Comments on: Basketball: Oregon St. game thread

By: Juancho

Juancho — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:58:59 +0000

Dissapounting bear. He came back and got his degree. That alone should get him in.

By: Disappointed Bear

Disappointed Bear — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:54:46 +0000

I agree whole heartedly with Wehofx. Crabbe can produce more than most even when he’s in a sulk, but the rest of the team feeds off him, and they really hurt when they try to emulate that behavior. The team really needs to bring it every game to be competitive. I hate to see them lie down as they have in a couple of games lately.

On another note, what do you think of Abdur Rahim’s election into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor. I’ll admit he was a great player, but for just one year. Doesn’t this just spit in the face of our real student athletes? Or are we not even pretending any more?

By: wehofx

wehofx — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:46:52 +0000

Gotta agree w Kev and Dave.

During the first half I was thinking as good as crabbe can be at times, I hope he goes out after this year.

He’s the best player and the “leader” of the team so imo the team takes on his inconsistency and sulky personality.

By: DaveintheHills

DaveintheHills — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:44:03 +0000

@johtwe

Are you kidding? I have attended most home games of Crabbe’s career and watched most of the away games live. The traits you mention show up regularly but not “each night”. Crabbe is easily flustered and tends to have awesome games against weaker competition and often disappears against stronger teams. He is by far the most talented player on this team and amazing at grabbing key weak side rebounds, but he is also wildly inconsistent and when the going gets tough, he often just hangs his head.

By: johtwe

johtwe — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:22:43 +0000

Totally disagree about Crabbe. This game, along with most all of our wins, would not be won without Crabbe’s effort. He’s playing 39 minutes each game. Best defender — night in night out, key rebound, key jumper. No one does more for this team that doesn’t show in the stat sheet and puts in 20 points a game. Yes, he does pause sometimes after a miss or a non-call, but that kid is a gamer, and brings it each night.

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:02:14 +0000

That was a true “wow” game for me. I kept watching just to watch, fully thinking it was another stinker the way it opened. A great win subjectively, but this is such a flawed team.

By: DaveintheHills

DaveintheHills — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:05:22 +0000

what a fun game to attend. I’ve been missing the fight in the team, and it finally made an appearance. Made me think of last year (remember how we were 17-1 at home??).

Also, I’m not sure why the discrepancy in fouls is not making it into any game stories. At one point in the second half, Cal had 7 fouls (bonus!) while OSU had none. The Bears were not playing a whole lot more aggressive than the Beavs. Overcoming that with our short rotation made that comeback all the more impressive.

By: Mitchie V

Mitchie V — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:53:39 +0000

Ditto on the B Smith comment. Oregon State sagged off when he had the ball outside, and he delivered critical points.

That first half was sloppy. Hoping for a fired up Cal team vs Oregon.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:56:38 +0000

Ugly, ugly, ugly, but a win and we’ll take it. I don’t like Crabbe’s body language right now at all – not sure what is going on but he’s not engaged. Great contributions from B Smith with a couple of huge threes, Solomon played a very nice game and Thurman made a very solid impact. Still a win we did not deserve.

By: wehofx

wehofx — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:02:16 +0000

WOW! That first half was brutal to watch. Screaming, “Block out!” “Help the helper!” “Soft!” etc. My gf left w her gf’s – or at least that’s what she told me.

Second half balled out. Great D. Fed the post. Moved the rock.

JF or anyone else at Haas, were they talking on D in the first half? It seems like a lot of those late/non existent switches were a result of no communication?