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Congrats on the road win and good luck for the rest of the season (hope you win them all). For the game it's a mixed bag from my perspective. I give your team all the credit and wish my team had done the 'little' things.
Not trying to be one of 'those' fans but I'll comment on a few things from an AF perspective and reference some of the comments in you game thread.
First, with the way your coach subsituted and the conditioning of your team, the altitude was not as much a factor as some who watched live or on TV/web think. More so defending the movement of our offense maybe 'combined' with the altitude was a little of a factor. Your team was not tired in the first 10 minutes when trying to defend the backdoor in the Princeton and we scored, it was there, so maybe it's a new offense to learn to defend. You did an excellent job 'picking your poison' to deny good looks from the 3 and it worked with us below our average at only 33%.
You bigs did a great job on the offensive end combined with defensive errors on our part. Very good on your part and they are the obvious strength of your offense.
PF's and 'home court advantage' are always something to discuss especially when the away team. Again, as I commented on above, the cutting and trying to backdoor, etc with the Princeton, make it easier to commit a holding or blocking penalty as you are trying to stay with your priority and I believe that was where many of your PF’s came from. I loved the physical play of your team but truly thought even they got away with more holds not called and/or 3 seconds in the paint…..
But the big ‘but’ is that while we went to the line way more than you, YOUR team did what they needed to and made your FT’s. Bottom line…we go 14-25 (also missing some front end 1-1’s while you went to the line for 10-14) and we lose by 3 points it’s on our team (combined with your good play as commented on above)……and again, kudo’s to your players…be proud of them.
I am happy with the effort my Falcons gave and wish you all the best. Thanks for letting me stop by and post.
GO FALCONS
Not trying to be one of 'those' fans but I'll comment on a few things from an AF perspective and reference some of the comments in you game thread.
First, with the way your coach subsituted and the conditioning of your team, the altitude was not as much a factor as some who watched live or on TV/web think. More so defending the movement of our offense maybe 'combined' with the altitude was a little of a factor. Your team was not tired in the first 10 minutes when trying to defend the backdoor in the Princeton and we scored, it was there, so maybe it's a new offense to learn to defend. You did an excellent job 'picking your poison' to deny good looks from the 3 and it worked with us below our average at only 33%.
You bigs did a great job on the offensive end combined with defensive errors on our part. Very good on your part and they are the obvious strength of your offense.
PF's and 'home court advantage' are always something to discuss especially when the away team. Again, as I commented on above, the cutting and trying to backdoor, etc with the Princeton, make it easier to commit a holding or blocking penalty as you are trying to stay with your priority and I believe that was where many of your PF’s came from. I loved the physical play of your team but truly thought even they got away with more holds not called and/or 3 seconds in the paint…..
But the big ‘but’ is that while we went to the line way more than you, YOUR team did what they needed to and made your FT’s. Bottom line…we go 14-25 (also missing some front end 1-1’s while you went to the line for 10-14) and we lose by 3 points it’s on our team (combined with your good play as commented on above)……and again, kudo’s to your players…be proud of them.
I am happy with the effort my Falcons gave and wish you all the best. Thanks for letting me stop by and post.
GO FALCONS
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