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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2020 15:15:08 GMT -5
We literally have 6 maybe 7 guys, and 2 of those are centers. Who cares who starts lol everybody is going to play over 30 minutes. So you are saying “who cares...just play him!”. I am saying, we can’t afford to dig ourselves a double digit deficit within the first minutes of each game. I am saying ...start him and play him darn near 40 minutes as he has been. Everyone is so scared to take a stand. He started the last 2 games and we were down 16 to Seton Hall and 11 to Depaul within minutes. Double digits to St. Johns also. You have to be the leader after 40 minutes not 5.
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Post by professorhoya on Feb 8, 2020 15:15:12 GMT -5
When I suggested that the kid start at the beginning of the year, I was almost laughed off this board. He's now a candidate for BE POW averaging darn near 24ppg as a starter in league play. Interested to see how the board spins this one. Go for it!! If he plays at this level then we can go 4 guard one big, Villanova style.
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Post by hoyainla on Feb 8, 2020 15:20:27 GMT -5
In the 3 recent games Mac has been out, Hoyas are 18-67 (26.9%) from 3. Blair is 10-30 (33.3%). Rest of team is 8-37 (21.6%). Mcclung in BE play is shooting 22% from 3. Bottom line: even after Mac comes back, we HAVE to have guys step up and hit open 3's. And not just one guy, all 3-4 of them that take them in considerable volume. There is no other way to beat good teams in this league. The ball movement and quality of looks have improved as of late. It's up to guys to hit them when they're there. It’s almost as if recruitng guys that aren’t shooters is a bad strategy.
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Post by aggypryd on Feb 8, 2020 15:20:29 GMT -5
For next year? Yes...
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Post by saxagael on Feb 8, 2020 15:23:51 GMT -5
So you are saying “who cares...just play him!”. I am saying, we can’t afford to dig ourselves a double digit deficit within the first minutes of each game. I am saying ...start him and play him darn near 40 minutes as he has been. Everyone is so scared to take a stand. He started the last 2 games and we were down 16 to Seton Hall and 11 to Depaul within minutes. Double digits to St. Johns also. You have to be the leader after 40 minutes not 5. Most Big East games this year Hoyas got down 10 quickly. It isn't Blair, it has more to do with pushing the ball in to Yurtseven to collapse the defense later. Unfortunately pushing the ball inside doesn't lead to conversions early by Yurt or him kicking out.
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Post by oldbigeast on Feb 8, 2020 15:25:42 GMT -5
Who cares? We have 7 guys. He's playing 30 minutes and getting 10+ shots regardless.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 8, 2020 15:27:20 GMT -5
Patrick just has to keep JUGGling the lineup.😎
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 8, 2020 15:36:08 GMT -5
Who cares? We have 7 guys. He's playing 30 minutes and getting 10+ shots regardless. Jahvon is the only guy to play 40/40/40 the last 3 games. Ewing knows we have to have him on the floor. If he plays 30 minutes like people are suggesting, we lose all three games. In order to combat the slow starts ...we need to start both Mac and Jahvon....we can make defensive adjustments later.
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Post by hoyainla on Feb 8, 2020 15:57:13 GMT -5
So you are saying “who cares...just play him!”. I am saying, we can’t afford to dig ourselves a double digit deficit within the first minutes of each game. I am saying ...start him and play him darn near 40 minutes as he has been. Everyone is so scared to take a stand. He started the last 2 games and we were down 16 to Seton Hall and 11 to Depaul within minutes. Double digits to St. Johns also. You have to be the leader after 40 minutes not 5. I believe he scored 6 of the first 8 points today and was responsible for 4 open shots that guys missed. When every game is the same regardless of personnel that means we have a strategy or preparedness problem.
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 8, 2020 16:08:17 GMT -5
You guys are missing the point. When Mac returns, we need them both to start!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2020 16:10:31 GMT -5
You guys are missing the point. When Mac returns, we need them both to start!! Probably because you mentioned in your first post you were right when u said at the beginning of the year that he should start over Mac. I still disagree, but that might be why people are confused. It also really doesn't matter at this point. Start him, don't start him, who cares... We're so thin everybody is going to play a lot of minutes.
