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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Come in off the ledge, Robert. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is exactly the kind of stuff we
discussed a couple of weeks ago. The rebounding issue has to be solved. The
freshmen will get better at defense. In addition, teams have already figured
out that if you shut down our guards, we struggle because our bigs are not
aggressive around the basket. There are definitely some issues, but I feel
fairly confident that this is a team that is going to get better throughout the
year, and really begin to hit its stride at the right time. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am, however, completely with you on the being
outhustled part. Absolutely no excuse for that. And if you’ve watched any
hoops over this thanksgiving weekend, you’ve seen teams that go after the ball
on the boards with reckless abandon and tenacity. And I haven’t seen anyone
on our team get like that, except perhaps Bill Cole in limited minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The good news is, our early big ten
schedule is very favorable to start (and yes, very tough at the end).
Hopefully, that will give the younger guys time to figure it out. We need Paul
and Richardson to score and defend if this team is going to be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Todd S<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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oskee-bounces@heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces@heins.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Robert Mingee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 28, 2009
9:22 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> oskee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Oskee] Wow...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>What a major flameout. I figured out I could watch
for free last night and watched the last 7 or so minutes to see us implode
against Utah. I was pretty pissed, but after I calmed down I reminded
myself it's a young team and this is to be expected. Besides, <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State> has been pretty
good in the recent past under Majerus. I decided to reserve judgment and
see how they rebounded tonight.<br>
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So much for that. That's 2 games in a row with a total collapse down the
stretch. Missed FTs. Stupid TOs And by far the worst of all,
getting outhustled and outrebounded when it counted (no idea what the total
stats were for either game, and not sure I care - when it mattered, we missed
them). And it wasn't the young players making these mistakes, but they
were not having any positive impact either.<br>
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This is clearly not close to a top 25 team, and obviously we'll drop out next
week. This is a team that needs to show major improvement to even finish
in the top half of the conference, let alone consider post-season play. It's
a long season, so I'm not going to panic, but I am disappointed that we're not
where I'd hoped we'd be. I am afraid we're going to get humiliated
against Clemson on the road and cost the B10 its first Challenge win after way
too many years. And I'm very afraid of the damage that 3 straight loses
will do to the mental state of a team with no real leader (I'm not convinced
McCamey is that guy yet). Man, do I hope I'm wrong. There will
still be time to fix it, but it won't look good if we end up in post-season
contention.<br>
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-- robert<br>
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