Re: Thoughts on Marquette

[Chris Sorge]

By pulling the young guys after a single mistake, it will definately take
time for them to develop that sense of "reaction" instead, now they are
going to be forced to think to much, so they don't screw up.

Chris

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Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Thoughts on Marquette


> I am a big supporter of Bob Huggins and recognize what the Bearcat program
would be without him, but I agree that Huggs is due for some criticism for
the lack of execution of this year's team.  I thought Huggs was badly
outcoached by Tom Crean in Saturday's game.  Marquette played smart.  They
had a game plan and executed it to perfection--even after Dwayne Wade got
two early fouls.  With his team making numerous mistakes, Huggs used nearly
every timeout to bait the refs over some alleged missed call--even when UC
was down 20..  Yes, the refs missed some calls, but in no way did the refs
cost UC the game. Why not use the timeouts to make changes to your offensive
or defensive strategy rather than wasting 30 or 120 seconds on a futile
attempt to change a referee's call?  UC's pitiful rebounding and atrocious
inside play, both offensively and defensively, were the reasons UC lost this
game.  I also think Huggs is making a big mistake in removing Moore and
Hicks and Kirkland every time they make one mistake.  Is Pitino doing that
at Louisville with Dartez, Garcia and Dean?  Which coach is getting more out
of their first-year players?  I think it is clear that Pitino is using a
"positive" approach to build up self-confidence in his young players while
Huggs uses a "negative" approach---"these guys don't know what they are
doing, they don't listen, they don't deserve to play", ad nauseum.  If an
experienced business executive said that about his own employees, it
wouldn't be long before the executive was out of a job-not the employees.
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