F**K DOOK!!!
ARRGGHH!! After watching that game from the upper deck of the Dean Dome, I wish I had sold my tickets for top doller instead. What a sad, sad game. It was ours to win and theirs to lose, but a rather unfortunate turn of events led to Carolina losing by 14 points. I really don't understand what Doherty's game plan was. Like all the other pundits, I was expecting Doherty to exploit Dook's lack of big man Boozer (broken leg) and play rough inside the paint with two big guards (Lang and Haywood.) I was fully expecting a barrage of three-point shots from Dook (they really had no hope inside the lane because of their height disadvantage.) I thought that in the end, Dook could only successfully hit less than half of their threes and we would have the advantage on rebounds. With our offensive machine working inside the paint, we would not only have a better chance of landing our shots (short jumpers, layups, jams) but we would also work to put Dook's replacement guards (Christensen and Sanders) in foul trouble.
Why did Doherty not choose this strategy? And why did he take Haywood and Lang out of the game for most of the second half--did he think it was more important to match Dook in terms of speed rather than exploit a mismatch? Why doesn't Morrison play as secondary PG instead of Boone? I know Boone has seniority but c'mon! He's a foul hazard and he takes horrible shots! I think my ideal lineup for this game would be: Forte, Curry, Capel, Haywood, and Lang--subbing Morrison in for Curry and Peppers in for Lang/Haywood if they started to mess up or Owens for one of them if the two big men became a speed disadvantage. What do you guys think?
ARRGGHH!! After watching that game from the upper deck of the Dean Dome, I wish I had sold my tickets for top doller instead. What a sad, sad game. It was ours to win and theirs to lose, but a rather unfortunate turn of events led to Carolina losing by 14 points. I really don't understand what Doherty's game plan was. Like all the other pundits, I was expecting Doherty to exploit Dook's lack of big man Boozer (broken leg) and play rough inside the paint with two big guards (Lang and Haywood.) I was fully expecting a barrage of three-point shots from Dook (they really had no hope inside the lane because of their height disadvantage.) I thought that in the end, Dook could only successfully hit less than half of their threes and we would have the advantage on rebounds. With our offensive machine working inside the paint, we would not only have a better chance of landing our shots (short jumpers, layups, jams) but we would also work to put Dook's replacement guards (Christensen and Sanders) in foul trouble.
Why did Doherty not choose this strategy? And why did he take Haywood and Lang out of the game for most of the second half--did he think it was more important to match Dook in terms of speed rather than exploit a mismatch? Why doesn't Morrison play as secondary PG instead of Boone? I know Boone has seniority but c'mon! He's a foul hazard and he takes horrible shots! I think my ideal lineup for this game would be: Forte, Curry, Capel, Haywood, and Lang--subbing Morrison in for Curry and Peppers in for Lang/Haywood if they started to mess up or Owens for one of them if the two big men became a speed disadvantage. What do you guys think?