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Secret Scrimmage #2

JustbrewitMan said:
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you’re getting agitated about us not being able to score in the half court set based on some anonymous poster’s account from their cousin’s friend who is a Rutgers booster who claims that UConn had trouble scoring in the half court set.

What do you think a Rutgers booster is gonna say?

Also, Coach Hurley has said on multiple occasions that he does not run any real offensive sets in these scrimmages.

We’ll have a better 1st hand idea of how our offense looks in less than 10 days!
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True.
but I still don’t understand the downside of running offensive sets against real opponents, as opposed to practice players who know exactly what’s coming. Seems like unnecessary coach paranoia
 
JustbrewitMan said:
R-E-L-A-X

you’re getting agitated about us not being able to score in the half court set based on some anonymous poster’s account from their cousin’s friend who is a Rutgers booster who claims that UConn had trouble scoring in the half court set.

What do you think a Rutgers booster is gonna say?

Also, Coach Hurley has said on multiple occasions that he does not run any real offensive sets in these scrimmages.

We’ll have a better 1st hand idea of how our offense looks in less than 10 days!
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Not my cousin but my Brother and I hope you aren’t trying to put any Disrespect on his name.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
Crap, so now we’re 1-1. Does this drop us out of the top 25? lol
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Not unless all the other top 25 teams are 2-0 in their secret scrimmages, and someone has secretly relayed the information to those that determine the top 25 rankings.
Lol.

:rolleyes:
 
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whut wud frankie say aboot all this?


im fairly confident that if we reach a reasonably expected place in march/april, the talking heads will be filled with lazerlike comments aboot the squad sounding in 'what a veteran team! they've got players doing this for 4, 5 years! all that experience can really mean something come tourney time! toss in some new guys who might be pretty good, and that's a recipe for success!'
 
Kenny11 said:
True.
but I still don’t understand the downside of running offensive sets against real opponents, as opposed to practice players who know exactly what’s coming. Seems like unnecessary coach paranoia
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I don't understand what the players would actually do on offense if not subconsciously at least try and run something similar to offensive sets have been practicing on regular basis.
Are we saying they had to play without Gaffney constantly looking to Hurley to see what he should do, or Polley trying to figure out how to get open without going to the predetermined spot from a Hurley offensive set or Whaley going one on one? Maybe that's a good thing.
I didn't see many effective offensive sets by UConn last year. Players need to know where the advantage is (if none of 5 players on offense have an advantage either in talent in general or positioning on a particular play that's a big problem) and try to go there. Other teams know on offense to go after Cole and not so much Whaley, get Sanogo in foul trouble, see if Akok can guard on perimeter.
 
I’m not familiar with this Rutgers team but if they pretty much have a set nucleus of a team given comparable athleticism they have a huge early season advantage over a team like UConn which has one or two position players set. That’s why you play early season cupcakes.
 
auror said:
When we win these, it's because our team is great and exactly as advertised. When we lose, it's because they're more like glorified practices and we're running vanilla sets.
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So what’s your point? :cool:
 
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smoothcriminal said:
Not my cousin but my Brother and I hope you aren’t trying to put any Disrespect on his name.
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smoothcriminal said:
Not my cousin but my Brother and I hope you aren’t trying to put any Disrespect on his name.
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Question.

What is the course of action if one puts (captial D) Disrespect on someone's brother on an online fan forum?

Like, what are you expecting to do if he says "yes, your brother sucks. I present (capital D) Disrespect to him now"

Is this a dueling challenge situation? Or more one of those times where people start posturing without any way of backing it up?
 
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Stinger92860 said:
If we cannot score in the half court set and our strength is front court, where do the points come from? Without effective perimeter options teams will sag or play a tight zone. Perimeter shooting will determine the level of our success.
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Hence the value of Tyler Polley. We have 1 proven shooter that can reliably get his shot off. And like it or not, it’s him. It’s great to have athletes that can overwhelm some opponents. But you’re going to need something else against those you can’t “out-athlete.”
 
ThabeetDown said:
Need Jackson to take a huge step and/or Hawk to put up frosh Bouk numbers. Both are in the realm of possibility and fortunately with the veteran presence to ease the pressure in the hiccups that will come should make things easier for them.
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Jackson is not gonna be a scorer..rest assured its not gonna happen...
 
Kenny11 said:
True.
but I still don’t understand the downside of running offensive sets against real opponents, as opposed to practice players who know exactly what’s coming. Seems like unnecessary coach paranoia
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Well, you and Hurley have to agree to disagree on that one.
 
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Quite frankly, when Chief hears about great depth in practice, he thinks no one is separating himself from the crowd like a great scorer does. I think you start with Adama, hope Hawkins ramps up fast and Gaffney breaks loose from his self constraints. Jackson can do a lot of things to help you win but to be extra special he needs to make the 3 in games. Johnson may have a huge upside but it’s going to be tough to get playing time in the way Hurley allocates front court playing time.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
R-E-L-A-X

you’re getting agitated about us not being able to score in the half court set based on some anonymous poster’s account from their cousin’s friend who is a Rutgers booster who claims that UConn had trouble scoring in the half court set.

What do you think a Rutgers booster is gonna say?

Also, Coach Hurley has said on multiple occasions that he does not run any real offensive sets in these scrimmages.

We’ll have a better 1st hand idea of how our offense looks in less than 10 days!
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I was simply stating facts, no agitation. The reality is that we have not been a good perimeter shooting team and our opponents have played zone against us, fact. Even with Bouk, the offense would stall.
 
ARIDE said:
Jackson is not gonna be a scorer..rest assured its not gonna happen...
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He’s not gonna be 15 ppg by any means but i think an 8-10 scorer is realistic. He has the tools to be one cuz he’s so athletic and his handles are good enough he should be able to create his own shot. Plus, his ability to score in transition will be best on the team in theory. I could see him getting 4ish buckets a game for sure if he’s playing starter minutes, no?
 
SeattleHoop said:
I’ll rest assured knowing you have no clue what you’re talking about. He was born and bred for this game
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He has many tools no doubt and is a natural in so many aspects. But truth is shooting isn’t one of them and it didn’t look good ever. So he has a clue, you both do. He needs to find a way though like it or not or he will hurt our offense.
 
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If we play a higher tempo offense, then AJax will get his points… If we’re still a slow half-court offense then it may be more of the same.
 
So the team picke d as #2 in the NEWBIE got dominated by the team projected #8 in the Big 10 but it’s nothing to worry about. Is that about it? The decision to move to the NOOB is looking better all the time. A successful season is getting to the tournament. Nice. Don’t have to worry about staying up late to watch UConn in the Sweet 16.
 
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