I've NEVER been so mad at Woodard.

[Sooner04]

Uh...nope thus the reason I made it it's own thread. It's something that he does constantly and wanted to address it separately. Thanks for your concern though.

I think the mods should be a little more diligent in cleaning up the board during games and move much more stuff to the game thread. Oh well, to each his own.

I think this is Jordan's first 10-second call. Hopefully it's his last.

I couldn't care less. I was in GIA for a Sooner win tonight. Won't be bringing me down with the ninnies and their nagging.

 

[Sooner24]

I think the mods should be a little more diligent in cleaning up the board during games and move much more stuff to the game thread. Oh well, to each his own.

I think this is Jordan's first 10-second call. Hopefully it's his last.

I couldn't care less. I was in GIA for a Sooner win tonight. Won't be bringing me down with the ninnies and their nagging.

And it only took you how many years?

 

[BoulderSooner]

The 10 second call wasn't anybody's fault but Woodard's. Press wasn't an issue. He just had his man guarding him, and he had the entire court to work with. He was just lazy in getting the ball up court. He does it several times a game against man pressure, and several times a game he only gets it across by 1 second or so. It's ridiculous.

Between that play and Cousin's stupid play early in the game, I'm really starting to buy into those that say we are a low bball IQ team.

Actually it was only the refs fault. It was a bad call

 

[WTSooner]

Actually it was only the refs fault. It was a bad call

Right or wrong, it shouldn't have been that close. Woodard only had token man pressure, he was just lazy getting the ball up. And I don't think it was the first time it had been called this season. No excuse to cut it that close, against man pressure. Get the flippin' ball up the court.

 

[perryj74]

I'm guessing those that wring their hands with Jordan crossing the time-line with only a second to spare are the ones that start yelling with 5 seconds left on the play clock in football when the ball hasn't been snapped.

 

[Max Power]

I only start screaming when we are still calling the play with 5 seconds left on the play clock. As for the 10 second call, against one defender only you can't let the ref have the opportunity to make that call. Get the ball across, then stall in the half court.

 

[AdaSooner]

Jordan Woodard's stats against OSU: He led the team in scoring with 17 points on 4 of 10 shooting from the field (3 of 5 from three), 6 of 6 from the free throw line. He also had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 steals. Let me repeat that, he had FIVE STEALS.

That's one heck of a game in my book! Yet, here we are on the second page of a thread about a 10 seconds call some posters say was a bad call in the first place. Can someone please tell me why you're focusing so much attention on one negative, when the kid did so many things well in that game?

 

[skyvue]

Jordan Woodard's stats against OSU: He led the team in scoring with 17 points on 4 of 10 shooting from the field (3 of 5 from three), 6 of 6 from the free throw line. He also had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 steals. Let me repeat that, he had FIVE STEALS.

That's one heck of a game in my book! Yet, here we are on the second page of a thread about a 10 seconds call some posters say was a bad call in the first place. Can someone please tell me why you're focusing so much attention on one negative, when the kid did so many things well in that game?

That was my point in suggesting that this post should have gone in the game thread. Had it, it would have been a long-forgotten in-game flareup. Because it was given its own thread, some are still focusing on a single semi-bad play in what was a great outing for JW.

Frustration over a bad play while watching a game is normal; we all experience it. Every game thread is filled with similar expressions of frustration (unless we lead our opponents by double digits throughout). But a mid-game outburst of frustration that is given its own thread takes on a while different (and often regrettable) life.

It happens on the football boards all the time. We win a game, I pop over to celebrate by reading the happy posts of my fellow fans, and instead I encounter a long stream of negative threads (this after a win, mind you) that were started after a bad play during the game. It happens less often here, but it's just as frustrating.

 

[Sooner04]

That's one heck of a game in my book! Yet, here we are on the second page of a thread about a 10 seconds call some posters say was a bad call in the first place. Can someone please tell me why you're focusing so much attention on one negative, when the kid did so many things well in that game?

Your having an awesome game I know. But if you sit in the back court ONE MORE TIME I may rip my hair out....that 10 second call could screw us!!

I think your question answered itself in the original post, Ada.

Take it to the game thread, folks! Save yourself the embarrassment!

 

[stormspencer]

Jordan Woodard's stats against OSU: He led the team in scoring with 17 points on 4 of 10 shooting from the field (3 of 5 from three), 6 of 6 from the free throw line. He also had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 steals. Let me repeat that, he had FIVE STEALS.

That's one heck of a game in my book! Yet, here we are on the second page of a thread about a 10 seconds call some posters say was a bad call in the first place. Can someone please tell me why you're focusing so much attention on one negative, when the kid did so many things well in that game?

First off, JW had a tremendous game and we wouldn't have won without him....no question. I think this thread has evolved from the fear and trauma caused by our late game meltdowns. IMO, the primary reason for our late game collapses is losing mental focus (bball IQ etc.) and inability to execute our half-court offense. Having said that, I think a few fans were thinking "here we go again" when the 10-second call occurred because it was another mental lapse that we have been so accustomed to this season in close games. Should we be fretting so much over this? I say no, but I do think it is fair to point out the fine line between winning and losing....and that this OU team still needs improvement in "game/court awareness" when the game is on the line. Right or wrong, I think it's venting over what might have been and, at the same time, breathing a sigh of relief because we won.

