This team is doomed this year... Pookie still got a long way to go.. Johnson is not consistent yet... Cunningham plays out of control.

I don't know what would be of this team without Nichols.

(01-24-2015 10:13 PM)passat25 Wrote:  This team is doomed this year... Pookie still got a long way to go.. Johnson is not consistent yet... Cunningham plays out of control.

I don't know what would be of this team without Nichols.

I thought KJ played very well against Dabney, and Markel played decent against Starks.

Yet somehow MEMPHIS won despite the horrendous point guard play.

57-55. 12-7. On to ECU.

(01-24-2015 11:20 PM)boss man Wrote:  Yet somehow MEMPHIS won despite the horrendous point guard play.

57-55. 12-7. On to ECU.

I give the refs all the credit

It's a mistake giving the ammount of minutes he does to Cunningham. The kid has some moxie but he is not a D1 player and tends to get out of control at times. I think it's hurting Pookies development. Only way this team makes the NCAA tourney is if it gets hot in the conference tourney and wins the auto-bid. I'd play Kedren and Pookie and take my lumps and hope that by the end of the season when it comes time for the tourney one or both have come around enough to give us a chance to make a run. Johnson has it, he just cant play extended minutes in certain matchups. Pookie looked like he was close to getting it, but Josh is doing everything he can to kill it.

I dont see what is accomplished by playing Cunningham other than he plays fast and Josh wants the team to play fast.

What happened to "We are going to roll with Pookie"?

(01-25-2015 12:47 PM)idroot4russia Wrote:  It's a mistake giving the ammount of minutes he does to Cunningham. The kid has some moxie but he is not a D1 player and tends to get out of control at times. I think it's hurting Pookies development. Only way this team makes the NCAA tourney is if it gets hot in the conference tourney and wins the auto-bid. I'd play Kedren and Pookie and take my lumps and hope that by the end of the season when it comes time for the tourney one or both have come around enough to give us a chance to make a run. Johnson has it, he just cant play extended minutes in certain matchups. Pookie looked like he was close to getting it, but Josh is doing everything he can to kill it.

I dont see what is accomplished by playing Cunningham other than he plays fast and Josh wants the team to play fast.

Cunningham is the only player who can break a defense down off the dribble...He needs to be taught because no one else seems to bring that skillset to the table.

(01-25-2015 12:49 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(01-25-2015 12:47 PM)idroot4russia Wrote:  It's a mistake giving the ammount of minutes he does to Cunningham. The kid has some moxie but he is not a D1 player and tends to get out of control at times. I think it's hurting Pookies development. Only way this team makes the NCAA tourney is if it gets hot in the conference tourney and wins the auto-bid. I'd play Kedren and Pookie and take my lumps and hope that by the end of the season when it comes time for the tourney one or both have come around enough to give us a chance to make a run. Johnson has it, he just cant play extended minutes in certain matchups. Pookie looked like he was close to getting it, but Josh is doing everything he can to kill it.

I dont see what is accomplished by playing Cunningham other than he plays fast and Josh wants the team to play fast.

Cunningham is the only player who can break a defense down off the dribble...He needs to be taught because no one else seems to bring that skillset to the table.

Pookie can do it he's just scared he's going to be yanked. Cunningham is playing with house money being the third guy. He has nothing to lose

Don't make the mistake of assuming just because Kedren isn't quick he can't break down a defense. Kedren has broken down plenty of defenses but he doesn't do it by getting past his man and taking it all the way to the hoop. He gets in the lane and then looks to kick it out to a shooter. Other times he will break down a defense just by knowing where to go on the floor and where to direct teammates to move to to make the defense loose it's shape and create an opening for himself or somebody else to attack. Mentally Kedren is the best pg on the team and it's not even close.

(01-25-2015 01:03 PM)idroot4russia Wrote:  Don't make the mistake of assuming just because Kedren isn't quick he can't break down a defense. Kedren has broken down plenty of defenses but he doesn't do it by getting past his man and taking it all the way to the hoop. He gets in the lane and then looks to kick it out to a shooter. Other times he will break down a defense just by knowing where to go on the floor and where to direct teammates to move to to make the defense loose it's shape and create an opening for himself or somebody else to attack. Mentally Kedren is the best pg on the team and it's not even close.

