I'm glad you mentioned the laughing part, because it's quite an indictment to accuse a coach of giving up. Seeing Fox pacing the sideline in the waning minutes, I'm sure his blood pressure wasn't 110/70. He chose not to foul, not because he's quitting, but because it's usually a stupid strategy. 19 times out of a 20 it turns a 6 point…
I'm glad you mentioned the laughing part, because it's quite an indictment to accuse a coach of giving up. Seeing Fox pacing the sideline in the waning minutes, I'm sure his blood pressure wasn't 110/70. He chose not to foul, not because he's quitting, but because it's usually a stupid strategy. 19 times out of a 20 it turns a 6 point loss into a 14 point loss. It's apparent his philosophy has been to play it straight up in the last stages. I'd assume that's because he's seen too many close games turn into blowouts from putting the other team at the line. Cal had CU at 54 for 4 of the last 5 minutes. If Newell had made his shots down the stretch, making it 51-54 with 1 1/2 mins to go, anything could have happened. If you can't score, fouling won't matter.
Did you miss the part where Colorado is among the worst FT teams in the nation? And the part where we only got 4 possessions in final whatever minutes? Come on now. It's way too late to be playing devil's advocate for Fox.
I'm glad you mentioned the laughing part, because it's quite an indictment to accuse a coach of giving up. Seeing Fox pacing the sideline in the waning minutes, I'm sure his blood pressure wasn't 110/70. He chose not to foul, not because he's quitting, but because it's usually a stupid strategy. 19 times out of a 20 it turns a 6 point loss into a 14 point loss. It's apparent his philosophy has been to play it straight up in the last stages. I'd assume that's because he's seen too many close games turn into blowouts from putting the other team at the line. Cal had CU at 54 for 4 of the last 5 minutes. If Newell had made his shots down the stretch, making it 51-54 with 1 1/2 mins to go, anything could have happened. If you can't score, fouling won't matter.
"...because it's usually a stupid strategy. "
Did you miss the part where Colorado is among the worst FT teams in the nation? And the part where we only got 4 possessions in final whatever minutes? Come on now. It's way too late to be playing devil's advocate for Fox.