https://theathletic.com/1414530/201...hopes-but-left-with-two-disappointing-losses/
Didn't realize Jeronne Maymon was a grad assistant on this team. Always like the way he played. Anyway...
If you don't have a sub, you should get one. A couple notable pulls from the lengthy article:
The Tigers allowed the Bulldogs to score on their first six possessions, each one the result of not following the scouting report — a mix of guarding ball screens the wrong way or not forcing the ball to the proper side of the floor. Then there was the final seven minutes when the Tigers, looking deflated, allowed six offensive rebounds. “I ain’t quitting on my dogs,” Martin says. “I ain’t quitting on my teammates. I don’t know where that comes from. It ain’t in my bloodlines. Too many guys quitting in the game. Quitting! That’s a disease and a sickness, and in some ways it’s worse than cancer.”
...Every instance of his players not giving max effort — let alone giving up — are daggers into his heart. “That’s a sickness. Quitting on teammates,” Martin barks. “It’s un-be-liev-able. How do you do that?”
On Tilmon:
All the players handle the loss differently, but no one is more distraught than junior center Jeremiah Tilmon.
“The first 12 minutes [of the Butler game], guys, that was the game,” he says. “I don’t want to say this was heart, but some of you guys gave up instead of getting offensive rebounds, instead of finishing the game.”
“I’m not sure what’s up with Tilly, you guys, but I haven’t seen him in at least a week,” Martin says. “I’m saying this nice. I haven’t seen him in a week. Body language, activity, games, none of it. just haven’t seen him.”
[Mark] Smith believes he has the answer, and he shares it with the room. “Get that bitch to Till and let him score, bro. No one can guard that man.”
Didn't realize Jeronne Maymon was a grad assistant on this team. Always like the way he played. Anyway...
If you don't have a sub, you should get one. A couple notable pulls from the lengthy article:
The Tigers allowed the Bulldogs to score on their first six possessions, each one the result of not following the scouting report — a mix of guarding ball screens the wrong way or not forcing the ball to the proper side of the floor. Then there was the final seven minutes when the Tigers, looking deflated, allowed six offensive rebounds. “I ain’t quitting on my dogs,” Martin says. “I ain’t quitting on my teammates. I don’t know where that comes from. It ain’t in my bloodlines. Too many guys quitting in the game. Quitting! That’s a disease and a sickness, and in some ways it’s worse than cancer.”
...Every instance of his players not giving max effort — let alone giving up — are daggers into his heart. “That’s a sickness. Quitting on teammates,” Martin barks. “It’s un-be-liev-able. How do you do that?”
On Tilmon:
All the players handle the loss differently, but no one is more distraught than junior center Jeremiah Tilmon.
“The first 12 minutes [of the Butler game], guys, that was the game,” he says. “I don’t want to say this was heart, but some of you guys gave up instead of getting offensive rebounds, instead of finishing the game.”
“I’m not sure what’s up with Tilly, you guys, but I haven’t seen him in at least a week,” Martin says. “I’m saying this nice. I haven’t seen him in a week. Body language, activity, games, none of it. just haven’t seen him.”
[Mark] Smith believes he has the answer, and he shares it with the room. “Get that bitch to Till and let him score, bro. No one can guard that man.”
