We had our shot | Page 2 | The Boneyard

We had our shot

Wise2 said:
Don't think AG would have made a difference. Glad we didn't try and rush him back. Still ugh
Expand ...

He definitely would have kept us within 30.
 
August_West said:
UConn AD sure picked a good time to tell longtime season ticket holders and donors they have to buy seat licenses now.
Expand ...

yeah what’s the deal with that? Is it in a story or just some people saw it?
 
.-.
noeynox said:
Down 5 with Jalen shooting the front end of a 1 on 1. He misses, stands at the FT line with arms extended in a shooting pose, and UH guard Robinson out hustles the whole squad for a layup. That was essentially the ball game.
Expand ...

I mentally marked that moment in the game in my head and thought that was a huge turning point.. they very quickly pushed it to double digits after that front end miss and it’s was all downhill from that point..
 
noeynox said:
Down 5 with Jalen shooting the front end of a 1 on 1. He misses, stands at the FT line with arms extended in a shooting pose, and UH guard Robinson out hustles the whole squad for a layup. That was essentially the ball game.
Expand ...
Then he got caught in the air, turned it over again leading to a transition 3. It was over at that point. Disturbing that they quit in the second half though.
 
The problem with Polley is the ONLY thing he can do is shoot, and he has games like today when he can't hit the broad side of a barn. I don't think we would have won regardless, but him and CV couldn't hit ANYTHING....Jalen couldn't do it all by himself.

Polley cannot start next year for us to be a legitimate team. As of today, if everyone comes back who we expect to, I think the locks would have to be AG, CV, Akok, and Carlton. Sid needs to get way more consistent if he wants to start for us. Maybe Gaffney or Bouknight come in good enough to start as freshmen?
 
Mooch82 said:
The problem with Polley is the ONLY thing he can do is shoot, and he has games like today when he can't hit the broad side of a barn. I don't think we would have won regardless, but him and CV couldn't hit ANYTHING....Jalen couldn't do it all by himself.

Polley cannot start next year for us to be a legitimate team. As of today, if everyone comes back who we expect to, I think the locks would have to be AG, CV, Akok, and Carlton. Sid needs to get way more consistent if he wants to start for us. Maybe Gaffney or Bouknight come in good enough to start as freshmen?
Expand ...
I think there's a pretty good chance one of Gaffney and Bouk starts. I wouldn't pencil anything in with Vital at this point.
 
superjohn said:
I think there's a pretty good chance one of Gaffney and Bouk starts. I wouldn't pencil anything in with Vital at this point.
Expand ...

It seems like Vital hasn't progressed much at all in his time here. When he gets hot from 3, he's a great microwave player. When he doesn't, it seems like boneheaded play after boneheaded play. He didn't show much coming off the bench this year but I hope he can figure that out for next year because that's his ideal spot in the rotation.
 
.-.
We have too many one dimensional players. Those kind of players are better served as bench guys. You bring those guys in for a short stint and see if that one dimension is working that particular game. Polley is a perfect example of that.
 
PAHusky said:
It seems like Vital hasn't progressed much at all in his time here. When he gets hot from 3, he's a great microwave player. When he doesn't, it seems like boneheaded play after boneheaded play. He didn't show much coming off the bench this year but I hope he can figure that out for next year because that's his ideal spot in the rotation.
Expand ...

How many games did you watch this year?
 
Vital has progressed, but I think the biggest knock against him is what can he do if his shot isn't falling? His handles need to improve, and he needs to create off dribble.
 
.-.
Stainmaster said:
How many games did you watch this year?
Expand ...

All of them? If you disagree with what I said that's fantastic, please share your POV.

In my opinion, Vital is a one dimensional player who hasn't shown much growth at all. Against bad teams/poor defenses he gets his looks and is an effective offensive weapon. When he's not hitting his shots I tend to think he fails to contribute much otherwise on the offensive end and his defense can be atrocious at times.
 
