...then we drop to 3-6 in the MAC (1-4 at home). At that point I'd rather see the freshmen--ALL the freshmen--get much more playing time. This team only gets better next season if our many freshmen get better as sophomores. That won't happen sitting on the bench.
Boothe will get his minutes. We need to give him numbers so he can gat a chance in the NBA. But Garber is not consistent. Play Adway. Maybe his D is bad. So what? So is every other Rocket's. And next season if he's still here he will need to contribute something, so give him minutes now.
There are stretches of games, if not complete games, where Stuckey disappears on the floor. Sit him...more. When Jon Jon goes haywire on the floor and misses back-to-back lay ups and then gets burned on D in between, sit him. Play Rogers. Play Chandler White--he did get a scholarship for some reason after all. Yes they will make mistakes. Better for them to make many of them now this season in a losing campaign.
Keep Sanford & Navigato out there and tell them they HAVE to shoot! We are in big trouble next season if those 2 guys aren't double-digit scorers. Let them play their games even if they make mistakes so that they gain some confidence.
The group of freshmen can also benefit from decreased playing time for Lauf. If his knees aren't letting him be a real factor on the court then rest him more. This team will badly need points next season, not just role players.
(01-30-2016 10:17 PM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ]...then we drop to 3-6 in the MAC (1-4 at home). At that point I'd rather see the freshmen--ALL the freshmen--get much more playing time. This team only gets better next season if our many freshmen get better as sophomores. That won't happen sitting on the bench.
Boothe will get his minutes. We need to give him numbers so he can gat a chance in the NBA. But Garber is not consistent. Play Adway. Maybe his D is bad. So what? So is every other Rocket's. And next season if he's still here he will need to contribute something, so give him minutes now.
There are stretches of games, if not complete games, where Stuckey disappears on the floor. Sit him...more. When Jon Jon goes haywire on the floor and misses back-to-back lay ups and then gets burned on D in between, sit him. Play Rogers. Play Chandler White--he did get a scholarship for some reason after all. Yes they will make mistakes. Better for them to make many of them now this season in a losing campaign.
Keep Sanford & Navigato out there and tell them they HAVE to shoot! We are in big trouble next season if those 2 guys aren't double-digit scorers. Let them play their games even if they make mistakes so that they gain some confidence.
The group of freshmen can also benefit from decreased playing time for Lauf. If his knees aren't letting him be a real factor on the court then rest him more. This team will badly need points next season, not just role players.
Sanford had a vrry good game tonight, even getting screwed out of another blocked shot. Why can I see him cleanly block shot after shot and the official scorer constantly misses them?
(01-30-2016 11:20 PM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote: [ -> ] (01-30-2016 10:17 PM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ]...then we drop to 3-6 in the MAC (1-4 at home). At that point I'd rather see the freshmen--ALL the freshmen--get much more playing time. This team only gets better next season if our many freshmen get better as sophomores. That won't happen sitting on the bench.
Boothe will get his minutes. We need to give him numbers so he can gat a chance in the NBA. But Garber is not consistent. Play Adway. Maybe his D is bad. So what? So is every other Rocket's. And next season if he's still here he will need to contribute something, so give him minutes now.
There are stretches of games, if not complete games, where Stuckey disappears on the floor. Sit him...more. When Jon Jon goes haywire on the floor and misses back-to-back lay ups and then gets burned on D in between, sit him. Play Rogers. Play Chandler White--he did get a scholarship for some reason after all. Yes they will make mistakes. Better for them to make many of them now this season in a losing campaign.
Keep Sanford & Navigato out there and tell them they HAVE to shoot! We are in big trouble next season if those 2 guys aren't double-digit scorers. Let them play their games even if they make mistakes so that they gain some confidence.
The group of freshmen can also benefit from decreased playing time for Lauf. If his knees aren't letting him be a real factor on the court then rest him more. This team will badly need points next season, not just role players.
Sanford had a vrry good game tonight, even getting screwed out of another blocked shot. Why can I see him cleanly block shot after shot and the official scorer constantly misses them?
Thought he was the only Rocket who started the game with focus.
Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
Sanford is the real deal. He has started going to the hoop when his man overplays him. He just needs to build up some strength. He can dunk so with time in the weight room I can see him going strong to the hoop in the next few seasons.
