Dunleavy disaster continues with 16th straight loss to ECU 85-81

[swampnik]

Damn turnovers! The boys were pounding the baskets tonite though and came through with rebounds but can they "rebound" at Tulsa will be the question.

[anEngineer]

It"s the same cast of characters dooming this team. 29 points off 21 turnovers. Paul lobs out a lazy pass that is intercepted for an easy layup then pushes the kid in the back for an intentional foul ( the layup, 2 shots and the ball for ECU). In the last minute, Barrett takes a poor angle to the basket and simply steps out of bounds. Crabtree, Wood, Daniels and Sehic were outstanding but could not overcome the mistakes of the few. The dilemma is that there are no alternatives to those problem players.

[MicMan]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

[anEngineer]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

[HoustonWave]

Gotta love gbg’s post game analyses—absolutely hysterical. He throws his chum into the water, and watches us sharks go into a frenzy.

[mbawavefan12]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

What makes u think it isn’t?

Coaching absolutely plays a role when u are in the bottom 10% nationally in TO’s.

[netshorty]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

Clearly there are several things coaches do to minimize turnovers. I read an article earlier this year about Purdue Coach Painter's zero tolerance policy during the preseason to enforce the importance of turnovers to his inexperienced back court starting this year. They are a top 20 team in TOs per game.

I had to dig to find this article I had read several years ago. Good summary of what is the coaches fault vs what he can't control. So much of what we are seeing, IMO, is correctable. But we have been a turnover machine for all of MD's seasons.

https://betterbasketball.com/archive/march-31/

[golfnut69]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

TO's per game average...ya have to get to page 7 before Tulane's stat appears
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-m ... t/team/217

[WavyHoops]

Turnovers are not just about coaching up or disciplining individual players. It’s also about using offensive sets and schemes so that players aren’t forced into attempting heroic passes or dribbles or have teammates reliably moving into well-spaced openings.

This team is so under-coached it’s painful to watch.

[swampnik]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

TO's per game average...ya have to get to page 7 before Tulane's stat appears
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-m ... t/team/217

Interesting to note that Memphis is a page 7 turnover machine also.

[Wave QB]

Didn’t think we would lose to ECU twice. We really need some help.

[tpstulane]

Didn’t think we would lose to ECU twice. We really need some help.

Same here. Never at home at least.

[HoustonWave]

Didn’t think we would lose to ECU twice. We really need some help.

Starting with a new head coach.

[gbgreenie]

Hey Sunami and other negative fans, I can go pull all your negative comments about Jewett and Fritz if you want. You are the same beat down the program, hunting for negativity under every rock fans. You guys are detrimental to the Wave getting to the next level and can't see beyond your noses. Commenting is one thing but to be idiots trashing the whole program as you seem to enjoy doing will keep the program down and chase off good people. When any winning coach looks to come to a University, they not only look at facilities and commitment, they also look at fanbases. If they get word of a negative fanbase that is one more obstacle they have to face in being a winner at a University. Fan bases directly influence the ability to recruit. In turn they may ask for a premium salary because they look at the roadblocks to be successful. And believe it or not they look at Fanbase as one Obstacle!!!

[Sunamiwave]

Gbgreenie you are a fool. You are blaming the fans for the the poor performance of the basketball team instead of holding the people in charge accountable. You are alienating the few fans left that attend the basketball games. Gbgreenie you personify the Rick Dickson philosophy of we don’t judge by wins and losses and if you disagree with us you can walk over to the other side of the street. It is because of people like you that refuse to hold coaches accountable for their on field performance that Tulane athletics has had so many losing seasons in the major sports over the past forty plus years. Us true fans are trying to hold the coaches accountable as happens at every other Division One university except Tulane. Gbgreenie we will continue to stand up and fight for Tulane athletics no matter what people like you with the Rick Dickson loser mindset think.

[DfromCT]

30+foul shots for ECU and 20+ turnovers for Tulane. Can't anybody here coach this game?

What makes you think turnovers are a coaching issue?

Clearly there are several things coaches do to minimize turnovers. I read an article earlier this year about Purdue Coach Painter's zero tolerance policy during the preseason to enforce the importance of turnovers to his inexperienced back court starting this year. They are a top 20 team in TOs per game.

I had to dig to find this article I had read several years ago. Good summary of what is the coaches fault vs what he can't control. So much of what we are seeing, IMO, is correctable. But we have been a turnover machine for all of MD's seasons.

https://betterbasketball.com/archive/march-31/

While reading that article I thought about the number of passes that go out of bounds, or are right into the hands of an opposing defender. Failed ally-oop attempts (though those seem to have gone down, maybe because we know we stink at them!) fall into the same category.

What a great article. Thanks for posting the link.