After the first few possessions, PSU shooters breaking out of slumps, UI looking awkward and uncomfortable, I decided I'd had enough of watching the game. Recorded it from there.
My wife, who is more of a novice fan, not quite as cynical as me, continued watching. After reporting on the UI near comeback she remarked that TL appeared to be "playing scared". If she sees it, it's obvious.
I had watched the first time he brought the ball up. He stopped between the time line and the top of the key and just pounded the ball. He looked lost, rigid, immobilized. Could practically hear his brain saying, don't make a mistake, don't turn it over. I had not seen that from him before.
Sure he's made mistakes, been a bit out of control before. But his mistakes were almost always mistakes of aggression. Now I'm thinking he's infected with the team disease. Suddenly he's become passive, anxious, thinking instead of playing. He didn't look like that before.
My wife, who is more of a novice fan, not quite as cynical as me, continued watching. After reporting on the UI near comeback she remarked that TL appeared to be "playing scared". If she sees it, it's obvious.
I had watched the first time he brought the ball up. He stopped between the time line and the top of the key and just pounded the ball. He looked lost, rigid, immobilized. Could practically hear his brain saying, don't make a mistake, don't turn it over. I had not seen that from him before.
Sure he's made mistakes, been a bit out of control before. But his mistakes were almost always mistakes of aggression. Now I'm thinking he's infected with the team disease. Suddenly he's become passive, anxious, thinking instead of playing. He didn't look like that before.