AD1770 wrote:AcesAces wrote:BigMacAttack wrote:Amen Aces 44.
Apparently Aces Aces was neither at the game nor watched it. Haffner tried retrieving a loose ball at half court to start a fast break, lost his legs, slid across the floor losing the ball, and eventually a foul was committed by a teammate diving into a scrum for the loose ball. Haffner was very upset with himself for not controlling the ball and reacted by pounding the floor. He came out of the game with no interaction with Coach Ragland and sat on the bench.
Any one who has seen Ragland coach knows he is very mild mannered. He will sometimes coach up a player as they come to the bench, but usually gives a fist bump and a congrats.
Nothing there there.
Actually there was an interaction between the player and the coach. It was heated. You didn't see it? Maybe you were watching the play on the court and not the bench. You actually think Haffner sat out 3/4 of the 2nd half because he was mad at himself for not being able to secure that loose ball? LOL.
I live in reality. The player was wrong for talking back to the coach. The coach was wrong for benching the player for the last 3/4 of the second half as the team is thin at the guard position right now and it possible cost the team what would have been a great MVC home victory against a team the Aces have only beaten once in the last several years. I see the bigger picture. You don't. You only see what you think makes you feel good about it.
Ya know, if the Aces had made free throws and lay ups all game against Indiana State, they win going away. Haffner sitting did not have the effect you want to make out. If we make free throws and lay ups, we are up big with a couple of minutes to go. And a lot of that happened in the first half when Haffner was in the game.
But they haven't made free throws and lay ups the entire year.
I will go very slowly on this part since you are not grasping it well. When your team only has 3 MVC-ready guards you do not have the luxury of sitting one of those guards for the final 3/4 of the second half. If as a coach, you risk losing the game, knowing that you are thin in that position, you better be right. He was wrong.
I'm going to go slowly on this part as well for the same reasons as above. Haffner is having a very good year. He is probably at least 3rd team all MVC. He shouldn't be talking back to the coach. However, there are better ways for the coach to discipline him. Ways that would not impact the game at hand.
It isn't my fault, that UE is thin at the guard position, but because they are thin at that most important position, sitting out one of those guards for the last 3/4 of the second half was a poor decision by the coach.
You can like or dislike this argument, but you cannot defeat it.
