|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 11, 2020 23:11:22 GMT -5
If we can play with confidence for 40 minutes instead of 35 there is no reason we cannot win both of these games. But let's start with one.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 11, 2020 23:09:47 GMT -5
The first about 18:30 went absolutely perfectly. That went as well as possible. We were hitting shots and they just weren't. Then they started to hit in the last minute and a half. If I remember correctly, Daniels hit one, we missed a couple of shots, they made a shot inside, and then Samuels hit that shot that didn't count. Still, they started getting good looks and controlled the tempo. That's just what great teams do. That's just the talent discrepancy. Overall though, an excellent half. Then, the second half happened. That was a disaster. Wright adjusted and we just didn't. We couldn't adjust and the offense looked so much more stagnant. No movement and the guys just missed some shots. They ended up putting Swider on Q, which looked like it worked better, but they were doing a lot to prevent a catch from Q. The skip pass was open. This and Jalen Harris and Bile just played too much. Bile was not great today and he made some mistakes, and Dante Harris was just much better than Jalen. I don't think the difference between Dante and Jalen is as big as some seem to think it is, though I am confident that Dante should be starting. And again, the Tim-Bile lineup DOESN'T WORK. UGH. Then since the offense became so stagnant, we relies on iso ball late. And, nobody on this team is a great shot creator, so that's just not going to work well. Blair made a couple of plays, as did Jamorko, but iso ball won't yield results with this team. We have to keep running our offense and we need our half-court offense to improve. It has not been great this year and I think putting Dante in more and giving us someone who is a threat to pull up from anywhere and hit an open three would help our offense in the half-court a ton. Dante might be our best shot creator. We need him to create some shots for himself. If we can develop him, Dante could be a stud in a year or two. As for the defense, it looked like we brought back the hard hedge and once Wright adjusted to it, they were scoring much more consistently. There are many teams that you can let shoot and pack it in on, but Villanova is absolutely not that team. We let Gillespie get hot by over-rotating on him (one was the scheme, I think one or two were on Harris) and that's just a death sentence. We let Nova control the tempo. We relied too much on iso ball on the other end and allowed Nova to get into a rhythm. They were getting looks in transition and we just let Nova take too many open threes. We just couldn't adjust. The hard hedge on the 1-5 screen just doesn't work. On the 1-4 screen, I trust our rim protection from our bigs enough. Just don't make the guards rotate. Leaving Gillespie or Daniels is just a death sentence. They will hit open shots and you will lose. You have to make sure those guys always have someone on them. Leaving them open and letting them shoot a combined 10-16 from deep is not acceptable. From my count, they combined at 6/7 from three in the second half. They hit four during their big run to tie the game. That's just embarrassing. I don't think one of those seven was contested. Those were all in rhythm. You have to run those guys off the line. If Samuels beats you, we absolutely live with that. That second half was just awful. They beat us by 26 in that second half. They tied that game almost immediately. You can't let them get open threes consistently. As for some positives, Dante Harris looked really comfortable. The Coppin State game seems to have given him so much more confidence which just makes that result so much better. Let's give him some more time!! We also did a very solid job on JRE. He's an NBA player and him leaving this game with 9 on 33% shooting is very good. If that was why we over-rotated it's probably not worth it, but that's an objectively good result. Jamorko has looked much better in the past four halves. He's rebounding well (our small-ball lineup is infinitely better than a Bile-Tim lineup, please use that more Coach) and he's shooting it really well. We also looked very good in a half where Blair was not on. If we can play well when Blair isn't scoring, that's going to be very helpful for our team's future. Negatives are really our three-point defense and just the second half. Our offense was so much more stagnant in that second half. That's not how Ewing has run his offense. And it seems our only inbound play is a screen/double screen for Blair in the short corner. I'd very much appreciate another play. Because once Wright realized that, they trapped Blair and that led to a poke out and possibly a TO, if I remember correctly. We need something else there. Overall, I can't be too upset because Nova is just so much more talented. Daniels and JRE will be NBA players at some point. Moore probably will be too and whenever Antoine can fully recover, he'll probably join them. Still, Nova is just more talented. Because of that, I can't blame this loss solely on Ewing. I don't like the quote he had postgame on letting Nova shoot 40 threes, (especially with how many Gillespie and Daniels took, if JRE, Slater, Samuels, and Dixon took 40, that's different), but the first half went super well, so I can't blame Coach. I wish he would've adjusted more, but some of that is on Jalen for just not rotating. I would like to see Dante more, and I think Coach will give us more Dante next game. And the guys made the wrong reads a couple of times. We didn't need to force it into the post and they just missed shots and got tentative. I don't think this was a coaching loss, though I would like to see some things change a bit. Overall though, if someone told me before the game that we'd lose by 13, I wouldn't be too angry. Just hated the way it happened. That second half was draining. But, a quick turnaround here and again, please play Dante more. Dante certainly has had some good moments. But let's not kid ourselves - he had a very poor second half. Of course everybody did.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 11, 2020 23:04:08 GMT -5
I just finished watching the game and have not had time to read through the thread, so this may be redundant but -
Winners win and losers lose. Right now our program has an atmosphere of losing. I am not trying to run down the guys on the team, it is just the way it is. You need to develop a mindset and an atmosphere of a winner. Nova had confidence and patience the second half. We were pressing the entire second half. Wahab front-rimmed pretty much everything. Nova tightened up on Pickett and Blair. Our point guards made mistake after mistake. It takes time to be prepared to win, to expect to win.
