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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Is Tech just tired?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Running low on material here with the Yellow Jackets at a very low ebb while taking what amounts to three days off.
I’ll try to ask tomorrow about the pace slowing down late in games, although I don’t think that’s uncommon of most teams. The idea is to run clock, generally, and take wiser shots. I agree with some observers, though, that when the Jackets slow it down, they tend to decrease their efficiency. It’s like they focus less, or something. Their passes are not as crisp, they don’t run off screens as well.
It’s like they decide to play the game at 3/4 speed, and more often than not, it ends up hurting.
I wonder, too, of some of the problems are based on fatigue.
Coach Hewitt said the other day that Jeremis Smith is a much more effective player when he’s within a pound of 230, and that as of last Thursday he was around 236. Zam Fredrick’s another player who probably would benefit from more conditioning.
Redick offered a lesson in the value of conditioning, even though he didn’t have a great game against Georgia Tech, or Temple.
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