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Isaiah Whaley Merrimack Postgame

Chief00 said:
I think Cobb is one of our better passers and rebounders. Against a D1 opponent he is the only guy I have seen with legit post moves. I like Whaley but a D1 power guy would literarily kill him inside at this point.
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I haven't seen any real post move from him except one he over powered a much smallee guy, but it is still early so we start to see how capable they are as we get into our bigger games.

I still think a smaller lineup even with Cobb as our only true big man is our best lineup.
 
Chief00 said:
I think Cobb is one of our better passers and rebounders. Against a D1 opponent he is the only guy I have seen with legit post moves. I like Whaley but a D1 power guy would literarily kill him inside at this point.
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Disagree on Whaley though, maybe for now but he will figure it out, he will be quicker than most of those guys who would so-called kill him. Cobb can pass though and like to. And he uses his left nice to score hopefully his defense improves so he stays on the floor.
 
3rdbass said:
I haven't seen any real post move from him except one he over powered a much smallee guy, but it is still early so we start to see how capable they are as we get into our bigger games.

I still think a smaller lineup even with Cobb as our only true big man is our best lineup.
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Small lineups with guys that go 1 for 14 from 3, tend not to work real well. If Chief plays small ball - I want three knock down shooters and 2 other pretty good shooters. We have zero knock down shooters. I am not trying to put anyone down - it’s just what my eyes are telling me.
 
Chief00 said:
Small lineups with guys that go 1 for 14 from 3, tend not to work real well. If Chief plays small ball - I want three knock down shooters and 2 other pretty good shooters. We have zero knock down shooters. I am not trying to put anyone down - it’s just what my eyes are telling me.
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This is true enough. Nolan Richardson's "40 minutes of hell" teams did well when they shot 40% from 3, which they did for 5 consecutive years 1990-1995, including winning the 93-94 national championship. That national championship team went 6'1", 6'1", 6'6", 6'7", 6'9". Not much taller than we'll be. But they had four starters who shot better than 35% from 3, three better than 40%. His style didn't work so well when he didn't have the shooters.

We have what we have. We'll need defensive pressure, rebounds and turnovers, and fast-break points to help our scoring. I think JC's comment of winning 20 games is a reasonable target. At least it will be a fun style to watch; and "the nice thing about freshmen is they become sophomores."
 
pj said:
This is true enough. Nolan Richardson's "40 minutes of hell" teams did well when they shot 40% from 3, which they did for 5 consecutive years 1990-1995, including winning the 93-94 national championship. That national championship team went 6'1", 6'1", 6'6", 6'7", 6'9". Not much taller than we'll be. But they had four starters who shot better than 35% from 3, three better than 40%. His style didn't work so well when he didn't have the shooters.

We have what we have. We'll need defensive pressure, rebounds and turnovers, and fast-break points to help our scoring. I think JC's comment of winning 20 games is a reasonable target. At least it will be a fun style to watch; and "the nice thing about freshmen is they become sophomores."
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On to my next analytical deal- Quite frankly where is the assumption coming from that we will run? I have not seen a KO coached team do that.
 
Chief00 said:
On to my next analytical deal- Quite frankly where is the assumption coming from that we will run? I have not seen a KO coached team do that.
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Because it makes sense. For the first time in KO's tenure, we have the depth of athletes to do it. Also, we lack the shooters and size to score in the half court. Points have to come from somewhere, we'd better get as many open court situations as we can.
 
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pj said:
Because it makes sense. For the first time in KO's tenure, we have the depth of athletes to do it. Also, we lack the shooters and size to score in the half court. Points have to come from somewhere, we'd better get as many open court situations as we can.
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We also seem to have better rebounding (or at least an inclination to box out and sweep the glass), Gilbert and Adams to push the ball up the floor, and Polley, Larrier, Whaley, Vital and Diarra capable of finishing on the other end.

Well, we can hope.
 
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