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Key in my opinion is that we aren't able to get in the offense. TJ is really a two guard but has sacrificed for the team to play point. Quincy is struggling adjusting to this style and after the injury. We will be better next year, but still need more players to fit this system. Defense has got to get better. Could be attributed to the fact we have no depth. USM like Memphis was subbing all the time. We don't have the players to sub and maintain the level needed.

We do not have a point guard. We got really spoiled with AJ.

(01-19-2013 09:19 PM)Jball Wrote:  Key in my opinion is that we aren't able to get in the offense. TJ is really a two guard but has sacrificed for the team to play point. Quincy is struggling adjusting to this style and after the injury. We will be better next year, but still need more players to fit this system. Defense has got to get better. Could be attributed to the fact we have no depth. USM like Memphis was subbing all the time. We don't have the players to sub and maintain the level needed.

Quincy Taylor is struggling because he isn't a very good D1 player. He struggled last year before the injury and he continues to struggle. People that still hold out hope that QT, Purifoy, Williams, or Swing are going to suddenly develop into anything more than marginal D1 players are dreaming. All four are juniors and have substantial playing time on the mid-major level. What you see now is what you will get.

It will take another recruiting class besides the one already in the bag to turn this program around. Lack of size or athleticism is a problem, but the lack of effort and intensity is a bigger issue to me. I'm afraid all the Davis guys will need to be gone before the program starts to turn the corner.

(01-19-2013 09:43 PM)BandGrad Wrote:  We do not have a point guard. We got really spoiled with AJ.

+1....AJ masked a lot of problems this program has had since Mike Anderson. College bball is a guards game and this team has none.

I remember several people on this board telling me that Hoopy was our savior.

(01-19-2013 09:50 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I remember several people on this board telling me that Hoopy was our savior.

I was one of them. I saw him at practice numerous times and thought he was very good and would help out a great deal. Don't know if the change in style is the difference. His first game against Creighton, I thought that is what we would see all year.

(01-19-2013 09:53 PM)Jball Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 09:50 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I remember several people on this board telling me that Hoopy was our savior.

I was one of them. I saw him at practice numerous times and thought he was very good and would help out a great deal. Don't know if the change in style is the difference. His first game against Creighton, I thought that is what we would see all year.

did he play any pg in practice last year?

(01-19-2013 09:45 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 09:19 PM)Jball Wrote:  Key in my opinion is that we aren't able to get in the offense. TJ is really a two guard but has sacrificed for the team to play point. Quincy is struggling adjusting to this style and after the injury. We will be better next year, but still need more players to fit this system. Defense has got to get better. Could be attributed to the fact we have no depth. USM like Memphis was subbing all the time. We don't have the players to sub and maintain the level needed.

Quincy Taylor is struggling because he isn't a very good D1 player. He struggled last year before the injury and he continues to struggle. People that still hold out hope that QT, Purifoy, Williams, or Swing are going to suddenly develop into anything more than marginal D1 players are dreaming. All four are juniors and have substantial playing time on the mid-major level. What you see now is what you will get.

It will take another recruiting class besides the one already in the bag to turn this program around. Lack of size or athleticism is a problem, but the lack of effort and intensity is a bigger issue to me. I'm afraid all the Davis guys will need to be gone before the program starts to turn the corner.

THIS

2+ years before we are back in the dance

Ill be at every single game between now and then and ill watch as many away games I can. Why? Because I know these kids want to win and they love UAB like I do. At the end of the day, it's just a game. Our current squad needs to remember how to have some fun and just play ball.

(01-19-2013 10:02 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  THIS

2+ years before we are back in the dance

Ill be at every single game between now and then and ill watch as many away games I can. Why? Because I know these kids want to win and they love UAB like I do. At the end of the day, it's just a game. Our current squad needs to remember how to have some fun and just play ball.

I appreciate the agreement but I gotta wonder if this group of players really want to win and if they care about UAB. If you care about something you fight for it and I don't see much fight out of this team right now. I see a lot of half effort and sloppy execution.

