AntiUngvar
Masters Student
Posts: 530
Age: 69
Loc: New York City
Reg: 07-23-18
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11-20-18 12:51 PM - Post#266637
In response to PeteD
PeteD:
You won't hold Coach Engles accountable for the events of Sunday at Fordham; but there were EIGHT other CU losses during the 2017-18 campaign that played out as such thanks to questionable second half game management decisions employed by the same Coach Engles - would you pin any of those on him? Chet alludes to Engles conceding to a Spectator writer that a timeout should have been taken when Columbia had the ball and the lead at the end. The coach actually said "we" should have called timeout, and "it just happened so fast."
NO, NO, NOT "WE", I, THE ONLY ADULT IN ROOM SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED A TIME OUT AS SOON AS FORDHAM HIT THE 3- that's what a man of character would have told the reporter. You, Pete, expect these kids to respond perfectly and efficiently at the end of a 3 game/ 48 hour tournament ordeal, while Engles stands there on the sideline, scratching his butt and not knowing what the f**k to do- is that right?
And when he stated that "it just happened so fast", that's simply just another dishonest rationalization. Once Fordham scored the three point goal at the 8 second mark, the game clock stopped, and would not restart again by rule till Columbia inbounded the ball and it's touched by a player on the court. Therefore, Engles had practically 5 seconds of dead ball time, while his team was preparing to inbound, to make a decision on requesting a timeout from the three referees. That Eagles didn't request a time out all game long - and in particular at the end of the game when his team had the ball and the lead- was just grounds for dismissal!
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