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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Jan 6, 2018 16:40:33 GMT -5
First post in a while. I have watched every game and was there today. I have been searching for a reason to think that Ewing was a good hire. I ask the good people of this board to let me know what you are seeing that is encouraging. People are saying we are running an uptempo offense. Maybe when compared to JT III. But, I don't see any tempo. No fast breaks, no secondary break (a la UNC), just a tired old traditional inside-out motion offense. The Syracuse and Butler games were just attrocious first-year coaching debacles. Though we did play well for the first 3/4 of both games. I have been paying particular attention to out of bounds, out of timeout, end of half and second half adjustments. I think this (along with end game) are where game coaching really comes into play. I have not seen a single play out of a timeout (actually there was one), end of half, set play or second half adjustment that has worked for us. I know we were not going to get Brad Stephens, but Ewing (and his staff) has brought nothing to the table. I know he struggled putting together a staff. So maybe he didn't get the right people. But, the horrendous inexcusable coaching is more painful for me to watch than anything. Because that is not going to get any better and we are going to have to suffer for years until we hire an actual head coach. This is no different than Esherick. Totally outmatched former player first-time head coach thrown into the Big East against real coaches. Please tell me a play or adjustment that we have made in a game. Just one. Syracuse and Butler (and almost Depaul) are inexcusable in themselves. Aside from the remarkable lack of strategic coaching the substitutions have been a huge problem. A reason we have faded badly in Syracuse and Butler (aside from embarrassing in-game coaching) is fatigue. Jesse and Marcus have nothing left at the end of games. They need rest. Walker, Picket and Johnson can play 4 against most teams and rotate Govan and Darrickson at 5 some to get them both blows, so they have something left at the end of games. This season is over. We have not and will not win a game against a good team all season. So we need to play the young guys. Mulmore should never play another minute. Blair, Mosely, Pickett, Walker should all get BIG minutes. They are the future of this team. Mulmore nothing. He doesn't defend. He doesn't create. I have never seen a Georgetown player score less with as many minutes as he has. He can't shoot or finish at the rim. He can't play any more. Walker was encouraging today. Pickett, as much as he is getting blasted today for his play (he should have fought over one screen that resulted in a three) he leads the team in threes made, and made a couple today. He is probably the player with the most upside on this team and needs to play. Blair is the best shooter on the team and Mosely plays hard and can finish at the rim (and had a 3 today). Every minute Mulmore plays reminds me that Ewing is an old school coach who likes the senior security blanket out there, when any analytics coach or coach who thinks about next year and beyond would be abandoning Mulmore for the young guys. Its time to turn to next season. It really is too bad what has happened to our program. Just imagine a world with Peak, Copeland, White, Mourning and Campbell as seniors on this team with Tremont Waters as a Freshman to go with Darrickson Govan Mosely Johnson. That is a Sweet 16 team. It could have been this team, this year. Go ahead and trash Copeland or White and tell me that Peak had to leave. A great coach might have been able to keep that team together. I know Campbell and Mourning are hurt, they would be bit contributors anyway. Waters is the truth. Please tell me I'm crazy. Tell me why you are encouraged by Ewing's coaching. What have you seen? Are we really playing uptempo? I know it is more than JTII, but I don't see any tempo, movement, etc. I fall back on if the Syracuse, Butler and Creighton coaches were coaching our guys and Ewing was coaching theirs, would those three games have gone differently. I think so, in all three cases. I heard from a pretty good source that Shaka Smart really wanted the job. We had to do everything in our power to make that happen. Instead it was embarrassing disaster of a coaching search (don't forget how embarrassing that coaching search was with everyone turning us down publicly) that ended with a coach who is out of his depth. Patrick is the best Hoya ever. But that does not mean we owe him the next five years of our program. Esherick 2.0. Show of hands, who missed this guy while he was away "for a while"?
