Gonzaga Post Game Thread

[aceboon]

Have you watched him try to put the ball on the floor and get into the lane. It’s not pretty. That’s really not his game, due to his athletic limitations.

Others have said it best, he’s more of a “system guy”. And when there are other playmakers on the floor to attack the defense and he can play off that within the flow of our offense, he’s in the perfect system for his abilities.

When our offense gets bogged down or he gets asked to be the one to attack the defense, you can see his limitations. He just gets pushed further and further back off the 3pt line in an attempt to get a clean look.

multiple finishes and push/floater type shots in the paint in both the Xavier and Butler games since the Gonzaga game, he's capable

 

[3rdbass]

Wanted to post a mea culpa about calling Mahaney garbage. I didn't actually mean to call him garbage, rather his play, but obviously I phrased it as the former. Was just frustrated by that 10 seconds and let it spill into this thread despite the W. I support all our Huskies, even the guys struggling, and will make sure to post any critiques of players more carefully in the future.

Yep same with me regarding my remarks about Mahaney. I just don't see his fit at backup PG. I think he is more of SG with Diarra running the point.

 

[TroyHall98]

I was not a regular watcher of that show at all, but you have to admit it felt great for him to bag Rachel. It's like UConn going to the Final Four in 1999 for the first time in the program's history. I hated UConn being #1 on the NCAA list for having the most wins without a Final Four appearance when teams not as good as UConn in 1994-1996 such as 1994 Florida and 1996 Miss State made appearances in the Final Four. As awful as those defeats were it got UConn to be physically tougher for future issues.

The Miss State loss still bothers me to this day. The lack of interior presence on the 96 team was exposed in that game. The 95 team had the same issue as well and was exposed by Villanova and Jason Lawson. The loss to UCLA was more hubris than the lack of interior muscle. Calhoun got a lot smarter about bulking up at the 4 and 5 spots after those years.