The next few weeks will tell us whether this program can develop a winning atmosphere.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 11, 2020 22:54:42 GMT -5
Well to be fair D. Harris was just as bad in the second half.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 11, 2020 13:43:34 GMT -5
Also it says he is playing tonight at 7:30. Game is at 7.
Unless he knows exactly what time he subs in??
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 10, 2020 14:30:36 GMT -5
One would think the two programs would try to stay apart to avoid both going down
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 10, 2020 14:16:14 GMT -5
Jamorko has shown himself to be a pretty good passer. I just hope he doesn't feel pressured to score every chance he has rather than being able to read the situation.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 8, 2020 23:37:31 GMT -5
You are just being silly.
Jamorko stinks.
We have been told so by a college basketball expert.🙄
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 8, 2020 18:02:49 GMT -5
Hoyas 81 Eagles 65
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 8, 2020 12:14:18 GMT -5
Looks like he’s changed his username to Deleted but hasn’t actually deleted his account. He’ll be back. If there's anything I know from my decades of experience on this board & my vast knowledge of point guard play, it's that there's another Rock just waiting to Glide in. Well done nyc!👏👏👏
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 5, 2020 19:16:20 GMT -5
Mods I thought all of these discussions of non-Hoyas were supposed to be going to the Pro and College Sports Boards?
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 5, 2020 10:33:33 GMT -5
Esherick was axed because he made the mistake if claiming in a press conference that "I will be here for 30 years if I want" or something to that effect. He could well have been given o e more year to try to turn it around if he had not made it sound like the AD had no control over him. Esh was axed for his job performance. He was responding with that comment to the negative chorus of people who questioned why he was still here and wanted him gone. There was a planned protest rally. Esh got his teams to a Sweet Sixteen and NIT championship game appearance. He also recruited Green and Hibbert (and Crawford). Same type of thing with the fire JTIII chants at games for III when he hit a rut. III had a Final Four, Big East championship and tournament appearances. That type of atmosphere isn't something one would reflect upon fondly and could leave bad blood or mixed feelings regarding their departure. Much different than when Mullin left. MullinMy understanding from a friend of Craig's has always been that despite the calls for his job, the admin was in favor of giving him one more year until his defiance gave them no choice.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 4, 2020 18:34:54 GMT -5
Chris Mullin's record at St. John's wasn't all that better than Ewing's, except he DID get an NCAA appearance in his last season, and he left/got pushed out after 4 seasons anyway. There was nobody on HoyaTalk saying it was unfair for Mullin to be fired after 4 years. The only reason it would be debatable here is because of Ewing's legendary status and the university which generally does not like to change. A lot of this talk is very early given a 1-1 record, but I wanted to clarify a point made about Chris Mullin. Mullin signed a six year deal in 2015, which seems to be fairly common among coaches' contracts these days. He resigned after his fourth season following the death of his younger brother. While there was fan discontent, the decision was his and not that of St. John's. The good news is that Mullin is still very much part of the St. John's family, and perhaps that's a lesson Georgetown fans should consider with former coaches. The collective fan base does not shun a player who didn't excel in his four years the way it has with former coaches. Jack Magee is 83 and living out in Fairfax--he hasn't appeared at the University in 48 years. He was basically a .500 coach whose athletic director submarined him by scheduling a prohibitive schedule to get rid of him. Craig Esherick, a double alumnus with 23 years on the staff, lives in Arlington but hasn't been near 20057 in 16 years. He was run out for one NCAA in five years and finishing 2004 with a losing record--unthinkable then, but more common now. And even JT III took note to avoid talking about the current Hoyas on this week's phone call as if his 13 years there never happened. While the efforts continue to repair relationships with former players, let's consider the same for coaches that played by the rules, never spoke ill of the place, and did what they could while they were there. Esherick was axed because he made the mistake of claiming in a press conference that "I will be here for 30 years if I want" or something to that effect. He could well have been given one more year to try to turn it around if he had not made it sound like the AD had no control over him.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 2, 2020 14:25:49 GMT -5
Will be instructive to see how this team reacts to getting kicked in the junk by Navy.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 1, 2020 21:11:30 GMT -5
Gonna be a loooong season. We will find out if Patrick can coach. So far not good at all.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 1, 2020 11:12:09 GMT -5
Well yes I am sure he and his family did. But as 7th/8th/9th man a year ago HoyaTalk sure didn't
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Nov 30, 2020 14:17:36 GMT -5
Twelve months ago no one would have even dreamed of this. I realize that it took some unforeseen circumstances to get here, but way to go Jahvon,for making the most of your opportunities!
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Nov 29, 2020 21:44:27 GMT -5
Not sure where to put this, but it’s such a great example of the brainpower at Lower Canada Community College not to share. “With no timeouts left, Rex Culpepper spiked the ball in a last-ditch effort for one more play -- only to realize too late the spike happened on fourth-and-goal. NC State won 36-29, while Syracuse dropped to 1-9 on the season.“ LinkThe worst sin was running around for 5-6 seconds and then trying to run straight ahead instead of throwing the ball away and saving 10 seconds and 10 yards.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Nov 29, 2020 15:22:22 GMT -5
Richmond beats Kentucky by double digits.
|
|
|
Post by FrazierFanatic on Nov 28, 2020 15:54:49 GMT -5
It is a huge number, I did not mean to suggest otherwise. The mortality rate does not really matter when you are talking about a quarter million people taken from their families.
My point was more that there is still so much we don't really know about all this.
|
|