(05-23-2017 08:06 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 08:01 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(05-22-2017 03:51 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Ask and you shall receive...at least for Paul Jackson. Can't find anything recent for Minnie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqdo-9f-6BY

I love this tape. Watch his head...it is ALWAYS up. He looks to make the best play possible, and often that is finding an open teammate. We've never had a playmaker like him under Murphy. You can see why his numbers were so efficient at EKU. An unselfish player.

An unselfish guard? I agree we haven't seen much of that under Murphy.

Some think that Jackson is the best TRUE PG that Murphy has had at EMU.

We'll see if a TRUE PG is the 'missing piece' to our offense.

I think it will at least be a start. We still don't have nearly enough outside shooting on this team. I'm sure I'm sounding like an annoying broken record at this point, but I REALLY hope that one of those last scholarships goes to a JUCO guard that can knock down shots (IE Eddie Reese). That type of player would thrive with a PG like Jackson, who can get to the hole but actually looks to kick to open shooters.

We've had plenty of guards that can beat their man off of the dribble, but never one (not even Talley) that could consistently find open teammates in better positions to score. I think Thompson will be the biggest benefactor of Jackson, but hopefully Bond and Nobles lock themselves in the gym this summer to be more consistent with their outside shooting.