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Author Topic: DePaul trap  (Read 5118 times)

real chili 83

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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2019, 10:56:23 PM »
Um, no

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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2019, 08:34:48 AM »
Never a doubt.
Have some patience, FFS.

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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2019, 09:01:01 AM »
Yep. A trap game implies that a team is looking past an opponent to the following opponent.

Implying that @ DePaul is a trap because MU was looking forward to facing Butler 8 days later ... not very impressed that Seth Davis didn't even have the grasp of that.

I think it also implies taking an opponent for granted following a win over much tougher team. 

Sort of like our Providence game a couple of years ago after beating #1 Villanova.

Huge program win over Villanova followed by a road game against a lightly regarded opponent you already beat? Maybe MU wasn't fully looking ahead to Butler, but it's not difficult to understand Davis' logic here.




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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2019, 09:14:28 AM »
Yep. A trap game implies that a team is looking past an opponent to the following opponent.

Implying that @ DePaul is a trap because MU was looking forward to facing Butler 8 days later ... not very impressed that Seth Davis didn't even have the grasp of that.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree....
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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2019, 09:34:20 AM »
I think it also implies taking an opponent for granted following a win over much tougher team. 

Sort of like our Providence game a couple of years ago after beating #1 Villanova.

Huge program win over Villanova followed by a road game against a lightly regarded opponent you already beat? Maybe MU wasn't fully looking ahead to Butler, but it's not difficult to understand Davis' logic here.
A let down game is different than a trap game
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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2019, 10:13:18 AM »
A let down game is different than a trap game

This.  Trap game = game before a big game
Letdown game = game after a big game

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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2019, 10:28:36 AM »
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree....

Huh?

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Re: DePaul trap
« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2019, 12:07:17 PM »
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree....

It better not be a Red Delicious....