I am worried about timely timeouts, substitution patterns especially during foul trouble, and overall defensive intensity in the regular sets.

Correct implementations of the above this year should have resulted in a tournament berth

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Posted by Tiger Ugly

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Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 3/26/14 at 10:14 pm to TigerRagAndrew

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Correct implementations of the above this year should have resulted in a tournament berth

I agree 100% Andrew. Playing to our level and capability this year IMHO would have resulted in us being in the tournament.

It would not have taken an overachievement.

But that's past. Learn. Make the necessarry corrections. Recruiting is the most important single element, but in and of itself it's not enough.

Johnny will get a more than fair chance. I'm pulling for them.

He can make us forget about this year, and I'd love to see all the sarcastic I told you so posts from the pumpers next year and beyond.

But he's got to look in the mirror a little and it's up to him.

Geaux Tigers!!

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Posted by SouthOfSouth

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Member since Jun 2008

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Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:10 am to TigerRagAndrew

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I am worried about timely timeouts, substitution patterns especially during foul trouble, and overall defensive intensity in the regular sets.

Correct implementations of the above this year should have resulted in a tournament berth

I felt like later in the year CJJ's timeouts were better, but I agree for most of the year he likes to hang on to them far too long.

Substitutions were tough for him because he wasn't comfortable going more than 2 off the bench due to skill level. Im hoping once he has a squad of guys he think are ready to play he will be better. at UNT he always had one of the highest percentages of bench minutes played. He would like to run guys out and keep people fresh, but he has to have the personnel.

The biggest issue I had was defensive intensity. I think that is where the problem begins and ends. There are two ways to fix that; coaching staff gets these guys feeling the intensity, or a team leader exudes so much of this intensity that everyone follows suit. I am hoping that we get it from a player. We didn't have that big time natural, vocal leader this year and I think it hurt our intensity, especially away from home.

We need someone to step up next year, or coach Jones is going to need to start getting the guys excited himself. Without someone stepping into that role, Jones should have taken it upon himself. I think you saw it in the last two games that he became more vocal in getting his defensive intensity up. I'm hoping the 3/5 on the road to end the season was a step in the right direction for next year.