PONs for E2

[diggerfoot]

At first I did not think there would be a need for PON in this game, what with the way the game thread was going in the first half. Then the unthinkable happened, the team performed exponentially better in the second half. What a disaster! I mean, for years the Boneyard has been able to save energy by reusing the same complaints for not performing as well in the second half, letting other teams escape from being doubled up on in scoring margin. Given our aging demographic, are we really ready for the new complaints we must construct for the team performing better in second halves?

What really disturbs me is that for the second game in a row the opposing team has a higher assists to made baskets than we do. This will soon be in every opposing coach's scouting reports: "If we can play a flawless team offense we can stay within 70 points of this team." This is something that needs to be fixed ASAP.

Also in need of fixing is one more turnover than blocked shots, and it would have been much worse if Stokes didn't get 7 of them herself. Speaking of which, maybe Stokes would finally get an offensive rebound if she stayed at home rather than trying to block every shot. Oh wait, um, never mind.

And what is it with our 6'5" center leading the team in steals? The others must not be trying hard enough. Now here are some individual PONs.

Banks - For the second consecutive game she got ZERO offensive rebounds. Once is a pattern; twice is a long term trend.

Faris - Speaking of trends, Faris got one more assist than in the first exhibition game, but two more turnovers! If this trend continues she will start getting more turnovers than assists halfway through the season. So much for senior stability.

 

[Wonkster]

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The 'Yard adds yet another weisenheimer to its already bulging sack. It's a recipe that will become cloying this very season, not merely in the distant future.

Learning well you have been, Obi Digger.

 

[msf22b]

Priceless!

 

[meyers7]

Also in need of fixing is one more turnover than blocked shots, and it would have been much worse if Stokes didn't get 7 of them herself. Speaking of which, maybe Stokes would finally get an offensive rebound if she stayed at home rather than trying to block every shot. Oh wait, um, never mind.

It's that offensive end / defensive end thingy that gets people all the time. And then just when you figure it out they switch ends.

Hopefully Geno is reading your PONs. He's gonna need something to talk about with this group.

 

[TDiNozzo]

Sorry... I'm clueless... what's
PONs for E2 mean?

 

[bruinbball]

TDiNozzo:
Make sure to read the first paragraph!

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/pon.26686/

 

[Icebear]

Pointing Out Negatives Exhibition #2

 

[TDiNozzo]

Thanks everyone... I still back at IBM and GE......

 

[Wonkster]

Thanks everyone... I still back at IBM and GE......

U B OK, TDN?

 

[arty155]

Sorry... I'm clueless... what's
PONs for E2 mean?

PONs for E2 = Sophisticated play
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- Excellent, excellent question. Given Digger's background as a universtity lecturer, his titles typically are filled with double entendre (heavy stuff; Greek, literally "double an aunt's laundry").
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MEANING 1:

Pointing Out Negatives Exhibition #2

--- Background: Good one, Ice. Frankly, I didn't grasp that particular interpretation of his title, on my own, either.
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MEANING 2: Sophisticated play
--- Background: Unsophisticated promote chess pons only into queens. Sofisticated university types slyly promote them, sometimes to even the low ranking pieces (E2 = Private First Class), depending upon the situation and the terrain.

 

[pinotbear]

I'm not bailing yer arse out this time. If somebody out there thinks yer serious, yer on yer own!