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What is it about coaches with red pants (Diaco) and red socks (Bigs Coach G. Miller) ? How do we get them? Why do we keep them? It never ends well and we see no progress.
Bigs coach Glen Miller, wearing his red socks, has been coaching our Bigs since George left. If anything, Brimah has regressed since his Freshman year. Who honestly thought 4 years ago - this is all we have with Brimah? Not me. At crunch time the scouting report was clear - he would leave his man to try to block any shot and his man would be open for a layup. There was no rotation to intercept the predictable pass either.
When whatever team we play is physically stronger - it takes us to another problem - that also seems to happen every year - poor rebounding in part due to the other team being stronger. We don't get position for rebounds or posts, we are not strong enough to hold position the few times we get it and when we infrequently get the ball our hand grips are not strong enough not to have the ball taken away. That takes me to another issue I have been posting about for 3 years - our strength and conditioning coaching (Travis). Every year I bring this up, I get criticized for it and it continues the next season.
Also, nobody is rebounding with two hands - these guys are all watching too much one handed Odell Beckham without the talent or desire to pull it off.
We have one Big strong enough to have any potential upside - Enoch. We need to play him 30 minutes a game and develop him. But, how is that going to go - when we have no Big development track record under Coach Miller? He is a decent coach in other areas (tour of facilities, tracking fouls and timeouts) but he is NOT a Bigs coach.
Gilbert - I had been critical of in preseason game one - but he must work really hard and has that fire inside. His on the ball defense was much improved as I hoped it would be. He plays very hard and on his foul shots I observed a genuine effort to put rotation on his shot. His shooting needs a lot of work but I sense he is searching out shots he can make - 12-15 foot pull ups. With his ability to penetrate - he is going to get some real good looks - Unlike our Bigs I sense he will work his way into being a good player.
Adams was ok but he needs to lead this year on the court and work on his shooting 24/7. He doesn't like to lose which I like.
Purvis, who has grown on me, regressed last night. Some plays at crunch time you wouldn't expect from a senior. That dreaded foot on the out of bounds line came back st the worse moment. I thought he had put that habit to bed. He doesn't seem to know his role on this team - he needs to understand his role to play better.
Larrier can play - needs to rebound much better and shoot consistently. He likes to drift too far away from the basket.
Team summary, Can't shoot and can't rebound. We seem to be playing some NBA offense that requires great outside shooting with our bigs standing outside trying to stretch the floor - but they can't shoot consistently and we have no one even in the zip code for a rebound.
Bigs coach Glen Miller, wearing his red socks, has been coaching our Bigs since George left. If anything, Brimah has regressed since his Freshman year. Who honestly thought 4 years ago - this is all we have with Brimah? Not me. At crunch time the scouting report was clear - he would leave his man to try to block any shot and his man would be open for a layup. There was no rotation to intercept the predictable pass either.
When whatever team we play is physically stronger - it takes us to another problem - that also seems to happen every year - poor rebounding in part due to the other team being stronger. We don't get position for rebounds or posts, we are not strong enough to hold position the few times we get it and when we infrequently get the ball our hand grips are not strong enough not to have the ball taken away. That takes me to another issue I have been posting about for 3 years - our strength and conditioning coaching (Travis). Every year I bring this up, I get criticized for it and it continues the next season.
Also, nobody is rebounding with two hands - these guys are all watching too much one handed Odell Beckham without the talent or desire to pull it off.
We have one Big strong enough to have any potential upside - Enoch. We need to play him 30 minutes a game and develop him. But, how is that going to go - when we have no Big development track record under Coach Miller? He is a decent coach in other areas (tour of facilities, tracking fouls and timeouts) but he is NOT a Bigs coach.
Gilbert - I had been critical of in preseason game one - but he must work really hard and has that fire inside. His on the ball defense was much improved as I hoped it would be. He plays very hard and on his foul shots I observed a genuine effort to put rotation on his shot. His shooting needs a lot of work but I sense he is searching out shots he can make - 12-15 foot pull ups. With his ability to penetrate - he is going to get some real good looks - Unlike our Bigs I sense he will work his way into being a good player.
Adams was ok but he needs to lead this year on the court and work on his shooting 24/7. He doesn't like to lose which I like.
Purvis, who has grown on me, regressed last night. Some plays at crunch time you wouldn't expect from a senior. That dreaded foot on the out of bounds line came back st the worse moment. I thought he had put that habit to bed. He doesn't seem to know his role on this team - he needs to understand his role to play better.
Larrier can play - needs to rebound much better and shoot consistently. He likes to drift too far away from the basket.
Team summary, Can't shoot and can't rebound. We seem to be playing some NBA offense that requires great outside shooting with our bigs standing outside trying to stretch the floor - but they can't shoot consistently and we have no one even in the zip code for a rebound.
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