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 6, 2018 16:43:05 GMT -5
No they haven't. Toby Hegner (34%) from 22 is not the shot Creighton wants. But he hit 5/8. Davion Mintz has 2 threes in his first three conference games and 8 all year. He was 4/5 today. The rest of their (much better shooting) team was 7/23 from three. Our defense on Kenpom is 111th and 4th so far in conference. We're mediocre and we can't stop perimeter guys with great individual moves. But we aren't relying on random chance. Just because a team hits the shot doesn't mean it was the one they wanted. They just got the result they wanted. Hegner shot 44% last year and after today is shooting 41%. Mintz is shooting 50% after today. I think they are more than OK with those shots just like I would be OK with Jessie taking wide open 3's if he got them. We just don't set up plays for that. As a team its not like they shot that far off their season average. If they shot average they would made 14 instead of 16. Considering the amount of wide open shots they got I would say they should've made a few more. And in a strictly micro sense, the lack of closeouts in this game on Hegner (in particular) and Mintz was disturbing. When your man proves he's making the shot and you still let him take it, that's a problem.
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Post by professorhoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:44:45 GMT -5
First post in a while. I have watched every game and was there today. I have been searching for a reason to think that Ewing was a good hire. I ask the good people of this board to let me know what you are seeing that is encouraging. People are saying we are running an uptempo offense. Maybe when compared to JT III. But, I don't see any tempo. No fast breaks, no secondary break (a la UNC), just a tired old traditional inside-out motion offense. The Syracuse and Butler games were just attrocious first-year coaching debacles. Though we did play well for the first 3/4 of both games. I have been paying particular attention to out of bounds, out of timeout, end of half and second half adjustments. I think this (along with end game) are where game coaching really comes into play. I have not seen a single play out of a timeout (actually there was one), end of half, set play or second half adjustment that has worked for us. I know we were not going to get Brad Stephens, but Ewing (and his staff) has brought nothing to the table. I know he struggled putting together a staff. So maybe he didn't get the right people. But, the horrendous inexcusable coaching is more painful for me to watch than anything. Because that is not going to get any better and we are going to have to suffer for years until we hire an actual head coach. This is no different than Esherick. Totally outmatched former player first-time head coach thrown into the Big East against real coaches. Please tell me a play or adjustment that we have made in a game. Just one. Syracuse and Butler (and almost Depaul) are inexcusable in themselves. Aside from the remarkable lack of strategic coaching the substitutions have been a huge problem. A reason we have faded badly in Syracuse and Butler (aside from embarrassing in-game coaching) is fatigue. Jesse and Marcus have nothing left at the end of games. They need rest. Walker, Picket and Johnson can play 4 against most teams and rotate Govan and Darrickson at 5 some to get them both blows, so they have something left at the end of games. This season is over. We have not and will not win a game against a good team all season. So we need to play the young guys. Mulmore should never play another minute. Blair, Mosely, Pickett, Walker should all get BIG minutes. They are the future of this team. Mulmore nothing. He doesn't defend. He doesn't create. I have never seen a Georgetown player score less with as many minutes as he has. He can't shoot or finish at the rim. He can't play any more. Walker was encouraging today. Pickett, as much as he is getting blasted today for his play (he should have fought over one screen that resulted in a three) he leads the team in threes made, and made a couple today. He is probably the player with the most upside on this team and needs to play. Blair is the best shooter on the team and Mosely plays hard and can finish at the rim (and had a 3 today). Every minute Mulmore plays reminds me that Ewing is an old school coach who likes the senior security blanket out there, when any analytics coach or coach who thinks about next year and beyond would be abandoning Mulmore for the young guys. Its time to turn to next season. It really is too bad what has happened to our program. Just imagine a world with Peak, Copeland, White, Mourning and Campbell as seniors on this team with Tremont Waters as a Freshman to go with Darrickson Govan Mosely Johnson. That is a Sweet 16 team. It could have been this team, this year. Go ahead and trash Copeland or White and tell me that Peak had to leave. A great coach might have been able to keep that team together. I know Campbell and Mourning are hurt, they would be bit contributors anyway. Waters is the truth. Please tell me I'm crazy. Tell me why you are encouraged by Ewing's coaching. What have you seen? Are we really playing uptempo? I know it is more than JTII, but I don't see any tempo, movement, etc. I fall back on if the Syracuse, Butler and Creighton coaches were coaching our guys and Ewing was coaching theirs, would those three games have gone differently. I think so, in all three cases. I heard from a pretty good source that Shaka Smart really wanted the job. We had to do everything in our power to make that happen. Instead it was embarrassing disaster of a coaching search (don't forget how embarrassing that coaching search was with everyone turning us down publicly) that ended with a coach who is out of his depth. Patrick is the best Hoya ever. But that does not mean we owe him the next five years of our program. Esherick 2.0. I didn't realize that DFW was "screaming to keep Escherick" as you say. But it makes sense and explains his behavior.
