There doesn't seem to be one. Maybe there were no words after losing that one.
Aside from the GOOD start against Delaware, it's been the same thing in all four CAA games.stuball888 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:57 am I waited a day to chime in. The last two road games against mediocre to poor teams shows this teams lack of focus and energy.
Both games we fall behind then comeback to take a lead.
What happens next is telling. we failed to get separation from us and our opponent
The score is either tied or a couple of possesions for the next 5 minutes. Then in the waining moments of the game our offense gets bogged down and we have no legs left to play shutdown D.
As of now this team is not deep as other than a few players is there another reliable player game in or game out we can rely upon.
The players we have no have to look in the mirror and take some responsibility for the mess we are in. It starts Thursday against Hampton
Pride97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:33 pm I’m not thrilled with no post game - it’s the only insight us fans are afforded from anyone on the team. I know most is coach talk, but I appreciate the frustration after the NE game and I would like to see what the reaction was after this game. Shouldn’t duck the camera (we the iPhone in the hallway anyway) because you are mad. Bush league in my book. We pay to watch them play in person or on TV - least they could do is give us an immediate reaction.
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However, this is not a sudden thing. This was very early on in OOC play and they continued have to take the same approach overall, now four games into conference play. Maybe, yesterday was finally an adjustment though for Thomas and Dubar. After Thomas took 15 3s in each of the first three CAA games, he went 3/8 from 3 and 10/22 overall. He's still mostly allergic to seeing the FT line (no FTA against yesterday), but that shot distribution and even shot making from 2 and 3 is okay (not great, but fine). Dubar yesterday, was also 2/3 from 3 and 8/14 overall. Would still like to see more shots from him and fewer from Thomas, since like yesterday, and as I've been saying all season, Dubar is considerably more efficient. I don't know how many times it has to be said, but yet AGAIN yesterday - Thomas: 23 pts on 22 shots, Dubar, almost the same (21 pts) on 14 shots. Shift a few of those to Dubar, maybe even just one of those, in a one-point loss and they likely win. But, bottom line, Dubar and Thomas were both a lot less reliant on the 3 yesterday, so maybe we'll see more of that going foward. And Carlos frankly shouldn't be shooting unless he's wide open every time. His first thought should always to do what he does best and distribute.
Somewhat reasonable to take this positive view of it but the reality is that those two losses by four points were against two teams that had Hofstra played a full 40 minutes the way they played in rallying from big deficits in each of those games, they would have -- and probably should have -- won both of those by double digits. So, if they're doing that in the "easier" games, what happens if they do the same in the tougher ones (and there are a lot of those ahead)? Will they even be competitive in those rather than have chances to win late (like at Northeastern and Campbell) if they continue to dig big early holes?
So, sure enough, there WAS a postgame interview. Just as we want the team to learn from their mistakes, perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to judge here.
I think it's just the area. There are so many more options including a lot of pro sports teams not that far from Hempstead that Hofstra is competing with and that makes it very difficult. In places like Wilmington or Charleston, where that's lacking, it's easier for people to rally around the college men's hoops teams in those areas.dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:58 pm Great find Wags, thanks! Now for the next thing to get on the program for then.... watching UNCW on cbssn playing in a packed arena FULL of students, Charleston has every game sold out now. Its just so sad Hofstra can't get anyone to come to the Mack
Of course, because then the bandwagon fans around here would suddenly come out of the woodwork. But that's what it takes because the base just isn't as large or as robust as in places like Charleston and Wilmington, where those fans are always there regardless. If becoming a Top 20 team happened here, those bandwagon fans would jump right off the bandwagon again if the team then started to return to its current level and the attendance here would return to what we see now.triplec2195 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:40 am We seem to be giving away tickets at will to almost anyone that's interested. Kids that are home from college etc etc etc I wonder if we were a top 20 team could we generate enough interest to have consistently LARGE CROWDS?
If this is true I am disappointed...you win, you lose, you do the same thing. Face up to it...Look at the Dallas coach McCarthy last night. Do you think he wanted to face the media and the music?Pride97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:33 pm I’m not thrilled with no post game - it’s the only insight us fans are afforded from anyone on the team. I know most is coach talk, but I appreciate the frustration after the NE game and I would like to see what the reaction was after this game. Shouldn’t duck the camera (we the iPhone in the hallway anyway) because you are mad. Bush league in my book. We pay to watch them play in person or on TV - least they could do is give us an immediate reaction.
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In the Pecora era we rountinely drew great crowds...even in Cassara's first year when Charles Jenkins was a senior...seems like the air has come out of the balloon since then.triplec2195 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:40 am We seem to be giving away tickets at will to almost anyone that's interested. Kids that are home from college etc etc etc I wonder if we were a top 20 team could we generate enough interest to have consistently LARGE CROWDS?
