Furman @ Mercer (Dec. 20)

[DungeonRealm]

We didn't play our best game of the year, but we toughed it out and won a close game on the road against a well coached and well prepared opponent that looked to me that is better than their record, and that's good enough for me.

If I was the coach or a player, I wouldn't pay any attention what so ever to anything written on this board.

While I agree to an extent, I have read everything on this board and don't think anything has been to absurdly harsh, if you think so please refer me to something that is over the top negative, I can't really find it

Being 11-3 right now is great, sets up some really cool games ahead!!

However, one thing that absolutely MUST improve before we get into the meat of the SoCon grind, our REBOUNDING

[The Jackal]

We didn't play our best game of the year, but we toughed it out and won a close game on the road against a well coached and well prepared opponent that looked to me that is better than their record, and that's good enough for me.

If I was the coach or a player, I wouldn't pay any attention what so ever to anything written on this board.

While I agree to an extent, I have read everything on this board and don't think anything has been to absurdly harsh, if you think so please refer me to something that is over the top negative, I can't really find it

Being 11-3 right now is great, sets up some really cool games ahead!!

However, one thing that absolutely MUST improve before we get into the meat of the SoCon grind, our REBOUNDING

It isn't absurdly harsh, but like on the football board, there is always some subjective opinion of what constitutes a "good" performance. We apparently need to beat Mercer's basketball team by more than two and Western Carolina's football team by more than three touchdowns.

I suppose there's a point where everyone can agree that a win is objectively a "good" win, but I don't know where that point is.

That said, nobody is arguing that we are a finished product or the showtime Lakers. Get wins, move on to the next game. They aren't all going to come easy.

[Davemeister]

I suppose there's a point where everyone can agree that a win is objectively a "good" win, but I don't know where that point is.

Every win is a good win, considering the alternative.

[youwouldno]

It isn't absurdly harsh, but like on the football board, there is always some subjective opinion of what constitutes a "good" performance. We apparently need to beat Mercer's basketball team by more than two and Western Carolina's football team by more than three touchdowns.

I suppose there's a point where everyone can agree that a win is objectively a "good" win, but I don't know where that point is.

That said, nobody is arguing that we are a finished product or the showtime Lakers. Get wins, move on to the next game. They aren't all going to come easy.

An opponent with a winning record or some other reason to think they are above average seems like a reasonable standard for a "good" win.

[apaladin]

We didn't play our best game of the year, but we toughed it out and won a close game on the road against a well coached and well prepared opponent that looked to me that is better than their record, and that's good enough for me.

Prolly not. Mercer is not very good as evidenced by there 15 point loss at home (65-50)to FAU tonight which was FAU's first road win of the year. It was more of a case of the Paladins just not playing well, which is ok, we still won. Teams have bad games. It's a long season.