear he got the type of team he wanted. Very milquetoast bunch wearing the orange and white. Just a joy to watch.
 
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Keon and Jaden are the only 2 that play with any competitiveness at all. The rest are tentative and soft. Every team we play is a step quicker, tougher, more aggressive and motivated, regardless of their talent level. At this point of the season that is squarely on the coach. Just don't hold your breath waiting to hear that from him.
 
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EC4VOLS said:
There is no one with any energy on this team. I know It’s good to stay level headed while playing, but no one shows any fire. If no one steps up and gets this team fired up it’s going to be a quick exit from the tourney! We have good players who just look like they’re going through the motions. Is this on the coach or players?
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I think they all do but the team is still imploding and Rick Barnes has to take some responsibility for that.
 
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What appears from a distance to distressed fans as "not caring" is actually loss of confidence, and the resulting loss of joy playing the game they still love.

What we see as a lack of emotion is accurate in a way, as players are fighting down pessimism and negative emotions, and trying to focus mentally on doing better what they know they know how to do.

It's fine to use this forum to vent our fan frustrations. But let's don't fool ourselves to believe this unfolding-collapsing season is not extremely complex and difficult to remedy.

Compare this team's slump (7-8 key players trying to work together as a unit, playing a game that requires defense, offense, shooting, rebounding, dribbling, passing, screening, etc.--all while jumping and running!) to a similar slump by a top-20 PGA golfer, one of the best in the world at what he does.

The world-class golfer has only one thing causing his slump--something in his swing. He has few limits on how much time he can daily devote to fixing his swing. He has precise video tools to record and compare his swing. He has 24/7 access to personal coaches to analyze his swing. And yet golf fans recognize that it may be weeks, even months, before it gets resolved and he returns to his normal level of performance.

What's happening to our team is rare. Most of us older fans have never witnessed anything like it. Our HOF coach expresses the same bewilderment, and you can be sure that over his career he has read more than a few articles on "how to get your team out of a slump" and attended more than a few workshops on the issue at coaching conferences.

It might turn out that the best thing that could happen for our team would be to enter the Florida game with nothing to gain by a win, and just telling the guys to go out on Senior Day and have fun!
Who knows?
 
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I think they all play hard. I think lack of talent with a few make them seem as if they might not be trying hard.
 
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Because of covid there are not enough fans allowed at the games to provide any energy. Society pressure, starting from the time young boys start preschool discourages any alpha male dominance/aggression/energy. If you have to much boy energy they will prescribe you a drug to fix that. Just participate, get your trophy, you are so special and if you have feeling that you might want to be a female, well that's just normal. Is it any wonder team leaders are becoming extinct? The football program hasn't had any leaders lately either. It's the new normal!
 
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fullmetalvol said:
Because of covid there are not enough fans allowed at the games to provide any energy. Society pressure, starting from the time young boys start preschool discourages any alpha male dominance/aggression/energy. If you have to much boy energy they will prescribe you a drug to fix that. Just participate, get your trophy, you are so special and if you have feeling that you might want to be a female, well that's just normal. Is it any wonder team leaders are becoming extinct? The football program hasn't had any leaders lately either. It's the new normal!
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You're quite odd
 
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berryvol said:
You're quite odd
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I'm guilty of ODD for sure:) Overlooking my intentional exaggerations of the process, it does appear that we don't raise our boys to become leaders as men. Years ago it seems like every team had a guy or two that held their teammates accountable. Guys that just refused to lose easily. Maybe it's just my perception but these type personalities seem to be rare nowadays.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
What appears from a distance to distressed fans as "not caring" is actually loss of confidence, and the resulting loss of joy playing the game they still love.

What we see as a lack of emotion is accurate in a way, as players are fighting down pessimism and negative emotions, and trying to focus mentally on doing better what they know they know how to do.

It's fine to use this forum to vent our fan frustrations. But let's don't fool ourselves to believe this unfolding-collapsing season is not extremely complex and difficult to remedy.

Compare this team's slump (7-8 key players trying to work together as a unit, playing a game that requires defense, offense, shooting, rebounding, dribbling, passing, screening, etc.--all while jumping and running!) to a similar slump by a top-20 PGA golfer, one of the best in the world at what he does.

The world-class golfer has only one thing causing his slump--something in his swing. He has few limits on how much time he can daily devote to fixing his swing. He has precise video tools to record and compare his swing. He has 24/7 access to personal coaches to analyze his swing. And yet golf fans recognize that it may be weeks, even months, before it gets resolved and he returns to his normal level of performance.

What's happening to our team is rare. Most of us older fans have never witnessed anything like it. Our HOF coach expresses the same bewilderment, and you can be sure that over his career he has read more than a few articles on "how to get your team out of a slump" and attended more than a few workshops on the issue at coaching conferences.

It might turn out that the best thing that could happen for our team would be to enter the Florida game with nothing to gain by a win, and just telling the guys to go out on Senior Day and have fun!
Who knows?
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This is all really good stuff. Thanks.
 
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