The team seemed to play better when Boothe was on the bench in the first half. They look to Boothe way to much and are afraid to take shots until Boothe gets his touches. Garber needs to shoot a lot more. His defender knows he can help out on Boothe since no plays are ever run for Garber.
Yes, I agree. Opposing teams know Garber and Lauf only get garbage baskets. Sanford, Navigato and Rogers are freshmen and are reluctant and streaky. Has Rogers even taken a designed shot this year? Williams will get his 15 whether he bulls his way to the basket or not and Boothe is boothe. Not hard to design a defense when he is our only threat. Mosley just disappears from games and isn't looking to take the final shot in any situation.
(01-31-2016 08:37 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ]Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
2 related observations, then:
1) we must only have 7 guys who are practicing hard/well, then, because that's our rotation these past couple games...and one of those had bad knees.
2) any workplace that wants to succeed must continue to develop bench strength to replace employees who leave or retire. Boothe isn't the future of the Rocket basketball program...I would respectfully argue that neither Jon Jon nor Lauf are, either. The future imo consists of this years freshmen class and next years class...those are the players who will dictate what kinds of seasons we have over the next 3.
We could win the rest of our games, or we could lose the rest. I'm more inclined to believe that without any type of defense the Rockets will lose more than than they will win. K and staff will need some sort of come to Jesus meeting to rectify the lack of mental and physical toughness in this team. I'm starting to feel that the quality of recruiting, coaching, and state of the program, is precariously teetering over the side of a cliff.
TK is no hoops genius but don't you think if those guys were good shooters, he would have them out there shooting? For the last few years lots of folks have thought the secret to success was on our bench. Some guy from Spain and some transfer were going to save the day as soon as they became eligible. It doesn't work like that. Not for us anyway.
I'm not putting all this on Coach K. He needs the players to produce and his staff to support. He lost at least 2 really good assistants in his time here and I don't think the replacements were an even trade. Maybe in time the staff will get there but I'm not convinced K has the support he needs around him to fix what seem to be growing pains of a young squad.
(01-31-2016 10:50 AM)rkt Wrote: [ -> ]TK is no hoops genius but don't you think if those guys were good shooters, he would have them out there shooting? For the last few years lots of folks have thought the secret to success was on our bench. Some guy from Spain and some transfer were going to save the day as soon as they became eligible. It doesn't work like that. Not for us anyway.
Agree. We think that the untried players will be our savior because they haven't had the chance to disappoint us yet. The fact is that we are a team with no depth. Thank goodness we haven't had any injury issues whatsoever. As far as the freshmen and next year's recruits being the future of the program, I guess that's true in the literal sense given that they will be around after Boothe, Williams, Mosely, etc. graduate. I do like Sanford's game, but I don't think that this year's freshman class has done anything YET to make us think that we will win the conference in three years. Rogers seems overmatched. Navigato is one-dimensional. Adway and White apparently aren't good enough to see the floor. Knapke - who knows?
(01-31-2016 10:56 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not putting all this on Coach K. He needs the players to produce and his staff to support. He lost at least 2 really good assistants in his time here and I don't think the replacements were an even trade. Maybe in time the staff will get there but I'm not convinced K has the support he needs around him to fix what seem to be growing pains of a young squad.
Losing Anges Thorpe and Ryan Pedon did not help. They were good coaches and excellent recruiters. Maybe MOB and TK need to spread the wealth around, so UT does not have a revolving door on assistants in the future.
(01-31-2016 10:38 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 08:37 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ]Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
2 related observations, then:
1) we must only have 7 guys who are practicing hard/well, then, because that's our rotation these past couple games...and one of those had bad knees.
2) any workplace that wants to succeed must continue to develop bench strength to replace employees who leave or retire. Boothe isn't the future of the Rocket basketball program...I would respectfully argue that neither Jon Jon nor Lauf are, either. The future imo consists of this years freshmen class and next years class...those are the players who will dictate what kinds of seasons we have over the next 3.
Any workplace that wants to succeed values performance. I agree there's choices made. Those are made by observation, not by the birth certificate. Any coach gets a reputation for sitting players that have shown more.....
(01-31-2016 10:57 AM)Dwight Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 10:50 AM)rkt Wrote: [ -> ]TK is no hoops genius but don't you think if those guys were good shooters, he would have them out there shooting? For the last few years lots of folks have thought the secret to success was on our bench. Some guy from Spain and some transfer were going to save the day as soon as they became eligible. It doesn't work like that. Not for us anyway.
