Postgame: Western Kentucky 76, #24 Vanderbilt 69

by KingJamesIV on Dec 12, 2009 12:45 AM EST in Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball

Please, Lord, let this game be to the 2009-2010 Commodores what the Furman game was to the 2006-2007 Commodores.

What can you say? No heart equals another loss. Jeffery Taylor played well. Jeff -- you were 9-12 from the field. Please take more shots.

I'm heading out of town for a few days. I'll post a more thorough reaction while I'm gone, as well as update the plus/minus stats.

For some catharsis, why don't you post what you think are the three biggest problems, and how exactly you would go about fixing them.

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Comments

OK, now I'm panicking

I guess you saw warning signs in the Illinois game that I didn’t pick up on. I don’t know what’s going on with this team. Instead of taking the benching and coming back to prove something, AJ loafed through another game.

I sure hope they draw on the lessons from the 07 team. WKU isn’t quite Furman at home, but we’re headed toward that kind of outcome.

by PhilipVU94 on Dec 12, 2009 12:07 PM EST reply actions

AJ has basically only been able to score (till last night) so I understand the benching. He hasn’t been playing D, rebounding, passing well, etc. I mean the only players giving energy all yr have been Festus and Taylor.

by fantasybc88 on Dec 12, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

It's definitely not the way we wanted to go into the break

One can only hope that taking a step back can help this team play. Maybe it can give Stallings some perspective about what’s going on. Also can give the players a chance to chill out and not put so much pressure on themselves.

Disappointing way to end the first part of the season, but there’s still plenty of time left, and heck we are still 6-3. But perhaps some players were buying just a little too much into the hype and not buying into what was really important: doing what they’re coached to do.

by Stanimal@VSL on Dec 14, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions