I'm sure you saw this as well Nick, but Stanford's 2 offensive rebound putbacks were literally just Cal players fumbling defensive rebounds and completely losing awareness. The inability to use the snake high pick and roll over and over with JS31 and LT21 was painful. The fact that LT21 was our best player also says something. Fox not putting in Foreman earlier was heinous, especially with Kuany and Brown playing stand around and do nothing simulator.
Also thank God I didn't impulsively decide to go to this game you have no idea how close I was to hopping on caltrain from Santa Clara and going to this mess.
I don't think you should have broken your rule. Bowser and Thorpe haven't played a minute this year. Both are sophomores, and would presumably have had an opportunity to show their growth as players. Kuany has shown that growth this year, albeit a year late, probably due to Covid issues last year. And having Thorpe would allow Fox to play with two bigs. Foreman and Shepherd have both been dealing with nagging injuries all season. All five of these players are Fox recruits (two from the portal). And now Kelly gets hurt right before a three-game stretch of winnable games. Give Fox a break. He inherited a dumpster fire from Jones and Williams, team development was hampered in Fall 20 by Covid, and now he's dealing with an inordinate number of injuries. And even with last night's loss, the team's improvement is notable.
I'm sure you saw this as well Nick, but Stanford's 2 offensive rebound putbacks were literally just Cal players fumbling defensive rebounds and completely losing awareness. The inability to use the snake high pick and roll over and over with JS31 and LT21 was painful. The fact that LT21 was our best player also says something. Fox not putting in Foreman earlier was heinous, especially with Kuany and Brown playing stand around and do nothing simulator.
Also thank God I didn't impulsively decide to go to this game you have no idea how close I was to hopping on caltrain from Santa Clara and going to this mess.
I don't think you should have broken your rule. Bowser and Thorpe haven't played a minute this year. Both are sophomores, and would presumably have had an opportunity to show their growth as players. Kuany has shown that growth this year, albeit a year late, probably due to Covid issues last year. And having Thorpe would allow Fox to play with two bigs. Foreman and Shepherd have both been dealing with nagging injuries all season. All five of these players are Fox recruits (two from the portal). And now Kelly gets hurt right before a three-game stretch of winnable games. Give Fox a break. He inherited a dumpster fire from Jones and Williams, team development was hampered in Fall 20 by Covid, and now he's dealing with an inordinate number of injuries. And even with last night's loss, the team's improvement is notable.
Game should have been ours, but we couldn't catch the gosh darn ball or make a key shot. Very frustrating.