Chief’s Briefs - Seton Hall Edition

[Chief00]

Quite frankly, it’s always a “defensive battle” for us because we can’t shoot. Too many long scoring droughts and strange decisions doubling on defense, leaving the wrong guys wide open for open 3 looks.

If Chief could change four Hurley things:
1) Quicker timeout to not to be lured into acceptable prolong bad offense.
2) End mindless doubling on defense. Double base on scouting report and hot hand.
3) Play Sanogo, Gaffney and Jackson more; Adams and Whaley less.
4) Polley is not a microwave off the bench, that experiment is a failure. He needs to start the game.

Give Seton Hall credit. They took advantage of what an incoherent defense gave them knocking down shots. Their defense was vanilla but that’s the way to play us without Bouknight. No need for unnecessary fouls or doubling guys who can’t shoot. The full court pressure applied at the right time did reverse momentum in the second half. They made 3’s and FT’s.

I don’t think IW in the line-up gets us off to a smooth start. He’s not smooth on offense and on defense while a good shot blocker makes poor decisions.

Am I wrong that 1/2 way though the first half the only time we went to the line was on a 3 point shot? Even being a poor shooting team that means we are not running good offense.

Chief would start the following line-up: Cole, Gaffney, Martin, Sanogo and Polley. Jackson first guy off the bench. Jackson made some nice passes today and good defense in spots. Gaffney is one of a few guys who knows how to get to the line and make FT’s. He showed his athleticism today that Chief has seen in practice.

Sanogo, when he can stay out of foul trouble is a star. Great hands, good footwork and soft touch. I love his patience and reading of the defense.

Team made nice comeback but dug too deep a hole. Again missed key foul shots late in the second half. Also, committed foolish fouls today and did not dominate on the boards. Had big guys 20 feet out on D abd not available for rebounds.

Big picture, this is the game Gaffney and Jackson made their statement for more playing time. Hurley needs to scrap his current rotations and associated playing time. Tough loss and we lost the game in the first half.

 

[HHusky]

The other item I will add is that Whaley made two horrible passes for turnovers in the 1st ~6 minutes. He also doesn't pose much of an offensive threat when opposing teams sag off him or leave him to double elsewhere. Not his best game, but he's still a formidable shotblocker.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Quite frankly, it’s always a “defensive battle” for us because we can’t shoot. Too many long scoring droughts and strange decisions doubling on defense, leaving the wrong guys wide open for open 3 looks.

If Chief could change three Hurley things:
1) Quicker timeout to not to be lured into acceptable prolong bad offense.
2) End mindless doubling on defense. Double base on scouting report and hot hand.
3) Play Sanogo, Gaffney and Jackson more; Adams and Whaley less.
4) Polley is not a microwave off the bench, that experiment is a failure. He needs to start the game.

Give Seton Hall credit. They took advantage of what an incoherent defense gave them knocking down shots. Their defense was vanilla but that’s the way to play us without Bouknight. No need for unnecessary fouls or doubling guys who can’t shoot. The full court pressure applied at the right time did reverse momentum in the second half. They made 3’s abd FT’s.

I don’t think IW in the line-up gets us off to a smooth start. He’s not smooth on offense and on defense while a good shot blocker makes poor decisions.

Am I wrong that 1/2 way though the first half the only time we went to the line was on a 3 point shot? Even being a poor shooting team that means we are not running good offense.

Chief would start the following line-up: Cole, Gaffney, Martin, Sanogo and Polley. Jackson first guy off the bench. Jackson made some nice passes today and good defense in spots. Gaffney is one of a few guys who knows how to get to the line and make FT’s. He showed his athleticism today that Chief has seen in practice.

Sanogo, when he can stay out of foul trouble is a star. Great hands, good footwork and soft touch. I love his patience and reading of the defense.

Team made nice comeback but dug too deep a hole. Again missed key foul shots late in the second half. Also, committed foolish fouls today and did not dominate on the boards. Had big guys 20 feet out on D abd not available for rebounds.

Big picture, this is the game Gaffney and Jackson made their statement for more playing time. Hurley needs to scrap his current rotations and associated playing time. Tough loss and we lost the game in the first half.

I agree with most of this but why start Polley? Why not start Jackson now over him? Jackson has way higher upside potential and did more in his first game back after injury than Polley was able to do.

 

[auror]

Starting Polley over Jackson is embarrassing. It's not worth it to get Polley going when you can get an actually dynamic player minutes who is also a way better defender.

