I hate the fact Hop is coming back...terrible in game coach, recruiter, player development. The only thing he has going for him is he is a nice guy and his players didn't quit on him, but that doesn't win games!
I hate the fact Hop is coming back...terrible in game coach, recruiter, player development. The only thing he has going for him is he is a nice guy and his players didn't quit on him, but that doesn't win games!
"They played hard" bought him at least one more year.
What a joke
https://twitter.com/uw_mbb/status/1502363220333395972?s=21
What a fucking joke. UW is like 120 in the NET and Hop is… taking a victory lap?
The 2nd half was very much representative of this team the whole year.
They took an 8 point lead w. 15 mins to go and freaked the absolute fk out. Instead of playing in control, they got desperate... it was turnovers galore and praying the ref was going bail them out at the rim. Oddly, Brown was the main culprit. He must have gotten blocked 5 times in the 2nd half and was throwing up over the shoulder prayers on half the possessions.
That's on Hopkins. He took 3 timeouts to the final minute of the game when he could have used them at varying points to re-focus his players, set a plan and give a tired team a break.
The game was VERY winnable and Hopkins didn't know what to do when he or his team actually had a shot at this thing.
One more year of unwatchable offense and playing 85% zone defense in an era of basketball in which everyone can shoot 3's over you. Brown scored over 30% of this teams offense. He's gone. Next year will be awful.