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Post by hoyainla on Feb 8, 2020 17:35:05 GMT -5
You guys are missing the point. When Mac returns, we need them both to start!! Probably because you mentioned in your first post you were right when u said at the beginning of the year that he should start over Mac. I still disagree, but that might be why people are confused. It also really doesn't matter at this point. Start him, don't start him, who cares... We're so thin everybody is going to play a lot of minutes. Blair should’ve started over Blair to start the year. Him or Greg should’ve started over Mac last year as well. You are right it doesn’t matter who starts but it’s not true that Blair was getting plenty of minutes. Ewing even admitted that Blair was complaining about his playing time. In BE play when Mac has played he’s getting 33 MPG and Blair is getting 21. There has never been a justification for that discrepancy.
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Post by beenaround on Feb 8, 2020 17:52:45 GMT -5
Probably because you mentioned in your first post you were right when u said at the beginning of the year that he should start over Mac. I still disagree, but that might be why people are confused. It also really doesn't matter at this point. Start him, don't start him, who cares... We're so thin everybody is going to play a lot of minutes. Blair should’ve started over Blair to start the year. Him or Greg should’ve started over Mac last year as well. You are right it doesn’t matter who starts but it’s not true that Blair was getting plenty of minutes. Ewing even admitted that Blair was complaining about his playing time. In BE play when Mac has played he’s getting 33 MPG and Blair is getting 21. There has never been a justification for that discrepancy. Yawn!!!!!!!
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Post by vv83 on Feb 8, 2020 17:58:07 GMT -5
In the 3 recent games Mac has been out, Hoyas are 18-67 (26.9%) from 3. Blair is 10-30 (33.3%). Rest of team is 8-37 (21.6%). Mcclung in BE play is shooting 22% from 3. Bottom line: even after Mac comes back, we HAVE to have guys step up and hit open 3's. And not just one guy, all 3-4 of them that take them in considerable volume. There is no other way to beat good teams in this league. The ball movement and quality of looks have improved as of late. It's up to guys to hit them when they're there. Right now the best way to defend us is to leave Pickett absolutely wide open any time he goes to the corner, and allow him to shoot that shot to his heart's content. Credit to him for hanging in mentally and hitting 2 big threes in the second half, and for pulling down a really strong rebound at a critical moment. But his overall offensive game is a tragedy right now. I'm sure the actual data is not this bad, but it certainly feels like he is a turnover, badly forced difficult shot missed or wide open shot missed on about half of his touches. Any time he touches the ball and does not turn it over, miss a wide open shot, or force a difficult shot - I let out a breath of relief and consider it a win.
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Post by beenaround on Feb 8, 2020 18:04:43 GMT -5
That’s the shocking thing about picketts three point shooting. He is literally wide open with no resistance and still misses badly so often. The other guys at least have a defender running at them....Mac normally shooting off the bounce.
He wasn’t this bad last year.. And the stats will not tell the full story… Because last year at least he was DEFENDED from three.
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Feb 8, 2020 18:05:57 GMT -5
Does being able to start mean that you start? Serious question.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2020 18:17:39 GMT -5
Probably because you mentioned in your first post you were right when u said at the beginning of the year that he should start over Mac. I still disagree, but that might be why people are confused. It also really doesn't matter at this point. Start him, don't start him, who cares... We're so thin everybody is going to play a lot of minutes. Blair should’ve started over Blair to start the year. Him or Greg should’ve started over Mac last year as well. You are right it doesn’t matter who starts but it’s not true that Blair was getting plenty of minutes. Ewing even admitted that Blair was complaining about his playing time. In BE play when Mac has played he’s getting 33 MPG and Blair is getting 21. There has never been a justification for that discrepancy. What were Blair's stats to start the year? He started the year very poorly. Ewing also talked about that. Coming into this game Blair was shooting 37% from the field in BE play. Nobody on this team has really been tearing it up. All of our best scores seem to be high volume, low efficiency players that can get hot at times. Blair also benefits from the fact he's not being game planned against at all. I love the kid, but you guys are so reactionary with this stuff. Every game we're going to have to find a different way to win. You might be able to play a 4 guard offense against Creighton, you probably won't be able to do it against Xavier for example. On a side note your fascination with Greg is kind of gettin weird now. How long are you going to keep saying the same thing? Let it go...
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Post by hoyanewyorka on Feb 8, 2020 18:25:01 GMT -5
4 Guards
Blair>Pickett
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Post by 4aks on Feb 8, 2020 18:30:14 GMT -5
yeah, four guards for bet
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2020 18:40:05 GMT -5
I understand the frustration with Pickett's offense, but If you think a coach who is always screaming about rebounding is about to run out a lineup of four 6'2-6'3 kids I think you're setting yourself up for disappointment...
Hopefully Picks starts knocking them down at a higher clip. We need everybody to play to potential to have a shot.
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