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I cannot believe how much restraint Pope and a couple of the players, showed during that game.

You know, I coached over 30 years in some capacity or another, and I never got a technical foul.  I deserved some, but I never received one.

By the time the Georgia game was over, I was very angry.  Would not have wanted to take my BP at the time.

I don't like dirty players, i.e. the flopping crap, but I think we could be more aggressive.  And I think we need to get that sooner rather than later.

One thing I've always paid attention to is how much a team plays to the identity of their coach, mainly high school & college level. 

Pope does show a ton of restraint as do the players, but we all know Pope's style of coaching, up-tempo pace, spreading the floor, running zoom sets with pin-down screens and high ball screens, which is all great but we've seen the lack of urgency or toughness when it comes down to it. Have to think if Pope showed a little emotion on a questionable call, maybe that would ignite the team to start playing with more physicality, idk what it would take, maybe Pope getting a technical just as a motivating factor? I've seen that work more times than not.