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Post by zxhoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:47:01 GMT -5
First post in a while. I have watched every game and was there today. I have been searching for a reason to think that Ewing was a good hire. I ask the good people of this board to let me know what you are seeing that is encouraging. People are saying we are running an uptempo offense. Maybe when compared to JT III. But, I don't see any tempo. No fast breaks, no secondary break (a la UNC), just a tired old traditional inside-out motion offense. The Syracuse and Butler games were just attrocious first-year coaching debacles. Though we did play well for the first 3/4 of both games. I have been paying particular attention to out of bounds, out of timeout, end of half and second half adjustments. I think this (along with end game) are where game coaching really comes into play. I have not seen a single play out of a timeout (actually there was one), end of half, set play or second half adjustment that has worked for us. I know we were not going to get Brad Stephens, but Ewing (and his staff) has brought nothing to the table. I know he struggled putting together a staff. So maybe he didn't get the right people. But, the horrendous inexcusable coaching is more painful for me to watch than anything. Because that is not going to get any better and we are going to have to suffer for years until we hire an actual head coach. This is no different than Esherick. Totally outmatched former player first-time head coach thrown into the Big East against real coaches. Please tell me a play or adjustment that we have made in a game. Just one. Syracuse and Butler (and almost Depaul) are inexcusable in themselves. Aside from the remarkable lack of strategic coaching the substitutions have been a huge problem. A reason we have faded badly in Syracuse and Butler (aside from embarrassing in-game coaching) is fatigue. Jesse and Marcus have nothing left at the end of games. They need rest. Walker, Picket and Johnson can play 4 against most teams and rotate Govan and Darrickson at 5 some to get them both blows, so they have something left at the end of games. This season is over. We have not and will not win a game against a good team all season. So we need to play the young guys. Mulmore should never play another minute. Blair, Mosely, Pickett, Walker should all get BIG minutes. They are the future of this team. Mulmore nothing. He doesn't defend. He doesn't create. I have never seen a Georgetown player score less with as many minutes as he has. He can't shoot or finish at the rim. He can't play any more. Walker was encouraging today. Pickett, as much as he is getting blasted today for his play (he should have fought over one screen that resulted in a three) he leads the team in threes made, and made a couple today. He is probably the player with the most upside on this team and needs to play. Blair is the best shooter on the team and Mosely plays hard and can finish at the rim (and had a 3 today). Every minute Mulmore plays reminds me that Ewing is an old school coach who likes the senior security blanket out there, when any analytics coach or coach who thinks about next year and beyond would be abandoning Mulmore for the young guys. Its time to turn to next season. It really is too bad what has happened to our program. Just imagine a world with Peak, Copeland, White, Mourning and Campbell as seniors on this team with Tremont Waters as a Freshman to go with Darrickson Govan Mosely Johnson. That is a Sweet 16 team. It could have been this team, this year. Go ahead and trash Copeland or White and tell me that Peak had to leave. A great coach might have been able to keep that team together. I know Campbell and Mourning are hurt, they would be bit contributors anyway. Waters is the truth. Please tell me I'm crazy. Tell me why you are encouraged by Ewing's coaching. What have you seen? Are we really playing uptempo? I know it is more than JTII, but I don't see any tempo, movement, etc. I fall back on if the Syracuse, Butler and Creighton coaches were coaching our guys and Ewing was coaching theirs, would those three games have gone differently. I think so, in all three cases. I heard from a pretty good source that Shaka Smart really wanted the job. We had to do everything in our power to make that happen. Instead it was embarrassing disaster of a coaching search (don't forget how embarrassing that coaching search was with everyone turning us down publicly) that ended with a coach who is out of his depth. Patrick is the best Hoya ever. But that does not mean we owe him the next five years of our program. Esherick 2.0. Since you said please.... You're crazy.
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Post by professorhoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:47:56 GMT -5
I can't stand that shorty guard, Trey Dickerson. He cannot finish or penetrate and kick. He basically just drives and it's a turnover because he can't finish anything. Dickerson played 19 minutes, finished with 9 points on 4-8, 1-3 from 3, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover. He's not good but he didn't play badly today. And he suck at the 2-3 zone or man. People simply shoot over him cause he's so short and can't jump. I saw someone hit two straight 3s on him like he wasn't even there. A complete defensive liability.
