swhoya
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Post by swhoya on Mar 4, 2012 10:01:01 GMT -5
...except Jeff Green was never in the habit of making the throat slash gesture to his opponents. Or flopping around like a Wounded fish Exactly. He's like Jeff Green with no class or pride.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Mar 4, 2012 10:43:17 GMT -5
Agree with not taking advantage of foul shots, that has been problem all year. Also since getting called with ticky tack fouls, shouldn't we make sure after first five minutes of ticky tack fouls on our end and no fouls despite hacking on their end that we take a lesson from the untouchables and make sure every foul counts! I was thinking exactly the same thing. Normally when you get into heavy foul trouble, the onus is partly on the players for failing to adjust to how the game is being called. Yesterday was one of those rare days where there was really nowhere down the spectrum of physical play to adjust towards, aside from taking extreme measures of getting out of the way and allowing them to drive to the hoop unimpeded to avoid a foul. We definitely should have made some of those fouls count if we knew were going to get a whistle anyways. It is hard to foul 29 times in a game when you've maybe intentionally fouled at most maybe once at the end of the game. A team like Nova has to build a game plan to reach a number like that and they don't even get that many fouls in most games.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 4, 2012 11:24:48 GMT -5
The reason Nate doesnt look to score down low as much as he should, as you alluded to, is his free throw shooting. He misses more FTs than he makes and looks terrified when he's at the line. Like you said, he needs to spend at least an extra 30min-1hr per DAY from now until our last game of the season working on free throws. He shouldnt be this bad - he could be up to 60% with some confidence. He could spend 24 hours a day working on free throws this season and it still wouldn't help. The mechanics of his shots are all wrong. His form needs to be tweaked drastically over the summer if he wants to improve. Right now he has an awkwardly high release point that's in front of him with low arc. He has a low margin of error on his shot because of his line drive shot which can't utilize the whole area of the basket. When you add nerves and tension during games it's hard to make that shot consistently since you have to be perfect in hitting his shot.
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 4, 2012 11:43:11 GMT -5
Marquette missed one more free throw then Georgetown, but had twenty more attempts. GAME! In a season where GTown has been so steady and competent in so many facets, I now consider Free Throw shooting as our number one weak spot. Sure, if you have a monster at the point guard or center positions, Georgetown needs to stitch together a D to counter you, but it seems like the Hoyas overall length and excellent defensive rebounding (ok, Otto Porter) can mitigate some serious threats. Last night, Georgetown squandered terrific first half momentum with missed free throws, and practically gave them the game. Marquette is a top team, obviously, but I expected the Hoyas and their renewed commitment to D to come out on top. Then, the red paint chips came raining down. Georgetown simply does not have the firepower to beat elite teams while giving them multiple reprieves from the stripe. Also, note to Coach Thompson, please do a better job of protecting Henry in the post-season. Who can forget that ridiculous stretch in the National Semi-Finals when Roy was spazzing around the top of the key on D with three fouls and ten minutes left in a close game, hacking Buckeye guards and throwing bony hips seemingly without a care in the world. Coach, you got greedy, and after looking the other way for a possession or two, the refs hit Roy with number four, and down we went. I know you generally do well disregarding foul trouble, but Henry fouling out with almost ten minutes left strikes me as a bench coaching issue. Hopkins is good, but he is more 14 minute mark to six or seven minute mark good, with Henry waiting in the wings, as opposed to "damn the Henrys, full Hopkins ahead" kind of good. Thanking you in advance for Henry not fouling out with ten minutes left in any more games, unless we're up by thirty... Hey, I'm very happy that Henry has salvaged his Hoya career by having a very good senior season. And for the Hoyas to do any true damage in the post season he must continue to be a presence for the team. But I don't quake in fear when Hopkins takes his spot on the court. Yes, Mikael is not on average going to be as good as frosh as Henry is as a senior; he is going to make his share of mistakes. But when he makes mistakes people get nervous and start pining for Henry's return to the floor. But what about when Henry makes mistakes, what does Georgetown do then? I think both guys are lean, long and athletic. Both can rebound and challenge shots. The big difference to me is that Henry looks to run the offense through him by finding cutters while Mikael stays closer to the hoops and looks to score. Frankly the latter is at times more refreshing than the former in this offense, particularly when opponents are making it a key to stop our bigs from accumulating assists. And I don't think it is out of the question to state that Henry had a sub par game yesterday and that didn't have as much to do with his foul troubles. That fat big guy for Marquette put his body on Henry and shot over him a few times. It wasn't Henry best day. Big deal. He'll bounce back. But I don't think Hopkins hurt the Hoyas that much (if at all) when he was on the floor yesterday in Henry's absence.
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Eurostar
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Post by Eurostar on Mar 4, 2012 16:48:40 GMT -5
He could spend 24 hours a day working on free throws this season and it still wouldn't help. The mechanics of his shots are all wrong. His form needs to be tweaked drastically over the summer if he wants to improve. Right now he has an awkwardly high release point that's in front of him with low arc. He has a low margin of error on his shot because of his line drive shot which can't utilize the whole area of the basket. When you add nerves and tension during games it's hard to make that shot consistently since you have to be perfect in hitting his shot. Last year he shot 67.5%. His form isnt that much different since then. He can definitely shoot better than the 48% he's shooting now.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 4, 2012 19:00:17 GMT -5
Last year he shot 67.5%. His form isnt that much different since then. He can definitely shoot better than the 48% he's shooting now. His form was bad last year too. 67.5 is still pretty bad from the line. His shot can improve if they tweak a couple things during the off season and he's willing to change it.
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