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MrX

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  1. 4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

    what are you talking about? “the master beat the apprentice”. that’s it. are you seeing some parenthetical phrase exalting the coaching job that barnes did tonight or something? you’re bending over backwards to warp a phrase that requires no extra interpretation.

    You then went on to clarify that post by discussing just that, but here is the context of your post:

    “tennessee missed a ton of bunnies and open looks, but their players were so much more disciplined and avoided taking the plethora of stupid shots that we did. we left their poor shooters unmanned on the perimeter and those guys never once considered shooting, instead opting for quick, decisive passes to keep the offense flowing. that’s coaching. the master beat the apprentice tonight, and the shot selection may be the biggest reason why.”

    No parenthetical. That’s what you said, Tenn is disciplined, shot selection was better, that’s coaching, master > apprentice.
     

    Yet Tenn is a bad shooting team from 3, kept hoisting them up instead of playing to their strengths, and kept a Texas team playing like shit in the game because of it. Texas open looks and Tenn open looks from three were even to my eyes. I’m already upthread on record as to why I thought we lost. But your post 100 percent states coaching mattered in this game. I just thought it was pretty shitty all around. 

  2. Just now, UTEE97 said:

    He is the "master" because RT was his assistant. Try to catch up.

    I’m aware of that fact. So do you think propping Barnes up on the premise is positive?

    1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

    “the master vs the apprentice”. there’s no editorializing there, that’s what this coaching matchup was.

    See above. 

  3. 3 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

    so tennessee has a trash coach, had an important player in foul trouble all night, shot 33% from the field and 3-25 from deep, and rodney terry’s team…lost by four? that’s your argument to my post which criticized RT’s coaching job tonight? 

    You also called Rick Barnes “the master” so you might be biased. 

  4. 5 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

    He was physically overmatched.  The stupid threes are on the coach.

    I feel like the game was lost by all the stupid turnovers when their big man was out with fouls in the first half.

    The late stuff felt forced but his first many looks were good shots. The missed layup late that Hunter couldn’t finish the putback was backbreaking. 

  5. - Disu sucked. 
     

    - Hunter sucked for 35 minutes and should’ve shot the ball coming off that screen with about 16 seconds left. So many dumbass turnovers. 
     

    - Our rebounding weakness showed at a bunch of key possessions in the second half. 
     

    - Weaver on the bench while Brock played down the stretch was dumb. 
     

    - We played fucking hard and could have easily been blown out. Terry can definitely motivate, I just think we were at a talent deficit in this game. 
     

    - My first point is why we lost. 

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