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I like the notion of involving Facey more. We have to try something to beat zone D. I also trust KO will find a way to improve this team.
 
Let's see what KO can cook up because he has done a pretty poor job so far even with the injuries. Where are those great set plays that he would draw up out of timeouts??...they are non existent and could have used those the last two games, especially in the last 6 and a half mins vs Texas

In KO I still trust (obviously) but he is not above the blame thus far
 
We need a guy who can flash to the FT line and the best guy to do that is Hamilton. It was scares the hell out of me that we only have one guy with the needed skills.

With dham, the defense has to react when he gets the ball in the middle of the zone. He can shot and dribble drive. I believe he also the ability to find the open man on double teams and rotations. Unfortunately he is also our best 3 point shooter.

Our best approach will be to push the ball and score in transition and play better D for 40 minutes. We need to recruit 3 point shooters.
 
Brimah is the guy who, if he gets you 12 pts. great but if he gives you a donut, it's OK because you don't rely on him at all for offense anyways.

On another note: it's always interesting to see when the quitters start giving up on a season.
 
The Funster said:
Brimah is the guy who, if he gets you 12 pts. great but if he gives you a donut, it's OK because you don't rely on him at all for offense anyways.

On another note: it's always interesting to see when the quitters start giving up on a season.
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I kinda agree, but we need consistency from him. Where does the 12 points come from, when we can't throw the ball into the ocean from behind the arc?
 
Stinger92860 said:
I kinda agree, but we need consistency from him. Where does the 12 points come from, when we can't throw the ball into the ocean from behind the arc?
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He needs to clog the middle defensively, block some shots, get in some heads and get some rebounds. That's his job. He gets points with put backs and running the baseline. UConn has to work the offense outside in instead of inside out. There's work to be done offensively but it doesn't start with Brimah.
 
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Never said it started with him. Just asking for consistency and where the points comes from.
 
If you're asking where Brimah's points come from you've got it backwards.
 
Herein lies the problem. We have 2 starting big men who I would prefer not to work through on offense. I disagree with AB touching the ball every possession for sure and I am almost as sure I do not want Facey doing much more. That's not good and that's why we see the consistent passing around the perimeter, because they don't want to give it to them either.

I watched Kentan the other night when he was setting picks, which aren't all that solid although he tries. He never looked for the ball or made a natural roll to the basket even when it was obvious his defender would've allowed it. I don't think the confidence is there for him to be an integral part of the offense, from him or the staff. And having seen him with the ball, passing and handling I totally agree. He's a solid rebounder and becoming a little better on D, but the fact he is playing as many minutes as he is this year is telling of the issues this team will need to overcome this start. He should be a 12-18 minute guy.
 
Yes, we are undermanned in our front court. I kept hoping we would get another big. A lot of posters, who seem to forget, were sure Nolan and Rock would be more than enough help up front.
But, at least we have 2 guys with some skills who will continue to improve with Kelis Fisher and AB. Even if we can't run the offense through them.
 
I think that eventually, someone besides Boatright will emerge a la Jeremy Lamb his freshman year and really share the load with Boatright. The question will remain whether that'll be enough.

Great time for a nine day break though.
 
RipCity said:
I think that eventually, someone besides Boatright will emerge a la Jeremy Lamb his freshman year and really share the load with Boatright. The question will remain whether that'll be enough.

Great time for a nine day break though.
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I think that is the first step. We need a second ball handler (not named Hamilton). Then with Hamilton out on the wing, either shooting or slashing, you now have the defense stretched. That will create space for the 4 & 5 to develop their game inside.
 
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This season has been disastrous, I've almost broken my leg jumping off the purvis bandwagon. We needed him to be our second best player IMO to contend, even with a bum ankle his minutes were simply disastrous vs yale. You can't fault boatright for being the scoring pg he is, because who else is getting buckets? Its him and hamilton and thats it. It is what it is

I noted in the chat of the yale game how shocking the comments KO made were, the ones about "staying in the gym after practice to get more shots up". Like seriously? You should be kicking these kids out of the gym for how poorly they've shot the ball. And you know KO knows this, he doesn't like having to do that. No coach does.

We might be asking a bit too much from hamilton, to be our consummate do everything scorer as well as confident leader. thats tough for a frosh. Just gotta wait and see if somebody makes a leap, hamilton, purvis or facey.
 
mauconnfan said:
Herein lies the problem. We have 2 starting big men who I would prefer not to work through on offense. I disagree with AB touching the ball every possession for sure and I am almost as sure I do not want Facey doing much more. That's not good and that's why we see the consistent passing around the perimeter, because they don't want to give it to them either.

I watched Kentan the other night when he was setting picks, which aren't all that solid although he tries. He never looked for the ball or made a natural roll to the basket even when it was obvious his defender would've allowed it. I don't think the confidence is there for him to be an integral part of the offense, from him or the staff. And having seen him with the ball, passing and handling I totally agree. He's a solid rebounder and becoming a little better on D, but the fact he is playing as many minutes as he is this year is telling of the issues this team will need to overcome this start. He should be a 12-18 minute guy.
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He also should be a monster on the offensive boards. We need more lobs and offensive rebounds to score points.
 
James said:
This season has been disastrous, I've almost broken my leg jumping off the purvis bandwagon. We needed him to be our second best player IMO to contend, even with a bum ankle his minutes were simply disastrous vs yale. You can't fault boatright for being the scoring pg he is, because who else is getting buckets? Its him and hamilton and thats it. It is what it is

I noted in the chat of the yale game how shocking the comments KO made were, the ones about "staying in the gym after practice to get more shots up". Like seriously? You should be kicking these kids out of the gym for how poorly they've shot the ball. And you know KO knows this, he doesn't like having to do that. No coach does.

