Game 5: GMU (2-2) at East Carolina (3-0) on Saturday, November 16, at 4:00 PM.

[GMUYoda]

Damn it. Fook this shit

 

[Verdad]

Ugly and terrible. Worse performance than CMU. No idea why all this talent looks this bad, why the lineups are what they are, or why KD and Zach are even on the team.

 

[jruby]

They suck! Going to be another PIG year, Tony better find a PG in off season or his time ain’t going to be long in FFX sadly.

 

[GMU79]

Didn't most of us say "if not this year, when?"
It ain't this year boys.

 

[GMUYoda]

This team should be 4-1 right now. Its as simple as that. Unacceptable

 

[Mason Trooper]

1. I can tell that team has played 4 games in 8 days .. it shows

2. lol there’s no reason why Zach Anderson or Kd hardly played today.

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

This one hurts. Even if DM had 20 and O Connor had 14? We’re 2-3. All hope of an at large is dead. “You are what your record says you are” - Bill Parcells. Damn it. When are we going to get the signature win?!

 

[DRK331]

Mason loses 77-78 in 2OT

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Coach Skinn has ZERO idea what he’s doing what he’s doing right now.

 

[smhardwick]

Tony's seat is going to start getting warm really quickly if they don't get it together.

 

[JimP]

Maybe staff agreed with the criticism KD. Offensive Rebounds given up and TO's most frustrating aspect of game for me.

Roster has talent - tough to see these struggles.

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

Tough to win games on the road at a place like East Carolina when you are vomiting up the ball 17 or so times. Need ball security to improve especially leading into Duke!

 

[JimP]

1. I can tell that team has played 4 games in 8 days .. it shows

2. lol there’s no reason why Zach Anderson or Kd hardly played today.

Especially given the 4 in 8.

 

[GMUgemini]

We are Loyola from two seasons ago, I think that’s just what it is. Team has the yips. Doesn’t honor every possession line they should. Can’t get their best players in the best spots to make plays when they need to. They’re just a total mess right now.

 

[tblack33]

Poor coaching, sloppy play, and losing every 50/50 ball. Giving up a billion offensive boards with two centers in. We deserved to lose.

Tony needs to figure out these rotations fast. I don’t understand the leash he gives some of these guys compared to others. Feels very inconsistent.

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

When is the next Tony Skinn coaches show? Will Bill Rohland ask some tough questions about rotations or will it just be fluff while the crowd claps in between munching on wings?

 

[GMU79]

Two biggies, among many: Billups fumbling away a rebound under the basket that should have been an easy bucket. Emuju boxing out and not even trying for a rebound he was in the best position to get...leading to an ECU tie up possession.

 

[mkaufman1]

Tony's seat is going to start getting warm really quickly if they don't get it together.

lol Mason just extended Tony and he’s shown plenty of good stuff in his first year plus 5 games.

He’s not going anywhere for a while unless he chooses.

Didn't most of us say "if not this year, when?"
It ain't this year boys.

Yep I said this. I’ll eat it. We stink right now.

Not much else to say. We couldn’t rebound when it mattered and there’s still puzzling rotations. All the talent in the world doesn’t matter if they can’t perform.

 

[EXpatriot13]

I understand the KD situation today, but anyone know if there’s something also going on with Anderson?

The guys in front of him (and the team overall) are not playing well enough where he should be riding the bench the majority of the game. We’re stuck with Maddox as our only consistent outside threat.

I couldn’t believe he wasn’t on the floor to give us another legitimate shooting option for the final possession of regulation and 2OT.

Does this team have some serious individual player issues off the court? And/Or is Tony struggling to figure out rotations and putting guys in the right spots to succeed? Both seem to be concerning developments early on, this is not what any of us expected.

 

[Walter]

A team of mostly new players is struggling early to play team ball. Welcome to the new normal.

Tony will figure it out by January.