He is going to have to or he may no longer be starting. We have two really good players coming in that can take/fill Young and Murphy's roles. Patric is going to have to become motivated and produce to keep his starting spot.
________________________________ From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> To: gatortalk <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: "Hoops Scoop" - Billy D and the close game conundrum It's Patric Young who really needs to step up his game and give us that inside advantage. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:08 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: Two things. > > >1. We had only 4 close games this year. Usually we have around 10. That means >that 6 games that might have been close wins in our favor in the past were >blowouts in our favor this year. That is the sign of a better team not a worse >team. No one can convince me that beating a team by 4 is better than beating >the same team by 22. > > >2. Give the credit to Walker? The same S.O.B. who wouldn't even look inside at >the end of the game even though he had an all-NBA front line? What wins close >game consistently is not a rainbow from a guard who wants to make >Sportscenter; it is a forward or center to can take it to the rim and either >make a close shot or get fouled in the process. If we want to give credit to >those 12 close wins in 2009 to 2011, let's look to Chandler Parsons, Vernon >Macklin and Alexander Tyus with Patrick Young keeping them fresh. > > >-Zeb > > > > >On Apr 12, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > >2009-10 — 6-5 >>2010-11 –6-4 >>2011-12 — 2-5 >>2012-13 — 0-4 >>Overall: 58-77 .464 >>It’s fair to say that not all close games are decided by five points or less, >>and Donovan’s teams have tended to pull away in overtime (his overtime record >>at UF is 16-14 and 3-3 in the NCAA Tournament). But five points has been the >>standard set to measure most close games decided by one or two possessions. >>Of note, the Gators are 2-9 over the last two seasons in games decided by 5 >>points or less, a disturbing trend. Some national analysts have tended to >>blame the decision-making of outgoing Florida guards Kenny Boynton and Erving >>Walker for UF’s late-game struggles. But Walker’s big-shot ability was >>definitely missed this season. In three seasons with Walker as a starting >>point guard, the Gators were 12-14 in games decided by 5-points or less. >>Without him this season, Florida was 0-4. > > -- >-- >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >2008 National Football Champions | >Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >--- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. > >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801www.helenhuntley.com -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
