I understand that the main reason for the loss was the poor shooting by everyone except Cline. However, just for anyone that is interested, I had Allen giving up 9, TJ giving up 6, Shondre giving up 5, Fore 6, JJ 5, Taylor 7 and Davis 13. That doesn't count fouls that led to points and a few baskets I didn't care about at the end of the game.
One of my main takeaways from this game ( and many before this game) was the "coach's" decision not to let guys who have practiced all year get in for at least a couple of minutes. In this game they could have played for ten minutes. I fell very sorry for these guys and if this is how you let your bench know that you are aware of their practicing all year I hope a few of them tell him where he can send their mail next year.
And for all you Mooney lovers who think he is illustrating the lesson that you don't play unless you earn it, I have two answers- Taylor and Davis.
By the way, this is not just sympathy for bench players. The more guys you play all year, the more choices you have when things go wrong. Guys get tired from playing so much and then you ask those same handful to play back to back with no rest. Conclusion? what we saw today.
Did the "coach" lose this game? Not entirely, but he was a major, major contributor. Does he deserve to get fired? Let's see what happens next year.
Seniors, I'm sorry this was your final game. I'm sure you all played hard and perhaps as well as you could. Really glad that Moran got in and hit some threes. Oh, what could have been.