 

[Marat]

Starting Polley over Jackson is embarrassing. It's not worth it to get Polley going when you can get an actually dynamic player minutes who is also a way better defender.

Really disappointed that Polley didn't do more from 3 today. Needed some firepower on offensive without Bouk and didn't get it.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Chiefs starting 5 might be our worst defensive lineup.

 

[August_West]

Whaley was the only guy who even had a shot of defending mamu

 

[Edward Sargent]

Agreed our starting 5 can’t shoot worth a darn. It seems to me that Jackson was the only one who could find a pass to Polley in a position to shoot.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Really disappointed that Polley didn't do more from 3 today. Needed some firepower on offensive without Bouk and didn't get it.

Polley and Adams never were in a position to shoot

 

[Marat]

Polley and Adams never were in a position to shoot

That is the issue with Polley. See Kenny11 thread on it.

 

[cohenzone]

One might notice a pattern of us having a long layoff and playing teams that haven’t. Our 12th game, Hall’s 19th We start slow and come back strong. I think the schedule issues play a big part in our match ups. That and missing one of the best offensive players in the country who opens up the court for other players. Polley should benefit from Bouknights return.

Beyond that, Gaffney took over, good sign. Jackson got to show some things he hasn’t had a chance to until today.

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Really a rough few days for Chief.

He seriously needs to find another hobby.

 

[Chief00]

I agree with most of this but why start Polley? Why not start Jackson now over him? Jackson has way higher upside potential and did more in his first game back after injury than Polley was able to do.

Ultimately, I agree. However, right now start Polley and see if he can hit a couple of threes to start off - if not go to Jackson early - he can do more stuff.

 

[Chief00]

Really a rough few days for Chief.

This is like your UConn being a ranked team post - embarrassing in a basketball sense. Jackson wasn’t starting and he just came off an injury. More to the point neither started. Of course, Jackson will ultimately start. Now get him up to 20-25 minutes fast by bringing him off the bench at multiple positions.

 

[Chief00]

Chiefs starting 5 might be our worst defensive lineup.

Our problem is no points in the first 4 minutes today.

 

[Chief00]

Really a rough few days for Chief.

Actually it’s been a great few days. Off the court two basketball related victories, that Chief was cheering on - making life easier on our coaching staff.

 

[Chief00]

Starting Polley over Jackson is embarrassing. It's not worth it to get Polley going when you can get an actually dynamic player minutes who is also a way better defender.

Jackson is our most creative passer - you obviously play him with Polley for large stretches. He will find Polley at the right time and place. Someone usually picks up a quick foul or makes a really dumb play - insert him then.

 

[Fatroony5]

I’m not expecting much from this season even if he does return, but man I keep watching these games thinking: this would be a great game to have a full strength Akok. While he’s not a great 3 point shooter by any means, I feel like he’ll really help space the floor as a stretch 4. Him and Sanogo will play well off of one another. Whaley seems like he’s been sped up a bit or panics at times when he’s playing more at the top of the key. Him not being able to hit a consistent deep shot let’s teams really pack it in. Game was lost in the first half. Guessing we’ll see quite a bit of a shake up with the line ups/rotations moving forward with AJax now back and assuming we get Bouk back within the next game or two.

 

[coachn]

Quite frankly, it’s always a “defensive battle” for us because we can’t shoot. Too many long scoring droughts and strange decisions doubling on defense, leaving the wrong guys wide open for open 3 looks.

If Chief could change three Hurley things:
1) Quicker timeout to not to be lured into acceptable prolong bad offense.
2) End mindless doubling on defense. Double base on scouting report and hot hand.
3) Play Sanogo, Gaffney and Jackson more; Adams and Whaley less.
4) Polley is not a microwave off the bench, that experiment is a failure. He needs to start the game.

Give Seton Hall credit. They took advantage of what an incoherent defense gave them knocking down shots. Their defense was vanilla but that’s the way to play us without Bouknight. No need for unnecessary fouls or doubling guys who can’t shoot. The full court pressure applied at the right time did reverse momentum in the second half. They made 3’s abd FT’s.

I don’t think IW in the line-up gets us off to a smooth start. He’s not smooth on offense and on defense while a good shot blocker makes poor decisions.

Am I wrong that 1/2 way though the first half the only time we went to the line was on a 3 point shot? Even being a poor shooting team that means we are not running good offense.

