M. Basketball. LA Tech Hosts UTSA on Saturday Night

[TrueBulldog1962]

Tech has had too many games missed from practice injuries under Konkol's watch.

Is that controllable?

[OLDBLUE]

Is that controllable?

That answer would take a bit more info than we have available.

[TrueBulldog1962]

That answer would take a bit more info than we have available.

Knowing Konkol's demeanor, I just cant see him running our guys into the ground in practice and getting them injured. He gets paid to win, why would he risk that?

[Blue Dawg]

He gets paid to win

Really?

[techman05]

Talked with a great basketball mind today. He told me that UTSA absolutely deserved to win that game and they actually took it from us more than we gave it away. They ran set plays very well. They defended our "float around the perimeter" offense and forced stupid shots that we willingly took. We have bigs that we could easily run pick and roll or pick and pop sets through and don't. UTSA ran a 2-2-1 zone against us and we never put a man on the free throw line to take up the 5-6 foot wide empty space. We could have forced them to collapse and cover a man who could either turn and shoot a 15 footer or pass back out to a wide open wing player. We don't cut guys off when they run the baseline. We let them dribble right past us and either have a wide open layup or clean pass to a jump shooter. WE ARE LAZY!!!!! This is elementary stuff that I learned in church league. Has anyone seen Konkol pull a kid aside and point to spots on the floor to at least appear like he is coaching him up about what to do when he sees a specific situation again? In rare instances you will see him yell or point to a spot on the floor, but you can count those on your hands.

[HogDawg]

Talked with a great basketball mind today. He told me that UTSA absolutely deserved to win that game and they actually took it from us more than we gave it away. They ran set plays very well. They defended our "float around the perimeter" offense and forced stupid shots that we willingly took. We have bigs that we could easily run pick and roll or pick and pop sets through and don't. UTSA ran a 2-2-1 zone against us and we never put a man on the free throw line to take up the 5-6 foot wide empty space. We could have forced them to collapse and cover a man who could either turn and shoot a 15 footer or pass back out to a wide open wing player. We don't cut guys off when they run the baseline. We let them dribble right past us and either have a wide open layup or clean pass to a jump shooter. WE ARE LAZY!!!!! This is elementary stuff that I learned in church league. Has anyone seen Konkol pull a kid aside and point to spots on the floor to at least appear like he is coaching him up about what to do when he sees a specific situation again? In rare instances you will see him yell or point to a spot on the floor, but you can count those on your hands.

Steve Henson is the new coach of UTSA. He is a disciple of Lon Kruger, the long time coach at KSU and currently the head coach at OU. He's also a former NBA player for 6 seasons. We may just be getting out-coached here.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Henson

[techman05]

Steve Henson is the new coach of UTSA. He is a disciple of Lon Kruger, the long time coach at KSU and currently the head coach at OU. He's also a former NBA player for 6 seasons. We may just be getting out-coached here.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Henson

We will always get outcoached when X's and O's are a foreign language to our coach.

[DJDAWG]

If Konkol doesn't know X's and O's, then how did he get hired?

[revf]

If Konkol doesn't know X's and O's, then how did he get hired?

Best friend is the AD.

[nadB]

Best friend is the AD.

I was wondering how he got a one year contract extension after the two one-and-done debacles to finish off the season last year.

[FriscoDawg]

Oh please ......... Konkol's first goal should be to actually win one tournament game.

One-and-Done last year in the CUSA tourney, followed by One-and-Done in the world's worst-ever Pay-for-Play, falling to Mighty East Tennessee State U.

No mean feat when he had the CUSA POY on the roster.

Agreed, but you missed my point completely.

It's hard enough to win the tournament after a top four finish and getting a bye into the quarterfinals. A couple of more stinkers like Saturday and Tech will have no chance to get that bye into the quarters.

[Dixonfor6]

Give him time. This is one game and we have real talent that can come together by mid CUSA season

[HogDawg]

Give him time. This is one game and we have real talent that can come together by mid CUSA season

We're 18 games into a 32-game regular season. It's already "mid season". We shouldn't have to wait until "mid CUSA season". By then it's too late. It's time for Konkol and our players to start clicking RIGHT NOW!

[Dixonfor6]

We're 18 games into a 32-game regular season. It's already "mid season". We shouldn't have to wait until "mid CUSA season". By then it's too late. It's time for Konkol and our players to start clicking RIGHT NOW!

We need to be in decent shape going into tourney and click in the road games in Birmingham. Winning 27-29 games isn't enough

[nadB]

We need to be in decent shape going into tourney and click in the road games in Birmingham. Winning 27-29 games isn't enough

Do it three years in a row can get you a 2 MM $/year paycheck.