Mar 7, 2022·edited Mar 7, 2022Liked by Alex Khalifa
Thanks Alex.
Not much to learn from this one, as it went pretty much as expected. One point....Fox’s stubborn reluctance/refusal?? to give the FR troika of Alajiki, Obinna & Roberson any more than 13 minutes, while he continues to roll with Jordan & Grant for 30+ minutes in blowouts, seems such a waste of an opportunity…Boyle is getting a similarly talented FR KJ Simpson 20 a night on a better team…that said, more minutes for these kids probably is not going to change his basic offensive approach, which is a big reason for my concern for the program under his stewardship. That, and of course his heretofore inability to attract the level of talent needed to get in the conversation for a top-half of the conference finish.
with a team like Cal MBB, you have to look at the positives .. every win, especially the good ones like Oregon and Stanford, individual player improvement (Kelly, Lars), individual plays (Roberson slam, Lars to Foreman 3), finishing 10th, instead of the projected cellar, the good things about college basketball in general, including the band, spirit groups, etc, and the satisfaction of supporting your team win or lose because it's your team and your school
But an important ingredient of the above type of fandom for me is that the players can hold their heads up at the end of the day, or college career thinking, believing they are a Cal Golden Bear for life, and the overall experience, including outside of basketball, was a very good experience
But we also have to have a hope for a better season next year, just like every other fan of every other program
Thanks Alex.
Not much to learn from this one, as it went pretty much as expected. One point....Fox’s stubborn reluctance/refusal?? to give the FR troika of Alajiki, Obinna & Roberson any more than 13 minutes, while he continues to roll with Jordan & Grant for 30+ minutes in blowouts, seems such a waste of an opportunity…Boyle is getting a similarly talented FR KJ Simpson 20 a night on a better team…that said, more minutes for these kids probably is not going to change his basic offensive approach, which is a big reason for my concern for the program under his stewardship. That, and of course his heretofore inability to attract the level of talent needed to get in the conversation for a top-half of the conference finish.
with a team like Cal MBB, you have to look at the positives .. every win, especially the good ones like Oregon and Stanford, individual player improvement (Kelly, Lars), individual plays (Roberson slam, Lars to Foreman 3), finishing 10th, instead of the projected cellar, the good things about college basketball in general, including the band, spirit groups, etc, and the satisfaction of supporting your team win or lose because it's your team and your school
But an important ingredient of the above type of fandom for me is that the players can hold their heads up at the end of the day, or college career thinking, believing they are a Cal Golden Bear for life, and the overall experience, including outside of basketball, was a very good experience
But we also have to have a hope for a better season next year, just like every other fan of every other program