Oak Ridge Basketball

[CaptainGuru]

Coach Jody was a good coach for Oak Ridge Wildcats. Is Coach Jody still an Oak Ridge Wildcat? Oak Ridge Wildcats did not get mercy ruled very much when Coach Jody was coaching Oak Ridge Wildcats. I am Captain Guru and I approve this message. 

[atrisk]

Just not a very good effort on OR's part last night. This team needs to gain some consistency. Possibly could go to state, could possibly not make it out of the region.

[boyfromsi]

14 minutes ago, atrisk said:

Just not a very good effort on OR's part last night. This team needs to gain some consistency. Possibly could go to state, could possibly not make it out of the region.

It was ugly and we still had a chance to win.  We have not come out of the snow break very well.  Fortunately, we have some practice days before a busy end to the season.  I think we will bounce back.

[atrisk]

Turnovers are still a big issue. I'm not sure what our foul shooting percentage was, but probably not good. One of our best players #5 rarely touched the ball. We seemed to rather throw the ball away rather than pass to him.

[atrisk]

Saw some adults being ask to vacate the gym because of bad behavior. I'm hearing this type of thing is becoming common place throughout the state. Whatcha gonna do?

[SweetScience]

Learning to play without a 3 year starter, Senior leader In Brennan is gonna take some time and adjustment too. Him being missing off the team has definitely had a negative effect. 
 

On a bright note, the OR girls are really starting to hit their stride.

Edited January 31 by SweetScience

[atrisk]

Team did not play well in the he Bahamas nor the Arby's Classic. Both tournaments with 3 year starter. They have beaten teams do to having better talent. Don't get me wrong, I think we have a excellent coaching staff. Sometimes the misbehaving adult behavior chews itself right into a team. The girls are playing much, much better. What happened to their thread?

[SweetScience]

1 hour ago, atrisk said:

Team did not play well in the he Bahamas nor the Arby's Classic. Both tournaments with 3 year starter. They have beaten teams do to having better talent. Don't get me wrong, I think we have an excellent coaching staff. Sometimes the misbehaving adult behavior chews itself right into a team. The girls are playing much, much better. What happened to their thread?

 I do agree that we just haven’t looked as good this year as we typically have, but the offense is completely out of sync compared to what it was even earlier in the year. To put things into perspective, we scored 81 against Karns last time we played them. There’s an obvious dip-off from Brennan to his replacement, let’s be real. To be honest, though, we are still 18-6 and last night was our first district loss all season so far. And to add to that, we played AWFUL and only lost by 6 points. Most teams would love to be in our position right now. As OR fans, we have been spoiled throughout the years with watching great basketball, even long before Aaron Green came on the scene, as great as he has been. It’s kinda ridiculous for us to even be complaining considering all that. Haha.

Plus, we gotta give Karns credit, too. They’re a talented bunch, and are always tough to beat at home. Much better than their record shows. If we were even semi competent on FTs last night, we win the game, but we weren’t.

Edited January 31 by SweetScience

[atrisk]

I hope post readers don't think I'm throwing shade at the Cat's. Decades of good high school sports. Just seems there's a glitch with team play. Again, maybe it's just me. Thinking maybe coaches are practicing new schemes and trying new lineups for the tournaments. The return of a couple of players have really helped the girls.

[SweetScience]

2 minutes ago, atrisk said:

I hope post readers don't think I'm throwing shade at the Cat's. Decades of good high school sports. Just seems there's a glitch with team play. Again, maybe it's just me. Thinking maybe coaches are practicing new schemes and trying new lineups for the tournaments. The return of a couple of players have really helped the girls.

No, I get it, something has seemed off a bit this year, especially considering we brought just about everyone back from a team that was really quality last year, so it’s not just you. I feel it too. Just putting things into perspective, that’s all.

And you can say that again about the girls. The return players have made a humongous difference.

[chill]

What happened to Brennan? 

[SweetScience]

3 hours ago, chill said:

What happened to Brennan? 

He had to stop playing because of a medical issue. His days as a player are probably over, unfortunately. With that said, his health is what matters most, and I’m glad they caught it when they did.