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Post by professorhoya on Jan 5, 2020 11:10:48 GMT -5
Yurt7 did not come to Georgetown for Ewing to teach him how to be a 3pt shooting big man. He came to be tutored by a legendary college and NBA low post big man on how to play the low post. The problem is that he was fine when he was plying against low post players smaller in size than he, but when matched against centers his size and with as much foot speed, he has looked very soft. As Ewing got in his face several times last night, you could see Ewings disappointment. You could also see Yurt7's frustration at his inability to make the low post moves he had been making on smaller centers. He does not like contact and goes out of his way to avoid it. Maybe he thought Ewing could magically make him want that kind of contact. Most dominant low post players relish contact and thrive off of it. Maybe he saw the transformation of Derrickson from his freshman year to his first year under Ewing, and projected this transformation for himself this year. To be fair Romero Gill is 7-2 with a 7 foot 8 wingspan which is pretty extreme. So it's not about facing someone smaller than him or his size but facing someone much taller and longer than him which he really probably hasn't seen at a competitive level.
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Post by hoyainla on Jan 5, 2020 12:53:33 GMT -5
Yurt7 did not come to Georgetown for Ewing to teach him how to be a 3pt shooting big man. He came to be tutored by a legendary college and NBA low post big man on how to play the low post. The problem is that he was fine when he was plying against low post players smaller in size than he, but when matched against centers his size and with as much foot speed, he has looked very soft. As Ewing got in his face several times last night, you could see Ewings disappointment. You could also see Yurt7's frustration at his inability to make the low post moves he had been making on smaller centers. He does not like contact and goes out of his way to avoid it. Maybe he thought Ewing could magically make him want that kind of contact. Most dominant low post players relish contact and thrive off of it. Maybe he saw the transformation of Derrickson from his freshman year to his first year under Ewing, and projected this transformation for himself this year. To be fair Romero Gill is 7-2 with a 7 foot 8 wingspan which is pretty extreme. So it's not about facing someone smaller than him or his size but facing someone much taller and longer than him which he really probably hasn't seen at a competitive level. So you are saying you think that was the Seton Hall game is the only one that Yurt struggled this year?
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Post by professorhoya on Jan 5, 2020 13:31:19 GMT -5
To be fair Romero Gill is 7-2 with a 7 foot 8 wingspan which is pretty extreme. So it's not about facing someone smaller than him or his size but facing someone much taller and longer than him which he really probably hasn't seen at a competitive level. So you are saying you think that was the Seton Hall game is the only one that Yurt struggled this year? I would say he's struggled when he has been in foul trouble and off the court but the Seton Hall game is the only one where he got absolutely dominated on the court. You could see that he was really struggling and bothered by Gill's length and technique. I think he even had a hook shot blocked. Towards the second half he started to alter his shot trajectory just to get over Mount Gill which was lowering his accuracy even more. Of course in hindsight he should have driven in more and pump faked to draw fouls. I'm sure in the second game he has that penciled in and already is thinking of strategies to get revenge on Gill. It happens though, different level of competition and sometimes you just haven't faced a developed 7-2 7-8 wingspan bigman before. It's like the first time Duke played Tako Fall. They really had no answer for him.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Jan 5, 2020 17:20:32 GMT -5
We all had Pickett projected to be our next star.
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Post by njhoyalawya on Jan 5, 2020 17:38:54 GMT -5
Pickett did some really good things in the Seton Hall game, and definitely was aggressive with rebounding. I realize he may not be where a lot of people had projected him to be by this time. But, in one of the recent press conferences, he acknowledged that he has some "catching up" to do after last year. It does look like he is putting in the effort to get there, and he certainly looks like he wants to be out there (which I questioned last year). I, personally, am rooting for him and believe that better things are coming for Jamorko.
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Post by bostonfan on Jan 6, 2020 8:57:35 GMT -5
It really seemed like the Hoyas have lost some confidence and some swagger in their game the last two games. For the 6 game winning streak everything seemed to go well for them (against sub par competition) and you could see them all playing with a lot of confidence. I think that everyone knew that they would run into some adversity as the season went along and they played Big East games. It is how they deal with that adversity and how they respond to things not always going well for them in games. The margin for error for this team is really thin with the lack of depth, so they need to play within the system the staff has for them and continue to believe in themselves. There were times against Seton Hall where they competed nose to nose with a really good team, but at other times you saw a lot of guys who looked to have lost some confidence and were hanging their heads. Hopefully a home win can turn that around.
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