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Post by professorhoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:48:53 GMT -5
He was a total whiff of a signing. Pretty perplexing The guy lost his starting job at South Dakota to a freshman... South Dakota!!!!! Bringing him in was perplexing and yet there was a portion here that applauded the signing. Classic case of overrating a guy just because he wants to play for your team. I get it was late in the process but I didn't and still don't see the point of bringing him in especially when Pat knew he was punting on the season. Wasn't this a III signing.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 6, 2018 16:50:04 GMT -5
So, how did Derrickson play today. People through Dickerson under the bus, but Mulmore scored 0. Some of you fools make me look like a genius. I know you had to admit it. The Hoyas got blown out today. What the excuse now. 90-66. Looks like some confidence was broken ey?
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:52:13 GMT -5
The guy lost his starting job at South Dakota to a freshman... South Dakota!!!!! Bringing him in was perplexing and yet there was a portion here that applauded the signing. Classic case of overrating a guy just because he wants to play for your team. I get it was late in the process but I didn't and still don't see the point of bringing him in especially when Pat knew he was punting on the season. Wasn't this a III signing. Nope. New head coach Patrick Ewing, along with a still-unclear assistant staff, has been working hard to find quality players who will round out the roster for next year and beyond. This commitment is a solid pickup, as Dickerson was an integral part of the squad that won South Dakota their first-ever Summit League regular season title this spring. www.casualhoya.com/2017/5/7/15573550/trey-dickerson-commits-to-georgetown-hoyas-recruiting-patrick-ewing
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Post by hoya95 on Jan 6, 2018 16:52:14 GMT -5
Jeff Goodman is trolling Casual Hoya. ESPN's major college basketball reporter who has been demoted to the Lithuanian beat is literally trolling our trolly SBNation site. It's a feedback loop for terrible PR. Now he's hitting where it actually hurts. Grrr.....
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 6, 2018 16:54:35 GMT -5
Look likes all the confidence was broken in this game. Hmmm...
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 6, 2018 16:55:45 GMT -5
Please tell me I'm crazy. Tell me why you are encouraged by Ewing's coaching. What have you seen? Are we really playing uptempo? I know it is more than JTII, but I don't see any tempo, movement, etc. I fall back on if the Syracuse, Butler and Creighton coaches were coaching our guys and Ewing was coaching theirs, would those three games have gone differently. I think so, in all three cases. I heard from a pretty good source that Shaka Smart really wanted the job. We had to do everything in our power to make that happen. Instead it was embarrassing disaster of a coaching search (don't forget how embarrassing that coaching search was with everyone turning us down publicly) that ended with a coach who is out of his depth. Patrick is the best Hoya ever. But that does not mean we owe him the next five years of our program. Esherick 2.0. I am mildly encouraged and certainly not discouraged by PE. The simple fact is that the level of talent on this team does not permit a well-informed judgment on the coach. It just doesn't. And I'm somewhat surprised that you would think that someone with the level of recent NBA experience as Pat would be clueless about an analytical approach to the game. Sometime in the 2019-20 season we'll begin to get a reasonable assessment of whether the hire is working. And, for all that is sweetness and light in the world, please stop with Shaka Smart.
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Post by zxhoya on Jan 6, 2018 16:58:22 GMT -5
Look likes all the confidence was broken in this game. Hmmm... I guess the players will call it quits from this point on and not even make the trip to NYC. Throw this game out the window and move on to the next.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jan 6, 2018 17:02:50 GMT -5
No they haven't. Toby Hegner (34%) from 22 is not the shot Creighton wants. But he hit 5/8. Davion Mintz has 2 threes in his first three conference games and 8 all year. He was 4/5 today. The rest of their (much better shooting) team was 7/23 from three. Our defense on Kenpom is 111th and 4th so far in conference. We're mediocre and we can't stop perimeter guys with great individual moves. But we aren't relying on random chance. Just because a team hits the shot doesn't mean it was the one they wanted. They just got the result they wanted. Hegner shot 44% last year and after today is shooting 41%. Mintz is shooting 50% after today. I think they are more than OK with those shots just like I would be OK with Jessie taking wide open 3's if he got them. We just don't set up plays for that. As a team its not like they shot that far off their season average. If they shot average they would made 14 instead of 16. Considering the amount of wide open shots they got I would say they should've made a few more. Yes after today's huge day they're both shooting great. But guess who shoots better? The other three guys on the perimeter! It's why they're a top 20 offense. Their 4th best shooter is good. And if you close they dish to the big who lays it in. If we had the horses to have a lockdown defense, this would be a difficult matchup. We don't have that so we have to choose how to play it. If we had closed out hard and either gave up layups or fouled people would say we're stupid to close out. Bottom line, they're really good and played really well. That's hard for an outmanned team to stop or anyone to stop for that matter.
