Tone Setting?

[the Florian Trout]

i got in late and wasn't able to start watching until S Johnson had a break away and Cornish tagged him. i absolutely loved that he didn't let him have that and he proceeded to verbally retaliate.

was that the tone setter for the night or were some of the dunks i saw being replayed (by Wood i think) the ones that told them we weren't here to be screwed with?

regardless, i love Cornish. he's a 34 year old 18 year old man! loved how Rice had him step up to the line for the FT's and he drained him. i thought for sure Doolin would have shot those, but he picked the freshman to shoot those. i know it wasn't crunch time, but those were needed and shooting those FT's on such a big stage with so many people would have been pretty nerving.

that was very enjoyable to watch.

 

[Masked_rebel]

Definitely a tone setter.. Johnson was a clown all night even before the game started. The Rebellion was yelling t him during warmups and he turned and yelled back "Shut the F*** Up"... I think none of our guys backing down from a scrap was pretty neat to see.. Just stood up to a team that made its living on intimidation.

 

[rebelluver]

To me it wasn't until the second half that we brought the game to them. The first half I got the feeling we were holding on were in the second we controlled the game for awhile.
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[Kruger's brother Fred]

That was a nice play, but I thought McCaw set the tone in the first when we got down by 8 at 20-12. They were about to get away from us, when he nailed a 3 on a set play, followed by a 2 on a jump shot he created himself. It meant we weren't going to melt. He added another 3 shortly thereafter.

 

[Kruger's brother Fred]

>>>Johnson was a clown all night even before the game started. The Rebellion was yelling t him during warmups and he turned and yelled back "Shut the F*** Up"...

 

[tarkaniancourt...nm]

I lost my voice from screaming at Stanley. In the 2nd half he would run his sets right by us and we were on his arse. ""Stanley!","Stanley likes turtles!","Stanley".Best time I had At T&M in a long time.

This post was edited on 12/24 3:45 PM by tarkaniancourt...nm

 

[YellowSpinE]

Interesting thread. Could see the guys with a chip playing. Lots of head bobbing like "Yea boy take that" attitude after a good play. Miss a lot of these insights from my coach.

 

[Doubleyew]

Okonoboh was all over anyone pretty much all game. Cornish entered and it just increased. I like the swagger, and the young guys playing with a chip on their shoulders. It fired them all up, instead of having to hear about the 'walking' rebels' they got engaged to the game.

 

[the Florian Trout]

you guys are definitely right, there were a lot of different players that let them know it was going to be a fight.

hell of a game. can't wait until there is somewhere i can watch it again.