Mentally I totally agree... But his skills and his physical attributes have really slipped.

Way too much has been made of the point guard situation. We've lost more games due to bad defense and giving up offensive rebounds than we have point guard mistakes.

(01-25-2015 01:11 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Way too much has been made of the point guard situation. We've lost more games due to bad defense and giving up offensive rebounds than we have point guard mistakes.

I want to think Pastner didn't play Pookie much last night after he singled-handedly lost the game against Tulane the last time.

(01-25-2015 12:48 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  What happened to "We are going to roll with Pookie"?

That may have been filed away with the "we're going to be a pressing team" memo from a few seasons ago.

(01-25-2015 12:48 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  What happened to "We are going to roll with Pookie"?

It is the plan of person without any plan... Constantly, be trying to throw in who looks the best at any given moment. The minutes variations that the players are getting is insane. One bad game and a player may not see the court at all in the next match. There are really only two players who have gotten consistent minutes, Nichols and Woodson. Every other player seems to be a crap shoot from night to night depending on how JP feels. We are half way through the season and we still have no idea what PG is going to get the most run in a game. Pookie is simply JJ 2.0, one mistake and he is on the bench. Unfortunately, JP is taking it even farther with Pookie, 2 mistakes and Pookie might be lucky to play 5 minutes in the next game. There is just noway to expect players to be confident and consistent with the way he does his rotations.

I'll believe that you know what you're talking about when you stop referring to basketball games as matches and learn how to spell numbers.

(01-26-2015 12:06 AM)Tiger Greg Wrote:  I'll believe that you know what you're talking about when you stop referring to basketball games as matches.

Good rebuttal... I'll assume you know something about basketball when make a post about, well... basketball...

(01-26-2015 12:08 AM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 12:06 AM)Tiger Greg Wrote:  I'll believe that you know what you're talking about when you stop referring to basketball games as matches.

Good rebuttal... I'll assume you know something about basketball when make a post about, well... basketball...

(01-24-2015 10:13 PM)passat25 Wrote:  This team is doomed this year... Pookie still got a long way to go..

Especially playing only 3 minutes a game.

(01-26-2015 12:00 AM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(01-25-2015 12:48 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  What happened to "We are going to roll with Pookie"?

It is the plan of person without any plan... Constantly, be trying to throw in who looks the best at any given moment. The minutes variations that the players are getting is insane. One bad game and a player may not see the court at all in the next match. There are really only two players who have gotten consistent minutes, Nichols and Woodson. Every other player seems to be a crap shoot from night to night depending on how JP feels. We are half way through the season and we still have no idea what PG is going to get the most run in a game. Pookie is simply JJ 2.0, one mistake and he is on the bench. Unfortunately, JP is taking it even farther with Pookie, 2 mistakes and Pookie might be lucky to play 5 minutes in the next game. There is just noway to expect players to be confident and consistent with the way he does his rotations.

So let Pookie play through mistakes that cost us games then blame the coach for putting him in situations he is not ready for. SOP for MemphisTigers.org

(01-26-2015 09:52 AM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 12:00 AM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(01-25-2015 12:48 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  What happened to "We are going to roll with Pookie"?

It is the plan of person without any plan... Constantly, be trying to throw in who looks the best at any given moment. The minutes variations that the players are getting is insane. One bad game and a player may not see the court at all in the next match. There are really only two players who have gotten consistent minutes, Nichols and Woodson. Every other player seems to be a crap shoot from night to night depending on how JP feels. We are half way through the season and we still have no idea what PG is going to get the most run in a game. Pookie is simply JJ 2.0, one mistake and he is on the bench. Unfortunately, JP is taking it even farther with Pookie, 2 mistakes and Pookie might be lucky to play 5 minutes in the next game. There is just noway to expect players to be confident and consistent with the way he does his rotations.

So let Pookie play through mistakes that cost us games then blame the coach for putting him in situations he is not ready for. SOP for MemphisTigers.org

He does not have be playing 30 minutes a game, but how can a player develop and learn while riding the pine? Is Cunningham or Johnson playing that much better and winning us games. We are 12-7. And the idea that Pookie by himself has cost us one game, let alone multiple games as you claim, is just silly...