We might be asking a bit too much from hamilton, to be our consummate do everything scorer as well as confident leader. thats tough for a frosh. Just gotta wait and see if somebody makes a leap, hamilton, purvis or facey.
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KO's DNA is to work to overcome a problem and I love him for that, but....... There are 3 point shooters and there are guys who think they are 3 point shooters, like Purvis. TSam has no illusions which is fine. I would have hoped that Boat would be more reliable in that by this time in his career but he does a lot of other things for us. It's a big deficiency in today's college game.
 
jibsey said:
KO's DNA is to work to overcome a problem and I love him for that, but.. There are 3 point shooters and there are guys who think they are 3 point shooters, like Purvis. TSam has no illusions which is fine. I would have hoped that Boat would be more reliable in that by this time in his career but he does a lot of other things for us. It's a big deficiency in today's college game.
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There lies the problem: we have one decent 3 point shooter in Hamilton who is feeling a lot of pressure to carry the team from the perimeter. When you don't have good consistent shooters, you have no choice but to play inside out or hope and pray shots start falling. We will find out soon enough against Coppin State. The bigger problem is team chemistry and leadership when times are tough in games, no one steps up. It has to be the trio of Brimah, Hamilton, and Boatright. It's early but if I had to guess, I don't think Boatright has the command or respect of one or some of the players in the locker room, and that friction is causing our inability to close games and play good basketball. Pure conjecture on my part.
 
No matter how much he shuffles, there will still be three jokers in the deck. The team will be much better next year when three cancers leave. Bazz was a strong enough leader to keep people in line. KO is trying to do it from the coaching box this year. So far, it isn't working out.
 
huskymagic said:
There lies the problem: we have one decent 3 point shooter in Hamilton who is feeling a lot of pressure to carry the team from the perimeter. When you don't have good consistent shooters, you have no choice but to play inside out or hope and pray shots start falling. We will find out soon enough against Coppin State. The bigger problem is team chemistry and leadership when times are tough in games, no one steps up. It has to be the trio of Brimah, Hamilton, and Boatright. It's early but if I had to guess, I don't think Boatright has the command or respect of one or some of the players in the locker room, and that friction is causing our inability to close games and play good basketball.
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Boat has to have the command over himself before he can get it over the other players. Boat's demeanor was very off during the Yale game - Freshman/sophomore type Boat demeanor. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because he was playing hurt and obviously struggling. However, those are the types of games where Boat needs to be the positive, upbeat voice on the court, on the bench, and in the huddle - NO MATTER how he is playing individually. I can't say that he wasn't doing that, but it sure didn't seem like it.

I absolutely hate making Bazz/Kemba comparisons to Boat. But all I'm going to say is that with 1.7 sec left and a possible chance of winning a game, you wouldn't have seen either of them at midcourt, hand on hip, shaking their heads absolutely defeated.

Looking for Boat and the squad to bounce back strong vs. Coppin State in Hartford. Then it's time to kick some ass and break some hearts.
 
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huskymagic said:
The bigger problem is team chemistry and leadership when times are tough in games, no one steps up. It has to be the trio of Brimah, Hamilton, and Boatright. It's early but if I had to guess, I don't think Boatright has the command or respect of one or some of the players in the locker room, and that friction is causing our inability to close games and play good basketball. Pure conjecture on my part.
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In that leadership forum held at the pentagon during the off season, one of the coaches said something to the effect that people won't care what you say until they think that you care. Boat has not developed that trust and, in my opinion, has always been a little selfish and reckless. Ollie was hinting at it in his press conference.
 
Paesano said:
No matter how much he shuffles, there will still be three jokers in the deck. The team will be much better next year when three cancers leave. Bazz was a strong enough leader to keep people in line. KO is trying to do it from the coaching box this year. So far, it isn't working out.
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Three cancers? What the hell are you talking about?

If you are including Boat, please return any satisfaction you received from last year;s championship. Without him, it doesn't happen.
And you do you think doesn't respect Boat on this team.
 
Paesano said:
The team will be much better next year when three cancers leave.
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I can't believe how often I've used the ignore function since Friday. The only thing you should have to say about Boat at this point is "thank you for the national championship" and "You must be exhausted from carrying this team on your back."

honestly, that post is just clownish.
 
Paesano said:
No matter how much he shuffles, there will still be three jokers in the deck. The team will be much better next year when three cancers leave. Bazz was a strong enough leader to keep people in line. KO is trying to do it from the coaching box this year. So far, it isn't working out.
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Wow. Just wow.

In the strangest of ways, I'm seeing some upside in the Yale loss. Rats are crawling out from rocks all over. Great time to purge them.
 
The friggin audacity.

I am curious at how much more pissed I'd be if I knew who the other 2 cancers are.
 
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Girls, time to go change your tampons.

Who was Ollie talking about when he said some people need to stop playing for themselves and start playing for the team?
 
Paesano said:
Girls, time to go change your tampons. Who was Ollie talking about when he said some people need to stop playing for themselves and start playing for the team?
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Who do you think Ollie's talking about here?

He’s pretty much given everything he has to this program.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Who do you think Ollie's talking about here?

He’s pretty much given everything he has to this program.
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I'll answer your question after you answer mine. You are such a cute little b!tch....
 
The Funster said:
I think that is the first step. We need a second ball handler (not named Hamilton). Then with Hamilton out on the wing, either shooting or slashing, you now have the defense stretched. That will create space for the 4 & 5 to develop their game inside.
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How does that work against a zone? We still only have one shooter who can reliably hit a three. How do the 4/5 get the ball and prevent double and triples? I believe that dham is the one guy we can count on to flash into the zone and draw the D. Unfortunately he is also our best 3 point shooter.
 
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