Agree. We think that the untried players will be our savior because they haven't had the chance to disappoint us yet. The fact is that we are a team with no depth. Thank goodness we haven't had any injury issues whatsoever. As far as the freshmen and next year's recruits being the future of the program, I guess that's true in the literal sense given that they will be around after Boothe, Williams, Mosely, etc. graduate. I do like Sanford's game, but I don't think that this year's freshman class has done anything YET to make us think that we will win the conference in three years. Rogers seems overmatched. Navigato is one-dimensional. Adway and White apparently aren't good enough to see the floor. Knapke - who knows?
Calling Navigato one diminsional sells him short. He needs strength but see how many games he has at least four boards in short minutes. Check his assists. Assist/TO ratio is good. Good hoops brain, weak hoops body. He'll get much better.
(01-31-2016 11:40 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 10:38 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 08:37 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ]Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
2 related observations, then:
1) we must only have 7 guys who are practicing hard/well, then, because that's our rotation these past couple games...and one of those had bad knees.
2) any workplace that wants to succeed must continue to develop bench strength to replace employees who leave or retire. Boothe isn't the future of the Rocket basketball program...I would respectfully argue that neither Jon Jon nor Lauf are, either. The future imo consists of this years freshmen class and next years class...those are the players who will dictate what kinds of seasons we have over the next 3.
Any workplace that wants to succeed values performance. I agree there's choices made. Those are made by observation, not by the birth certificate. Any coach gets a reputation for sitting players that have shown more.....
So again...apparently we have half a roster of guys who can't perform. Thanks. That makes me feel much better about the rest of this season and the next one.
(01-31-2016 11:53 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 11:40 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 10:38 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 08:37 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ]Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
2 related observations, then:
1) we must only have 7 guys who are practicing hard/well, then, because that's our rotation these past couple games...and one of those had bad knees.
2) any workplace that wants to succeed must continue to develop bench strength to replace employees who leave or retire. Boothe isn't the future of the Rocket basketball program...I would respectfully argue that neither Jon Jon nor Lauf are, either. The future imo consists of this years freshmen class and next years class...those are the players who will dictate what kinds of seasons we have over the next 3.
Any workplace that wants to succeed values performance. I agree there's choices made. Those are made by observation, not by the birth certificate. Any coach gets a reputation for sitting players that have shown more.....
So again...apparently we have half a roster of guys who can't perform. Thanks. That makes me feel much better about the rest of this season and the next one.
I presume in most cases, coaches settle on a 8-9 man rotation. I don't know, maybe K coddles a couple of players who seem to get their minutes regardless of their shortcomings/effort on the court. Possibly, playing T. Adway and C. White couldn't hurt.
(01-31-2016 11:53 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 11:40 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 10:38 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-31-2016 08:37 AM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ]Play the ones that have earned the spot. Freshman not in starting line-up can try to earn that in practice. Shuttling someone out just because someone else is younger? How do you like that working in your real world because unless you're the exception, you're not getting younger.
2 related observations, then:
1) we must only have 7 guys who are practicing hard/well, then, because that's our rotation these past couple games...and one of those had bad knees.
2) any workplace that wants to succeed must continue to develop bench strength to replace employees who leave or retire. Boothe isn't the future of the Rocket basketball program...I would respectfully argue that neither Jon Jon nor Lauf are, either. The future imo consists of this years freshmen class and next years class...those are the players who will dictate what kinds of seasons we have over the next 3.
Any workplace that wants to succeed values performance. I agree there's choices made. Those are made by observation, not by the birth certificate. Any coach gets a reputation for sitting players that have shown more.....
So again...apparently we have half a roster of guys who can't perform. Thanks. That makes me feel much better about the rest of this season and the next one.
I don't follow how you came up with that.
(01-31-2016 10:56 AM)bcunn3128 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not putting all this on Coach K. He needs the players to produce and his staff to support. He lost at least 2 really good assistants in his time here and I don't think the replacements were an even trade. Maybe in time the staff will get there but I'm not convinced K has the support he needs around him to fix what seem to be growing pains of a young squad.
So who would you blame for this? Coach K is the CEO of the bball team. The buck needs to stop with him.