If you look st what we had out there Carlton is improving but far from finished big. Polley needs to be an off the bench shooter who plays minutes when he is hitting and goes back the bench when he isn’t. Vital is a 6 th man on a good team. Cobb and Whalley are back up bigs. Basically 10 fouls. Smith is a low A10 talent and Adams is a talent without focus. Playing multiple games back to back required too much concentration for him. Bottom line is this is not a good team, probably a middle of the pack A10 team right now. Ollie took Daddy’s Jag and drove it off the end of the New Haven pier. Hurley pulled it out of the Sound this season. Gonna take longer to get the engine purring again.
 
damn houston out for blood. they may win every game in this tourney by 20 points.
 
ASweet3781 said:
I don't see how the gap improves as long as we have to play a lot of Polley and Carlton. They are simply not a good enough frontcourt at this level. Carlton more of a complimentary piece. We need more than just the 3 we have coming in.
Expand ...
did you just say Carlton is not good enough for this level? please delete your account right now hahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
Stainmaster said:
Were you awake between 1999 and 2014? Of course the basketball gods were bound to even it out.
Expand ...

2011 and 2014 runs had some luck to them, but what JC built between 1994-2009, I don't think you can say we were overwhelmingly lucky over that period.

2 championships out of a dozen or so contending teams, but some significant heartbreak in there as well. The Dyson injury in 2009 may have robbed us of a 3rd championship at the time, or at least an all-time matchup with UNC.
 
.-.
HuskyBoi said:
did you just say Carlton is not good enough for this level? please delete your account right now hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Expand ...

And what level do you want this program to be at? The one with 16 wins, a losing record, and a 40 point loss in the quarterfinal round of our league tournament? That's what having Josh as the best frontcourt player got us. But compare a frontcourt of him and Polley being backed up by Cobb to any UConn team circa 1990-2014. It's not good enough for the level where most of us want to be at again. Carlton has improved but he is still just a complimentary player. If he's our best frontcourt player the next 2 years, things will not improve as much as we want it to.
 
Stainmaster said:
Were you awake between 1999 and 2014? Of course the basketball gods were bound to even it out.
Expand ...

I sure hope you're not suggesting we have to endure another 12 seasons of bad luck to "even it out" before it ends. I'm not likely to be alive to see that end.
 
PAHusky said:
All of them? If you disagree with what I said that's fantastic, please share your POV.

In my opinion, Vital is a one dimensional player who hasn't shown much growth at all. Against bad teams/poor defenses he gets his looks and is an effective offensive weapon. When he's not hitting his shots I tend to think he fails to contribute much otherwise on the offensive end and his defense can be atrocious at times.
Expand ...
Your not watching the game.
 
kansashusky said:
Vital has progressed, but I think the biggest knock against him is what can he do if his shot isn't falling? His handles need to improve, and he needs to create off dribble.
Expand ...
CV has a positive impact on every game regardless of if his shot is falling or not. Rebounds, hustles, fights. People can act like losing CV won’t be a big deal, but it’ll hurt us.
 
freescooter said:
If you look st what we had out there Carlton is improving but far from finished big. Polley needs to be an off the bench shooter who plays minutes when he is hitting and goes back the bench when he isn’t. Vital is a 6 th man on a good team. Cobb and Whalley are back up bigs. Basically 10 fouls. Smith is a low A10 talent and Adams is a talent without focus. Playing multiple games back to back required too much concentration for him. Bottom line is this is not a good team, probably a middle of the pack A10 team right now. Ollie took Daddy’s Jag and drove it off the end of the New Haven pier. Hurley pulled it out of the Sound this season. Gonna take longer to get the engine purring again.
Expand ...

"Who's the U boat commander?"
 
Wise2 said:
Don't think AG would have made a difference. Glad we didn't try and rush him back. Still ugh
Expand ...
I think is no doubt that with AG they would have won hands down. No question he will have a full season next year, not get injured, and lead UConn to a national championship!
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,336
Messages
4,565,417
Members
10,466
Latest member
agiglax


Top Bottom