Vanderbilt Commodores at Georgia Bulldogs Basketball Game Night Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King on Feb 6, 2010 7:30 PM EST
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Admittedly, I pretty much ignored the midweek men's basketball game because it fell on national signing day and, frankly, I didn't think anyone would care.
Now, though, it's the weekend, the Fox Hounds are back in action at the Stegosaurus, and it's time to figure out if the Hoop Dogs can close the deal against an SEC opponent.
Should you be so inclined, you are welcome to comment on the evening's roundball action below.
Go 'Dawgs!
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Defensively, we look so much better tonight...
Still gotta work on the turnovers.
Also… Kyle, do you know if the SEC TV contract is going to mean more televised baseball games this year? If so, I look forward to baseball gameday open comment threads where we can further discuss the many virtues of Steve Detweiler and his magic thumb tendons.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 8:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Or his mutant genetics.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Magic Thumb and Magical Mutant Genetics
+
=
CREEPY!
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
I wonder which one of the three...
has the most testosterone.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Liotta is certainly very masculine...
Then again so is Turner.
I’m tempted to give her a pass because of “Body Heat,”.but she has aged almost as well as Al Pacino and has a deeper voice.
Yeah… I’m gonna go with Turner.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 8:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Good call.
Somewhere between “The War of the Roses” and “V.I. Warshawski”, something happened to that woman. She’d make a good ESPN 2 Big Ten noon start play-by-play man announcer, though.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
You have absolutely nailed the time-frame
She was still somewhat hot in “V.I. Warshawski” (as evidenced by the fact that anyone saw “V.I. Warshawski”), but she has not been hot since.
It’s sad, really, because she was smokin’ in her “Body Heat”/“Crimes of Passion” days. Heck, she was something else in “The Man With Two Brains,” “Romancing the Stone,” and “A Breed Apart.”
Go 'Dawgs!
She definitely sealed the deal...
When she appeared on Friends as Chandler’s dad after a sex change.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Body Heat
was a revelation. And I really thought the Academy snubbed Ted Danson.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Fair enough, RedCrake
I know ESPN has the rights to the SEC tournament in Hoover, so we should be able to do open comment threads for those, at least.
At this point, I figure postseason baseball games deserve open comment threads, but I’m not sure about others. What do y’all think about doing open comment threads for regular-season weekend baseball series of particular significance?
Go 'Dawgs!
I am probably hoping for one...
Because frankly I don’t have anything better to do. Pathetic really.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
I'm sort of enjoying the comment threads
as long as no one minds my incredibly ignorant questions :)
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
I've never seen a bball game that hasn't had a foul until 11:26 in.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I just got to the party.
Any Leslie highlights yet?
Not yet
missed an opening highlight worthy dunk by getting particall blocked/hacked from behind.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Ummmmm
Coach Fox, when there is a 1 (on offense) on 2 (on defense) break, ususally one of the defenders takes the offensive player and the other drops low in the lane to prevent a pass. What happened?
No lead is safe with this team.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Exactly
Are we sure Wilie Martinez didn’t just get traded to the basketball team instead of fired?
Go 'Dawgs!
Pretty sure he's not on our bench
I haven’t seen anyone hold up a thumb at any point, which we all know is the Willie magic.
Sounds like we got us a good linebackers coach, huh? I like the hire.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I agree
Except for the second-half debacle against Kentucky on senior night, I’ve liked just about everything that’s happened with our football program since about the end of the first quarter of the Auburn game.
Go 'Dawgs!
From what I have heard
he is a no-nonsense guy. No more “friends” on the coaching staff. These Dawgs better get ready for some R. Lee Ermey “Full Metal Jacket” no-nonsense coaching.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Barnes. WHIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
That guy can absoultely shoot the 3. I'm beginning not to like him.
Then when you get the ball on the other end, don’t miss a dunk, take the sure thing and just lay it in. You’re LOSING for heaven’s sake!!!!
Being up at the half hasn't been good for this team...
Maybe being down will help motivate them.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 8:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This is a big game tonight...
I think the team’s collective confidence is on the precipice right now.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Just my thoughts on halftime adjustments
1. We need to make shots with more regularity. If that means getting the ball inside and letting Trey go to work, then so be it. He’s got to play bigger and stronger in the post so that he can power over and through that Ogilvie kid. We need the shots to fall so that we can set up our D.
2. I think it’s time to adjust the defense a bit too. Haven’t seen any evidence that Vandy can handle pressure. I think a half court trap of some variety is in order. Hey, go with a junk defense and play box and 1 and don’t let that kid have the ball!!!
3. I think the Dawgs need to get out on the run and let Mr. Leslie get the crowd involved and get a little momentum going for us. It’s amazing how a dunk affects kids of that age. Me, I’ve been dunked on so many times, it doesn’t bother me.
4. We are taking shots from awkward positions. Not position on the floor, but body position. We are trying to score around the Ogilvie kid on the inside, we need to go through him when we get him moving, get the defensive blocking call. Not sure that we are getting everybody moving without the ball. If you don’t have the ball, move to a location so that you become a threat to get the ball and make something happen.
I've seen
some instances where Vandy’s getting an absolute clear shot without a bulldog defender anywhere near them. We shouldn’t be letting that happen right? It looks to me like a missed assignment on defense?
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Correct.
