some of you guys can live in denial all you want but I saw very little adjustments to what KU adjusted to in the second half. I saw stubbornness in trying to do things that wasn't there. KU dug in and played like we did in the first half and WVU never matched that in the second.
It's amusing to hear people ask people like me what's wrong with me when they say I liked what they did against Texas so why complain when they did it against KU. Yeah, I liked it against UT because IT WORKED. I didn't like that second half bullshit because it didn't. Teams are just not allowing us to drive like we did in the beginning of the year. Sometimes it works but in the second half last night it didn't.
What built that lead in the first half I saw none of that in the second. Even the announcer was criticizing WVU's offense for standing around too much and way too much one on one dribbling and trying to drive into a collapsing defense that was daring us to beat them from outside, which we had been doing in the first half, along with offensive muscle.
Huggins is stubborn, though I like the change up defenses he's shown in the last two games but where was it when KU was driving relentlessly on us in the second half? I don't know, I'm just asking. Weren't we in a man to man while getting killed by those drives? It wasn't working and I saw no defensive adjustments for that.
I love Huggins but I don't see a CONSISTENT good tactician. He has his moments but he's made his money on toughness and knowing what he's doing and being a good coach at getting the most out of his players by not succumbing to their wants, only to their needs and what makes his offense work. He's a winner because he makes his system work based on toughness but as far as a real tactician, I think his offense needs a fresh helping hand. Sorry if that disappoints the devoted ones.
The offense was brilliant in the first half but the players made it brilliant by executing what he wanted. When KU began collapsing the defense in the second we didn't adjust. Huggins idea was to drive and stall and I feel one of the factors that cost us the game. I said ONE of the factors but we all know what the others were. So that's my opinion. Bash away.
It's amusing to hear people ask people like me what's wrong with me when they say I liked what they did against Texas so why complain when they did it against KU. Yeah, I liked it against UT because IT WORKED. I didn't like that second half bullshit because it didn't. Teams are just not allowing us to drive like we did in the beginning of the year. Sometimes it works but in the second half last night it didn't.
What built that lead in the first half I saw none of that in the second. Even the announcer was criticizing WVU's offense for standing around too much and way too much one on one dribbling and trying to drive into a collapsing defense that was daring us to beat them from outside, which we had been doing in the first half, along with offensive muscle.
Huggins is stubborn, though I like the change up defenses he's shown in the last two games but where was it when KU was driving relentlessly on us in the second half? I don't know, I'm just asking. Weren't we in a man to man while getting killed by those drives? It wasn't working and I saw no defensive adjustments for that.
I love Huggins but I don't see a CONSISTENT good tactician. He has his moments but he's made his money on toughness and knowing what he's doing and being a good coach at getting the most out of his players by not succumbing to their wants, only to their needs and what makes his offense work. He's a winner because he makes his system work based on toughness but as far as a real tactician, I think his offense needs a fresh helping hand. Sorry if that disappoints the devoted ones.
The offense was brilliant in the first half but the players made it brilliant by executing what he wanted. When KU began collapsing the defense in the second we didn't adjust. Huggins idea was to drive and stall and I feel one of the factors that cost us the game. I said ONE of the factors but we all know what the others were. So that's my opinion. Bash away.
