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Purvis also doesn't look like a leader on this team at all. He isn't nearly as vocal as he seemed last year. Probably because a bunch of freshman can't respect your leadership if you can't string together 3 consecutive dribbles without a turnover.
 
willie99 said:
He'll come around and start scoring, he just needs to break the ice.

I have to admit, I'm disappointed thus far, I thought he was going to be a leader and that's just not happening thus far
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HuskyHawk said:
The shooting will come. He's in a rut of some kind. Who knows why. He's doing some other good things with the rebounds, assists and trying to get to the rim. He's also our best perimeter defender by a huge margin, and since we can't seem to guard against 3's we need him out there.
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It will not come. The rut has been for 5 years now. It takes him 20 shots to score 14 points. And honestly, i'm bullish on "being our best defender." Give Vital his minutes.
 
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UConnfan8 said:
It will not come. The rut has been for 5 years now. It takes him 20 shots to score 14 points. And honestly, i'm bullish on "being our best defender." Give Vital his minutes.
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Can't overuse Vital now with his back issues. So much for stashing two scholarships, it really screwed us this year and it's only been 3 games.
 
Yeah this has been him since he got here. Yep, he will have some good to great games hopefully this year but there will be more games like this. He probably looks great in practice but something doesn't click when it's game time. We won last night but if anyone thinks that effort is going to beat quality teams well...
 
It's mystifying where his scoring has gone. If he was contributing the 12 ppg he was chipping in last year we win the last two games easily.
 
Am I the only one who saw Gilbert go down last night? Anyone saying Purvis needs to ride the pine has to tell me who is playing the 40 minutes a game at each position...

I'm all for Purvis only taking wide open shots, and trying to get his game going on drives before he starts shooting J's again, but he will be out there on the court... we need him to be

Seems like Vital and Jackson should be taking the 3s, and larrier/adams as well. Purvis has to get his game going driving to the hoop and getting fouled, he cant hit a FT to save his life either, but at least that turns into fouls on the other teams guys
 
We ran two set plays to free up Purvis for open threes and he missed them both. Lets run those plays for Jackson. The kid can shoot. He rushed an airball three last night but kid can shoot.

Purvis will get hot and lets hope its next game as a few threes will open up the offense for Larrier whos always roaming around in the zone.
 
