Comments on: Basketball: Bears blown out in Vegas

By: jim crow

jim crow — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:24:31 +0000

Can’t disagree with Faraudo’s point about our ineptitude to this point on the road.

We will know considerably more about this team after the first four games of the year:

Can we sweep the LA schools at Haas? As bad as both have played, our recent debacle at UNLV and the loss at SDSU are reasons for concern.

Can we win on the road against either team in Oregon? Our road record to this point has to make a Cal fan nervous.

Everyone, including Montgomery, is going to make predictive errors. However, his early statements about his feeling better about our depth up front, as opposed to the guard position, have certainly not borne out.

I would say, even were Solomon healthy, we are too thin virtually everywhere.

By: Takeoffthatredshirt

Takeoffthatredshirt — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:25:29 +0000

Did you really just make fun of someone while using ‘duh’ and ‘LOL’ in one post?

Nice.

I suppose over at IU that duh and LOL are the best words in all of college sports, but please stop mentioning IU nobody cares..

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We won’t be ranked next year because of this year???? Makes no sense.

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Tough loss and we should temper expectations but Monty’s teams always improve and I still think we are conference favorites. Go bears.

By: SteveNTEXAS

SteveNTEXAS — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:14:54 +0000

Rob Bear – ddi you go to Cal during the drug days?

WHo cares if the conference is bad? Duh that relates to how many berths we get in the NCAAs and how high we are seeded.

LOL the Pac12s 1-27 or so record vs the Top 50 demonstrates we are “thin”?

Seriously Rob pot ought to be legal but stay away from the other stuff.

By: rob bear

rob bear — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:51:54 +0000

First of all, who cares whether the conference is tough or not. A PAC 12 Title is a PAC 12 Title and the Bears will WIN IT THIS YEAR. We will be fine. If anything, what the non-conference schedule has painfully displayed is that we are thin in numbers and cannot afford injuries or shady behavior as with Solomon this year or Amoki last year. With Crabbe, Jorge, Kamp, Solomon, Smith, Cobbs and Kravish, we will be fine. Buy your tickets to the Staples Center NOW! We will be the #1 seed and win our second title in the past 3 years! GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:38:00 +0000

GoBears49 – I wouldn’t be that worried that Crabbe will leave early. In my mind, he is not a sure future NBA player. He is a very good outside shooter, but his shot suffers when he doesn’t get his feet set. He is not quick enough to get open for his shot against good defenders. He does not have an aggressive drive to the basket where he can finish strong. He is developing a floater and a short range pull up jumper, but they are not dependable shots yet for him. He is not much of a passer, and has few assists. He is probably not tall enough to play the wing in the pros, so he will have to play guard, and he doesn’t yet have the ball handling skills for that.

All that being said, he has doubled his rebounding output from last season, and he has become a lot better defensive player. He is a very good player, but needs to keep working hard, if he wants to get to the NBA level.

By: rotfogel

rotfogel — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:15:49 +0000

Can Cal please recruit the Bay Area so we can get some good players. Stop going to Montana and Maine and concentrate on THE FREAKING BAY AREA!!!

By: Yoda

Yoda — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:05:27 +0000

Jeff, Monty wouldn’t and shouldn’t make excuses but he couldn’t even start Kravish because Kravish has been ill. Jorge and Crabbe both looked off and missed the last game because of the flu. I think it’s pretty obvious they weren’t in the best shape to play the game. And Solomon would have helped.

However, we have problems against deep athletic teams who push the pace. One problem is that the Bears got sucked into rushing things. When they actually ran their offense they got good looks. Didn’t necessarily knocke them down, but got them. The other thing is that UNLV is actually an underrated team as was Missouri earlier this year.

All the questions you raised were legit.

Steve, the Bears have a highly ranked replacement for Jorge coming in next year, though I don’t know that anyone can really replace that guy exactly. As for whether there’s a replacement for Kamp, we won’t know that until the spring signing period but it’s definitely an issue. And actually it’s more correct to wonder who will replace Kravish as the backup in that role right now, as he’s going to be a very good player. We need depth at the big spots though, no doubt.

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:40:53 +0000

Crabbe is probably still suffering from the concussion. We need some big guys.

By: Bears

Bears — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:36:16 +0000

Really surprised Jorge has played so poor on the road. Need our seniors to be consistently strong, come on.
Crabbe needs to toughen up, guy looks soft. We need some attitude and toughness. Where did our grit go?
Terrible loss and very concerned.

By: gobears49

gobears49 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:34:58 +0000

By the end of the season, the Bears should be fine and could surprise people in the NCAA’s. Montgomery will mold them into a very good team, especially because their top seven players, as a group, have so much talent. Crabbe is a sure future pro, Gutierrez has an excellent shot at it, and Kamp should surely be a solid European player, if he wants to play there. On the bench, Cobbs is a potential star and Kravish is good now and is only going to get better with time. I don’t see anyone in the league having the talent that Cal has with their top seven.

The big surprise is that Kamp is playing worse than he did last year. I seem to recall he was bothered by something before this season started and nobody has followed up on that to see if he has fully healed. He does have a history of major injury problems.

I agree that the cupboard will start to get bare after this year and if Crabbe leaves early after this year or next, the lack of good recruiting is really going to catch up fast on Cal. Great coaching can only get you so far.