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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 31, 2008 12:42:50 GMT -5
GIGA,
Yea, I agree with that - I was just trying to say that DaJuan won't be hurt by being at the 4. The team might be better off playing someone else there, though, depending on how the incoming players develop.
In other words, if we move DaJuan to the 3, it should be because Monroe will add more at the 4 than having another guard would, and not because DaJuan will play better.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 31, 2008 12:07:24 GMT -5
Omar and Nikita will probably either be the sole Georgetown reps on a team or together, which is how it usually works for the guys at the end of the roster.
Last year they split up the freshman; if all 4 make it, I suspect we see that again, especially with 3 big men. So, if we end up with Tomb's and Clyde's both being Georgetown again, perhaps something like this:
Tombs's - Sapp, Freeman, Monroe, Braswell Clyde's - Wright, Summers, Clark, Sims Other - Rivers, Macklin Other - Wattad, Nikita
Rivers could replace someone on the top two squads, the idea being to have a returning PG on each. You could also have Macklin replace someone on the team that only gets 1 of the big freshman.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 31, 2008 11:58:23 GMT -5
Clearly Dajuan wasn't comfortable at the 4 nor will he play that in the league. This will prob be he last year at GU, imo, so to better prepare he needs to be at the 3. . I just don't get this. There is major revisionist history going on with DaJuan's freshman year. In only .8 more minutes per game this year, DaJuan averaged 1.9 more points, 1.7 more boards, .4 more assists, .1 fewer TOs, .2 more steals, and shot slightly better from the field and from 3. His FT shooting was worse, but it would be tough to blame that on his position. He clearly played better, but obviously expectations were higher and this is distorting peoples' view of his development. The numbers shouldn't be surprising - the 3 and 4 are very similar in our offense, and DaJuan had an extra year of experience. On offense, he faced guys that were slower than him, which in theory should be an advantage since he doesn't post up. He should actually be better prepared for the league if he stays at the 4, since he would then try to drive more rather than just jacking up threes over shorter guys. If people were complaining about his defense or rebounding (well, some are about the latter), OK. But most people want to move him back to the 3 for his offense, which makes little sense. I'm not sure why we care about his position in the league, anyway. This isn't AAU - we need to win, not sacrifice efficiency to improve a player's stock. Now, it might end up than Monroe and Sims are awesome and Macklin makes a huge jump, in which case it would make sense to move DaJuan. But if the roster works better with DaJuan at the 4, ignoring that so he can play the 3 is foolish, since there is no reason to think doing so would improve his play.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 26, 2008 8:48:21 GMT -5
This is the easiest board to troll that I have ever seen.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 25, 2008 12:59:56 GMT -5
This is a very good and very interesting analysis.
On defense, my only real issue is that I'd like to see flexibility. If we played a carbon copy of ourselves this year, would we have pressed? The answer of course is no, despite the fact that every team pressed us because it was obviously the right decision. Our style of defense works very well, but a more aggressive style can work even better against poor ball-handling teams, and I hope with the change in personnel that JTIII is willing to vary his defensive stratgey based on the opponent.
On offense, I strongly agree with your point about exploiting matchups. Throughout the early part of the season, the refrain on the board was "we aren't going to Roy now because we know we can do that, so we are working on other parts of the offense." Obviously, that turned out not to be the case and we rarely ever went to Roy consistently. Just as we should play more aggressive D depending on matchups, we should feed the post more or drive more or so on depending on matchups. Again, I think this is an issue of JTIII needing to be more flexible and willing to tailor gameplans more specifically to each opponent.
On the fastbreak, I agree that part of the issue is personnel. However, we've all read how the team never practices it, and I think that is clear based on the horrid spacing and general cluelessness that the team displays whenever they try to run. I really hope we work hard on that for next season.
So far, JTIII has had a slow PG and a slow C, which is obviously going to affect strategy. Now that is changing, and there aren't any obvious personnel reasons as to why we can't play a more aggressive defense or run an effective fastbreak. We'll have to wait and see if JTIII is willing and able to make these changes, but I am certainly hopeful.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 25, 2008 12:40:11 GMT -5
Yes, even sending a 50% shooter to the line in a double bonus situation is bad strategy. If they got the ball back too . . .
