Free Quebec wrote:

Cutis wrote:

I echo Moneybox thoughts. Bishop gives and he takes. With 20 seconds left in the first half and in possession of the ball, GW is up by 3. A chance to maintain this or go up by 5, instead Bishop takes a rushed shot, UMD comes down for an emphatic dunk to close the gap to one. Not a  smart play. Early, in the second half , Bishop is not aware of a pass by Lindos  and another turnover occurs. JC calls him over. The team played hard with great intensity. A win was possible. GW needs smarter point guard play.

Bishop didn’t take the shot. It was Bamisile. Criticize him for that, not James.

I’m glad you mentioned that moment where he didn’t see the pass and JC called him over. That was such a great coaching moment. You could tell Bishop was rattled, between the poor shooting and not seeing that pass, but JC really calmed him down. Put his hands on shoulders and gave him a hug. I’d like to think that support, rather than ripping the kid as most of our coaches would have done over the years, is part of what helped James settle down enough to get back to his game down the stretch.

Correct it was Bamisile not Bishop.

lol ya gtfo. Not enough games for this to be physically possibly BY December. If you are talking by the end of december, you are saying this team goes 3-9 until then. Clown college.

I am as satisfied as one can be with a loss because we played with great heart, didn't fold and showcased the athleticism of the new team--and the ability to push the ball in transition.
  We did get torched inside and there is still an unwillingness to aggressively rebound in general, which may be the result of our strategy offensively and our limited depth defensively. That was a weakness everyone knew about we needed to find a better way to disguise this weakness somehow. I was calling for at least a bit more Samuels last two games and though hardly a cure-all, seemed to be worth a shot.
It was posted that Amir Harris played only 7 minutes. He could have had some of Bishop's early minutes because despite his injury fragility, Amir is willing to mix it up more inside than the average GW player and he also has some defensive savvy.
  Nonetheless, we achieved more than expected against a real team. Unfortunately, we aren't playing any more teams of distinction (if you can stand affording MD that honor) in our squishy soft OOC schedule which may come back to haunt us.
   So while it may have been a heartening moral victory and lead us to believe this team's talent level is real, we won't really know for sometime. And there was no solid reason, based on the past few years to believe we would be good or event competent OOC until the ball was rolled out and we saw what Bamisile, for example, could accomplish.
      Meanwhile, let's not slam someone who offers another (needed in my view if inelegantly expressed at times) perspective. We have some regular hyperbole here on both sides, positive and negative. There was no reason to believe we would be great and we certainly weren't on Tuesday against a low-level NEC team. So, unless someone says anything highly inappropriate or is consistently baiting others, let's give it as pass.
   And not fall into the trap of calling names and attacking others.
Let's just enjoy the unexpected windfall of a close game against what is expected to be a very good opponent that revives (probably for the last time in a while) a local rivalry. And see what happens when we play some tougher teams from January on.   
There really aren't enough of us to turn on each other, especially when we are feeling a bit more (very guardedly) optimistic and savoring what may or may not be a bit of light at the end of the long, dark tunnel.

Steve wrote:

Last point - anyone who doesnt like what Joe is doing on the court hates fun. 
 

I absolutely LOVE it but ONLY when it goes along with 20 and 8 with 2 blocks and 2 steals. 

Hahaha I'll give him some leeway from that stat line Mentz, but your point is taken!