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Upsets happen everytime in sports and is the joy of the pundits. The Canadaian Media had being calling for Zmtomako's head two weeks before this game. The question is, 'Was that justifiable?' That's your call.
The pundits and advocates for change to the Zmtomako era would be overjoyed as the 29th ranked team in the world, Canada lost 86-94 to the 44th ranked Romania in a Consolation Tournament game. The X-Factor towards the loss was probably the injury to key player Momar Maja just a few seconds into the game.
Romania had Prodigious Inside Scoring despite putting less into the game than Canada.
Canada finished 22nd in the tournament with a 5-2 record. They are the highest seeded team in America in the tournament. They now HAVE to win the First Round of the next game and get a Crunch Time win to get HCA for Worlds.

NOTABLE STATS:

Essa Abu-Kaleel: EAK had 26 points shooting 11 for 16 from the field and 2 for 4 from downtown. He also coupled that with 9 boards and 1 dime.

Diant Stronks: The Big D had 12 points on the night, getting 4 from 14 to fall from the field and getting 2 threes from 5 tries. He had a rebound and 3 assists.

Momar Maja: Believe it or not, Maja had 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists. Did I mention he didn't play a full minute?

Last edited by olanipekun at 7/16/2012 10:14:46 PM

Maja was not injured...it may make writng these easier if you follow the off site forum and watch the game.

Maja's gameshape sucked so he sat. That is my fault as he played way too many minuted last week. It was due to an injury where Maja was set as a back up but it was a stupid tactical mistake by me.

Sorry Z I have some blame in this loss as Maja in Proficient shape would have been a big difference.

Last edited by Mod-beanerz at 7/16/2012 10:09:34 PM

I was actually out of town today so I missed the game and yes, I do follow the offsite. Go check that out first before you blast me. Sorry for the mistake, Canada.

Bro that was far from a blasting, so chill.

Just so you know replays are available if you wanted to watch the game after it occurs.

Good write ups, just make sure they are accurate otherwise people may have issues with them.

Last edited by Mod-beanerz at 7/16/2012 10:22:07 PM

I believe they are actually both in Africa

I meant North and Central America...duh. Just kidding. Another blooper by me.

Last edited by olanipekun at 7/17/2012 6:17:43 PM

Oh no, we drew Ukraine

Teo Saint-Arnaud's owner is finally letting him go on the transfer wire. Hopefully he goes to an owner that doesn't ruin his gameshape so that he can be put back on the NT where he belongs.

A good season? Yes.
Good enough? Maybe not for the demanding Canadian citizens and media.
This National Team Season ended for Canada as they fell to Ukraine 73-106. They finished with a 5-4 record in competitive games. A few questionable decisions by Coach Z including being called out by three Naismith managers summed up the disappointing season for the Canadians.
When things go wrong, we all want to blame someone and Zmtomako was unfortunately the victim of harsh criticisms. He is a Division II manager so he was definitely not the most experienced we could have had but he did good following the surprising departure of Greerzilla.
Tommy Germain finsihed the season with the most assists(35), Herman Kearns led in points(125) and Momar Maja led the team with 74 rebounds.

He is a Division II manager so he was definitely not the most experienced

He is actually a Naismith manager who yielded some votes(5 I think I don't feel like going to get the actual amount) from Greerzilla so Canada definitely had some belief in Zmtomako. In this instance it was more of RL getting in the way of BB for Zmtomako. I mean he just needs to get his priorities sorted... RL over BB!?!? What is wrong with you Z? ;)

Edit: I know you put time and effort into making these and Canada appreciates it, but Canada appreciates it a lot more if you put time and effort into something that is accurate. Sorry that it sounds like I'm always bagging you.

Last edited by Bballin at 7/24/2012 4:11:18 PM