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Date Posted: 13:31:50 02/27/04 Fri
Author: Smoker
Subject: Re: Hey Smoker
In reply to: Just wondering 's message, "Hey Smoker" on 12:10:32 02/27/04 Fri

Kelly Williams has been my man for four years, and no matter what happens to this team I am still his fan.

Thanks for the nice things you said about my alleged knowledge of basketball. More important, though, at least as I view it, is my appreciation for seeing it played well--as in "delivering a solid physical and mental effort with an equally rock-solid attitude," as opposed to "doing what you need to do to win."

Everything you said about the game and the recent games is true, of course, except I'd suggest they lost focus well before the 28-point lead in the second half. So I guess we'd have to ask, given all of that and given what you've described as my understanding of basketball what would cause me to walk out on that game?

Obviously it was a subjective decision, so with that I'll offer an absolutely intangible reason: the team as a whole expected us to buy into an insincere effort. They should've been ahead by 35 at the half and 50 at the end. Their defensive effort was fine; offense is where they failed to take advantage of the opportunity to practice "teamanship" against a decidedly weak foe. Could've smothered the Mastadons at both ends, but the Grizzlies let up on O.

I despised seeing Mike Helms break out of huddles and head over to the northwest side of the court where he kept up a conversation with Mychael Covington and watching him make his "Big Nasty" snarl and pose when Covington egged him on after he forearmed #4 out of the way after #4 had fouled Marshall on a break away.

The weak attention to working together on offense might have been acceptable in a November non-leaguer, but not at the end of a season when the pre-season consensus #1 finds itself planted firmly with the #8 seed for tournament play.

Doesn't matter if they played 3 straight games against league leaders--who are they going to have to play against over a shorter time period if they hope to win the conference tournament?

Focus, concentration, desire to put people away especially when you've got them on the ropes early, intensity, pouring it on to break the will of the opponent, a desire to excel: these are more intangibles that were missing vs. IUPUFW; these are also some of the intangibles that would serve the Oaklands well in their efforts to win three in three in a couple weeks.

Thanks again, for asking.
Smokie

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