There has to be a breakdown in the D somewhere. Either someone is out of position because they are lost either in the defense itself or they lost track of their man. Could be due to a screen that has picked them off of the player they are supposed to be defending, but before that happens, the other guys should be letting him know the screen is coming and he should be able to get over the top of it, or the guy defending the screener usually will hedge (get side by side with the screener so that the player having the pick set to free them has to go around the hedge allowing the defender time to go underneath the screen and recover to his man) and recover. (This is all easier to draw on a markerboard with a court superimposed on it than to type in words)
I'd probably understand it
faster that way also….I’m queen of the white board :)
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Good points...
got to cut down on the turnovers. First 4 possession tonight, 4 turnovers. Not good.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Ware is not 100%
he’s had the flu for the last few days…so Williams (freshman from Homestead, FL) has played alot.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Nice D but
again, nobody boxed out Vandy. We HAVE to keep them off the boards. Second chances are killing us.
We've come out flat in the 2nd half.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Definitely.
Can’t allow passes between two defenders in the zone.
We are getting absolutely killed on turnovers....
We are exceedingly lucky to only be down by 8 (knock on wood).
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
and offensive rebounds. Where's Bam Bam Rainey when you need him?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Where's Sundiata Gaines when you need him?
Oh yeah… Utah.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Crowd is trying to get the Dawgs into it.
If the Dawgs can get a little something going to work them back up into a bit of a frenzy, maybe they can feed off of their energy a bit.
Giving up easy baskets doesn’t help, but getting a dunk and a foul does.
O.K. RedCrake...
you theory is about to be put to the test. We’ve got the lead again.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I like that play a lot.
I don’t care what Mr. Color Guy says, taking the ball to the inside and getting the D out of position is a great way for the Dawgs to get back in this thing.
If we’re going to call handchecks, let’s call them all game long. I watched about 50 of them in the first half that were not called. I’ll practically guarantee you that the officials mentioned that before the game in the captain’s meeting.
Leslie is off tonight...
but I think Vandy absolutely has made th decision to hack him inside.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Apparently Leslie plans to free throw us to victory
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Jeremy Price is finally living up to his potential...
This game and last Saturday shows what he is made of.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Tell you what..
The ball movement has been impressive at times.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
McPhee has drastically improved his passing in the 2nd half
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 9:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s what happens when you move without the basketball!!
Georgia is doing nicely....
///vs. ranked teams. That’s exactly what it takes to reassure me amidst all the close losses. That’s what demonstrates that such losses really can be taken at face value.
Though there are no moral victories...
The Dawgs have shown that under CMF (and with inferior talent) they can play toe to toe with anyone in the conference.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
During practice this week...
CMF clearly worked on moving the 15 minute period of suck to the end of the 1st half and beginning of the 2nd.
I like the adjustment.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
12 point lead, 1:55 left
We’re doomed.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Please let them foul Leslie
He’s been a beast from the line tonight.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Did I call it or what?
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Of course then he misses them
Hopefully it won’t matter… Come on Ware
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why take that 3?
Run the clock.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Great win, folks.
We turned the ball over a ton, but may have set the season high for assists.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
2 wins versus ranked teams. Sounds GREAT!!!!!!
I said it’s GREAT to BE a Georgia HoopDawg!!!
True.
I guess I was just thinking about the at home thing. Was Tech at home or in ATL?
Georgia has not yet won a true road game
All the wins, impressive or otherwise, have come in Stegeman Coliseum or at a neutral site (in Duluth against Illinois).
Go 'Dawgs!
Wins against ranked teams are always significant.
Doing it in a neutral site is even better because most NCAA tourney games are neutral site games.
True . . .
. . . but I’m guessing the Bulldog faithful are much more likely to be outnumbered at a neutral-site tournament game than they are at a neutral-side regular-season game in the Atlanta area against Illinois.
The Fox Hounds have yet to prove that they can beat a team, ranked or not, in a hostile environment. Given our dearth of roundball tradition, I doubt seriously whether we’d have the crowd on our side at a tourney game.
Go 'Dawgs!
Good point.
However, your argument holds water if we are talking about tourney wins. Invitations, on the other hand, are not known for taking the location of the neutral site into consideration.
That was fun...
Let’s see if we can do it 2 in a row.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 6, 2010 10:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I still want to see..
…us beat an SEC team by 4 of fewer points. It’s just not fair to lose all the close ones.
Travis Leslie
is a scorer. He was off at times, but continued to attack the basket when perhaps some lesser mortals might become timid because they were fouling him hard. In fact, Vandy set the tone on Leslie’s very first dunk attempt when the game began. He was great from the F/T line and made some deuces late. That is what a scorer does. Given the opportunity, they produce. Now, we’ve got to cure the turnover thing…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Let's see . . .
. . . scoring well but turning the ball over and surrendering points in bunches in the second half.
Why does that sound so familiar?
Go 'Dawgs!
Turnovers, just like in football,
are usually a product of not being completely focused. It could be from pressure of the other team, pressure of the situation, or just plain “what do I do now” (i.e. learning a new system and having second thoughts when you’re in the real game.) Things to be expected with a new staff and adjustments players have to make. It’s not like Coach Fox did the Calipari thing and brought in a whole team of new guys and kicked the ones who were there to the curb. By the end of the season, things should look A LOT better. For those that think we’re close enough to the end of the season for that statement to be bogus, well, let me ask you to take a look at the UNC basketball team. They’ll get the ship righted too, but it takes a little time.
Agreed
I think we got the guy who will lead this program out of utter and absolute national insignificance, though it remains to be seen whether he can carry us beyond that point.
It’s just frustrating seeing similar problems in multiple Georgia sports programs, even though I grant that Mark Fox has many, many more legitimate reasons for his difficulties than Willie Martinez ever did for his.
Go 'Dawgs!
As a joke that our pastor likes to tell goes....
amen, Amen, AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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