**USC vs. Missouri GAME Thread**

[Luke Skycocker]

Originally Posted by CardiacKemba

Offense is working great and the defense isn't making any adjustments? Change up the entire offensive system. Brilliant!

Terrible coaching lost that game for us.

wrong. the toughness that Frank has brought to this team is what kept us in the game. the inside-out offense that was never existent with Horn worked tonight. this team has less talent that any Horn team ever had and is still being more competitive than the past two years

[Gaichon]

not likely to be this year but this program will turn the corner...i'm good with where we are - considering

[qcgamecock]

Originally Posted by Rebel4ever

Once Coach Martin gets his players in the program, I'd just assume he tell Bruce to stick with football. He is one of our better players but that's not saying much. Once some full time BB players get here, either tell Bruce to just play football or bench him and he'd quit anyway. I love Bruce the football player, I don't think Bruce the basketball player really cares about BB, just something to do for him and it hurts us. When we get someone to take his spot, bench Bruce. Just what I see, he seems to not really care whether we win or lose in basketball. Leader in football, not BB.

One of the worst posts ever!!

[qcgamecock]

Originally Posted by thumpin big

Losing LaShay Page is now proving to be huge. If Page was with the team, he would be getting a lot of the minutes that are going to Smith, Leonard and Richardson. Losing him turned out to be a great blow to this team. You can't win with any consistency relying on Smith, Leonard and BRich. Ellington too. Bruce can't score. We are missing Page badly. Things should be somewhat better next year with the additions of Johnson, Thornwell and McKie.

If Page had went to class like the players you threw under the bus he would be here. Bruce can score on both the court and the field, Both Page and Ellington have played 9 games with very similar stats except Bruuuuce has twice as many assists with twice as many turnovers and 4 times more steals.

[Rebel4ever]

Originally Posted by Cockholio

Nah, Bruce cares a lot. He cannot carry this team, but he can be a great player for this team if he were surrounded by better talent.

I just haven't seen it. Plus, he turns the ball over way too much. I think the better talent you speak of would send Bruce to the bench.

[Rebel4ever]

Originally Posted by ucan'tlickourcocks

Way to throw Bruce under the Bus! You could pick and blame ANY player for tonight's loss, but you choose Bruce! How PATHETIC!

I'm not talking about just tonight. It's the whole season. Sorry if some of you can't take the truth. Bruce plays too wild and out of control and turns the ball over too much during the game and in crucial situations, can't shoot or put the ball in the basket when we need it. Sorry, it's right there in just about everyone of our losses. He needs to stick with football and let these Martin recruits come in and concentrate solely on BB. I think some of you think Bruce can be another Devan Downey cause of his speed and ability to steal the ball but he has no where NEAR the game Downey had, has. Bruce is no Downey, no matter how quick he is. Downey could score whenever he wanted and hit FT's, Bruce can't. Can't hit a 3 to save his life. Downey would hit them from deep past NBA range, consistently. I think Shaq Roland is a better BB player than Bruce.

[Travelin]

Originally Posted by Rebel4ever

I'm not talking about just tonight. It's the whole season. Sorry if some of you can't take the truth. Bruce plays too wild and out of control and turns the ball over too much during the game and in crucial situations, can't shoot or put the ball in the basket when we need it. Sorry, it's right there in just about everyone of our losses. He needs to stick with football and let these Martin recruits come in and concentrate solely on BB. I think some of you think Bruce can be another Devan Downey cause of his speed and ability to steal the ball but he has no where NEAR the game Downey had, has. Bruce is no Downey, no matter how quick he is. Downey could score whenever he wanted and hit FT's, Bruce can't. Can't hit a 3 to save his life. Downey would hit them from deep past NBA range, consistently. I think Shaq Roland is a better BB player than Bruce.

WTF are you smoking? Without Bruce, we would not have had a chance in last night's game. As for as Downey goes...he isn't on the team anymore. Shaq? Really? He's never played an SEC game in his life, not even a college game.

If you can't deal with watching the games while Frank is in the building process, stay away. No one would miss you, that's for sure.

[CockTail]

This team is not losing because of Bruce, they are losing because we do not have enough talent. In fact, in a few years when we look back at this team, most will say they over acheived. This team is young and not great talent, the fact that they have been in every game, with a couple of exceptions, speaks volumes about the effort they are giving and Coach Martin's ability to get the most out of them. This bodes well for the future.

The things that Bruce brings to this team is toughness and confidence, two things this team did not have before he came back. Teams have to learn how to close out games and win, that will happen in time.

[2four2Gamecock]

Originally Posted by Rebel4ever

That's your opinion. My post is my opinion and I stand by it out of what I have seen from Bruce on the BB court. He doesn't care that much about BB. I can see it in his facial expressions on close ups and his body language.

You are way out of line. Bruce cares or he wouldn't be busting his ass doing it in addition to football and school. Frank said in practice, Bruce's teams win every single game. He is a difference maker and a great ball player.

[garnet_black215]

Some of the people that post on here just make me shake my head.

That is all.

[scfastpitch]

Bruce would have had a bunch of assists last night if we could make a few shots . Many times he penetrated and kicked out to someone for a wide open look, but we usually missed .

[RockRocks787]

Some of the people on here are acting like we're owed a good basketball team this year. We're extremely fortunate just to be competing in these games. To those who are saying that last night's loss was due to bad coaching, you obviously know nothing about basketball or the current status of this team.

[Spur's Addiction]

Closing thread - Too much players and coach bashing going.

Some of you guys need to read the Cockytalk rules if you want to keep posting.