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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 28, 2022 21:23:57 GMT -5
Lehigh shot just under 40% from the field - just the second time this year a D1 opponent has done that.
Each team had eight assists and nine turnovers. Holy Cross was +6 in FGA, second-chance points, and points in paint.
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Post by efg72 on Jan 28, 2022 21:31:54 GMT -5
Might be fair to say the team has the ability and potential to be better than the record. They clearly haven’t been coached or played like a team better than its record Or maybe a major factor is that only one guy on the roster had played a full season of D1 basketball before this year? Just throwing it out there! Outside of some Calipari Kentucky teams, how often is this the case in college basketball? Not very often would be my guess. Go Cross Go! Excuses work when nobody wants to be accountable or responsible this is owned by the head coach- the buck stops there with any other PL coach this team is near or above double digit wins does he survive another year? perhaps but if so the final season looks like 10-12,wins at best God save the Queen/King
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 28, 2022 21:40:07 GMT -5
Just like like Nelson gutlessly only willing to speak after a win, Nelson's mouthpiece only shows up after rare W's as well.
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Post by efg72 on Jan 28, 2022 21:57:13 GMT -5
As I said accountability and responsibility matter-if he doesn’t own it he can’t lead, if he can’t lead he should not coach
Just an opinion
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Post by DiMarz on Jan 28, 2022 21:57:31 GMT -5
Just like like Nelson gutlessly only willing to speak after a win, Nelson's mouthpiece only shows up after rare W's as well. Nobody wants to hear from the losing coach.. Ever hear the Patriots coach after a loss? "Yes", "No", "we have to do a better job" Nelson isn't going to toss his payers, himself or staff under the bus..There are no NCAA or PL rules that say the coach has to speak after a game as there are in the NFL, NBA, NHL or the MLB..THAT is why the managers and coaches speak after those affairs.. Enjoy the win if you can, I am!
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Post by DiMarz on Jan 28, 2022 21:59:58 GMT -5
As I said accountability and responsibility matter-if he doesn’t own it he can’t lead, if he can’t lead he should not coach Just an opinion Perhaps he feels he is accountable and responsible to his team and staff......Just a thought
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Post by efg72 on Jan 28, 2022 22:05:45 GMT -5
He represents the school so he is accountable and responsible to the community even if he prefers to believe otherwise
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 28, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5
Just like like Nelson gutlessly only willing to speak after a win, Nelson's mouthpiece only shows up after rare W's as well. Nobody wants to hear from the losing coach..! Yeah that’s not true.
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Post by Tom on Jan 28, 2022 22:42:32 GMT -5
Nobody wants to hear from the losing coach..! Yeah that’s not true. Has the coach refused any requests to speak after losses? I gotta believe that if the games were on the radio, the Coach would be speaking to Dick Lutz after every game
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Post by crosspride on Jan 28, 2022 22:42:48 GMT -5
Or maybe a major factor is that only one guy on the roster had played a full season of D1 basketball before this year? Just throwing it out there! Outside of some Calipari Kentucky teams, how often is this the case in college basketball? Not very often would be my guess. Go Cross Go! Excuses work when nobody wants to be accountable or responsible this is owned by the head coach- the buck stops there with any other PL coach this team is near or above double digit wins does he survive another year? perhaps but if so the final season looks like 10-12,wins at best God save the Queen/King What is this claim based on? 4 teams in the PL have double digit wins and all of them have far better, FAR more experienced rosters. But for a fun exercise, by process of elimination, lets hypothesize that Jones, Hardy, Allen, or Dechellis would get this HC roster to double digit wins. We have played 19 games. If you apply each of the above coaches career winning percentage while at their PL schools one (1) would be at double digit wins through 19 games. Joe Jones’ career .524 win percentage would put him at an expected 10.2 wins through 19 games. I don’t think Nelson has done a good job. I also think it’s crazy to expect him to be challenging for a PLC in year 3 with a team full of guys with little D1 experience.
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Post by hcnation on Jan 28, 2022 22:45:41 GMT -5
Intense game - just finished watching -good watch. I guess we only hear from Nelson and Caro when HC wins .
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 28, 2022 23:08:24 GMT -5
Has the coach refused any requests to speak after losses? I gotta believe that if the games were on the radio, the Coach would be speaking to Dick Lutz after every game We get cellphone vids gushingly splashed all over HC social media after wins. We get not a word after losses. You do the math Tom. Sorry, but it's got to be all or none.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 28, 2022 23:18:36 GMT -5
Win a game against a 2nd place team, get criticized for not doing “press conferences” after losses.
Only on Crossports!
