He'll be back next year.
I know everyone thinks NBADraft.net sucks, but they have obviously been keeping an eye on things this year. In their update today they have completely dropped Willie off of their 2010 draft board and now have him going 14th in their 2011 draft. Ouch.
http://www.nbadraft.net/
I know everyone thinks NBADraft.net sucks, but they have obviously been keeping an eye on things this year. In their update today they have completely dropped Willie off of their 2010 draft board and now have him going 14th in their 2011 draft. Ouch.
http://www.nbadraft.net/
in his defense, he got mauled a couple of times with no foul called.
I thought the one (i am sure we all remember which) was all ball. It was a good strip by Okorie. Then Capel got a technical.
in his defense, he got mauled a couple of times with no foul called.
Willie was a big reason we struggled, most of the night, to score. His game is predicated on going one-on-one when he wants to score in the halfcourt. That means the ball stops moving when he gets it. Willie also went back to forcing ALOT of shots, mostly in the 2nd half last night. And the deep three VERY early in the shot clock? I sure won't miss those shots when he leaves.
Willie has alot of talent, we all agree on that. I just don't think he fits. I think OU would be better off if Willie went to the NBA next year. Hopefully he will, and hopefully somebody will draft him higher than I ever would.
Yep, same on the one TMG got blocked/stripped, and I thought the foul call on Crocker going across the arm was legit.
I don't like that our guys feel the need to react like that to every call.
The problem was the call was late and the guy under the basket did not make the call. (He saw all ball - he did, Tony got alll ball before he tore the guys arm off).
I didn't have a problem with that call. I did thik the officials missed a few on Tech when WW and/or TMG penetrated.
bingo the guy that made the call was 30+ feet away .. with no view of the ball the guy 4 feet in front with a great view did not see a foul
Back on topic, I think OU is a much better team with TMG running the offense. As TU said, when the ball is in WW's hands everyone tends to stand around and watch while he goes one on one to get his shot. That may not be entirely his fault. But it is typical of how our offense has slowed down or stalled wit Willie is at the point, not to mention his costly turnovers.
If he had been at 100% I might have understood the decision to run numerous plays through him when we needed a score. But when a player who has been hobbled by an injury is questionable only minutes before the game tips off, that decision made no sense at all to me. Why make a dramatic change to a game plan that gave OU a win over a better team on Saturday?
I realize that Coach Capel was forced to make changes to our rotation with Pledger and Fitz suspended. But he did not have to take the ball of TMG's hands. Not to play "armchair quarterback" after the fact. But I would have told Tommy to force the action and make John Roberson play defense, especially after he picked up his second foul early in the game.
Oh, well. This has been a learning experience for everyone. Me, too, I suppose.
Yea, the crowd and team went nuts on that foul. Crocker was trailing Singletary who was about to dunk it and he tore his arm off, lol. It was probably the easiest call of the night to make and everyone went nuts.
The reason we went nuts is because the refs had been so bad all night and we support our team. We were fed up. It's the same reason Capel got a technical. Not because of one call, but because the refs sucked all night.