SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:10:37 GMT -5
I just heard from a source of unknown reliability that Mac wasn't at game because he is scheduled for surgery. The source is a retired medical professional.
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madgesiq92
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Post by madgesiq92 on Mar 11, 2020 20:11:18 GMT -5
First post in years! That was a Georgetown masterpiece. I love how Coach Ewing waited until St. John’s had scored 18 straight points before calling timeout. The man is a Hall of Fame player and totally overmatched as a coach in every respect. ***Strong candidate for comeback post of the year.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:11:21 GMT -5
Pressing up 8-10 points midway 2nd half is a curious decision when you're shorthanded. Becomes even more curious when your PG is fatigued to the point of having both legs seize on him.
They tried. But don't confuse trying with playing hard. For how many opportunities to mix it up for a long rebound or a loose ball on the ground, we declined. Blair being the biggest offender.
A lot of self-reflection and work from all levels of the program, from the AD to the HC to the staff to the players to the trainers to the docs, needed in the next few weeks. This needs to be fixed.
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Post by hoyainla on Mar 11, 2020 20:12:36 GMT -5
At least to start next season we dont have to argue McClung versus Blair in the starting 5. He has been awful down the stretch. He still ended up with better stats than Mac had in conference play if that gives you any idea of how bad Mac was.
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dchoya72
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 11, 2020 20:12:44 GMT -5
The game slowed to a the point where the Hoyas went into a scoring drought. The thing is it wasn’t necessarily a bad strategy given our propensity to do boneheaded things and turn the ball over. But I thought the whole point of putting Yurt in the game in that situation was the post him up and let him go to work. If the double comes, pass out of it for the open 3. Go to work? He was a piece of work!
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Post by saxagael on Mar 11, 2020 20:13:54 GMT -5
leaving Q on the bench to play a guy that is obviously out of shape is basically coaching malpractice. this loss is totally on ewing I agree but I believe more than not playing Q the issue was slowing the game down...you can't tell our team to stop shooting with 8mins left...you keep the same game plan until the 3min mark... I was thinking that, but also thinking they need to save something for tomorrow. After the last 6 games Ewing gave the players the following day off to rest as 3 or 4 players were putting in 40 minutes and giving it there all. If he didn't slow things down it is a blow out tomorrow and everybody is cramping and hurt. Slowing down I sort of get, but staying with Yurtseven was odd.
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Post by guru on Mar 11, 2020 20:14:17 GMT -5
Really a bad season in every respect. Kind of glad it’s over.
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Post by jester on Mar 11, 2020 20:15:00 GMT -5
Blair has been horrible shooting last 6 games. Some fatigue And good teams but he also just missed a lot of shots. Hard to hide but hope he also finds consistency next year. 3-16 3-14 8-23 5-15 7-18 1-10 27/96 or 28% to close out the season. And no choice really to play him 40min a game
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Post by saxagael on Mar 11, 2020 20:16:09 GMT -5
I just heard from a source of unknown reliability that Mac wasn't at game because he is scheduled for surgery. The source is a retired medical professional. Admin: Delete if violates board rules. There was mention of a player missing because of surgery by the announcers, but I didn't catch who that was.
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Post by kettlehill on Mar 11, 2020 20:16:27 GMT -5
This is one where PE owes the team and the fan base an apology: once St. John’s started their run, he froze. Or so it seemed to me.
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Post by mfk24 on Mar 11, 2020 20:17:16 GMT -5
The thing is it wasn’t necessarily a bad strategy given our propensity to do boneheaded things and turn the ball over. But I thought the whole point of putting Yurt in the game in that situation was the post him up and let him go to work. If the double comes, pass out of it for the open 3. Go to work? He was a piece of work! Don’t disagree, he’s super soft. I’m just saying if Ewing left him in there, at least use him, otherwise he’s a liability. I would’ve sat him for Q after the lead got to down to 5.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:18:18 GMT -5
I just heard from a source of unknown reliability that Mac wasn't at game because he is scheduled for surgery. The source is a retired medical professional. Admin: Delete if violates board rules. There was mention of a player missing because of surgery by the announcers, but I didn't catch who that was. I didn't hear it either.
