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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 19, 2009 11:59:46 GMT -5
I don't think it's hyperbole - 29% from the field with no D is pretty much epically bad. I'm also not going to put too much stock into a comeback against Cuse that largely happened without him and a win over a garbage USF team.
I like Nikita, I think he'll be a good player here, and I'd rather see him playing than Wattad. But a guy who is in there for offense can't shoot this horribly.
Again, I don't really care if he starts, but his minutes should be cut a lot.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 19, 2009 11:35:44 GMT -5
I don't care if Nikita starts, but I do care if he gets 25 minutes and Sapp gets 20.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 19, 2009 11:15:30 GMT -5
Nikita is 4 for his last 22 from 3, and is shooting 28.9% from the field and 24.2% from 3 for the season. That is ungodly horrible.
In the 3 games before USF he had 2 total rebounds. He also plays horrible defense and fouls a ton (21 in the last 5 games). He's a decent passer, but let's not go too crazy - he has 10 assists on the year.
Nikita seemed like he was really improving, but he should still at best be a 5-10 minute a game bench player. He is probably the worst starter in the Big East. Yes, the team has played decently the past two games, and I don't really care who starts - but Sapp needs to play a lot more than Nikita.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 18, 2009 23:41:42 GMT -5
Wright has really picked up his play the last two games, which is obviously something we'll need against Marquette.
I thought Nikita was really picking it up and I was OK with moving him to the starting lineup - but he's been terrible. Unless he is hitting 40% of his 3s he's a liability, and he isn't hitting anything. Sapp needs to play a lot more against Marquette.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 7, 2009 18:35:05 GMT -5
Random thoughts:
- Why do we let Clark bring the ball up against the press? He obviously isn't ready to do it - a coaching problem, not Clark's.
- Neither Wright nor Monroe can use their off hands, which leads to lots of blown finishes at the rim.
- Greg fronts too aggressively on D, which led to a bunch of easy layins for Gates in the 2nd half. When he finally decided to body him, Gates airballed a hook. Aggressive fronting works when you have a shot blocker behind you (so our only options would be Sims) but not when it leaves Gates two feet from the basket contested by an ineffectual defender like Nikita or Summers
- DaJuan has total stone hands - can't catch or dribble. I think he just isn't that coordinated, since he can't control his momentum very well either.
- I thought Freeman would be one of the best offensive players in the Big East by his junior year when I saw him in HS - and now I'm not sure he's improved at all. Heck, the added weight might mean he's worse.
- Last year was kind of frustrating as a fan - nothing seemed like a success beyond a return trip to the final four. I thought this year would be a relief and a team that was a ton of fun to root for, but it hasn't worked out like that. This is a maddening team to root for, especially as I try to fight off the fear that we'll be worse in the coming years.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 7, 2009 15:02:55 GMT -5
I think his mistake is that he HAS adapted the system. Wright does nothing to fit within the system. SAPP should be playing OVER WRIGHT. Force these kids, athletic as they may be, to play in the system. I'm sick of barreling down the lane and then throwing up a layup on the LEFT side of the backboard w/ the RIGHT hand. Can Wright develop a left hand PLEASE?! Yea, Wright's fade away over the back righty layups from the left side and Monroe getting swatted because he always goes to his left on the right side - just horrible.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 29, 2009 11:12:29 GMT -5
If you mean this is a down year, OK. But it does matter if you call it a rebuilding year because that implies something totally different - that we are putting pieces in place this season that will prove valuable in future seasons. I really hope that's the case, but it is probably more likely that this will be our most talented team for the next 2-3 seasons.
I really don't think we can afford to write this season off as a "rebuilding year" because that doesn't accurately reflect the position the program is in.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 29, 2009 9:44:49 GMT -5
This would have been a rebuilding year 20 years ago. In 2009 you have to win now with this kind of talent.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 28, 2009 23:11:45 GMT -5
I'm worried that we are going to be rebuilding to an 8 man NIT team.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 28, 2009 22:42:18 GMT -5
Filo just hit it on the head --- rebuilding year realized. Sucks that a rebuilding year might have been our best chance at a title for a while.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 28, 2009 21:40:46 GMT -5
We had one good offensive stretch in the first 6 minutes of the 2nd half. Rest of the game was, as usual, pathetic.
I really can't figure out how Freeman's jumper turned into Jansen's.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 28, 2009 15:13:08 GMT -5
The only game I ever buy tix to is the first one I'm attending, just to save some hassle (usually from ebay). After that buying from losing fans is by far the best option.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 26, 2009 18:43:18 GMT -5
Hi I think we will have to agree to disagree. If we had shot 30% yesterday, we would have won easily. Not if Seton Hall also shot 30%, which pretty much negates your entire point.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 25, 2009 21:03:45 GMT -5
Yea, we can't defend on the perimeter at all and Roy isn't around to cover up mistakes.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 25, 2009 16:42:25 GMT -5
JTIII's biggest weakness seems to be an inability to stray from our base offense/defense. SH's entire froncourt has 4 fouls? Whatever, let's not pass it inside for 10 minutes. Other team has weak guards or a short bench? Eh, let's play back on defense. Other teams throw a press and zone at us every game - well, let's just keep trying the same stuff over and over.
Our base stuff is good - but until JTIII learns to adapt and take advantage of matchups he will never be a great coach.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 22, 2009 21:33:00 GMT -5
To compound the horrible loss, my supposed Young Alumni section (119) was absolutely packed with annoying WVU fans. The middle of the section, where I sit, is like that every game - the seats are either empty or filled by opposing fans. Pathetic that young alums are buying season tix just to sell them.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2009 14:21:42 GMT -5
You don't evaluate the play on the basis of the result. As I said in my original post, I would feel the same way if that play had ended Dajaun's season- and I would add, even his career. In addition, you can go for the ball and hit the body, whether it be the arm, neck, or face, instead. If you swing your arm at the ball in an effort to hit it, that is a play on the ball, and it should be a regular, old foul- period. The refs can't judge intent. If you have no chance at getting the ball and instead club a guy in a dangerous position around the head/neck it's an intentional foul every time.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2009 14:18:10 GMT -5
DaJuan got hit up around the head/neck from behind. That's going to be a flagrant every time - the refs won't let you hit a guy in the head.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2009 9:20:26 GMT -5
Nikita is absolutely nothing like Kirilenko - he isn't actually 6'9", he isn't that athletic, and he doesn't play defense. He can shoot, pass, and has a decent handle for his size, but let's not go crazy here.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 13, 2009 13:18:21 GMT -5
Can Vinson really play the 4? Seems like he's close to 6'5" and isn't particularly beefy.
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