trops_fc wrote:

moneybox wrote:

How many losses do we have this season when leading in the second half? Too many to count! And many of those losses were with Castro playing. I predict that if Caputo isn't given his walking papers after this season, the stands will be emptier next season than this. He simply cannot close a game--good refs or bad.

To go even further, I think the commentators said during the broadcast that they were 0-9 coming into the game when tied or trailing at the half. That and the other stat about Caputo being something like 1-50 when trailing at the five minute mark in the second half... not great, Bob.

I would say to be careful what you wish for. While CC has not been perfect, this is his first HC job and he is clearly very smart with lots of BB knowledge and connections. I for one hope we give him time to grow into the job. If and when he does leave (voluntarily or not), the chances GW will hire someone better is not great, imho.

Let's focus on that T a little bit. Oh how some things never change and some do.  I recall being within earshot of Dean Smith at halftime of a UNC/Maryland game at Cole Field House in the early 70's as GW freshman played Maryland in the 1st game of a doubleheader (it was GW's only freshman loss of the season vs 17 wins after beating them earlier in the season.) He said, "these goddamn ACC refs! another homejob!"  Mind you he had Bob McAdoo and other stars to balance things out against McMillan and Elmore.  They won in double overtime despite the refs.

Home cooking has been around forever.

What's new is the trendy finger wag.  Some guys do it really well with 15 revolutions/sec while others a bit slower.  Luke was emphatic because he was right!  If the jerk ref in the double small ultra tight shirt and whistle that appeared to be choking him got the call right, we would've been up 65-58 going into the media time out with the ball.  Instead, a prolonged time of inactivity, they make 1 of 2 ft's and momentum gone at 11:54!  We managed 4 points over next 7 minutes.  Interestingly, a VCU sub did his rendition of his finger wag soon thereafter and was unsuccessful and that left VCU with only one timeout.  These were huge plays!!

Then, all you needed to see was Garrett getting raked on a drive caught in slo mo causing Lappas to choke at the no call, and you knew that this was an egregious incompetent officiating crew.  They were chirping at each other over Marshall subbing in.  Nice touch! 

Did it all change the outcome? Probably not, but it sure changed the tempo.  I'm not sure of the rules but some refs allow more time for that mad scramble for the ipad.  It's arbitrary and that's the problem.  It was chaotic confusion over a ref blowing an obvious call followed by a T on a player development dude.  C'mon get over yourself.  The call was clear to everyone but them.  And don't tell me they don't get off on having the camera on them while they deliberate in their ultra tailored unis.

Let the players determine the outcome. Get the calls right and eliminate the finger wagging.

Stop complaining about the damn refs. That isn't the reason we are having this disappointing season. You people are enablers.

Free Quebec and company are absolutely right! It's the ref's fault. We should be 24-2 right now instead of 14-12 (Sorry, like the NET, I refuse to count wins against a crummy D-3 program). Why are the ref's only screwing us at GW and not the other 300+ D-1 programs? We want the ref's who did the home Rhode Island game for all our remaining games (Don't listen to those whiny RI fans who say they got screwed in their 5 point loss to us because of the "home team calls".

Enough of the "moral victories" we keep hearing about - tough to win at GW and Dayton but we kept it close, etc.

CC has had 4 years to get it done and should be held to the same standard as every other coach before him.

Maybe the deep pocketed Dude can come up with the money to buy him out of his premature extension and contribute towards hiring away the Fordham coach.

OK, so everyone is disappointed that we lost to VCU. Let's try and at least be a little rational about it. We had 7 healthy bodies. Not conducive to a strong finish especially when in significant foul trouble. How we got in the situation to have only 7 healthy bodies can surely be debated but the fact remains in that game we ran out of gas. There were only so many buttons for CC to push last night in the last 25% of the game.

Did the refs stink? Sure but they almost always stink to some level and they stink for both teams. Wouldn't use that as an excuse when we can't make shots or get stops..

Tough environment? Hell yes. VCU is one of the toughest places to play. I can't think of any GW coach who had a good record there. 

Are there things that CC could do better? Sure. He would tell you that. Is he the reason we lost last night? Absolutely not. Again, whether due to fatigue, lack of grit or leadership, or a combination of all, we melted in the last 10 minutes. Not sure any grand strategy move or timeout was going to fix that. I'm not even going to use the lack of Castro as an excuse.

We are who we are - like it or not. We can compete with anyone but against the better teams it will be hard to compete for 40 minutes. Until we get a few more bodies healthy and a few more guys who show grit and leadership down the stretch, we can expect the same uneven results.

As for the Tech, you can rest assured that it will be dealt with in-house as it should be. I am certain Sam knows he f'd up and CC addressed it with him. Not ready to be out on the kid because of one mistake in the heat of the moment in a highly charged environment. We didn't lose because of the Tech.
 

On the one hand, we can blame Caputo for not coaching well in the second half of games.  However, he has created a team that is competitive in most games and against the better teams in the conference.  Let's face it, GW hoops was a real mess before he arrived.  In my opinion, we lack a player that can be counted on to score at the end of a game.  While Jean has shown improvement, we need a better consistent point guard.  Unfortunately, I don't think (given attendance and university resources) we can attain those kind of players....  I hope I am wrong....  

CC has stabilized the program after years of chaos and we need to stick with him.

I don't claim to know all the fine points in the NCAA rule book about roster management - like how many players a college team can carry and in what status, what are the injury and redshirt rules, are there drop-dead dates for adding or subtracting players, etc.   That said, I'm pretty sure CC does.   It just strikes me that we should not have allowed ourselves to get into a 7-man roster (in essence) for damn near what looks to be one-third of the season while waiting on injuries to heal.   For example, pulling Jean or any of the 7 for long stretches after 2 fouls early on simply doesn't work with 7 players at the pace of play with which we seem to be comfortable.    We don't seem willing/able to slow it up significantly to avoid the "running out of gas" argument, nor to change up our style of play on D to better avoid fouls.   We can't afford to redshirt anybody and CC won't trust a Freshman or a walk on to step on the court - even in extremis.   Is it the coaches fault we don't have enough competent players to fill a normal roster ?