TOURNEY TALK

***** WELL ,MEMPHIS WINS 31 GAMES INCLUDING ONE IN THE BIG DANCE . NOW THEY SAY JOSH NEEDS A RAISE .

UNLESS HE GETS MORE MONEY ,JOSH MIGHT GO TO UCLA OR MINNESOTA . PASTNER MAKES 1.7 MILLION NOW .

I SAY, IF HE WANTS TO ROLL LET HIM GO . I THINK HE IS OVERPAID AS IT IS .

YES , HE DID WIN 31 GAMES BUT AGAINST COMPETITION  TWO STEPS ABOVE CHURCH LEAGUE. JOSH'S FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST A REAL TEAM WAS A DISASTER .

JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER AND AN AVERAGE OR BELOW BENCH COACH . I THINK THE TIGERS COULD FIND A BUCKETFUL OF HOT YOUNG COACHES FOR A MILLION A YEAR .

I DON'T THINK JOSH IS DUMB ENOUGH TO LEAVE A SWEET GIG LIKE MEMPHIS .   BUT IF HE IS LET HIM GO , IT WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT JUST AS GOOD .

MAYBE JOSH THINKS HE NEEDS TO BAIL BEFORE MEMPHIS MOVES TO A NEW CONFERENCE . DON'T WORRY THE NEW LEAGUE WILL NOT BE MUCH  HARDER THAN THE OLD ONE .

***** I CAN NOT REMEMBER A TOURNAMENT WITH MORE WHITE GUYS AND THIS MUCH ZONE DEFENSE .

 WHERE DID ALL THESE WHITE BOYS COME FROM ? NOT SAYING IT IS GOOD OR BAD . JUST UNUSUAL .

SEEMS LIKE EVERY GAME ONE OR BOTH TEAMS PLAY A LOT OF ZONE . I LOVE IT . I THINK IT GIVES THE LESS TALENTED TEAM A CHANCE TO HANG IN THERE .

 THE SLASH AND PENETRATE TEAMS HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AGAINST THE ZONE . HEAVEN FORBID ,THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RUN AN OFFENSE AND PASS THE BALL .

TEAMS TODAY ,DON'T SEE ZONE TOO OFTEN . SO IT CAN BE CONFUSING TO BE CONFRONTED BY A GOOD ZONE . SYRACUSE HAS MADE A LIVING OFF OF THE 2-3 FOR YEARS . LOUISVILLE PLAYS A LOT OF 2-3 .

ANYONE WHO PLAYS MEMPHIS SHOULD PLAY A TON OF ZONE . I AM NOT SURE THE TIGERS HAVE A PLAN  TO ATTACH ZONE .

***** FLORIDA GULF COAST IS MY NEW FAVORITE TEAM . THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH . THEY ARE A  LOOSE HAPPY BUNCH , A CINDERELLA WITH A LOT OF  PERSONALITY .  HOPE THE EAGLES CAN FLY A LITTLE FARTHER .

 I WOULD LOVE FOR A TEAM NOT FROM A POWER CONFERENCE TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT . 

LASALLE  IS ANOTHER CREW YOU HAVE TO LOVE . I DIDN'T THINK HENDERSON AND OLE MISS WOULD INTIMIDATE THIS BUNCH FROM PHILLY .

THE EXPLORERS PLAY THAT TOUGH INNER CITY SUMMER BALL LIKE THE MEMPHIS KIDS DO YEAR ROUND . I THINK LASALLE MAY BE BETTER COACHED THAN MEMPHIS .

I AM NOT BANGING ON JOSH . I AM JUST TELLING THE TRUTH . JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER BUT JUST AN AVERAGE GAME COACH AT THIS TIME . JP IS STILL LEARNING ON THE JOB .

 I DON'T THINK JOSH CAN IMPROVE HIS SIDELINE JUMP . I THINK HE HAS MAXED OUT  ON HIS LEAPS .

***** ONLY THING WORSE FOR MEMPHIS IF OLE MISS HAD WON . IT WOULD HAVE KILLED TIGER FANS FOR THE REBELS TO GO DEEPER  THAN THE TIGERS .

***** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!