Filo
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Post by Filo on Feb 15, 2010 21:46:27 GMT -5
Please. If Greg made mistakes they were generally because it was obvious that he was going to have to win the game himself. And that was the problem. Greg got it in his head that it was about him - that he should be taking open threes leaving no one big inside to rebound. Who had the ball for the last shot *TWICE* for Georgetown? Austin. It's not all about Greg, and Greg isn't even this season's MVP. If Greg plays within the system, the team is going to be great. If Greg believes the book on him and that he has to "step it up" and take all the shots, we're going to lose. Not meaning to tool on you personally, TC, but I simply cannot believe that someone wrote this. For almost 2 seasons now, one of the big knocks on GM is that he is not assertive and not willing to take the team on his shoulders. It boggles my mind that he is now being criticized for thinking it is "about him" and not deferring to AF or whomever. Wow.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Feb 15, 2010 22:43:53 GMT -5
And that was the problem. Greg got it in his head that it was about him - that he should be taking open threes leaving no one big inside to rebound. Who had the ball for the last shot *TWICE* for Georgetown? Austin. It's not all about Greg, and Greg isn't even this season's MVP. If Greg plays within the system, the team is going to be great. If Greg believes the book on him and that he has to "step it up" and take all the shots, we're going to lose. Not meaning to tool on you personally, TC, but I simply cannot believe that someone wrote this. For almost 2 seasons now, one of the big knocks on GM is that he is not assertive and not willing to take the team on his shoulders. It boggles my mind that he is now being criticized for thinking it is "about him" and not deferring to AF or whomever. Wow. Let it be known that not everyone's biggest criticism of him was that. I personally think he is simply not a good enough player to take a team on his shoulders and lead them to victory and if we ever put him in that position again we will lose. I agree with the logic we go into him too much. Not his fault, but the overall mentality of the team. Sometimes we get too one dimentional and forget we actually have some pretty good guards and it usually costs us. Greg is not Jeff and Roy, getting it into him inside the fouline isn't automatic points like it was with them, at best its 50/50. And Austin and Chris are not Jon Wallace. They can create for themselves and others too. I think we forget this and force it into Greg too much when nothing else is working instead of giving other players the same chance. This isn't a specific criticism of the Rutgers games, as forcing it to Greg was working for the most part, but mostly a general theme I've seen unfold this season.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Feb 16, 2010 11:37:00 GMT -5
westend, you misunderstood me. I'm not praising the guy. I hate it when guys leave and then go become successful somewhere else. I can wish them well but still find some quiet satisfaction when they sort of disappear. But when they all of a sudden get better, I feel like we missed out on something. When said player is then integral in helping beat my other team, that just makes it all the worse. I was just curious, of those who saw the games, if they thought Mitchell had developed into a good player or was it a sort of fluke. That's all I meant.
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