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Post by zxhoya on Jan 6, 2018 17:09:32 GMT -5
Please tell me I'm crazy. Tell me why you are encouraged by Ewing's coaching. What have you seen? Are we really playing uptempo? I know it is more than JTII, but I don't see any tempo, movement, etc. I fall back on if the Syracuse, Butler and Creighton coaches were coaching our guys and Ewing was coaching theirs, would those three games have gone differently. I think so, in all three cases. I heard from a pretty good source that Shaka Smart really wanted the job. We had to do everything in our power to make that happen. Instead it was embarrassing disaster of a coaching search (don't forget how embarrassing that coaching search was with everyone turning us down publicly) that ended with a coach who is out of his depth. Patrick is the best Hoya ever. But that does not mean we owe him the next five years of our program. Esherick 2.0. I am mildly encouraged and certainly not discouraged by PE. The simple fact is that the level of talent on this team does not permit a well-informed judgment on the coach. It just doesn't. And I'm somewhat surprised that you would think that someone with the level of recent NBA experience as Pat would be clueless about an analytical approach to the game. Sometime in the 2019-20 season we'll begin to get a reasonable assessment of whether the hire is working. And, for all that is sweetness and light in the world, please stop with Shaka Smart. Exactly Iowa. How can you judge a coach midway through his 1st season before he's had an opportunity to recruit and implement his Feng Shui systematically. Let's give him a couple of minutes to try and build a program... and it's a program that needs building.
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Post by zxhoya on Jan 6, 2018 17:13:36 GMT -5
Hegner shot 44% last year and after today is shooting 41%. Mintz is shooting 50% after today. I think they are more than OK with those shots just like I would be OK with Jessie taking wide open 3's if he got them. We just don't set up plays for that. As a team its not like they shot that far off their season average. If they shot average they would made 14 instead of 16. Considering the amount of wide open shots they got I would say they should've made a few more. Yes after today's huge day they're both shooting great. But guess who shoots better? The other three guys on the perimeter! It's why they're a top 20 offense. Their 4th best shooter is good. And if you close they dish to the big who lays it in. If we had the horses to have a lockdown defense, this would be a difficult matchup. We don't have that so we have to choose how to play it. If we had closed out hard and either gave up layups or fouled people would say we're stupid to close out. Bottom line, they're really good and played really well. That's hard for an outmanned team to stop or anyone to stop for that matter. One of the best teams in the Big East which is one of the best basketball conferences in the NCAA.
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Post by hoyazeke on Jan 6, 2018 17:34:13 GMT -5
Fellas we all need to take a deep breath and step away from the ledge. Creighton and Nova are gonna make us look really bad this year because we just don't have the guard play to compete with them. We will be competitive against the rest of the league home and away but like others have stated we aren't winning many games this year in conference. It drives me crazy hearing or reading people state that our OOC schedule killed any chance of going to the tourney. News flash. We weren't going to any tourney this year.......year 3 is when we make serious noise......😉
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Post by sleepy on Jan 6, 2018 17:34:43 GMT -5
Agreed. Govan is our best 3 point shooter. Modern basketball is all about ball movement, spacing and 3s. We do none of that. No he's not.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 6, 2018 17:35:04 GMT -5
@dan wrote: That’s as good a spot as any to conclude this thread (previous). Really? How did Derrickson play today? 15 minutes, 4 points. Hmmm. MCIGuy wrote: No one in the nation even know who Derrickson is. People couldn't point him out of a lineup of the Last Jedi cast. And the main clip that has gone viral is the one with Ewing's exasperated questioning that doesn't focus on anything other than Ewing's face and doesn't include the followup clip of Derrickson taking the shot. So, no, there is no national finger-pointing being directed at Derrickson. And the sports nation is too invested in college and pro football and even the NBA to care too much about a game between two unranked teams that was broadcast on FS1. The only "Hoya" the nation knows or even cares about right now is Mac McClung who isn't even on the team yet. Me: The video went viral. So, why wouldn't people in the nation know who Derrickson is. He's also been playing for Georgetown going on three years right? And how do you know people couldn't point him out? Hmmm. By the way, "follow up" and National "finger pointing" are two words. Why put "national" in front of finger pointing? Please check your writing. @williambraski says you "nailed it" when you mention the only "Hoya" the nation knows or even cares about right now is Mac, but then say he's not on the yet? Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, the list goes on and on. Thanks. Please, check your writing skills son. hoyasaxa2003 wrote: Like most everything these days, it might be “viral” now and in a few days nobody will care. Me: Nobody but Marcus will care. He'll care about people remembering him as that player that a legend scolded on national tv. Especially children. It wouldn't hurt to be considerate. What's silly is you all making excuses for Ewing's mistakes. I happen to know his dad and work with his sister. I'm going to leave this right there. guru, no comment. All caps and foolish. LOL! SFHoya99 wrote: This thread is much more embarrassing than having Patrick Ewing question your shot selection in an effort to make you better. Me: I didn't make this idiotic thread. I just gave you great insight but the hate is unreal LMBAO! Some of you make me look like a "GENIUS." #donthatetheplay bigskyhoya wrote: Is there any precedent for deleting an entire thread? Would anyone miss this one if it disappeared? Me: Dang BigSky you're a few days late man. This thread should've been gone in the beginning. Good try though old guy. lol gunny wrote: Is this horse dead yet? Hmmmm... Me: Horse? practice wrote: On the bright side, I rediscovered how to BLOCK another poster. Me: Thank you, let's me know I'm right! Earlier this week's discussion board:bostonfan wrote: Making a lot of threes would give the Hoyas a chance to win this one, but going into the game with the strategy of taking a lot of threes could be a real problem. Missed threes turn into long rebounds and good opportunities for the opponent to get out and run. that is playing into Creighton's hands and the way they want to play. Having good floor balance and getting back on defense is going to be really important to prevent those big runs that Creighton can go on. If they can find a way to win this game I won't care how they do it, but taking a lot of threes could be an issue especially when you're shooting 35% from 3 pt. land on the season! Me: Hoyas shot 9-24, last game in three pointers. 35% for the season, so no counting on 3's to ever bail us out lol. It's never a good idea to rely on three pointers. If they don't go in you will complain the Hoyas are playing soft and not taking or getting the ball inside the post where it should go. Shooting a lot of three's is always an issue when the Hoyas do this. They beat themselves when they do this. And yes, bostonfan it's always issue when your team is taking too many three's. GIGAFAN99 wrote: I think we keep thinking 23 is a lot of threes (as in we're "settling for threes") because of our pace the last few years. 23 threes is nothing. This game is going to be a track meet. If we shoot that many we will have been balanced. We're not disagreeing glide. We're 14th in the nation in FTA/FGA (#1 in conference) and 248th in 3PA/FGA (7th in conference) but we still shoot 20 threes a game. That's just a function of our pace. So the likelihood is, we will shoot 23 threes tomorrow playing our normal game against a team that also plays fast. Just hit them is all I'm saying! Me: Sighs. Wrong. Hahahaha. You still okay with me though. lol It's amazing the things you hear from your players talking to them one on one. I never embarrassed a player, I spoke with him alone. Morgan Wootten
True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches. Morgan Wootten “Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.”
― Grant Hill Thought since someone mention I should've put these quotes italics, I would this time. LOLOLOLOLOL. Ready, set, go! #donthatetheplaya Hoya Saxa! Beat St. Johns!
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 6, 2018 17:39:08 GMT -5
Look likes all the confidence was broken in this game. Hmmm... I guess the players will call it quits from this point on and not even make the trip to NYC. Throw this game out the window and move on to the next. No, they won't quit, (well, they did quit today) but be careful how you talk to your players especially when they believe in you and are trying their best. I do remember Derrickson was playing his ass off and had 14 points before the half vs. DePaul. But 15 minutes, 4 points? The way he got hit in the nose made me think he may have a concussion. I don't know. I'm just saying, if so, he shouldn't have even played if this were the case. Again, I don't know.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 6, 2018 17:40:40 GMT -5
Agreed. Govan is our best 3 point shooter. Modern basketball is all about ball movement, spacing and 3s. We do none of that. No he's not. Govan is our best three point shooter. I digress.
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