Welcome Guest

right, but Gates had such a massive depth & talent advantage

Posted on: March 21, 2025 at 21:03:04 CT

zounami MU

Posts:

72138

Member For:

10.99 yrs

Level:

User

M.O.B. Votes:

... To use a chess analogy, Gates had a board full of queens & rooks, while McCollum had knights & pawns.

It shows how much coaching matters. Drake has a grandmaster playing 4D chess, while we have a dude playing checkers.

Please explain why this message is being reported.

REPLY

MESSAGE THREAD

It's impressive how most experts knew McCollum would win... - zounami MU - 3/21 20:51:33

I honestly don't think his mentor, Leonard Hamilton, was - MUTGR MU - 3/21 21:36:59

It all depended on matchups. They’d probably be picked to - tigerNkc KC - 3/21 21:01:17

This roster was top 3 SEC and elite 8 type team! A good - Turn2 MU - 3/21 21:01:05

in terms of depth & talent, correct (nm) - zounami MU - 3/21 21:04:22

No it wasn’t (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 21:02:32

It had enough talent to beat Florida at Florida, trounce - Ohtiger MU - 3/21 21:34:59

I don’t know what happened to the defense - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 21:42:51

Maybe standing on the sideline motionless and - Ohtiger MU - 3/21 21:48:31

The defense was solid through the hardest - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 21:56:12

The switches at the base line were idiotic, leaving - Ohtiger MU - 3/21 22:03:45

Because one coach was clearly better in game - COMO58 MU - 3/21 21:00:21

right, but Gates had such a massive depth & talent advantage - zounami MU - 3/21 21:03:04

RE: right, but Gates had such a massive depth & talent advantage - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 22:53:36

"Bennett Stirtz is one of the best players in college bball" - zounami MU - 3/21 22:58:05

that's largely impacted by coaching & player development (nm) - zounami MU - 3/21 22:57:15

Expensive transfer haul - Hickeytime MU

- 3/21 20:56:44

8675309 - DevilsAdvocate KC - 3/21 21:11:40

nice (nm) - XRob MU

- 3/21 22:52:15

You were wrong (nm) - DevilsAdvocate KC - 3/21 20:55:12

Indeed I was. Let it never be said again that I can't admit - zounami MU - 3/21 20:58:01

Matched Haith’s best season - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 20:53:52

Haith isn't exactly remembered as a good in game coach - Ohtiger MU - 3/21 21:29:03

Haith's worst season was 23 wins. (Back then, 23 wins was - zounami MU - 3/21 20:57:45

Haith was gifted with terrific players. He didn't recruit - Ohtiger MU - 3/21 21:53:37

0 NCAA Tournament wins in 3 seasons (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 3/21 21:02:08

but also, fewer blowout losses to lowly seeded mid-majors (nm) - zounami MU - 3/21 21:03:58

What you are, is "special"(nm) - Mormad MU - 3/21 20:53:52