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basilfaltwy · Jan 25, 2022

Did not even realize Gators had a game yesterday. Guess that shows my level of interest. Obviously I did not miss much.

tegator80 · Jan 25, 2022

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I used to think that, and perhaps it is his coaching style. Maybe he needs to impose some tough love on these players. There are only a few of them that really come to play every night. I went to the Maryland game in Brooklyn. There is no way we should have lost that game. The same level of inconsistency that existed then, exists now. They are making horrible passes, they have no conviction on their shots (it is like they have no confidence on the release), they get broken down way too much for a "defensive" team, and they are not good at handling adversity.

While MW has to bear the responsibility for bringing in players with these qualities, they have lost 7 games 5 of which they should have won. This does seem to happen year in and year out so it is hard to blame the players, but these players just did not play up to their capability last night. That is not on MW. That is on them. That reflects a lack of pride and a lack of appreciation for the school and the program. When you lose to a 1-5 team as badly as we did, it is not on the coach, it is collectively on the players on the team who have gotten used to losing and have accepted losing as part of their DNA. MW has done just enough to keep his head out of the guillotine, but if he does not start putting more pressure on these players and stop babying them, the blade will be lifted soon.

Mike White needs to start recruiting players who might not be as athletic or even as talented, but who simply hate to lose. Other than Castleton and Jitoboh, I don't see any other players on this squad who hate to lose.
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Nothing wrong with your take. I will just say what I thought when the season got sobering. Mike is going to get another year but it will be with no excuses. But that is as long as the inmates don't begin to run the asylum. If Mike's coaching puts their mental makeup in a questionable place, and the players from last year who are not here this season are not exactly turning into something great (they are who we thought they are), and this group "gets it" but it doesn't translate into success, I can definitely see where they all go rogue.

Once that happens I don't see a way Mike survives. Once you lose the locker room that is all she wrote.

gatorinmi · Jan 25, 2022

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Then why is he still taking up a scholarship? Convince him to transfer to a mid-major, and bring in another big who is disgruntled at another Power 5 division program. Having the guy sit behind Jones and Kennedy who are doing absolutely nothing to help us to win, is a complete waste of a scholarship.
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Beats me. He doesn't look ready for this level.

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