Oso planning to go pro
Were you watching the game? They scored on 6 of their last 7 possessions. I would not have bet on a stop there. I have no problem with Wojo not betting on a stop there. Besides it worked out. If we don't foul our best outcome is OT and we got OT.
You could make this case. Get your point, yet I don’t think I’ve ever seen a coach employ that strategy in a tie game. Definitely defies conventional wisdom...if it was intended. Or did he have a brain fart? Based on the reaction of Bailey - he looked at Wojo as if to say you signaled me to foul...
lol. Because Koby pulled a shot out of his a$$? Get out with that sh*t. Fouling a 85% shooter is dumb. Period.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
A prediction: Wojo will say he did it to make sure MU had the last shot, or some variation thereof. Instead of letting Butler hold for the last shot, foul early, get the ball back with time to make a play. Didn't ultimately cost MU the game. Certainly was unusual.
You just dont intentionally make yourself down on the scoreboard. The odds of being tied and getting a stop to force ot or win are alot better than intentionally fouling and being down hoping to score and tie it.
Ben Steele@BenSteeleMJS·49sWojo: I let the team down. I made a mistake. Confusion on bench. I apologized to team. #mubb.
If this is his response than any reporter with half a brain would reply, “If this was truly your strategy, why didn’t you go 2 for 1 when you had the ball with 42 seconds to go...”
I never saw it before either. Given how the game was progressing, I thought there were solid reasons to do it. It took guts. Don't get me wrong, I am not happy with the way Wojo coached down the stretch, but our decision to revert to hero ball with about two and a half minutes to go cost us the game, on top of our failure to counter with any kind of gimmick to slow down Baldwin.
Timeout, that was the second possession MU had after the foul. Markus jacked a 3 with 9 seconds left with MU down 1 after Baldwin missed his second FT. Ballsy call and I wouldn't have done it but it definitely could have worked
Dumbest post of the year?Seriously man, Wojo did not know it was a tied game. Plain and simple. It will not get him fired, so why make stupid excuses. You look foolish.
I'm not making excuses. Even if he did do it by mistake, I still didn't hate it. The way we were playing defense, I am confident we lose that game in regulation if he doesn't do it. And it did not end up hurting.
It's not that uncommon in European pro leagues. The idea is to get the last shot and have a chance to win. It's like a football coach choosing to go for 2 when they trail by 1.It's a gamble. It may not work. As long as Wojo owns the strategy I'm fine with it.Now, failing to make a defensive adjustment on Baldwin's ball screen play is awful. The offensive sets down the stretch, awful. Wojo was very bad in crunchtime.