[outdoorsman43]

Coach Cal is a great recruiter, but not much of a game coach.

I wouldn't say "not much" of a "game" coach. He may not be the best out there, but like I've said before he's still a heck of a good one. A lot of coaches would've eased up when Florida got up 13. Coach Cal simply would not let his guys quit and you have to applaud him for that. He also played a zone (which he rarely ever does) against the Florida offense and got his guys to really guard and move their feet. The defensive stops we made in this zone and offense from Knight and Jones had us right back in contention for the win.

Just look at the road games we have lost: In every game we took the lead late after being down by double digits (I'm not 100% certain about Georgia if we took the lead; I know we were within 1 point) and ended up losing a small margin. Coach Cal has coached us back into those games in very tough environments.

I still question his decison to not call a timeout tonight though. I understand it would have given Billy Donovan a chance to draw up a good defense but still, you have to set up an understood offensive play for these freshmen to execute. Knight just seemed to dribble some clock out and tried to throw up the big shot.