01-06-2014, 10:24 AM
I agree OSU played much better after the half. Whatever Rueck said to them it lit a fire under them and they came out playing with a renewed vigor. Those long threes they hit were beautiful. But they hit them on a tiring team in the 2nd half, not on a fresh team with more defensive energy like we had in the first half. Most of our starters played near-maximum minutes and got very few breaks.
Props for OSU's 2nd half run, but they were still the same players who played poorly in the first half. Playing better after being down doesn't negate their earlier play or our earlier successes. Sometimes we are sluggish early on too. We all still have to own our complete performances, even if we do get to later sing the common song, "Gosh, we could have beaten them IF we had played harder earlier on." The trick is to play harder earlier on!
Props for OSU's 2nd half run, but they were still the same players who played poorly in the first half. Playing better after being down doesn't negate their earlier play or our earlier successes. Sometimes we are sluggish early on too. We all still have to own our complete performances, even if we do get to later sing the common song, "Gosh, we could have beaten them IF we had played harder earlier on." The trick is to play harder earlier on!