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Dean Smith

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  1. Jordan on and Reyna 0 minutes is criminal. Reyna at 80% is miles clear of Morris. Back line should be Ream and Brooks.
  2. This isn’t club where you go get players to fit your system. National teams need to find a system where you can get you best players on the field. That includes Musa. You have to find a way to get him on the field with Weston. Aaronson, Reyna, Pulisic, Adams, and probably Weah. Won’t happen though. Our manager is almost as stubborn as Southgate. I don’t think either has ever put their nations best team on the field. We’ve had injuries in the front half but Brooks sitting at home and Long on the roster is almost criminal. He wants to play out of the back and then loads the roster with center backs that have no technical ability. Jordan shouldn’t be anywhere near this team either. Anyone of the young 9’s would be a serious up grade and a needed plan B.
  3. Say what you want to about last year's team, they had the ability to beat anyone on a given night. This team just is not good offensively and they don't have the ability to score consistently against power 5 teams. You can stop watching if they fall behind by 10 because with their limited ability on the offensive end it's like a 20 point lead for a normal power 5 team. They play hard I'll give them that but they are not fun to watch.
  4. That’s the problem with a lot of refs. If something looks awkward and/or unnatural they blow the whistle and then make up the call. Looking awkward isn’t against the rules.
  5. The way the rule always read was a step in a half. That's how layups have been shot since the beginning of layups. Right side would be right-left and release before the right foot comes down again. The only difference is the Euro doesn't go in a straight line. And technically, the step count doesn't start until you' ve gathered the ball but that would make a refs head explode.
  6. Why? You get a step and a half on the way to the hoop - the Euro just doesn't go in a straight line. You are correct though that refs see something new and immediately blow the whistle because something had to be wrong there.
  7. England is in our group and you only have three group games so 1-4 is not possible?
  8. Reading the story I doubt he would want to be a US citizen. Where he’s from seem pretty important to him.
  9. Foreign students aren’t eligible for some strange reason.
  10. Part of the reason the cupboard was bare was because everyone knew he had no support from the AD. That's why Hunter left. It is very difficult to recruit talent to a place everyone knows the coach is on his way out.
  11. These announcers just said we have good officials after Verge gets knocked down again.
  12. At this point Verge is an officer and gentleman - he’s got no where else to go.
  13. In past years ushers would have extra red shirts and they would have been told to put one on or move. I don't know how they fell down on the job this year.
  14. I could be wrong but I believe the title went to Greenville because it was Union Omaha that had the COVID issues leading to the cancellation. I was at the semifinal game and afterwards my wife asked, "We're they supposed to win by that much?" I said - No, No one is supposed to win by that much once you get past U-10.
  15. They may have been "layups" but many of the first six were forced, out of control shots as well. Many of them were not good shots.
  16. There’s no jinx, it’s lack of effort and most of that is between the ears.
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