(03-04-2017 01:32 PM)Gilesfan Wrote: I never said Fields was the sole reason the team struggled while he was in the game. Its just a fact they played badly with him in.
Hes not a good shooter and I believe he took bad shots (made 1). He did not get the team kn theirnsets very well and he started too far outside. He struggled to guard.
Hes a true freshman project playing mins he shouldnt be getting (perfect redshirt candidate). But hes the best we have behind Caver.
Ps there are instances where a guy played well but the other 4 did not with him on court. Did not look to be the case Thurs, imo
You didn't say it but the implication you made about Fields was there via your stat comment much like it is with your comments above ... (i.e. not a good shooter, took bad shots, didn't get them in their sets, started too far outside, shouldn't be getting minutes, yada, yada, yada). From this and a few other instances it really appears that you have some kind of personal thing against Fields. Everyone realizes that he is not the best point guard on the team, that he is a true freshman, that he is undersized, and that he has plenty to work on in making the jump from high school to college.
He was 1-3 from the floor if memory serves me correctly, and scored 3 points. By any 'stats' that is 3 points in those 3 possessions that he himself shot, or 1 point per possession (which in the past you have lamented as being decent). None of the shots he took were "bad shots" as you have stated. Just to be clear, I am not saying that at this point in his career that Fields is a "good shooter". In this particular game he was adequate though, and his shot selection was good.
I just went back and reviewed the 2nd half of the UTEP game (don't have the 1st half recorded). Fields came in at the 14;21 mark and went out 6 minutes later. During his time in the game the lead increased from a 3 point advantage to an 8 point advantage. The player he was guarding took 2 shots while working one-on-one against Fields, and missed both shots. Another time Fields got caught on a pick, recovered to join in on a double team and helped to create a turnover on the play. Fields was winded and asked to come out of the game or he likely would have been in longer. Immediately (within seconds) after he came out, Kah came in and hit a jumper to push the lead to 10. From that point on UTEP mounted a come back and took the lead going into the final seconds. I also noted your comments that, "Fields didn't get the team into their sets very well and started the offense too far out". The recording I just reviewed of the 2nd half of Thursday's game showed that to be absolutely false. In fact, even Jason Capel doing the game commented while I was reviewing the action on the nice job that Fields was doing.
Fields is not the only back-up point guard option. I assume that you noticed Pinckney playing in that role for several games recently. If Fields was so poorly doing all of what you have accused him of doing against UTEP two things stand to reason ... First, Jones would have at least given Pinckney a try to see if he could do better. Second, neither Jones nor Twardzik would have mentioned the good play of Fields in their post game comments such as they did.