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Post by rlo24 on Mar 11, 2020 20:18:36 GMT -5
The game slowed to a the point where the Hoyas went into a scoring drought. The thing is it wasn’t necessarily a bad strategy given our propensity to do boneheaded things and turn the ball over. But I thought the whole point of putting Yurt in the game in that situation was the post him up and let him go to work. If the double comes, pass out of it for the open 3. Exactly. At one point we had a turnover and Ewing yelled for Picket to pull it back. Announcers even said we didn't need the points then, but the announcer doesn't know we don't run offense so a fast break and points is way more important than clock management. We tanked after that
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Post by DallasHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:19:39 GMT -5
What a meltdown. I think we were 6-13 on threes in the first half, and 1-16 in the second half. 21 turnovers, including six each by Mosely and Allen, our two primary ball handlers. Blair 2-14 on threes after the 1-8 against Nova. Pickett demonstrating once again why he may be the most inconsistent player in GU history.
As bad as Ewing’s second half coaching decisions were, I don’t think it would’ve made any difference in the end. Once again, the team shoots better from outside the arc when it matters wins.
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Post by DallasHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:21:36 GMT -5
Blair has been horrible shooting last 6 games. Some fatigue And good teams but he also just missed a lot of shots. Hard to hide but hope he also finds consistency next year. 3-16 3-14 8-23 5-15 7-18 1-10 27/96 or 28% to close out the season. And no choice really to play him 40min a game And right after the announcers said Ewing told the team to slow it down, Blair comes down court and immediately jacks up a three. If there were anyone to sub in, he would’ve been yanked.
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Post by DallasHoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:24:02 GMT -5
Pressing up 8-10 points midway 2nd half is a curious decision when you're shorthanded. Becomes even more curious when your PG is fatigued to the point of having both legs seize on him. They tried. But don't confuse trying with playing hard. For how many opportunities to mix it up for a long rebound or a loose ball on the ground, we declined. Blair being the biggest offender. A lot of self-reflection and work from all levels of the program, from the AD to the HC to the staff to the players to the trainers to the docs, needed in the next few weeks. This needs to be fixed. Blair not fighting for the rebound was followed immediately by Pickett turning away from a charge. We need some men to play defense next year.
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Post by mdtd on Mar 11, 2020 20:24:17 GMT -5
I just heard from a source of unknown reliability that Mac wasn't at game because he is scheduled for surgery. The source is a retired medical professional. Admin: Delete if violates board rules. There was mention of a player missing because of surgery by the announcers, but I didn't catch who that was. Probably Justin Roberts of St. John's
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dchoya72
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 11, 2020 20:25:26 GMT -5
Go to work? He was a piece of work! Don’t disagree, he’s super soft. I’m just saying if Ewing left him in there, at least use him, otherwise he’s a liability. I would’ve sat him for Q after the lead got to down to 5. Yurt gave us nothing today. It was night and day for the time that Wahab was in vs. when Yurt was in. I thought Wahab earned his time, he was was effective and impactful with his play vs what Yurt gave us.
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Post by calhoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:29:56 GMT -5
Have to say Ewing raised questions tonight that I thought he had answered earlier this year. Not going to blame 6 players even though I am certain each poster has his/her favorite whipping boy to blame. These kids were warriors and whether they shot well or poorly they always gave effort. Horrible season and a fitting end. Do not want to think of next year now but questions have to be answered next year about this coach and the direction of this program.
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Post by aleutianhoya on Mar 11, 2020 20:30:27 GMT -5
90% of that loss was Blair's inability to hit a wide-open three. He was 2-14 from three. TWO FOR FOURTEEN. Most of these weren't exactly Steph Curry running off of two screens with a guy in your face shots either. These were wide-spanking-open. Now....a couple of those misses were semi-desperation. But if he makes just two more when the game was meaningful we likely win that game easily.
Frankly, everything else is just window dressing.
Yurt created a lot of the open threes that we got by constantly drawing two and sometimes three defenders, even when he didn't yet have the ball. If anything, I thought we ought to have decoyed him down low and just ball-faked to him, waited for them to send unnecessary help and reversed the ball. He wasn't particularly effective when he actually had the ball -- he didn't find the open guy (except for his first pass) and that's probably a fair amount of rust and the game being too fast for a guy that's been out for a month. I thought his on-ball D was fine. He rebounded fine in his zone, but he's obviously not the sort of defensive presence Wahab is. Nowhere close.
I didn't have any problem with trying to slow the game down in general. Heck, Blair DIDN'T slow the game down...he shot immediately right after that was the play called for. We just made bone-headed passes and didn't move the ball crisply.
Pickett's late air-ball three sort of encapsulated the season for me.
We certainly do seem to have something with Wahab. A presence defensively. And solid enough in the post. Everyone else? Well, let's hope for some significant improvement.
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