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aOur guys look like they have virtually no fundamental skills these days. We threw it away so many times just trying to get in inbounds yesterday that I lost count. Our point guards ( dont have to name names ) have been horrible with their passing to the wings. And to make matters worse, (this is becoming a disturbing recurring theme), we are giving up points in big bunches and not scoring. We went from having a decent lead in the first half only to get blown away over the next several minutes. Im wondering why the coach isnt calling some timeouts when things are getting totally out of hand and come up with something to stop the bleeding. Failing this, cant there be some more effective communication to the guys while they are on the floor falling apart?

I know we are short handed with warm bodies, but why is Hoopy sitting so much when he seems to be able to apply some serious defensive pressure and has a decent offensive game?

Looked to me like Sou Miss was the only team playing 'Haase Fast' ball yesterday and it SUCKED to have taken the trip down to Hattiesburg only to see such a dismal performance.

Rant over for now.

Mike anderson team doesnt look too good his first year except at the end of the season with a major run in the tournament
New coach , below average player , a pf the size of sg , a pg who normally play as 2 guard and center who try hard
next year I will be MORE vocale ,,,this year he is getting a pass

Yep, the inbound turnovers were puzzling. Besides this, two other things really stick out. First, Jordan simply can't create his own shot. When he's open he's deadly accurate, though. Secondly, the lack of a penetrating pg hurts badly. No one on the team can penetrate and dish, or drive to the hole to shoot. Next year, it seems this issue will be solved. I hope at least.

(01-20-2013 01:08 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  Mike anderson team doesnt look too good his first year except at the end of the season with a major run in the tournament
New coach , below average player , a pf the size of sg , a pg who normally play as 2 guard and center who try hard
next year I will be MORE vocale ,,,this year he is getting a pass

Amen!

One of you guys that gets to participate in the Chalk Talk needs to ask Haase why he doesn't call timeouts. I've noticed Roy does it too, so it's a philosophical thing I think.

From what I can tell, he seems to use timeouts for strategic planning at the end of a half or game, instead of damage control during a run.

The sky is blue, the grass is green, everything is OK in Mayberry.

We just don't have the talent this year. We have a good player or two, but we don't have five of them, and we certainly don't have anybody capable of scoring 30+. Davis left the cupboard bare. If we play the what-if game, this is a roster that should still have Soko, Criswell, Harrison, and Fields. That would still leave us without a decent guard.

About the turnovers and defense, that's what happens when we have a roster with one guard, a bunch of forwards, and one center. We just don't have the athletes that can dominate either side of the floor. If Jekore Tyler wasn't a basket case, this team might be a game or two better in the win column, but that's debatable.

I don't have a problem with not calling timeouts during runs. We would just struggle with more inbound scenarios.

(01-20-2013 01:08 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  Mike anderson team doesnt look too good his first year except at the end of the season with a major run in the tournament
New coach , below average player , a pf the size of sg , a pg who normally play as 2 guard and center who try hard
next year I will be MORE vocale ,,,this year he is getting a pass

This. I don't understand why people keep wanting to talk about our issues this season. There is a learning curve with any new system, and we basically have no depth. Let Haase do his job, and we can complain next year if things still look this way.

I am willing to give him a pass next year too. Our upper classmen have been deemed untalented hacks by the experts on Blazertalk, so that leaves a bunch of brand new players who have never played D1 before. It will take them some time to adjust and develop.

(01-20-2013 01:08 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  Mike anderson team doesnt look too good his first year except at the end of the season with a major run in the tournament
New coach , below average player , a pf the size of sg , a pg who normally play as 2 guard and center who try hard
next year I will be MORE vocale ,,,this year he is getting a pass

I don't remember Anderson holding practice without a ball.(I thought I heard a poster say we have done that???) If we play without a ball the turnovers will disappear.

Anderson also had more talent in year 1. Even so, Anderson is a better coach.

What does that have to do with anything?

I have not been impressed with our PG play, and that hurts in a lot of ways.

Transition defense has been horrible, as well...

We don't have guys that can handle the ball under pressure. We have been reliant on guys like AJ and Squeaky for nearly a decade that simply could not be pressured with the ball in their hands. We've gotten spoiled and our coaches did not do a good enough job trying to replace guys like AJ.

I don't know to what degree Dayshawn Watkins fits in the mold of someone like AJ or Squeaky, but I hope he can handle pressure on the ball. We haven't had anyone since AJ left that could reliably do this.

Certainly we have other fundamental problems. Everyone ought to be able to handle some ball pressure, and we have virtually no one that can. We're also very weak on the perimeter in terms of shooting percentage and we don't have a lot of height as a team. All of those combine for the type of results we're seeing.

We don't score more points than the opposing team.

The three newcomers are average D1 players. Right now they are the three best players on the team. It will be season after next before the program is rebuilt to UAB standards.

(01-20-2013 06:00 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  I have not been impressed with our PG play, and that hurts in a lot of ways.

thats because we dont have a point guard...i think thats our biggest problem. not our only problem, but our biggest

Haase can't run 5v5 in practice, we have no help from our bench... we can't run "Haase-fast" style with no bench, so he resorts to a modified gameplan that isn't what he has ever run in his career.

Face it, we are just in survival mode at this point in the season. All we can hope for is that the players continue learning the system and no one gets hurt. Next year we'll be bringing in what amounts to a second starting five... practice will be more competitive, players will get more rest during games, and we will have players that were recruited to run the court.

(01-20-2013 06:38 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Haase can't run 5v5 in practice, we have no help from our bench... we can't run "Haase-fast" style with no bench, so he resorts to a modified gameplan that isn't what he has ever run in his career.

Face it, we are just in survival mode at this point in the season. All we can hope for is that the players continue learning the system and no one gets hurt. Next year we'll be bringing in what amounts to a second starting five... practice will be more competitive, players will get more rest during games, and we will have players that were recruited to run the court.

Thank You Mike Davis !

We have bad fans.