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Post by Joebird on Feb 29, 2020 15:14:03 GMT -5
What a choke job! Arnold last 2 minutes of coaching was pathetic. This team has been horrible in OT all year! Sickening loss!
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Post by hawaii bill on Feb 29, 2020 15:15:24 GMT -5
Yeah some bone headed plays and coaching, but for most of the game the D effort was there and Niagara literally made shot after shot right out of their ass. Will not see a performance like that from them again. Guys making contested shots from all over the place.
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Post by jfeng on Feb 29, 2020 15:17:02 GMT -5
We have lost some games late this year where we have made some really dumb plays. But today definitely has more of those plays than any other . In fact i don’t think I’ve ever seen a game where that many bonehead plays were made in the last 5 mins and OT. You must not have seen the St. Peters game haha I was there. In that game we made plenty of dumb plays but just didn’t make a lot of shots which really cost us. Today it was more the individual plays that cost us. We score 41 points in 2nd half. After scoring 43 in the first that should be enough. Arguing apples to apples. Defensively that was embarrassing. Gave up 65 points in last 25 mins. What? ?
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Post by hawaii bill on Feb 29, 2020 15:18:38 GMT -5
Niagara 60% from 3 and most of those contested bombs.
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Post by ic59 on Feb 29, 2020 15:19:04 GMT -5
Great job Arnold. Taking IW out. Trapping Niagara players toleave their hot 3 point shooter wide open. Crazy defensive scheme, Not fouling Niagara with 3 seconds left in the backcourt...should I continue?? sharkey, other than the above, how did he do?
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Post by jfeng on Feb 29, 2020 15:19:10 GMT -5
Yeah some bone headed plays and coaching, but for most of the game the D effort was there and Niagara literally made shot after shot right out of their ass. Will not see a performance like that from them again. Guys making contested shots from all over the place. Agree they were making incredible shots. Guys just have different levels of confidence against Iona defense. I’ve said this before. So many opponents have “career games” against Iona. It’s incredible
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Post by ic1983 on Feb 29, 2020 15:21:08 GMT -5
Obviously out strategy for the rest of the season has to be to build huge leads so that end of game coaching is irrelevant.
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Post by icgael88 on Feb 29, 2020 15:21:08 GMT -5
I don't want to put the blame all on the players as they did make some dumb decisions, but Arnold come on. This team is out there playing on fumes. Agee is literally breathing heavy and you decide to put him on Hammond, a guard. If you want, put Ross back on him and just have Ross face guard him and let him continue launching those insane shots praying that he misses. At least you now have Agee down low to rebound any misses. You take IW out of the game and put in Cashaw who fouls and gives up an and1 with 22 seconds left. You then turn around in OT and put Agee on the perimeter instead of being inside.
I get it that the players have some lapses, but mentally and physically you can see they're exhausted. You as a coach need to help them out by putting them in better positions to win.
I'm just really upset with this game, because Jesus Christ we have 5 players who are playing 35-40 minutes a game leaving it all out there with everything. Crawford at the end looked like he could barely stand from exhaustion.
Come on!!!
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Post by java on Feb 29, 2020 15:21:22 GMT -5
Niagara 60% from 3 and most of those contested bombs. Credit Niagara for making some difficult shots but the coaching decisions for Iona were pathetic.
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Post by broguy99 on Feb 29, 2020 15:22:31 GMT -5
Between the bombs dropping 2nd half and Iona choking.. all the momentum lost last month, gone in 60s. Need to win 2 and get help.
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Post by sharkey on Feb 29, 2020 15:24:47 GMT -5
And that's why you don't have Agee chasing Hammond around the perimeter, offensive rebound by Niagara. Arnold cost this team the game. Horrible coaching. Welcome to the PIG Agreed. Going back to the Siena game where Arnold called the quirky timeout before the players foul shots with 5 secs to go instead of preserving in the event of a miss. I hope and pray poor coaching decisions do not determine our fate in the tourney. It probably doesn't matter. Right now Iona is in the PIG, and will be difficult to get into the top 5 because of the tiebreakers that will likely be involved.
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Post by imagael on Feb 29, 2020 15:27:06 GMT -5
The team that is losing takes it’s chances by fouling to stop the clock. Not the team that is winning! Niagara shot lights out, but our stupid play gave them chances.
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Post by sharkey on Feb 29, 2020 15:27:17 GMT -5
What a choke job! Arnold last 2 minutes of coaching was pathetic. This team has been horrible in OT all year! Sickening loss! His adjustment was playing Crawford and Agee man to man to cover Niagara's 2 quickest guards. Agee should have had 35 tonight, instead of playing at the top of the key. Arnold sucked way before the last 2 minutes of the game. Unbelievable
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Post by ic59 on Feb 29, 2020 15:27:23 GMT -5
Yeah some bone headed plays and coaching, but for most of the game the D effort was there and Niagara literally made shot after shot right out of their ass. Will not see a performance like that from them again. Guys making contested shots from all over the place. bill, are you kidding? Defense was terrible ALL game long. According to the TV scroll, Niagara leads the MAAC in 3pt FG% and Iona is last in defending the three. And if today's game was any indication, both rankings seem spot on. I was going to suggest that Billie Chambers take over BOTH the Men's and Women's teams, but I see the Women are losing by 16 to Siena going into the fourth quarter. And it's probably too late to hire a coach anyway.
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Post by sharkey on Feb 29, 2020 15:28:20 GMT -5
Great job Arnold. Taking IW out. Trapping Niagara players toleave their hot 3 point shooter wide open. Crazy defensive scheme, Not fouling Niagara with 3 seconds left in the backcourt...should I continue?? sharkey, other than the above, how did he do? Awesome! lol
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