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 25, 2008 9:43:38 GMT -5
I'm probably the biggest freshman-hater on this board and if Monroe is anything close to his 900 highlight reels on Rivals and youtube, he's one of the best players in the Big East next year. Are you sure his handle isn't too loose?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 15:37:08 GMT -5
dudeslade,
Who exactly are the centers that Monroe couldn't guard? And if he couldn't, why could Macklin, who is smaller?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 15:32:02 GMT -5
I agree about Summers playing the 4. We know he likes to hang outside rather than post up - so isn't it better for him to have slower guys on him? It's not like he was forced to change his game to play the 4. The problem wasn't that he had to change positions, but rather that his offensive game didn't improve.
The only advantage for him at the 3 is that i suppose it would be easier for him to shoot the contested 3s that he's prone to take, but I don't think we want to encourage that.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 12:06:38 GMT -5
Don't assume freshman will start until you see them. Everyone thought the same thing about VMack. Guys are smaller, not as physical, and have to get used to like sized players. These guys will come around but Macklin will develop and will be a big asset next year. Excellent points CHH. People also had raised expectations of other past Hoya Freshmen, including: Tay Spann, Josh Thornton, & Matt Causey. It takes a TON to learn our offense & our defense, and I trust the coaches to grant playing time to the people who earn it. Vernoon has clearly earned it, and his stats should greatly improve with more consistent playing time. Come on now - comparing Monroe to Spann, Thornton, and Causey? That's absurd. One is a top ranked player in the country, while the others were borderline top 100. I'm also not entirely sure what Macklin has done to clearly earn playing time, unless you believe seniority is more important than performance. He may end up starting but as of now I certainly don't think it's a lock.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 10:41:46 GMT -5
Did anyone see what happened on Freeman's two off the ball offensive fouls? I'm not sure he had any all year, then 2 today while trying to post up. No replays, so I never got a great look.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 9:38:09 GMT -5
Sports isn't all or nothing. After the initial blow I was extremely happy with last season - heck, I still think about how amazing winning the BE tourney and taking down Vandy and UNC in dramatic fashion in the NCAAs was.
I don't foresee myself looking back on this season with the same attitude; more likely, I'll think about the seniors going out with a blowout loss to Pitt and a debacle against an inferior Davidson team.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2008 9:29:25 GMT -5
Sucks to be looking forward to Kenner already.
With regards to Summers spending most of his time at the 3 - if he does, that means Wright doesn't start. I was pretty disappointed in DaJuan's play this year, and I'm not sure he's good enough to warrant keeping Wright on the bench.
So far DaJuan is a good athlete with a mediocre 3 point shot and an inconsistent handle, and probably something like the 4th or 5th best player on a top team. I think Wright could be more than that, and needs to start.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 23, 2008 16:40:49 GMT -5
In one way, this is more painful than losing to OSU last year - Davidson isn't very good and we totally choked the game away with TOs. On the other hand, however, last year's team could have won it all. I can't say that I believed it was possible this year.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2008 16:01:45 GMT -5
Yay, we (DC and rest of the East coast) get Duke-Belmont over USC-KSU.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 3, 2008 16:14:59 GMT -5
I hope that people actually show up early enough for the pre-game ceremony; usually the arena is half full at 12.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 1, 2008 17:24:12 GMT -5
I suggest finding someone who has a contagious disease and having them take liberties with her personal objects.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 1, 2008 13:28:00 GMT -5
Prepare to be annoyed: the Duke-NC State game is taking forever. There were about 30 free throws in the first half, and they've just gotten to halftime. So unless CBS switches away, we are likely to not be able to see the first several minutes or so of the game. Get near the radio! Yep, this sucks - this game is soooooooooooo slow
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 27, 2008 13:24:41 GMT -5
Awesome. "But, GU's mistake enabled me to recruit Craig to teach at NYU in our master's of sports business program where he is winning every time he steps in front of a class." "Craig perfectly fits the current profile of the most successful head coaches out there in all sports: reasonably successful coaches fired with near or better than .500 records."
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 27, 2008 12:01:49 GMT -5
Even as someone who ardently supported Coach Esherick throughout his tenure and was devastated by his firing Devastated? You are a non-relative and Georgetown fan, right? I can't even comprehend the possibility of someone being that upset over Esherick's firing.
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