Their performance was disgusting. Couldn't make a layup under the basket. All of those offensive rebounds wouldn't have been necessary if we'd have just made more shots. It was difficult to watch. Softball! I'm a softball fan!!
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR Real Estate Broker PARKS 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2016, at 10:35 PM, Charles Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I thought they had turned the corner with that big win against West > Virginia but it must have been a wrong turn. > I really hope that Mike White can get it going as he seems like a very > likeable fellow and he's very intense. It already seems that he's taking more > heat for a 16-9 team than Billy D did last year for sub 500 team but I guess > that's what happens when you follow a legend. > > Charlie > >> On 2/13/2016 11:22 PM, Shane Ford wrote: >> Dooley: Gators 'awful' on offense, must overcome mediocrity >> >> >> Florida forward Dorian Finney-Smith reacts after a play against Alabama. >> Matt Stamey/Staff photographer >> By Pat Dooley >> Gainesville SUN Columnist >> Published: Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:58 p.m. >> Last Modified: Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:58 p.m. >> When the final horn sounded, there were some high-flying Alabama basketball >> players on the O’Connell Center floor. They were bumping hips and bumping >> chests and Crimson Tide staff members were giving those kind of neck hugs >> that hurt and feel great at the same time. >> >> Photo Galleries >> >> UF vs Bama: Sidelines >> Tide rolls Gators >> Meanwhile, Florida was walking off the court in disbelief. This wasn’t >> supposed to happen, not at home, not with a daunting road trip on the >> horizon. >> >> But it happened, that game that you know this team is capable of but you >> hoped it had buried weeks ago. >> >> Florida was awful Saturday, just plain awful, offensively. Alabama’s defense >> contributed to it, but it was as much Florida’s ineffectiveness as anything. >> >> The Gators couldn’t take advantage of a huge rebounding advantage (54-35) or >> Alabama’s best player (Retin Obasohan) fouling out with 5:35 to play. They >> could never get Dorian Finney-Smith involved and got too much of Chris >> Chiozza and Justin Leon. >> >> Nothing against those guys, but when they combine to take 23 shots and >> Finney-Smith only takes eight, you’ve got a problem. >> >> That was the Alabama game plan, to make Florida’s best player uncomfortable. >> >> “It’s a big part of college basketball,” said Florida coach Mike White. “For >> us, unfortunately, we rely on Dorian so much that when people don't see him >> making baskets, we don't play with a lot of confidence.” >> >> Add in enough missed two-footers to last a season, and you’ve really got a >> problem. >> >> “We just weren’t finishing,” said forward Devin Robinson. “That’s just the >> way it is sometimes. We just weren’t making shots.” >> >> It was a night of bad basketball and the team that played the worst felt the >> worst when it was over. >> >> “Extremely frustrating,” Leon said. >> >> The two teams combined to miss 64 shots and they weren’t all because of >> defense. The 21 missed free throws illustrated that. >> >> For Alabama, Saturday night was a big win. Avery Johnson’s team has now won >> five of six games and broke an 11-game losing streak to Florida. Many of >> those games were of the low-scoring variety, but Florida always found a way >> to win. >> >> On this night, the Gators found a way to lose. >> >> “We had 23 offensive rebounds and, wow, scored 55 points,” White said. “I’m >> not sure I’ve seen a box score like that.” >> >> Or a box score that included a 1-for-12 performance from Florida from the >> 3-point line in the second half. >> >> You’ve seen those games where a team starts making shots and it seems like >> nobody can miss and it feels like makes are contagious. Now, imagine the >> opposite of that. >> >> “We felt that,” Johnson said. “We did a nice job of mixing our defenses. >> They missed a lot of shots. They missed some free throws. That’s the way it >> goes sometimes.” >> >> It’s been going well for Johnson lately in his first year as the Alabama >> coach. Suddenly, Alabama is knocking on the bubble’s back door. >> >> “We want to stay under the radar,” Johnson said. “We’re not talking about >> bubble, but it’s good to be in the conversation.” >> >> On the other hand, Florida’s postseason hopes took a body blow with this >> home loss, especially when you consider that four of the last six games for >> the Gators are on the road, where they have not exactly been crisp >> offensively. >> >> I don’t care what the numbers say. Florida’s RPI is becoming irrelevant. The >> bottom line is that this is a 16-9 team. >> >> Getting to the NCAA Tournament isn’t supposed to be easy, even in a season >> like this one filled with so much parity and mediocrity. If these Gators >> want to dance, they need to do more than meekly tap someone on the shoulder. >> >> It’s time for this team to fight, to see what it is made of. >> >> I get that this kind of night can happen, even with a big crowd cheering you >> on. >> >> It’s what you do after they happen that matters. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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