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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5191679, member: 1268"] My take on trying to right this season is this: 1) Start using Tarris on offense as a focal point. Let him play. As well as SJ has played lately, his limitations are his limitations. Give Tarris some consistency in how he's used. Build an offense that get's it into him early as one of the primary options when the shot clock is near 10 seconds. Get him engaged and keep him engaged. The guy is easily our most imposing athlete on the floor, and it's not close. He's not perfect, and can make mistakes, but let him work through it. Use him, create a "tougher" team. Make teams game plan for him. No one is game planning for Samson. Tarris at 30mpg would be a 15/11/2.5 blocks a game guy. That's top of the league stuff and smokes a guy like Ejifor, better than Sorber and not even that far off Kalk, who is getting 33 minutes/game, and 19/8/2.6. He's easily the most prolific rebounder in the Big East. Yet he's coming off the bench. 2) Find an alternative to Hassan at PG that isn't Mahaney. Drop the AM experiment once and for all and use him as a breather as needed. Whether that's getting Nowell meaningful run once and for all, or finding a "point forward rotation" in a big lineup (based on matchup), that includes Ross or McNeeley. Create a bigger, tougher team. 3) Put AK back in his role as a second option, where he's comfortable. 100% kill the over abundance of him putting the ball on the floor, as it's a disaster waiting to happen. We don't need any more head down drives - just stop it. No mas. Make Liam & Solo & Tarris primary options, AK's looks a result of defenses focusing on them. One of the biggest frustrations with this team is that they feel like cupcakes out there. Between AK being a headcase, our defense being a turnstile, Mahaney always looking scared, our guys now always seemingly banged up. Get bigger, get tougher. Don't put players in there that the other teams shed their fangs for. The true "tough" qualities we have are: Liam's ferocity Tarris' gladiator physique Jayden's size/defense at guard Solos shooting Lean on advantages and mismatches, use that sh#t to it's max potential and shed as much of the finesse cr@p as possible. Don't put players in there that other teams get friggin excited to play against and attack. Use what pieces you have to be as big & physical as possible and let it ride. Watching snowflake shooting competitions is for the birds, and it's not going to win. [/QUOTE]

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