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@noeynox completely agree with your assessment that it doesnt seem like anybody knows their role and the guys look lost out there. It's one thing for that to happen to the freshman but for Purvis, Adams, Brimah and Facey? Bizarre.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
@noeynox completely agree with your assessment that it doesnt seem like anybody knows their role and the guys look lost out there. It's one thing for that to happen to the freshman but for Purvis, Adams, Brimah and Facey? Bizarre.
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I agree, but why would those guys (aside from Brimah) know their roles?
  • Facey played sparingly, and often at the 5, which not a position he's ever played for UConn.
  • Adams is a pass first, drive to score PG. So he's out there with Gilbert who is on the ball? What the hell is his role in that situation? I sure as hell don't know and I doubt he does.
  • Purvis is a shooting guard. He's out there and Adams, a guy who can't really shoot, is playing his position at the same time. Purvis is playing SF for some reason, but there is Larrier also playing SF at the same time. What the hell is his role? Is it any wonder he looks lost?
This is lousy coaching. Facey is a PF...period. Purvis is a SG. Adams is a PG. Brimah is a C. Larrier is SF. Those should be set in stone. Bring the freshmen in only in complimentary roles around those guys. Gilbert can be on the court as PG with Purvis or as SG with Adams. Vance can be a SG or can spell Larrier at SF, but should never be on the court with both Purvis and Larrier. Facey should be on the court as a 4, with Larrier or Jackson as a 3 and Brimah or Enoch as a 5. He shouldn't be asked to play the 5 with Larrier at the 4. That's a disaster waiting to happen.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I agree, but why would those guys (aside from Brimah) know their roles?
  • Facey played sparingly, and often at the 5, which not a position he's ever played for UConn.
  • Adams is a pass first, drive to score PG. So he's out there with Gilbert who is on the ball? What the hell is his role in that situation? I sure as hell don't know and I doubt he does.
  • Purvis is a shooting guard. He's out there and Adams, a guy who can't really shoot, is playing his position at the same time. Purvis is playing SF for some reason, but there is Larrier also playing SF at the same time. What the hell is his role? Is it any wonder he looks lost?
This is lousy coaching. Facey is a PF...period. Purvis is a SG. Adams is a PG. Brimah is a C. Larrier is SF. Those should be set in stone. Bring the freshmen in only in complimentary roles around those guys. Gilbert can be on the court as PG with Purvis or as SG with Adams. Vance can be a SG or can spell Larrier at SF, but should never be on the court with both Purvis and Larrier. Facey should be on the court as a 4, with Larrier or Jackson as a 3 and Brimah or Enoch as a 5. He shouldn't be asked to play the 5 with Larrier at the 4. That's a disaster waiting to happen.
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if you're advocating facey and brimah lineups you must have missed the first two games. We can't score with those two on the floor.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I agree, but why would those guys (aside from Brimah) know their roles?
  • Facey played sparingly, and often at the 5, which not a position he's ever played for UConn.
  • Adams is a pass first, drive to score PG. So he's out there with Gilbert who is on the ball? What the hell is his role in that situation? I sure as hell don't know and I doubt he does.
  • Purvis is a shooting guard. He's out there and Adams, a guy who can't really shoot, is playing his position at the same time. Purvis is playing SF for some reason, but there is Larrier also playing SF at the same time. What the hell is his role? Is it any wonder he looks lost?
This is lousy coaching. Facey is a PF...period. Purvis is a SG. Adams is a PG. Brimah is a C. Larrier is SF. Those should be set in stone. Bring the freshmen in only in complimentary roles around those guys. Gilbert can be on the court as PG with Purvis or as SG with Adams. Vance can be a SG or can spell Larrier at SF, but should never be on the court with both Purvis and Larrier. Facey should be on the court as a 4, with Larrier or Jackson as a 3 and Brimah or Enoch as a 5. He shouldn't be asked to play the 5 with Larrier at the 4. That's a disaster waiting to happen.
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I agree it's coaching but I also think that guys need to be able to have some flexibility in their roles; specifically the back court. I'll give you that Brimah and Facey probably don't have the ability to do anything else, but Adams, Purvis should be able to adapt. Even as recent as last year when Gibbs was on the team the 3 of them played at times with Hamilton and Miller/Brimah.

I know it's asking a lot of Adams to play off the ball but Boat, Napier and Walker have all had to do it and at this point Gilbert has outplayed Adams so he deserves to be the lead guard.

I agree it's mostly on KO but I can't not put some of the blame on the guys give the level of competition.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I agree, but why would those guys (aside from Brimah) know their roles?
  • Facey played sparingly, and often at the 5, which not a position he's ever played for UConn.
  • Adams is a pass first, drive to score PG. So he's out there with Gilbert who is on the ball? What the hell is his role in that situation? I sure as hell don't know and I doubt he does.
  • Purvis is a shooting guard. He's out there and Adams, a guy who can't really shoot, is playing his position at the same time. Purvis is playing SF for some reason, but there is Larrier also playing SF at the same time. What the hell is his role? Is it any wonder he looks lost?
This is lousy coaching. Facey is a PF...period. Purvis is a SG. Adams is a PG. Brimah is a C. Larrier is SF. Those should be set in stone. Bring the freshmen in only in complimentary roles around those guys. Gilbert can be on the court as PG with Purvis or as SG with Adams. Vance can be a SG or can spell Larrier at SF, but should never be on the court with both Purvis and Larrier. Facey should be on the court as a 4, with Larrier or Jackson as a 3 and Brimah or Enoch as a 5. He shouldn't be asked to play the 5 with Larrier at the 4. That's a disaster waiting to happen.
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Geez I hate to disagree all these guys are basketball players and none should be labeled with a number. Most of them are interchangeable, especially the guards. I mean I don't want to see Purvis at the point but the other 2 are fine on or off the ball. Wouldn't have been any different if DHam stayed as we would have had 2 PG's, 2 SF's and "5" as our best lineup it would seem. Again, these kids are supposed to know how to play and if Kentan is needed at the 4 or 5 this shouldn't be asking all that much. Griffey played the 2,3,4 and 5 his last year and Deandre the 3,4,5. If we need to blame the coaches, and we can by all means, it's because we need to get smarter, better and more flexible players to fit their system I think.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
@noeynox completely agree with your assessment that it doesnt seem like anybody knows their role and the guys look lost out there. It's one thing for that to happen to the freshman but for Purvis, Adams, Brimah and Facey? Bizarre.
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It's almost like the upper class men know thw younger players are better, but are reluctant to let them lead and the younger guys don't assert themselves enough. The exception seemed to be Alterique before he got hurt.
 
