Another absolutely abysmal first half and second quarter. 6 points in the second quarter. 12 turnovers. Very poorly played and coached first half. Aggies trails 23-16 at the half. Awful.

Update: 18 turnovers in the first half

KK has to come out. She has no composure and is a turnover machine today.

Waste of school funds for this trip to Auburn.

I'm sorry. This is on the coaches. Down 11 and she takes our first timeout of the game with 4:49 left.

Aggie1188 said:

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Not good for tourney odds. Only 2 games left. Now 6-8 record.

I imagine we will need to beat either @Tennessee (9-5) or Vs Alabama (7-6) to make the tournament by getting to a 7-9 record. 6-10 SEC record doesn't sound remotely deserving.

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We aren't a tournament team. Even if we get in, somehow, we aren't a tournament team. Very poorly coached team.

I had really high hopes for this team

taylorswift13_ said:

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I had really high hopes for this team

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Same

Just not enough talented guards to be effective after Rogers went down and I don't know what is going on with Barker but she certainly wasn't any kind of factor in this game.

aggiedrjdub said:

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The reality is, the team is consistently unprepared and out coached on the sidelines. Young team that is very inconsistent, and a coach that refuses to help them by calling timeouts to coach them up.

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aggiedrjdub said:

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We aren't a tournament team. Even if we get in, somehow, we aren't a tournament team. Very poorly coached team.

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So is it just timeouts that keeps making you say it's poor coaching or do you have some other evidence? Making the tournament does matter. It would help recruiting even if we did lose our first game.

It appears our coaching staff does not have the ability to motivate this team to play
hard every game, nor the ability to adjust during the game. The lack of timeouts is troubling
and inexplicable.

Maybe? IDK. TBH sometimes I type out of frustration admittedly lol. I'm not sure what the answers are. Clearly, coach Joni's style is to allow them to suffer through the ups and the downs. Maybe she doesn't know what to say? Maybe she thinks she's teaching them to figure it out on their own. You see this in high level soccer, too. They don't overcoach and are trying to get the athletes to figure it out as they are playing. I'm old school; when something isn't working, I need it pointed out, or a timeout, or to be subbed out, or something? The team was clearly lackluster and had no answers and our guards were flustered and outplayed. I think a coach calling timeouts shows she believes in them and will help stop the other team's momentum, etc. Coach Blair was a master at this. Maybe she's coaching them up as she subs? IDK. I'm at a loss. The ONE game where she called a time out early in the game against OleMiss...guess what happened? We got our crap together and won.

I think was pisses me off the most about this effort was how the team didn't rally around Aicha who was going back to Auburn for the first time. Just a poor excuse for effort and to lay an egg when your teammate needed you to be at your best? Bad bull.

and I'm not saying the NCAA tournament doesn't matter for this program, because it 100% does. It matters to the school and the fans, but the reality is, we just aren't good (consistently). Yes, Rogers is out, but what the heck happens when she's gone next year? What we have now at the guard position is good for a few minutes so Rogers can rest, but 30 turnovers? Are you kidding me? That was some low level high school basketball that we just watched.

We must find a point guard in the portal. And we really need a youngster to bring along. We are seeing now what happens when a team loses its leader.