Well, this weekend was more than a bit disappointing for Logger fans.

My observations -

Loggers just didn't have people who wanted to win. They thought it would just "happen" as a team, they didn't want to do anything about it. Everyone looked to someone else. Foster had an incredible night. He was the only one who could score for them that night. Kraul had normal numbers, freethrows aside, played a fairly good game. Might have just been fatigue?

Second half of the season is a gear up time and after a big win on Friday could have made them lathargic for Saturday.

A common problem I have noticed, and it may just be me, is that when UPS gets into a trouble situation...Williams simply tries to do too much. Although there are times when he is highly affective i.e. LC - but then there are other times when his offense is just not clicking he needs to tone it down a bit - he is a tremendous player, but part of the responsibilities of the pg position is to recognize when a players game is off and find who's hot. I think it was just an off night for the UPS team in general.

Bottom Line: Foster should have touched the ball every time down the floor for the he/the team was playing.

Worst Tattoo ever:

It wasn't in the NWC, but it was a guy from Northwest - It was on his leg, backside, just under his knee on the side kinda....

It was a basketball with a chain in links spiraling down his leg and across his shin to something around his ankle which could not be seen because his shoe covered it up. Ridiculous.

By far the worst tattoo I've ever seen.

Well...crap.

Very disappointing performance by the Loggers on Saturday. Got to give props to WW.

Hopefully UPS will use this as fuel for the rest of the season.

Craziness all over the league it looks like. Just proves on any given night.....

Let me put it to you this way... Coach Bridge gets what he wants.

True, it happened in an unfortunate way, but Bridge is a head coach and seeing him staying in an assistant position for long didn't seem likely.

I wish him the best of luck. I think he is one of the best recruiting coaches I've ever seen. He obviously has a history of being successful so I don't see why it shouldn't continue. DI level or not. He's at a college in Malibu, like LogShow said.

As for cawcdad - driving you crazy as a fan...that's just Bridge. On the other hand, its nice to know as a player that your coach has your back at all times, during the game at least - even if you are in the wrong.

Must admitt I heard this news late last night and couldn't wait to see what everyone thought on the matter. Like I said...Bridge is a man that makes things happen.

LogShow- thank you for helping explain my thoughts. Guess that is why a JVer has to look to a starter for help sometimes huh? 

LogShow was on point with my posing question of switching things up. I've had the opportunity to watch the NWC games for the last several years. UPS and their system is hard to stop - no question. But now that the NWC is stronger and has adjusted...as observers witnessed in the UPS/PLU... UPS needs to have more than one approach to the game, that's what makes a team unstoppable is their ability to be versatile.

UPS is a very talented team this year, and agree that they have a VERY deep bench. Kraul/Foster do a great job inside for the loggers - but call me old fashioned - I miss the presence and play of a true post the logger team has had the last few years. No big post = a bit of a struggle for the Loggers...aka PLU game and stopping McDaniels.

PugetSoundFan - I agree with your earlier statement. I think that the NWC coaches have finally been able to recruit players that are able to break down and beat the UPS style of play, making games more difficult for UPS.

I've been able to watch a couple UPS games this year and they have struggled when their press has easily been broken, fortunately they have talented players and have pulled out their close games. Question remains: is it time for a change up?