RE: Huggins outcoached....again

[Mike Denman]

Agreed. However, your earlier posts seemed to indicate that he got out
coached because we can't run offense, not because we can't consistently
hustle. If your criticism of Huggins is that he hasn't been able to motivate
these guys to give consistent effort, then I agree. However, the criticism
of the offensive execution is .... a bit weak IMO.

Anyway, I certainly agree that there is more complaining after a loss... no
doubt. It's human nature. We're all pissed right now!

-----Original Message-----
From: UC BearcatFan [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:44 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Huggins outcoached....again


No one says he hasn't gotten out coached when they
have won. It's the same way with everything when a
team loses. There is much more criticism when a team
loses then wins. In my opinion, we have not hustled in
very many games of late. If Nick Williams sinks the
shot at the end and we end up winning, I guarantee you
that there would not be as many people complaining
about hustle and effort. It would be more about how
they fought back and earned a hard fought victory.
Thats just the way it works. There is more complaining
after losses. After 10 years you should know that. :)


--- Mike Denman <address@hidden> wrote:
> I actually find these posts humorous. I've been on
> this forum for over 10
> years, and you can just bet on the fact that if Cats
> lose, someone will say
> Huggins got out coached. It's guaranteed money. I'm
> not saying he did or he
> did not, but it's just funny how he never gets out
> coached when they win.
> Surely, if Huggins is a lesser coach, prone to
> getting out coached that we
> would simply get lucky sometimes when we win.
>
> Anyway, we lost because as many teams in the past,
> especially last year's
> team, this team lacks the necessary competitive
> drive that will win close
> games. If they don't mentally trash a team in the
> first 15 minutes, this
> team, as it currently sits, will not fair well down
> the stretch. They don't
> have enough guys that have the WILL to win. They're
> talented, but RIGHT NOW,
> they don't have the heart, and it appears that
> Huggins hasn't figured out
> how to motivate them to the next level. But I think
> he will....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UC BearcatFan [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 3:18 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Huggins outcoached....again
>
>
>
> I hate to say it, but Huggs got out coached by Bobby
> Lutz and he's gotten out coached in both their
> losses.
>  He needs to hire an offensive coordinator.  I'm
> actually starting to think that last years team had
> a
> better half court offense than this years team.
> Luckily, this year we have more talent.  It's
> painful
> to see Kareem Johnson and Eric Hicks taking 15 foot
> jump shots because their offense has no flow to it
> whatsoever.  Charlotte had an open shot after every
> timeout but Cinci did not have any good set plays
> after timeouts.
>
> I know their are a lot of people out their that
> won't
> say anything bad about Huggins, but his half-court
> offense year after year is just pathetic.  There is
> no
> excuse this year because they have talent and
> athleticism at every position. They have a good
> inside
> scorer and great outside shooters but still a
> horrible
> half-court offense.
>
> p.s. - losses may be good for this team because they
> are way too cocky. They need to realize that they
> aren't as good as they think.
>
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