Doug Gottlieb will finish the college basketball regular season with no more than five wins after a catastrophic collapse against Oakland on Saturday. Green Bay tried to foul up three late, but as its head coach said in a sassy response to one of Jon Rothstein’s most famous Rothsteinisms, no plan is perfect.
Although that is true, there would not have been a need for a plan in the first place if the Phoenix did not blow a 14-point lead at home with less than 10 minutes left!
As is well-documented by now, Gottlieb’s first college basketball season as head coach at Green Bay has been an overwhelming disaster. His team at one point lost 21-straight games and will finish with at least 27 losses depending on how things go in the season finale. He has been subject to widespread criticism throughout the entire year, which stems in large part from the optics of a four- or five-loss season while also hosting a three-hour radio show on Fox Sports every day during the week and skipping practice to attend the Super Bowl.
But Gottlieb doesn’t think so. The 49-year-old told CBS Sports that the haters are just jealous!
Jealousy is really hard for people to process. I’ve been given great — not good, great — opportunities, despite being a very good, not great, player, at a very good, not great, not connected school. So people become inherently jealous and they can’t process [it].
— Doug Gottlieb
I don’t really understand where Gottlieb got that idea, because while his gig(s) are cool, I think most of the criticism stems from tangible failures. There is a clear lack of accountability here but I digress.
Doug Gottlieb got out-coached!
The Golden Grizzlies will host the Phoenix in (greater) Detroit on Tuesday after a comeback win against the same opponent on Saturday. They were down 14 with eight minutes left and won by three in overtime.
Gottlieb tried to administer a common coaching tactic with eight seconds remaining in regulation. He told his team to foul while up three so Oakland went to the line. DQ Cole made the first of two shots.
The only way to tie the game was to miss the second shot and he did exactly that. However, Green Bay tried to foil its plan with an intentional lane violation.
Doug Gottlieb got a good look at the Grizzlies’ play, which was designed as a cross screen. The Phoenix were prepared to defend the play after the lane violation. It seemed like a brilliant strategy until it proved costly. Greg Kampe, a college basketball coaching legend, out-smarted the rookie.
Oakland star forward Allen Mukeba faked the same play on the second miss. He beat his man to the rim for the game-tying layup. Green Bay anticipated a cross screen that never came. Kampe pulled a fast one on Gottlieb. The Grizzlies beat the Phoenix in overtime.
Jon Rothstein is the most vocal advocate for committing a foul while up three late. Gottlieb clapped back at the strategy on Sunday morning.
We did. Jon. And lost. No plan is perfect. https://t.co/OxlXlZ5ve9
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) March 2, 2025
In doing so, he forgot to mention that he got out-smarted out of the intentional lane violation after the foul and blew a 14-point lead at home with less than 10 minutes left. His quip does not tell the full story. Fouling while up three late was not the problem! It was what happened next and before…
Doug Gottlieb gets another shot at Kampe on Tuesday. Will Green Bay reach five wins? Stay tuned.
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Doug Gottlieb Got Out-Coached By College Basketball Legend After Claiming The Haters Are Jealous
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