Chief would start the following line-up: Cole, Gaffney, Martin, Sanogo and Polley. Jackson first guy off the bench. Jackson made some nice passes today and good defense in spots. Gaffney is one of a few guys who knows how to get to the line and make FT’s. He showed his athleticism today that Chief has seen in practice.

Sanogo, when he can stay out of foul trouble is a star. Great hands, good footwork and soft touch. I love his patience and reading of the defense.

Team made nice comeback but dug too deep a hole. Again missed key foul shots late in the second half. Also, committed foolish fouls today and did not dominate on the boards. Had big guys 20 feet out on D abd not available for rebounds.

Big picture, this is the game Gaffney and Jackson made their statement for more playing time. Hurley needs to scrap his current rotations and associated playing time. Tough loss and we lost the game in the first half.

 

[husky8273]

3 hours for the first reply is an encouraging sign

 

[coachn]

Chief agree with most thoughts. DEFENSE is our strength . Must come out with that mindset.
Have been promoting Gaf a all along and from the showing Andre has to be on the floor.AS Cole and Martin yourbstarters.

 

[Chief00]

3 hours for the first reply is an encouraging sign

LOL - that was because the Moderators quarantine the thread for well over 2 hours and kept the original time stamp hence burying the thread. For what? Why are people so bitter or jealous of someone else’s success? Chief always tries to learn from successful people.

 

[formerlurker]

LOL - that was because the Moderators quarantine the thread and kept the original time stamp. For what?

Maybe for this. Have you apologized yet?

 

[Dabutlerdidit]

If Jackson is in, Polley will get better looks

 

[coachn]

Chief agree with most thoughts. DEFENSE is our strength . Must come out with that mindset.
Have been promoting Gaf a all along and from the showing Andre has to be on the floor.AS Cole and Martin yourbstarters.

 

[jibsey]

The starting lineup has to be rethought.

 

[Chief00]

Maybe for this. Have you apologized yet?

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Why would I apology for a true argument, which was successful and helped influence someone to make a good decision. A former FBI agent, then private investigator, who did the Pacer background checks - summered next door to Chief in the late 90’s. A first round pick is a big investment with a team and they informally interview lots of people - especially support staff who might be more frank than coaches with recruiting agendas etc. it’s important that those people understand a guy wants to compete and put the team first. Chief has a special attachment to Bouknight going back to the dam break and I had his back in September of his freshman year when guys like you jumped ship. Bouknight and Chief are on the same page.
But, as usual your post is jealous nonsense, because they quarantine Chief’s Briefs a few games ago for no reason other than it was long and got auto quarantined. At any rate, that was the official explanation.

 

[formerlurker]

Why would I apology for a true argument, which was successful and helpped influence someone to make a good decision. A former FBI agent, then private investigator, who did the Pacer background checks - summered next door to Chief in the late 90’s. A first round pick is a big investment with a team and they informally interview lots of people - especially support staff who might be more frank than coaches with recruiting agendas etc. it’s important that those people understand a guy wants to compete and put the team first. Chief has a special attachment to Bouknight going back to the dam break and I had his back in September of his freshman year when guys like you jumped ship. Bouknight and Chief are on the same page.
But, as usual your post is jealous nonsense, because they quarantine Chief’s Bruef a few games ago fir no reason other than it was long and got auto quarantined. At any rate, that was the official explanation.

That post was from Thursday night's Coach's Show thread my friend. And only your posts are missing.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Someone always wants a different starting lineup. I actually do not. At least I haven't. With Jackson back and Bouk hopefully returning soon, there will be changes in pt. Bouk will be back in the starting lineup. But I am not interested in the revolving door starting lineup just because someone didn't play their best in the previous game.

I am very happy with the progress of the team and the decisions the coaching staff has made. They see the team everyday in practice. I have 100% faith in their decisions. All the problems that seem to stress our fanbase will fade away as we get healthy.

The pt of Brandon Adams has never been much of an issue. At least not an issue we could do much about. He was going to play as long as Bouk and Jackson and Akok were out. So we've been squabbling about a few extra minutes that could of gone to one of the other backups. With Bouk and Jackson returning, Adams pt will likely drop to close to nothing.

Coaching staff needs to keep doing exactly what they are doing. The Bouk injury has done exactly what we hoped it might. Others have been forced to improve. By that, I mean the PGs have improved.

We've got 1 month for Bouk to return and the team to start palying well together. I think it's totally possible. Our best basketball is ahead of us.

 

[Edward Sargent]

That is the issue with Polley. See Kenny11 thread on it.

It’s an issue with Brendan too!