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Post by bmartin on Nov 10, 2015 23:53:34 GMT -5
I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team. The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor. Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008. Wasn't he benched by JT3 during his junior year? No.
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Post by bmartin on Nov 10, 2015 22:35:10 GMT -5
I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team.
The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor.
Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008.
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Post by bmartin on Nov 1, 2015 17:59:59 GMT -5
I am not understanding all the praise for Syndergaard. He did not intimidate anyone. Six of the first ten batters got hits with an RBI ground out and a sacrifice bunt in there. The overturned play at third may have saved him from being knocked out of the game in the 2nd inning. The Mets won because they hit homers off Ventura, not because of Syndergaard's brush-back pitch. Even after he pitched well in the middle innings, Syndergaard was no more effective than Harvey. They both gave up 3 runs in 6 IP.
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Post by bmartin on Oct 28, 2015 17:03:53 GMT -5
Yes, JTIII was an assistant when Chris Young played at Princeton but there have been several occasions over the years when Young was in DC to pitch against the Nationals or here in the off-season (his wife is a Patrick of the famous hockey Patricks and his father in law is in with Leonsis as part owner of the Caps) when they have met and talked and both have referred to a coach-player relationship. JTIII always came out when the Padres were in town with both Young and Will Venable. Regarding the tweet above, there is also a Denver U tweet about Chris Young having played for Joe Scott, who also was a Princeton assistant at the time. I guess Holy Cross is asleep, since they have not tweeted anything about Bill Carmody coaching Young.
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Post by bmartin on Oct 19, 2015 12:17:20 GMT -5
20 and 10 for Hop?? He is 15/27 from the floor and 10/11 from the foul line. 9 offensive rebounds in 2 games so probably several put-backs in there.
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Post by bmartin on Oct 19, 2015 9:58:50 GMT -5
Meanwhile, in Hoyas in Europe news Mikael Hopkins has played two games for Istanbul DSI in the Turkish Basketball League and is averaging 20 points and 9.5 rebounds.
Jason Clark is in the same league playing for Mamak DSI and averages 21 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists.
Austin Freeman is averaging 23.5 ppg after 3 games for Reggio Calabria in Italy Serie A-2.
Julian Vaughn is playing for CEZ Nymburk, which is in the Czech league (JV: 13 & 7) and also in the VTB United League (10 & 5.5).
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Post by bmartin on Oct 9, 2015 10:28:35 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Sept 28, 2015 23:19:40 GMT -5
So I think Papelbon is a meathead of the highest order and I have a very hard time siding with him in any way, but let's not make Harper out as a total innocent in this little disgrace. CJ Nitkowski, a former player but not anyone's idea of a neanderthal ex-jock, says that players universally support Papelbon.CJ Nitkowski was a bad pitcher who pitched a total of 479 innings in 10 years and whose only notable feat was hitting three consecutive batters once. He either made up these quotes or he talked to people that he knew already hated Harper. Old timers lie. They did not sprint to first on every popup. Read Mark DeRosa's take on Papelbon, and by extension on Nitkowski also: "You've played 63 innings this year. You've been in the clubhouse probably ... through the fifth inning, getting a rubdown, eatin' a sandwich, doing your Jobe exercises, takin' your time...
"You’re top-stepping a guy who’s played in 1,262 innings, who’s hitting .336 with 41 homers, is gonna be the National League MVP and you’re questioning whether or not he goes to the post everyday. That’s tired, okay? No reliever should tell a position player anything about hustle. Go stand out there in the rain, sleet and snow while you guys are giving up gap shots. That bothered me.”
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Post by bmartin on Sept 25, 2015 20:45:39 GMT -5
The pipeline is just not that big a deal. There are pipelines all over the place. There are risks and rewards to be balanced but both are relatively small and more symbolic than real. There are many more important environmental policy concerns. Much better management of coastal and river watershed flood plains is a much bigger national priority. So is having competent and accountable management of the environmental laws and policies already in place. There are spills, illegal dumping, negligence, etc. all over the country that the federal government never detects because it trusts corrupt state and local governments to enforce the federal laws. I was always amazed when I worked on the Hill that in our coastal district the beaches and fisheries had to be closed because of bacteria and various toxic pollution every time there was a heavy rain yet all the local environmentalists cared about was the Arctic Wildlife Refuge.
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Post by bmartin on Sept 24, 2015 19:55:54 GMT -5
It actually is a refreshingly honest answer. It means she is annoyed that environmentalists are treating this pipeline as the defining issue of the day when it isn't, but she will oppose it so she can move the climate/environmental debate on to issues she thinks are much more important.
The distortion of environmental priorities by groups looking for a fund-raising hook is a very common frustration among Democratic policy people in Congress but is rarely said out loud.
