Turned GP on. 1st time in a LOOOOONG time. He is hammering ALo!

Not sure why people are slamming ALo...

He is limited being asked to do more than he is capable...

Only knock I have on him is he should have a shot by now.

If Lomax wasn’t capable of running the offense, I’d say lay off the guy. The truth is that he is capable of running this offense, if he wants to run it, and not act as the designated driver to the basket. He should be directing movement, policing bad shots, and making his lane drives rare and effective.

Caller asked GP an NBA ISO heavy offense vs Motion offense question.

GP: OK. Next question.

LMAO

(11-30-2020 05:50 PM)bubbapt Wrote:  If Lomax wasn’t capable of running the offense, I’d say lay off the guy. The truth is that he is capable of running this offense, if he wants to run it, and not act as the designated driver to the basket. He should be directing movement, policing bad shots, and making his lane drives rare and effective.

I agree his drives are not effective.

But many times when he isn't driving nobody else is either...

Alo is not and never has been the answer. He is not a heavy minute rotation player. If he was not coached by Penny since jr high nobody would would give him benefit of the doubt and Penny would not be forcing him in the rotation

(11-30-2020 06:46 PM)ktharrisjr Wrote:  Alo is not and never has been the answer. He is not a heavy minute rotation player. If he was not coached by Penny since jr high nobody would would give him benefit of the doubt and Penny would not be forcing him in the rotation

Penny benched Alo last year , he will again this year if Alo continues to not be productive, My guess is that Alo is going to move down to a 6-8 minute per game player sooner than later

(11-30-2020 05:16 PM)gusrob Wrote:  Turned GP on. 1st time in a LOOOOONG time. He is hammering ALo!

(11-30-2020 05:55 PM)gusrob Wrote:  Caller asked GP an NBA ISO heavy offense vs Motion offense question.

GP: OK. Next question.

LMAO

All the more reason why he shouldn't be hammering ALo. NBA isn't heavy Iso. Unless you have a superstar, you're not going to see a lot of Iso plays.

GP also had on the ESPN analyst that did the Tiger games in South Dakota and he had some not too nice things to say about the Tigers or ALo. It was some straight talk about the offense. Hard to listen to that being said about our Tigers but it seemed to be somewhat true from what I saw of those three games. He tried to be not too harsh but it was a pretty dim view.

NBA was last ISO-heavy like ... fifteen years ago.

I think ALo would have been a better football player. Think of all the pressure Penny has to be feeling. First he steered him away from football to a basketball career. Coached him through the major parts of his pre-college basketball. Let him decommit from Wichita St to come to Memphis. Now he needs to not only bench him, but take away most of his playing time. Hard thing for him to do. Unfortunately, for the team, it is the right thing to do. I have mentioned it several times, but there was a specific moment in the VCU game when Lance Thomas was trying to back his man down in the post and basically ran into a wall. He looked to pass to the open man, realized it was ALo, stopped the pass and just took a bad shot instead. That was a clear sign to me that he had no faith in ALo and was better off just forcing a shot himself. I then tend to believe he isnt the only one on the team.

(11-30-2020 05:55 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(11-30-2020 05:50 PM)bubbapt Wrote:  If Lomax wasn’t capable of running the offense, I’d say lay off the guy. The truth is that he is capable of running this offense, if he wants to run it, and not act as the designated driver to the basket. He should be directing movement, policing bad shots, and making his lane drives rare and effective.

I agree his drives are not effective.

But many times when he isn't driving nobody else is either...

The first one almost always ends with points.

Its honestly unfair the position A-Lo is being put in. He would be a super valuable 8-10 min backup to play good D and keep the ball moving.

He is just not a starting quality PG as either a scorer or playmaker at a high-major program

Down the alley the guys are saying the problem isn't All, the problem is Penny. He must define the offense and stop expecting everyone to have his instinct. Reminds me of Clyde Drexlers coaching.

(11-30-2020 11:08 PM)tkgrrett Wrote:  Its honestly unfair the position A-Lo is being put in. He would be a super valuable 8-10 min backup to play good D and keep the ball moving.

He is just not a starting quality PG as either a scorer or playmaker at a high-major program

Except he doesn't play effective on-ball defense. Virtually everyone he guards can beat him to the basket or shoot over him & he plays awful perimeter off-ball defense, losing his man. His only asset defensively is that he plays pretty good help defense.

(12-01-2020 08:09 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(11-30-2020 11:08 PM)tkgrrett Wrote:  Its honestly unfair the position A-Lo is being put in. He would be a super valuable 8-10 min backup to play good D and keep the ball moving.

He is just not a starting quality PG as either a scorer or playmaker at a high-major program

Except he doesn't play effective on-ball defense. Virtually everyone he guards can beat him to the basket or shoot over him & he plays awful perimeter off-ball defense, losing his man. His only asset defensively is that he plays pretty good help defense.

Yeah, it actually kind of aggravates me when I see people say "He plays good defense"... No, he does not. He is ALWAYS chasing his man. He gets beat almost every single time and then runs behind his man swatting at the ball. That is NOT good defense. Problem is.. 1 out of 10 or 15 times... he actually hits the ball from behind and gets a turnover. Then everyone is saying SEE ALO!!! yeah, but what about the other 9 times that he lost his man...

ALo is a hustle player.. He hustles, he brings some energy. That is the only thing he can be relied upon to do... Come in the game and hustle.. Come in the game and try to raise the team energy level for a couple of minutes.

Pretty much everyone in the world outside of Penny sees a 8 minute a game player.

I hate seeing harsh criticism of a college player doing his best with a limited skill set, but I suppose it goes with the territory with D1 athletics. He just looks so unsure of himself when he's shooting the ball. He doesn't want to put it up.

Virtually all of us see Alo' deficiencies. The issue for me is the obvious bias Penny has for Alo. It shows in the minutes played & the role Penny wants Alo to have that Alo is incapable of fulfilling. Unfortunately it has also played a role in stunting the development of Ellis, Baugh & to some extent LQ.

(12-01-2020 08:37 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Virtually all of us see Alo' deficiencies. The issue for me is the obvious bias Penny has for Alo. It shows in the minutes played & the role Penny wants Alo to have that Alo is incapable of fulfilling. Unfortunately it has also played a role in stunting the development of Ellis, Baugh & to some extent LQ.

That is absolutely correct. Alo is doing the best Alo can do. Criticizing college players has a very fine line that I try not to cross, the truth is they are happy to be here and want to be great. Its the coach that decides who plays and where they play and how long they play. The responsibility is not on the player, but on the coach. You could even blame the coach for what happened with that quitter last season.

we should be criticizing GP for being a squirelly d-bag instead