Arizona State @ Oregon

[UOducksTK1]

If we don't want to be on the bottom of the Pac-10, these are the games we need to win.

[justducky0]

hey oregontrack do you think Dana will have them ready this time? haha

[oregontrack]

I'm not entirely sure you know what that means.

[justducky0]

please do tell, becasue in my opinion when you have a team ready to play you don't go down by double digits within 3 minutes....

[Duck07]

hey oregontrack do you think Dana will have them ready this time? haha

I'd sure love to see you out there coaching this team. Take any coach in the nation, this team is not going to be playing any more effectively than it has been. You come off as a flamer when you can't acknowledge things that are beyond the coaches hand.

Really, if you can't be impressed with the difference in this team from last season, stay off the bball board, because I can already tell you won't be happy with a single thing this team does unless it exceeds your absurd, lofty goals.

[oregontrack]

please do tell, becasue in my opinion when you have a team ready to play you don't go down by double digits within 3 minutes....

Duck07 summed it up well above. There's a difference between being ready to play and playing well. Arizona is a LOT better than us in every facet of the game, thus the easy win for them Thursday night. We had a myriad of wide open shots that we missed in that game, which leads one to believe they WERE ready to play; they had a clear offensive plan, and they executed it. The problem isn't with preparation or "being ready to play", it's with converting. If the team simply can't shoot, no amount of prep by the coaching staff is going to change that.

Not "ready to play" implies that the team came out slow and half-assed everything, and missed multiple assignments. I saw a team that was very ready to play and busted their ass, but inferior play cost them any chance to win.

[justducky0]

Duck07: I did not say I could coach this team, I fully support Dana and hope him the best and I think he is doing an ok job with the subpar talent he has. Also you imply that I have "lofty" goals for this season. I just want this team to be competitive that is all. At least put a product on the floor that does not get blown out every night. I do not feel that is too "lofty" of a goal.

Oregontrack: I do not think that this team is ready to play because you say it means they come out slow...well going down by double digits very early to me seems like a slow start. Also on defense they had multiple missed assignments giving Arizona countless wide open shots on the outside and inside.
I do agree that this team works its butt off while playing tho which is nice to see but honestly that is all they have going for them. So 2of3 criteria are met in my armchair opinion

But either way I do support the team and cant wait to open the new area and cheer them on as loud as I can no matter what. GO DUCKS

[Duck07]

Duck07: I did not say I could coach this team, I fully support Dana and hope him the best and I think he is doing an ok job with the subpar talent he has. Also you imply that I have "lofty" goals for this season. I just want this team to be competitive that is all. At least put a product on the floor that does not get blown out every night. I do not feel that is too "lofty" of a goal.

Oregontrack: I do not think that this team is ready to play because you say it means they come out slow...well going down by double digits very early to me seems like a slow start. Also on defense they had multiple missed assignments giving Arizona countless wide open shots on the outside and inside.
I do agree that this team works its butt off while playing tho which is nice to see but honestly that is all they have going for them. So 2of3 criteria are met in my armchair opinion

But either way I do support the team and cant wait to open the new area and cheer them on as loud as I can no matter what. GO DUCKS

Dude, you've taken a loss to Idaho way to seriously though. There is a talent/depth/size issue on this team that you ignore all the time and its rather old to continue to hear repeatedly. The "product" that you are searching for has been better than even the brightest optimists projections so what do you really think can be done to fix this? This is why I called you out to coach - what else can DA do, schematically to change this? When I critique NA, i use examples rather than more hyperbole about "being ready." When one team is outmatched, mistakes like not recovering fast enough on defensive rotation happen, its part of being over-matched.

[duckgrad99]

If Oregon loses a lot of games this season, it will be because of lack of talent not lack of effort. For the most part, I think it was just the opposite under Kent. There is only so much Altman can do with this current team. Anyway, let's get a win tonight in the final mac court game.

[oregontrack]

Duck07: I did not say I could coach this team, I fully support Dana and hope him the best and I think he is doing an ok job with the subpar talent he has. Also you imply that I have "lofty" goals for this season. I just want this team to be competitive that is all. At least put a product on the floor that does not get blown out every night. I do not feel that is too "lofty" of a goal.

Oregontrack: I do not think that this team is ready to play because you say it means they come out slow...well going down by double digits very early to me seems like a slow start. Also on defense they had multiple missed assignments giving Arizona countless wide open shots on the outside and inside.
I do agree that this team works its butt off while playing tho which is nice to see but honestly that is all they have going for them. So 2of3 criteria are met in my armchair opinion

But either way I do support the team and cant wait to open the new area and cheer them on as loud as I can no matter what. GO DUCKS

Then we agree, they come out ready to play. They just aren't very talented, which is why they're losing.

[justducky0]

I just hope they win tonight...

[Duck07]

Is anybody streaming this game? I live on the coast so I don't have Comcast.

[Boom]

Well this is probably our best chance at winning a game this year and it's not going to be televised

[UOducksTK1]

4 for 14 shooting after 13 minutes? I don't know what's worse, the fact that we've only taken 14 shots, or our shooting percentage of 28%. lol c'mon ducks!

[Duck07]

From watching the box score at least we're making ASU shoot 35% to our 25.