auror said:
He shot 39% from 3 last year on 180 attempts (and 48% from 2). What are you even talking about?
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Guess this isn't the Purvis bashing thread I thought it was.
 
Maybe the most frustrating player in recent UConn history. I don't feel like bashing him right now because he is probably a good dude and I've been bashing him on group texts enough already. Hopefully, he doesn't continue to hurt the team.
 
Rodney is who he is, and won't ever live up to his high school hype or Kevin Ollie's Ferrari hype. He is only effective when you don't expect much from him and when other teams aren't keying in on him. He is a slasher and that should be his role provide excellent defense and slash to the basket looking for a dunk or dish to someone who is open. Then he might be able to get the 3pt shot going again. However, we should be relying more on Vital, Vance, Larrier, and Adams to take and make those outside shots. Rodney is body language and attitude during the game is self-defeatist which doesn't help. The fact that he still can't dribble after 5 years and as a guy as highly ranked as he was is pretty mind-boggling. Adams needs to be the man along with Larrier and Brimah for us to go far this year. Those are our leaders: Brimah, Adams, and Larrier.
 
Kenny11 said:
Maybe the most frustrating player in recent UConn history. I don't feel like bashing him right now because he is probably a good dude and I've been bashing him on group texts enough already. Hopefully, he doesn't continue to hurt the team.
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Yeah Kenny I agree. I like Rodney a lot and he has had some wonderful games as a Husky. He seems to be a great kid, even super for that matter as well as a huge fan of the University.

But "frustrating" yep and only for reason of expectations. I mean if you saw his HS video's (yeah I get the video thing LOL) you would think he was the Ferrari KO spoke about. High flying, rim rattling, strong as an ox finisher who can make a shot here and there. And at times we've seen that. But as someone else mentioned it's amazing to me how little actual ability to change direction, spin and slow down he has? I mean full speed ahead or nothing most often especially ahead of the court, but he leaves the ball open for the deflection or flip away way too much. Last year he shot it well this year he hasn't but let's admit it's 3 games and we need him to make shots.

Rooting for him to get it going and finish his senior year strong as he is a good kid and I believe deserves it. So do AB and Kelis Fisher, all good kids but there's a pattern here.;)
 
HuskyHawk said:
I agree, but why would those guys (aside from Brimah) know their roles?
  • Facey played sparingly, and often at the 5, which not a position he's ever played for UConn.
  • Adams is a pass first, drive to score PG. So he's out there with Gilbert who is on the ball? What the hell is his role in that situation? I sure as hell don't know and I doubt he does.
  • Purvis is a shooting guard. He's out there and Adams, a guy who can't really shoot, is playing his position at the same time. Purvis is playing SF for some reason, but there is Larrier also playing SF at the same time. What the hell is his role? Is it any wonder he looks lost?
This is lousy coaching. Facey is a PF...period. Purvis is a SG. Adams is a PG. Brimah is a C. Larrier is SF. Those should be set in stone. Bring the freshmen in only in complimentary roles around those guys. Gilbert can be on the court as PG with Purvis or as SG with Adams. Vance can be a SG or can spell Larrier at SF, but should never be on the court with both Purvis and Larrier. Facey should be on the court as a 4, with Larrier or Jackson as a 3 and Brimah or Enoch as a 5. He shouldn't be asked to play the 5 with Larrier at the 4. That's a disaster waiting to happen.
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Ollie has said time and time again he wants everyone interchangeable and doesn't look at position. He has said he refuses to label players a PG/SG/SF/Pf/C. He wants everyone to know their all the roles.
 