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Post by Tom on Jan 28, 2022 23:22:27 GMT -5
Random brain droppings
Lynch was a tough match up for Gates combined with lots of doubling on Gates forcing someone else to step up. Only 2 points in the first half for Gates. The last couple of games, HC might not have had double digits in the half without Gates. The team was more involved, When Lynch sat with the 3 fouls Gates got going and had a nice rhythm going by the time Lynch got back and others were already in rhythm. Gates is the focus of this team, but this is still a team game. He can't do it alone and , like tonight, other guys have to step up for this team to get wins
Harping on a theme. 9 guys played. Everyone had their moments
The team played for 40 minutes
The team played for 40 minutes. Avoiding the traditional 8-10 minute disaster has been so rare and so necessary that I had to say it twice
Kenney still makes freshman mistakes, but did a lot of nice things that don't show up in the box score. Best game since Harvard
I counted 30 fans. Including 5 Lehigh family members. If last year's cardboard cutouts count as people, probably a Hart Center low
Guaranteed the PL regular season will not be worse than 2019-20
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Post by HC92 on Jan 28, 2022 23:23:29 GMT -5
Happy for the guys that they got a win. As frustrating as this is for us, it’s much more frustrating for them. Let’s enjoy the little successes and hope the players are able to as well.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 28, 2022 23:26:45 GMT -5
Random brain droppings Lynch was a tough match up for Gates combined with lots of doubling on Gates forcing someone else to step up. Only 2 points in the first half for Gates. The last couple of games, HC might not have had double digits in the half without Gates. The team was more involved, When Lynch sat with the 3 fouls Gates got going and had a nice rhythm going by the time Lynch got back and others were already in rhythm. Gates is the focus of this team, but this is still a team game. He can't do it alone and , like tonight, other guys have to step up for this team to get wins Harping on a theme. 9 guys played. Everyone had their moments The team played for 40 minutes The team played for 40 minutes. Avoiding the traditional 8-10 minute disaster has been so rare and so necessary that I had to say it twice Kenney still makes freshman mistakes, but did a lot of nice things that don't show up in the box score. Best game since Harvard I counted 30 fans. Including 5 Lehigh family members. If last year's cardboard cutouts count as people, probably a Hart Center low Guaranteed the PL regular season will not be worse than 2019-20 Was Kit there ?
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Post by Tom on Jan 28, 2022 23:29:19 GMT -5
Has the coach refused any requests to speak after losses? I gotta believe that if the games were on the radio, the Coach would be speaking to Dick Lutz after every game We get cellphone vids gushingly splashed all over HC social media after wins. We get not a word after losses. You do the math Tom. Sorry, but it's got to be all or none. I don't disagree. It should be consistent. I just don't know if that's on the coach or if it's on media relations. Maybe it is on the coach, but I don't think it's his job to chase down media relations to have them interview him
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Post by timholycross on Jan 28, 2022 23:30:08 GMT -5
(haven't read the posts, just finished watching)
If he told Luc to foul, that's good coaching.
But, if he told Luc to foul 60-65 feet away from the basket, he should be canned on that basis alone.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 28, 2022 23:54:23 GMT -5
We get cellphone vids gushingly splashed all over HC social media after wins. We get not a word after losses. You do the math Tom. Sorry, but it's got to be all or none. I don't disagree. It should be consistent. I just don't know if that's on the coach or if it's on media relations. Maybe it is on the coach, but I don't think it's his job to chase down media relations to have them interview him Apparently Emperor Clock Tower thinks Charles Bare should be chasing HCBN down, so Nelson can criticize himself and/or his players for the HC media relations department to distribute across all of its media channels. A brilliant marketing strategy for a program on a major rebuild! (If Nelson was refusing to address credentialed media members after losses, that would be a major issue. Some just came seem to grasp the difference between that and voluntarily putting out negative information on your own channels.)
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 29, 2022 0:57:26 GMT -5
Are you dusting off that nomination for NCAA Coach of the Year?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 29, 2022 6:11:39 GMT -5
Re-watched portions of the game- was even more impressed with Caleb's defensive performance; as Tom mentioned, his best game since Harvard (same could be said for Louth). Was also nice to see Luc playing well.
Maybe getting right back in the saddle was the best medicine.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 29, 2022 6:16:45 GMT -5
There was nothing but air between Bubba and that 3 pointer! The TV folks refused to acknowledge that. Must have looked different from the angle that the official was looking at it from. In the NBA, they would have overturned that one. Can't blame the Lehigh guy for trying (and it worked), but the Stanislavkys on 3 point attempts have gotten epidemic at all levels.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 29, 2022 6:18:40 GMT -5
Refs had to tell the Holy Cross bench to sit down on three different occasions in the second half. Teams that have thrown in the towel do not have to be told to sit. What was that bullspit? Were they afraid of either bench (LU warned too) of inciting the "crowd"
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Post by mm67 on Jan 29, 2022 7:52:19 GMT -5
HC WINS! AT LAST! Time to take out a virtual Auerbach victory cigar and savor this win.
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Post by hc6774 on Jan 29, 2022 8:10:45 GMT -5
Re-watched portions of the game- was even more impressed with Caleb's defensive performance; as Tom mentioned, his best game since Harvard (same could be said for Louth). Was also nice to see Luc playing well. Maybe getting right back in the saddle was the best medicine. from the video replay of Lehigh's first successful intentional foul shot miss, it appears that he was outmaneuvered on the rebound that could have resulted in a devastating put back overall, I like the court side comment that he seems to past the freshman wall
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