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Post by bmartin on Sept 21, 2015 10:55:25 GMT -5
The fact that the kid's clock was basically the equivalent of a hobby kit is now being presented by the paranoid as somehow evidence of fraud. He never claimed he had invented time or that this was some unprecedented invention. He seems to me to be just the kind of curious boy who takes things apart to figure out how they work, and he wanted to show his science teacher what he had figured out. Not a diabolical genius, just a very normal 14 year old boy.
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Post by bmartin on Sept 20, 2015 22:04:00 GMT -5
The police knew it was not a bomb well before they handcuffed the kid and perp walked him in front of the whole school. It should have taken only a few minutes to know he was an innocent and naive nerd kid who was oblivious to what was going on. So yes it was paranoid government overreach. Now the kid is not so naive. He has learned that he can't trust teachers, principals, or police to treat him fairly unless the media is involved.
And why does anyone care who is invited to the White House for photo ops? It really is not important and not worth all the angst.
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Post by bmartin on May 15, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -5
Airports get de facto subsidies from parking, rental car, and taxi rights fees because, unlike the rest of the world, there are few places in the U.S. where you can take a train to the airport from the surrounding region or catch a train from the airport to popular destinations. I have ridden MARC and NJ-Transit more than Amtrak because MARC makes it pretty easy to get to from DC to BWI or Baltimore and back and I used to ride NJT from Princeton to Penn Station and occasionally to Newark airport.
But when I fly into almost anywhere else in the U.S. I don't have that choice.
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Post by bmartin on May 7, 2015 23:30:51 GMT -5
In three meets as a college shot putter, Stainbrook has improved from 10.81 meters on 4/17 to 11.57 on 4/25 to 12.11 on 5/2.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 28, 2015 10:32:07 GMT -5
The evidence was there. This is from early March: The Wizards finally found a small ball lineup that works www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/5/8157695/washington-wizards-small-ball-lineup-chicago-bulls-otto-porter-neneOn Tuesday night, Randy Wittman rolled out an interesting lineup late in the game to try to get back into it against the Bulls. Nene was on the bench after fouling out, and rather than go big with Drew Gooden and Marcin Gortat down low, Wittman opted to go small with John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter, Paul Pierce and Marcin Gortat.
Over the next 3 minutes and 53 seconds, the Wizards outscored the Bulls 13-7. Keep in mind that was with Aaron Brooks hitting an ill-advised three that John Wall contested fairly well, as well as Bradley Beal missing a good look that could have tied the game.
Yes, we realize this is an incredibly small sample ... But the results here are really encouraging for a team that's been desperate to find an effective small ball lineup. What's especially encouraging is how the unit was able to get the job done offensively and defensively.
... Believe it or not, this was the first time all season the Wizards have used Wall, Beal, Porter, Pierce and Gortat together on the floor at the same time. This is despite the fact that Paul Pierce and Otto Porter have a better net rating than any other two-man pairing on the team that's played at least 100 minutes together.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 25, 2015 13:57:05 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Apr 20, 2015 11:23:39 GMT -5
Roy will be much more productive in an offense that wants him to post up. His drop in field goal percentage is mostly due to taking a lot more mid-range shots.
In his best offensive season, 2011-12, 36% of his attempts were from within 3 feet and only 19% were from 10 feet and out.
This season, only 22% of his fg attempts were from within 3 feet and 38% were from 10 feet plus.
His average fg attempt was from 9 feet this season. In 2011-12, his average fg attempt was from 6 feet.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 19, 2015 20:47:41 GMT -5
Good mid majors have good guards who can shoot. The way high majors beat them is dominating points in the paint and rebounding not by winning a 3-point shooting contest. FGCU was soft inside but we got nothing from our front court. That is what cost us the game more than anything else. Starks was our most effective player. Against NC State we were +7 when Henry was on the floor and -10 when he was out because our other bigs were overmatched. Hollis almost won the game for us. Why don't you pick an argument and stick to it. Quit moving the goalposts. I said some combination of 3,4,5 has been weaker than the backcourt and then I gave evidence of how that weakness contributed to the last three NCAA losses. I didn't move the goalposts. I explained how the broader point applied in specific games in different years. Obviously, our team, our opponents, and games in different years were not identical.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 19, 2015 14:48:14 GMT -5
This. Over and over. This. Really? How often do we go up against better front courts? Specifically, when was the last time we lost an NCAA tourney game because we were dominated by the opposing front court? Poeltl and Bachyski definitely outplayed Smith, Hopkins, and Hayes. 21 points to 10 in favor of Utah.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 19, 2015 14:38:31 GMT -5
This. Over and over. This. Really? How often do we go up against better front courts? Specifically, when was the last time we lost an NCAA tourney game because we were dominated by the opposing front court? Good mid majors have good guards who can shoot. The way high majors beat them is dominating points in the paint and rebounding not by winning a 3-point shooting contest. FGCU was soft inside but we got nothing from our front court. That is what cost us the game more than anything else. Starks was our most effective player. Against NC State we were +7 when Henry was on the floor and -10 when he was out because our other bigs were overmatched. Hollis almost won the game for us.
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