The only word to describe this effort is “embarrassing.”  Missed foul shots doesn’t help.

This has been an incredibly disappointing season--can't remember one like it. We were picked to finish 1st to 4th in the league. Poor coaching and terrible free throw shooting have done us in. The stands next season will probably be emptier than this season--if that's possible.

Methinks that extension for Caputo will be prove to be another terrible decision by the powers that be. Just another mistake in the coaching marathon that is GW. Very sad!

Is it worth driving from DC to Pittsburgh to see us play in the A-10 tournament? Was planning on getting the tickets game day.  I've got the hotel booked for 3 nights and I want to go, but don't know if it'll be worth it.  I have a few days left to cancel the hotel without penalty. 

22ndandF wrote:

Is it worth driving from DC to Pittsburgh to see us play in the A-10 tournament? Was planning on getting the tickets game day.  I've got the hotel booked for 3 nights and I want to go, but don't know if it'll be worth it.  I have a few days left to cancel the hotel without penalty. 

 
It’s the team you just watched. And it’s in Pittsburgh.

Odd once again on Dinkins disappearing, even though we were desperate for 3 point shooting
at several points. Not saying he is the answer, especially defensively, but he made a couple nice passes.a  A Dinkins heat check might have been worth a shot. Since we are redshirting 2 scholarship players and another two are out for whatever reason,
    Inopportune shots like Aranguren, normally one of the more stable ones, jocking up a long 3 when we
we were only down 2, helping snuff out the comeback. Inability to get the ball
to Castro/Hunger consistently. Poor/lazy passing. Impressive amount of missed layups.
Plus a huge staff that was outcoached by that of a 3-14 league team.
    FT shooting that is the opposite of clutch.
    Don't know what it is with these guys and pissing away their talents and the regular season.
   But they have one more chance to get it together cure their vastly underperforming season.

Surprised that Johnson wasn’t given more minutes since coming back to work his way into game shape.

Surprised that the number of substitutions seemed to increase not decrease at the close of the season. Could be wrong on that.

What drives me crazy that Caputo like Hobbs is committed to his offensive and defensive systems instead of running plays on occasion where ball movement and roles reduce the decisions players have to make.

Of course it quite possible we will find out some internal conflict fried this team.

As for the A10 tourney GW earned and I mean earned rematch with Fordham who will smoke them unless the locker room leaders lead imo.

Alum1 wrote:

22ndandF wrote:

Is it worth driving from DC to Pittsburgh to see us play in the A-10 tournament? Was planning on getting the tickets game day.  I've got the hotel booked for 3 nights and I want to go, but don't know if it'll be worth it.  I have a few days left to cancel the hotel without penalty. 

 
It’s the team you just watched. And it’s in Pittsburgh.

Yeah, I suppose you're right. I wish I didn't love GW sports so much.

What's there to say at this point? For a team that's supposed to be good offensively, that side of the ball has looked awfully pedestrian the last three games. I don't know if lethargy is the right word, but there's been so many games under CC (not just this season) where it's looked like the team is just going through the motions and today was certainly one of them. A team with maturity and leadership would not have let a performance today happen, but we all know what this team is at this point. It was known that Loyola was going to come out with energy after losing last time by 35 and it being Senior Day for them. GW expected them to roll over and they didn't.

30+ games into the year and still no idea how to break a zone. Completely unacceptable, and everyone deserves blame for that. For about 35 minutes in this one, the first pass was into Slim who had no one to pass to, so the ball would go back out to the perimeter. After about 15-20 more seconds of just passing around the perimeter, hoist up a three. The only time GW cut into the actual deficit was when there was some cutting at the end. Makes you wonder why that wasn't being done earlier. The pivotal play to tie the game was bound to fail from the start. Give Garrett the ball underneath to try to make a layup hounded by two Loyola defenders? Really? Johnson is clearly not 100% and had already missed multiple easier layups before that.

The "rim & 3" offense is called into question when no one on this team can make layups and they are having an off night from 3. No doubt there were some good looks that were missed, but 33% from the field? You almost have to try to be that bad against this 'Blers team. I'm still a Jean believer, but it seems like teams now know the best way to neutralize him is to play zone so he can't get to the hoop. It felt like Autry didn't play much in the second half, especially down the stretch which was interesting. I don't think CC put him in until threes were needed at the very end. Also GW turned it over eight times before halftime against a team inept at forcing turnovers. No one on the team seems to care...

This game and the Delaware game wouldn't have felt as bad if the other team was just on a heater, but that wasn't the case in either one. A last place in the CUSA Delaware team who by the way lost by 43(!) at home today to a middling Louisiana Tech team. The other teams didn't win them, GW lost them which feels worse. Literally the only way you can lose to Loyola is if you blow on offense. There's a reason this team lost to Chicago State and was ranked in the 300s coming into the game.

Not sure Magpayo really has to do much prep for the tournament against GW. Throw a zone at them and watch them crumble. Rebounding is usually the one advantage GW has against most teams, but they won't even have that against Fordham. Losing to the Rams again would be a fitting way to end a very disappointing season.

I'll end with a positive. I've been hard on Bubu for much of the year, but when he dove for a loose ball and got it to another GW player that might have been the highlight of the game so shoutout to him for that. Otherwise, pretty much every other time there was a deflection the rest of the team was out to lunch and let the ball bounce back to Loyola.

GW0509 wrote:

trops_fc wrote:

Winless when trailing at the half this season. Winless in 50+ career games when trailing at the five minute mark of the second half. Contract details aside, it's getting real tough to come up with any on the court reasons to give this coaching staff another year (recruiting aside, which clearly hasn't been enough to overcome all their other issues).

All true. And also at the end of the day, Lipitz did not hire Caputo so I think it’s fair to say that CC will be on the hot seat going into next season

I have been keeping tabs on UIC this year since Ehsan was hired by Lipitz. The Flames beat Murray yesterday and are going to the MVC finals tomorrow. They've had a solid year despite not having the most resources. That makes me at least a bit hopeful on the next coaching hire if CC doesn't figure things out next year.
 

Another year for Caputo. Ridiculous! Just pay him off and bite the bullet. What will change if he comes back next year?  NOTHING! If there isn't a coaching change,I may not renew my season tickets after 45 years! Another blown coaching decision by the school. Typical!