Enoch

[businesslawyer]

What I noticed was that the offensive player pushed him off with the left arm. Enoch did initiate contact, bodied up and turned completely around anticipating a pass. Our bigs were whistled for breathing in that game. There is only one way he gets better at defense and that would be to get him as much floor one as possible. Diamond Stone made a lot of mistakes early and is still making them but they leave him out there, now I'm not saying Steve is that but we know what Facey and Nolan are after their 7 combined years here don't we?

Yes. We know that you can win a national championship with Phil on the floor if the four guys around him do their jobs and Phil does his. If you think youi know that about Enoch because he made two nice post moves the other night I don't know what to say

 

[mauconnfan]

Yes. We know that you can win a national championship with Phil on the floor if the four guys around him do their jobs and Phil does his. If you think youi know that about Enoch because he made two nice post moves the other night I don't know what to say

Well I agree with both of you here. Steve should get a little more time, not a lot mind you but he's going to be a good one. Again the only thing he has on the others for now is the ability to catch and create offense in the post. He's behind enough on the other end to make you nervous though, he allows himself to have his back to the defense still a bit much but is getting better. And Phil has his moments where his experience still impacts the team without a doubt. Hey Kentan had an awful game the other night but can't dismiss him either, easily the best offensive rebounder of the bigs. They all have to play and with Ab this spot is not deep and while not great, has multiple people who can bring something to the table on a given night. Up to KO and the staff to figure out who and where.

 

[80shusky]

Would love to see more big Steve. As posters have mentioned his positioning on defense needs work. But I also noticed on offense he doesn't really seem to know where he is supposed to be either. When the guards are swinging the ball around the perimeter you can see him trying to figure out where he is supposed to be. On a couple of plays he was clogging up their driving lanes inadvertently. Once he figures out his positioning he'll be good I think. One of the posters mentioned he was like a kid. If he realizes and gets confidence in the fact that he can muscle everybody on offense down low he could be great to feed the ball in to.

 

[mauconnfan]

Would love to see more big Steve. As posters have mentioned his positioning on defense needs work. But I also noticed on offense he doesn't really seem to know where he is supposed to be either. When the guards are swinging the ball around the perimeter you can see him trying to figure out where he is supposed to be. On a couple of plays he was clogging up their driving lanes inadvertently. Once he figures out his positioning he'll be good I think. One of the posters mentioned he was like a kid. If he realizes and gets confidence in the fact that he can muscle everybody on offense down low he could be great to feed the ball in to.

Yep good point, the plays themselves also leave him a bit behind I agree. Jalen had to move him out of the way demonstratively the other night as he cleared the left side.

 

[jibsey]

Yes. We know that you can win a national championship with Phil on the floor if the four guys around him do their jobs and Phil does his. If you think youi know that about Enoch because he made two nice post moves the other night I don't know what to say

Which one of those other 4 guys is Bazz?

 

[80shusky]

Yep good point, the plays themselves also leave him a bit behind I agree. Jalen had to move him out of the way demonstratively the other night as he cleared the left side.

I like that Jalen has been directing traffic like that. I've noticed him directing Purvis and Gibbs as well which is telling.

 

[Matrim55]

First half cameo today, played 3 possessions. Failed to box out on the first and his guy got the rebound right over him. On the second he got the rebound. On the third, he failed to box out again and ECU got another offensive rebound.

The learning process continues. I bet we don't see him in the second half unless it's a true blowout.

 

[mauconnfan]

First half cameo today, played 3 possessions. Failed to box out on the first and his guy got the rebound right over him. On the second he got the rebound. On the third, he failed to box out again and ECU got another offensive rebound.

The learning process continues. I bet we don't see him in the second half unless it's a true blowout.

The bad news is this also sound like our starter and it's no longer a learning process. AB got yanked for awful defense twice and KO was hot the 2nd time. I think part of it was not dunking the ball and trying to lay it in but then he left his guy wide open 2 times in 1 possession, good news is both were missed. Prior to that our defender on Williams (who just made 3-4 in a row) got picked by AB's guy top of the key and Ab didn't step out on the wide open 3 instead retreated and KO immediately called the bench. It's amazing to think about it but Phil is by far our smartest defender of the 4 bigs and it's not close at this point.