 

[AdaSooner]

Sky and Sooner04, I get what you guys are saying about posting in the game thread. I agree, that might be best in a case like this. At the same time, I don't want posters to be afraid of starting new threads on any worthwhile topic. To be honest, we need more of that, not less.

Some posters are good at starting new threads. I'm one of the worst, so I appreciate "good thread starters" who keep the discussions new and fresh, even when the topic is not necessarily noteworthy. Some topics go on for several pages, others don't so much as get a response. That's the nature of a fan board.

It just struck me as odd that Jordan Woodard, who has been soundly criticized for not contributing as a scorer in some games, leads the team in scoring in an important road win, only to have a few posters take him to task over a ten second call. I realize that a call like that could be the difference in a win or a loss at some point. But, even if it was a good call, it pales in comparison to all of the good things Jordan did.

 

[Sooner04]

I just don't get the knee-jerk reactionaries. Never have. I was just as upset as anybody over that crucial turnover. But we won. Now Jackson's got to look at his thread and go, "Goobtown, population: me".

Oh well. Off my soapbox. I'll just lean back in my chair and think about witnessing a Sooner victory in the confines of GIA.......IN PERSON!!!

 

[stormspencer]

I just don't get the knee-jerk reactionaries. Never have. I was just as upset as anybody over that crucial turnover. But we won. Now Jackson's got to look at his thread and go, "Goobtown, population: me".

Oh well. Off my soapbox. I'll just lean back in my chair and think about witnessing a Sooner victory in the confines of GIA.......IN PERSON!!!

To be candid....I'm quite jealous of you. Instead, my highlight will be watching a Sooner victory this weekend at the Wilkerson-Greines arena (TCU)....it just doesn't have the same ring as a victory in GIA.

 

[Sooner04]

To be candid....I'm quite jealous of you. Instead, my highlight will be watching a Sooner victory this weekend at the Wilkerson-Greines arena (TCU)....it just doesn't have the same ring as a victory in GIA.

Cheers to you, as I will also be there! It'll be our support that makes the difference.

 

[SuperHoops]

To be candid....I'm quite jealous of you. Instead, my highlight will be watching a Sooner victory this weekend at the Wilkerson-Greines arena (TCU)....it just doesn't have the same ring as a victory in GIA.

I thought TCU was playing at the Rec center this year while they renovate their arena.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Only the women's team plays at the rec center. It only holds about 1200 or so fans.

 

[jackson_supersooner]

First off, JW had a tremendous game and we wouldn't have won without him....no question. I think this thread has evolved from the fear and trauma caused by our late game meltdowns. IMO, the primary reason for our late game collapses is losing mental focus (bball IQ etc.) and inability to execute our half-court offense. Having said that, I think a few fans were thinking "here we go again" when the 10-second call occurred because it was another mental lapse that we have been so accustomed to this season in close games. Should we be fretting so much over this? I say no, but I do think it is fair to point out the fine line between winning and losing....and that this OU team still needs improvement in "game/court awareness" when the game is on the line. Right or wrong, I think it's venting over what might have been and, at the same time, breathing a sigh of relief because we won.

SP it's like your in my head...to a "T" what I was meaning. It's something he's "played with the devil" on for awhile. And it happened in a game that was SOOO close and every possession mattered. But like I've said multiple times now...he played a tremendous game! And we wouldn't have won without him...but he ALMOST made his tremendous game for not. Thanks for you good post storm!

 

[jackson_supersooner]

I just don't get the knee-jerk reactionaries. Never have. I was just as upset as anybody over that crucial turnover. But we won. Now Jackson's got to look at his thread and go, "Goobtown, population: me".

Oh well. Off my soapbox. I'll just lean back in my chair and think about witnessing a Sooner victory in the confines of GIA.......IN PERSON!!!

I don't understand how posting a thread makes me a "goob" if people didn't like it they don't have to post in it...instead everyone has embraced it and keeps posting in it...it's OBVIOUSLY been a good convo piece...I've never said Woodard didn't have a good game I said he did. It's just a critical time for such a brain fart...plenty of people on here criticize our guys ALLL THE TIME about closing out games and making bad late game decisions like bad shot selection EVEN when our guys have great games...yet if I post about a BAD decision by Woodard in a close game it's blastphemous. I honestly think people need to take a breather and look at the thread and say "hey if people want to talk about a poor decision that coulda cost the game then they should be able to do so... But I won't be a part of it." There are plenty of threads that are started on here that could be called out for being irrelevant...but this is obviously one that some do think is worth talking about. Don't understand why people have to come into a thread and because they don't agree with it being a topic have to degrade it...but that's just me...I'll step down from my soap box as well.

 

[Sooner04]

Jackson, we just disagree on this topic. I think some people are too reactionary. Others obviously don't see it that way. No harm, no foul.

Boomer Sooner.

 

[scrybe]

If a person was aware that he/she was being a goob, he/she would surely stop being a goob…and would waste no time doing so – or so I'd imagine.