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It is interesting to see what the Cats need to win this Sunday. It is not a different offense. It is not stats from past games. What is it? The Enquirer stated " 1. Somehow, Cincinnati Bearcats must find swagger, confidence
You can see the fear, frustration as well as a lack of confidence in their faces and body language. Once again, I will allude to when Abaev was beaten and his teammate left his man to play team defense. Normally that is good, but the WV player had court awareness and passing skills along with selflessness to pass to his wide open buddy for a swish of a 3. I don't believe for a second that the Cat who left his player did it because the stats said he couldn't shoot. It was a knee jerk reaction, and the Cats are not used to others playing beyond one man hero ball. These are humans and not inanimate playstation players on a tv screen. Basketball is a very emotional game as are all competitive sports. Look at the meek cringing fear from the HC and then you will understand.
Is CWM dealing with their heads in practice? The paper went on to say Sampson played head games with the Cats. He screamed now is winning time. A good player wants the other team to play him at crunch time. They said of Bear Bryant he can take his and beat yours and take yours and beat his. The same players. What is the difference? You have a bunch of nervous, fearful, afraid of failure players on the court for UC, It doesn't matter what they did yesterday, how are they handling the game now. Sadly, it is a lack of confidence resulting in grade school sloppy basketball, loses and post game tirades.
My hope is that some of these Cats will say -- Enough-- I am going to play the game I love. The game I spent hours practicing and I am going to kick some A$$ on that court.
Losing is expected of the team now. That is the sad state of UC Basketball today.
The thing is - a change is only a win away. If CWM can't get them going (maybe his postgame tirades can), then the players have to make the choice. It is obvious that they are not playing for the school, for the city and with the lack of team play, for each other. They ae not even playing for their next pay check. They are not inanimate playstation figures. I have seen teams come together even when their coach was an inanimate sulker on the bench. They need to remember how long and hard they practiced and let it flow.
This is why Terry Nelson ,Steve Logan and many other former players are upset. They know what it is like to put on the Cincy uniform and see the fear in others as they walk across that black line.
You can see the fear, frustration as well as a lack of confidence in their faces and body language. Once again, I will allude to when Abaev was beaten and his teammate left his man to play team defense. Normally that is good, but the WV player had court awareness and passing skills along with selflessness to pass to his wide open buddy for a swish of a 3. I don't believe for a second that the Cat who left his player did it because the stats said he couldn't shoot. It was a knee jerk reaction, and the Cats are not used to others playing beyond one man hero ball. These are humans and not inanimate playstation players on a tv screen. Basketball is a very emotional game as are all competitive sports. Look at the meek cringing fear from the HC and then you will understand.
Is CWM dealing with their heads in practice? The paper went on to say Sampson played head games with the Cats. He screamed now is winning time. A good player wants the other team to play him at crunch time. They said of Bear Bryant he can take his and beat yours and take yours and beat his. The same players. What is the difference? You have a bunch of nervous, fearful, afraid of failure players on the court for UC, It doesn't matter what they did yesterday, how are they handling the game now. Sadly, it is a lack of confidence resulting in grade school sloppy basketball, loses and post game tirades.
My hope is that some of these Cats will say -- Enough-- I am going to play the game I love. The game I spent hours practicing and I am going to kick some A$$ on that court.
Losing is expected of the team now. That is the sad state of UC Basketball today.
The thing is - a change is only a win away. If CWM can't get them going (maybe his postgame tirades can), then the players have to make the choice. It is obvious that they are not playing for the school, for the city and with the lack of team play, for each other. They ae not even playing for their next pay check. They are not inanimate playstation figures. I have seen teams come together even when their coach was an inanimate sulker on the bench. They need to remember how long and hard they practiced and let it flow.
This is why Terry Nelson ,Steve Logan and many other former players are upset. They know what it is like to put on the Cincy uniform and see the fear in others as they walk across that black line.
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