Pittman seemed disinterested for the entire game, and it's not like Holmes set the world on fire in the 1st Q. Not buying it...

 

I'd say a lot of that had to do with the tempo of the game in general and him not touching the ball much. Pittman played with a lot of intensity tonight though, grabbing I believe 3 or 4 rebounds in a row at one point off of offensive misses and then also had 2 rebounds off of missed free throws.

 

With HC not being a very big team, Henley elected to start Housely to put more quickness on the floor and put more pressure on HC early. Believe what you want, but I have a pretty reliable source that this came from.

I agree. I haven't seen many coaches not start a kid that will probably be 1st team all state for defensive purposes.

 

Happened last year up until the state championship game.

I'd say a lot of that had to do with the tempo of the game in general and him not touching the ball much. Pittman played with a lot of intensity tonight though, grabbing I believe 3 or 4 rebounds in a row at one point off of offensive misses and then also had 2 rebounds off of missed free throws.

 

With HC not being a very big team, Henley elected to start Housely to put more quickness on the floor and put more pressure on HC early. Believe what you want, but I have a pretty reliable source that this came from.

 

Pittman is probably quicker than every HC player besides maybe Shina.

ICN6 has the score as 45-24 with Holy Cross being the winner

ICN6 has the score as 45-24 with Holy Cross being the winner

That's why you get scores here...

I'd say a lot of that had to do with the tempo of the game in general and him not touching the ball much. Pittman played with a lot of intensity tonight though, grabbing I believe 3 or 4 rebounds in a row at one point off of offensive misses and then also had 2 rebounds off of missed free throws.

 

With HC not being a very big team, Henley elected to start Housely to put more quickness on the floor and put more pressure on HC early. Believe what you want, but I have a pretty reliable source that this came from.

 

I'll go with what I saw...

Plus if the plan is to press and trap, why sit the one guy that can erase a brake out if the trap is beat...

 

Rico and JJ are just as capable of erasing a break out as Pittman..both did it several times tonight when Giwa got out ahead of the pack.

I'll go with what I saw...

 

Fair enough.

Ok so one person has Pittman playing with "intensity" and another says he looked disinterested. Which is it?

 

I too have a hard time believing he did not start in a district matchup [regardless of opponent] because of needing a "quicker" lineup or the ability to press.

I have to put this on the table, Henley needs to put some duct tape or something around Arnold's mouth or bench him for the year, :idunno:

People all have made excuses for the kid all year long, saying that the kid was young and immature.

I can see it happening a couple of times and excuse it for youth. But to see it time and time again and it happens in their biggest game of the year? Come on Wake Up America. It is a problem and youth and immaturity is not a valid excuse.

I would suspend the kid a game, but if I recall correctly, they have already tried that.

I don't know, but I bet the excuses will be coming for the kid.

Back to the game. I am glad I got their early and got to sit with a few of my HC friends in the Billionaire's Row.

I thought that Holmes early shooting and getting to the front was important. HC missed free throws but they have all year, so that is not too surprising. They had some good looks but Holmes pressured the ball pretty well and I think they really made Giwa work.

Give the Bulldogs credit, it was a tough place to open a district and they won in big fashion.

Happened last year up until the state championship game.

 

He didn't start at all last year and wasn't a probable 1st team All State player

Ok so one person has Pittman playing with "intensity" and another says he looked disinterested. Which is it?

 

I too have a hard time believing he did not start in a district matchup [regardless of opponent] because of needing a "quicker" lineup or the ability to press.

 

GT said Pittman looked disinterested in the first HC match up as well....fwiw. The game tempo and HC slowing the ball down and then sitting in a zone the whole game probably had a lot to do with his observations. Just because he didn't score much doesn't mean he was "disinterested." He crashed the boards hard tonight and had several second chance rebounds and rebounds off missed free throws that helped give Holmes extra possessions. He was also posting up A LOT tonight, which is rare from him.

 

Believe what you want...I have a pretty reliable source though and you of all people should know that.

People all have made excuses for the kid all year long, saying that the kid was young and immature.

I can see it happening a couple of times and excuse it for youth. But to see it time and time again and it happens in their biggest game of the year? Come on Wake Up America. It is a problem and youth and immaturity is not a valid excuse.

I would suspend the kid a game, but if I recall correctly, they have already tried that.

I don't know, but I bet the excuses will be coming for the kid.

Back to the game. I am glad I got their early and got to sit with a few of my HC friends in the Billionaire's Row.

I thought that Holmes early shooting and getting to the front was important. HC missed free throws but they have all year, so that is not too surprising. They had some good looks but Holmes pressured the ball pretty well and I think they really made Giwa work.

Give the Bulldogs credit, it was a tough place to open a district and they won in big fashion.

 

 

At the beginning I chalked it up to youth and immaturity, but after the first couple of times that excuse wore out its welcome. Time to make a statement...it reflects poorly on the program to let a kid get out of hand. I'm positive someone will jump on me for that, but it's the truth.

 

However, I wouldn't call this their biggest game of the season. Although it was a district game and a must win, I don't feel like it was a huge game.

I remember 1 or 2 aggressive rebounds and 2 or 3 times he really worked on offense. For the most part the rebounds were because "HC not being a very big team"...

He didn't start at all last year and wasn't a probable 1st team All State player

 

Pittman could have been starting late in the season though. Henley chose not to start him because his defense needed work. It's no coincidence that Holmes starts pressing again and since then Pittman hasn't started in 2 of their 5 games.