Have a Question I'd Like Pearl to Answer

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LawVol13

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Why not call your last timeout when it's obvious that the inbounds play you drew up is not going to work? I just don't understand that.
 
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This is what the press need to stomp him with: CBP could have called TO at 10 seconds. Why in the world did he wait!?
 
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Wondering the same thing mike, they did the same against charlotte. As for not calling it during the inbounds they didn't have any, cam took the last one with 3.5 secs left
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MikeDVol said:
Yes. This is what the press need to stomp him with. He could have called TO at 10 seconds. Why in the world did he wait!?
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Two critical coaching mistakes, imo. You're right. Cam should have sprinted the ball to halfcourt and got a timeout with about 6-8 seconds left. And second, when Pearl sees that the drawn up play is not going to work, he should have used the last timeout and tried something else.
 
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saw1017 said:
Wondering the same thing mike, they did the same against charlotte. As for not calling it during the inbounds they didn't have any, cam took the last one with 3.5 secs left
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They were showing one left on the scoreboard. I made a point to look at it before I left the arena because I couldn't understand why Pearl didn't use it.
 
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MikeDVol said:
Don't know why it was showing that but like Saw said, we had none left.
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Well, that answers my question on that part. Still think he screwed up by not sprinting the ball to halfcourt and getting a TO after the freethrow though.
 
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Like I said in another thread, Pearl had no intention of using that last timeout. Cam realized he had nowhere to go and called the timeout himself. Pearl wanted his guys to get the rebound and push the ball up court and drive the ball to the basket without calling a timeout. Unfortunately Cam felt like he needed a timeout. That's still no excuse for the poor drawup on the inbounds play though.
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Sudeepvol said:
Like I said in another thread, Pearl had no intention of using that last timeout. Cam realized he had nowhere to go and called the timeout himself. Pearl wanted his guys to get the rebound and push the ball up court and drive the ball to the basket without calling a timeout. Unfortunately Cam felt like he needed a timeout. That's still no excuse for the poor drawup on the inbounds play though.
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I understand that that's what Pearl was wanting to happen. However, it didn't. He could have saved several seconds by getting the timeout as soon as Cam was in trouble. Instead, we ran 3 or 4 seconds off just holding the ball at halfcourt.
 
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LawVol13 said:
I understand that that's what Pearl was wanting to happen. However, it didn't. He could have saved several seconds by getting the timeout as soon as Cam was in trouble. Instead, we ran 3 or 4 seconds off just holding the ball at halfcourt.
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Okay I see what you're saying.
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Pearl's comments afterward reveal the following...
1. He had no timeouts left. He wished he had on the inbounds play.
2.He did not call the timeout nor did he want to when Tatum tried to bring the ball up.
3. The inbounds play did not happen where it was supposed to. Harris' defender did not bite on the flair which forced Harris out further to get the ball. He was supposed to get it at the top of the key.

Nevertheless, we should not have had to shoot for the win on the last possession in either of these last two games, and the final play has looked equally bad in each of these games.

Link to some of Pearl's comments post game- UT-USC Post Game Quotes University of Tennessee Athletics
 
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LawVol13 said:
Two critical coaching mistakes, imo. You're right. Cam should have sprinted the ball to halfcourt and got a timeout with about 6-8 seconds left. And second, when Pearl sees that the drawn up play is not going to work, he should have used the last timeout and tried something else.
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I was wondering the same thing. Why didn't he call a timeout sooner? We wasted those 6-8 seconds that made Tobias throw up a 30 ft shoot, instead of having more time to get the ball down low. Ugh I hate to say this because I LOVE Pearl, but this loss was on him. I hope we can get it together.
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Bruce Pearl is our coach..and until hes not...let him call whatever he wants to...its his choice as head coach...Go Vols
 
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Bruce looks zoned out on the sidelines. Looks like someone told him his dog got ran over. He must know some bad news is coming. It's affecting the team. I'm sure they're all hearing this or that. I think it's taking a toll now.
 
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True carter... he probabaly is upset about the last 2 losses (who wouldnt be) and the fact that hes not going to be there much longer til suspension...
 
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Sudeepvol said:
Like I said in another thread, Pearl had no intention of using that last timeout. Cam realized he had nowhere to go and called the timeout himself. Pearl wanted his guys to get the rebound and push the ball up court and drive the ball to the basket without calling a timeout. Unfortunately Cam felt like he needed a timeout. That's still no excuse for the poor drawup on the inbounds play though.
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Correct. He wanted to push the ball down the court without calling a time out and said that Harris was open. He said it got all messed up because Tatum was taking the ball down the court instead of the point guard.
 
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Cartervol said:
Bruce looks zoned out on the sidelines. Looks like someone told him his dog got ran over. He must know some bad news is coming. It's affecting the team. I'm sure they're all hearing this or that. I think it's taking a toll now.
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You know, he has looked much less timid on the sidelines than he did two weeks ago and previous. Is it plausable that he knows he is a dead man walking or something?
 
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The op's question has been answered - he didn't call a timeout on the last inbounds play because he didn't have one. That would have been a technical foul, then you would have started a thread questioning why he called a time he didn't have.

The more important question is why the refs weren't requested to review the timeout and add time back to the clock. That was the worst "home clock" worker I've ever seen. Cam called the TO with at least 5 seconds left, the whistle blew, and the clock operator was too slow on the button. They should have had at least 5 seconds.
 
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LawVol13 said:
Why not call your last timeout when it's obvious that the inbounds play you drew up is not going to work? I just don't understand that.
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All you do is criticize everyone. It is so easy to sit in your chair and yadda, yadda, yadda. Maybe you can throw a beer can at the TV and the right play or player will emerge. Second guessing and why who didn't do what is easy. I hope it makes you feel better, but it won't win any games.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
The op's question has been answered - he didn't call a timeout on the last inbounds play because he didn't have one. That would have been a technical foul, then you would have started a thread questioning why he called a time he didn't have.

The more important question is why the refs weren't requested to review the timeout and add time back to the clock. That was the worst "home clock" worker I've ever seen. Cam called the TO with at least 5 seconds left, the whistle blew, and the clock operator was too slow on the button. They should have had at least 5 seconds.
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Supposedly it's automatic. There is no "clock operator." The clock supposedly stops automatically on a whistle.
 
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volroadwarrior said:
All you do is criticize everyone. It is so easy to sit in your chair and yadda, yadda, yadda. Maybe you can throw a beer can at the TV and the right play or player will emerge. Second guessing and why who didn't do what is easy. I hope it makes you feel better, but it won't win any games.
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You guys are hilarious. You act as if Pearl is above reproach or something. I'm sorry that I see two consecutive games where we shoot halfcourt shots when we're down by a point as less than a stellar job by the head coach in drawing up a play.
 
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