Chief’s Briefs - UMass Lowell Edition

[Chin Diesel]

If we play like this Sunday it wont be good.Hurley’s rotation is way too long and that’s to be expected this early but I hope he pares down against Az.

It definitely looked like he was experimenting in the second half.

I have little doubt the rotation will be locked down against higher teams.

Gilbert, Adams, Vital, Polley, Carlton, Cobb, Smith will get minutes. Brendan Adams, Whaley, Wilson and Yakwe will get situational minutes.

 

[scotty0330]

Anyone else love the emcee at the games this year? I mean we went from the cheerleader with a mic to a DJ to eye candy with a mic to now this guy....

 

[Chief00]

Thank you chief.

Welcome!

 

[Chief00]

We’re going to have a long rotation this year. When you press like we do, it’s almost mandatory.

 

[Chin Diesel]

We’re going to have a long rotation this year. When you press like we do, it’s almost mandatory.

10-11 players will see time this year but not all of them will see time each game.

UConn won't be going full court press against all teams for the entire game.

You'll see six players get 20+ minutes, two more get 10+ minutes and 2-3 others filling in for 2-3 minutes as necessary.

Wilson obviously had no impact today and I am a bit curious what message was being sent by not putting him until halfway through second half when game was in hand.

 

[Hi-Low]

For those who see Sid as the savior, Chief thinks you need to talk to Danny Hurley.

Gimme a break, it was his first 5 minutes of a college game ever. I don't think most people think Sid is a "savior" this year, but I guarantee you Hurley sees Sid as a big piece down the road, maybe even early in 2019.

 

[Chief00]

Carlton and Cobb have put together a couple good games along with some less stellar ones.

 

[Hi-Low]

Wilson obviously had no impact today and I am a bit curious what message was being sent by not putting him until halfway through second half when game was in hand.

1) Coming off suspension. 2) Has never played a game in college & hasn't played in a "real" game in 18 months so he is a very rusty freshman. 3) He needs to earn his PT which I'm sure he will but with 4 guard offenses & Polley playing well it will be gradual

 

[joober jones]

Keep it chess club classy guys. He's talking about bashing the bishop.

 

[Towney007]

Jeez guys he came into a game and immediately proceeded to blow a dunk. Kid is rusty, hasn’t played any college hoops and has been going through a bit of a adjustment period on the ole personality side.

It might be a little while before he sees decent minutes especially when offensively the team is going like it is.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Keep it chess club classy guys. He's talking about bashing the bishop.

Walking the dog?

 

[spudzj6]

Jeez guys he came into a game and immediately proceeded to blow a dunk.

Honestly, I’m actually just excited that he tried to dunk it. After the last few years seeing how our guys try to lay it up soft and either get smacked around or miss the bunny. Excited he’s got the aggressive mindset right off the bat, just gotta shake the iron out of his shoes

 

[Chin Diesel]

More post-game analysis.

 

[Dove]

Jeez guys he came into a game and immediately proceeded to blow a dunk. Kid is rusty, hasn’t played any college hoops and has been going through a bit of a adjustment period on the ole personality side.

It might be a little while before he sees decent minutes especially when offensively the team is going like it is.

He was rejected by the rim AND knocked on his butt!!!

And how about that dunk by Jumpman!! A 0.5 on the Richter scale!!

 

[bazz&boujee]

jalen is way more jelly than sid

 

[AfgHusky15]

Attendance was awful tonight. It’s been bad all year. Meh teams but yikes.

Attendance is up significantly from last year. Arizona game is expected to be a sellout. As we keep winning attendance will improve.

 

[UconnU]

Attendance was awful tonight. It’s been bad all year. Meh teams but yikes.

Any idea what attendance has been like at other schools regional(PC, Seton Hall, etc) in these early season cupcake games? and how we compare?

 

[Towney007]

Honestly, I’m actually just excited that he tried to dunk it. After the last few years seeing how our guys try to lay it up soft and either get smacked around or miss the bunny. Excited he’s got the aggressive mindset right off the bat, just gotta shake the iron out of his shoes

I'm super excited about him and i'm in no way dogging him lol. I'm just saying.. let him get his feet wet and make him earn it a bit.

 

[temery]

Jeez guys he came into a game and immediately proceeded to blow a dunk.

Maybe he needed to be just a bit higher to make the dunk.

 

[caw]

Honestly, I’m actually just excited that he tried to dunk it. After the last few years seeing how our guys try to lay it up soft and either get smacked around or miss the bunny. Excited he’s got the aggressive mindset right off the bat, just gotta shake the iron out of his shoes

I’m excited he got the rebound. He looks awfully hesitant (understandably) to do anything on offense in the limited time he was in. However, he does appear to bring some length and bounce to the lineup. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were getting serious minutes by the end of the year. I do not think he’s going to be stealing many from Polley though.

 

[Chief00]

Maybe he needed to be just a bit higher to make the dunk.

Don’t give him any ideas, we don’t need another suspension. LOL

 

[Chief00]

Lower attendance is caused by the schedule. An AAC schedule will require no UMass Lowell type opponents to keep fans interested. One strong(ish) team after another needs to be coming to town these days. The fans just aren’t buying the weak opponents when they know the AAC will provide several duds too.

Danny won’t like this from a coach’s perspective but Chief would like to see 2-3 good home OOC games per year.

 

[JB75]

I am also a bit surprised sid didn’t come in till the latter part of the second half -,if we were playing anyone else but a cupcake team I would completely understand , but geez give the kid at least 7-8 minutes especially knowing zona is coming up and you may need him to fill in In important spots. Rusty or not, we were up by 20+ , that’s how U shake the rust off- in exactly these type of situations. Strange

 

[August_West]

It sounded like someone gets "awarded" the opportunity to rub one out together with ADub. Kinda strange to me and I'm sorta weirded out at trying to think through the logistics of how that award is handed out. Especially if eye contact is made at any point of the award presentation.

This week you win the “ crossed swords” trophy

 

[August_West]

Maybe he needed to be just a bit higher to make the dunk.