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mauconnfan said:
Geez I hate to disagree all these guys are basketball players and none should be labeled with a number. Most of them are interchangeable, especially the guards. I mean I don't want to see Purvis at the point but the other 2 are fine on or off the ball. Wouldn't have been any different if DHam stayed as we would have had 2 PG's, 2 SF's and "5" as our best lineup it would seem. Again, these kids are supposed to know how to play and if Kentan is needed at the 4 or 5 this shouldn't be asking all that much. Griffey played the 2,3,4 and 5 his last year and Deandre the 3,4,5. If we need to blame the coaches, and we can by all means, it's because we need to get smarter, better and more flexible players to fit their system I think.
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Most of them except Brimah can do more than one thing (and he shouldn't be asked to). But Gilbert is not a better distributor than Adams, not even close. He is a better shooter than Adams. So why not play to their strengths? Let Adams be on the ball when he is in. Meanwhile, the 3 guard lineup sucks, but it is made worse when Larrier is in, because you have 4 guys who play on the perimeter. We saw that pathetic offense for 2.5 games. That's just bad coaching. If you want Purvis at the wing forward, then do it when Larrier is getting a rest. Don't throw out lineups that create confusion.

Giffey was a pretty uniquely adaptable player, and Deandre was as well. Maybe some day one of these guys gets to that, but none of them are now. Larrier might be closest, but he has a tendency to drift to the perimeter even when he's playing the PF spot, and that hurts our rebounding and makes us easy to defend.
 
Candyman34 said:
Ollie has said time and time again he wants everyone interchangeable and doesn't look at position. He has said he refuses to label players a PG/SG/SF/Pf/C. He wants everyone to know their all the roles.
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Well now we know why his team stinks then. A team might have a couple of guys who can do that. Most of them can't.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Most of them except Brimah can do more than one thing (and he shouldn't be asked to). But Gilbert is not a better distributor than Adams, not even close. He is a better shooter than Adams. So why not play to their strengths? Let Adams be on the ball when he is in. Meanwhile, the 3 guard lineup sucks, but it is made worse when Larrier is in, because you have 4 guys who play on the perimeter. We saw that pathetic offense for 2.5 games. That's just bad coaching. If you want Purvis at the wing forward, then do it when Larrier is getting a rest. Don't throw out lineups that create confusion.

Giffey was a pretty uniquely adaptable player, and Deandre was as well. Maybe some day one of these guys gets to that, but none of them are now. Larrier might be closest, but he has a tendency to drift to the perimeter even when he's playing the PF spot, and that hurts our rebounding and makes us easy to defend.
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I hear ya on stuff. I won't agree on the AG JA deal though but it's close no doubt. JA just never slows down and he really needs to now, he IS the guy. Can't play at 100MPH and run a team but he will get it, he's a talented kid and knows how to play when he gets to his spots no doubt.
 
Not sure what is going on with Purvis. But he needs to get out of the starting lineup. If Gilbert is out start Adams, Vital, Larrier, Jackson, Brimah. If Gilbert is good to go, switch him in the lineup with Vance.
 
mauconnfan said:
I hear ya on stuff. I won't agree on the AG JA deal though but it's close no doubt. JA just never slows down and he really needs to now, he IS the guy. Can't play at 100MPH and run a team but he will get it, he's a talented kid and knows how to play when he gets to his spots no doubt.
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Agree he's been shaky and turnover prone, but why? He wasn't last year. He was steady as hell. I think it could be because of pressure due to AG. I hate to see Gilbert get hurt and he's going to be great, but watch Adams and see if he starts playing better. He is just a sophomore.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Agree he's been shaky and turnover prone, but why? He wasn't last year. He was steady as hell. I think it could be because of pressure due to AG. I hate to see Gilbert get hurt and he's going to be great, but watch Adams and see if he starts playing better. He is just a sophomore.
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It will help him to make some shots and get some space from the defenders too. I really think he and AG just needed time and they will/would be tremendous together and just a ton of trouble.
 
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