(01-19-2013 10:15 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 10:02 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  THIS

2+ years before we are back in the dance

Ill be at every single game between now and then and ill watch as many away games I can. Why? Because I know these kids want to win and they love UAB like I do. At the end of the day, it's just a game. Our current squad needs to remember how to have some fun and just play ball.

I appreciate the agreement but I gotta wonder if this group of players really want to win and if they care about UAB. If you care about something you fight for it and I don't see much fight out of this team right now. I see a lot of half effort and sloppy execution.

That is a bunch of horse crap. Frustration, sloppy execution, maybe, but don't question whether they want to win or they care about UAB.

(01-19-2013 10:25 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  That is a bunch of horse crap. Frustration, sloppy execution, maybe, but don't question whether they want to win or they care about UAB.

Everybody wants to win, if it's easy. I don't see a burning desire to win out of this team right now. I see a lot of going through the motions and giving up when the going gets tough.

Just because somebody puts on a uniform and attends a school on scholarship doesn't mean they give a rats @ss about that institution. I graduated with honors from said institution and have never accepted one dime from there. I have written numerous checks for donations and season tickets so, hell yes, I have a right to call out the team for that "game" they played tonight. I'd like to see them earn that excellent education they have been receiving free of charge. The guys on the UAB men's soccer team work just as hard and produce far more for a partial scholarship.

(01-19-2013 10:37 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 10:25 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  That is a bunch of horse crap. Frustration, sloppy execution, maybe, but don't question whether they want to win or they care about UAB.

Everybody wants to win, if it's easy. I don't see a burning desire to win out of this team right now. I see a lot of going through the motions and giving up when the going gets tough.

Just because somebody puts on a uniform and attends a school on scholarship doesn't mean they give a rats @ss about that institution. I graduated with honors from said institution and have never accepted one dime from there. I have written numerous checks for donations and season tickets so, hell yes, I have a right to call out the team for that "game" they played tonight. I'd like to see them earn that excellent education they have been receiving free of charge. The guys on the UAB men's soccer team work just as hard and produce far more for a partial scholarship.

My point is that you are in no position to judge their heart. Unless you are a mind reader.

(01-19-2013 10:40 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  My point is that you are in no position to judge their heart. Unless you are a mind reader.

I don't have to be a mind reader. I've watched it with my own eyes. This team played sloppy and lazy tonight, with little heart. That style has gotten to be a habit.

Too many turnovers, I think we had over 20 tonight. Poor execution and just lack of focus tonight with dribbling the ball off our foot and everything else. This team has regressed the past few weeks IMO.

(01-19-2013 10:00 PM)Motley Blazer Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 09:53 PM)Jball Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 09:50 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I remember several people on this board telling me that Hoopy was our savior.

I was one of them. I saw him at practice numerous times and thought he was very good and would help out a great deal. Don't know if the change in style is the difference. His first game against Creighton, I thought that is what we would see all year.

did he play any pg in practice last year?

No. Was playing off guard.

Who is the leader of this team? I'm not talking coaches, but players. It really ought to be the PG, but I don't think we are getting much leadership from the PG position.

As far as effort or desire, I see 3 guys who seem to give pretty consistent effort (not necessarily points or showing up in the stats): Hoopy, Rucker, and Williams

PG play needs to improve dramatically, and Purifoy + Swing need to step up and be more consistent if we are going to have any success the rest of this year.

TJ is a pretty good floor leader. The problem is he has only been with the team for this season. Swing should be the leader, but I don't know that it is in his personality to lead.

(01-19-2013 10:15 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 10:02 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  THIS

2+ years before we are back in the dance

Ill be at every single game between now and then and ill watch as many away games I can. Why? Because I know these kids want to win and they love UAB like I do. At the end of the day, it's just a game. Our current squad needs to remember how to have some fun and just play ball.

I appreciate the agreement but I gotta wonder if this group of players really want to win and if they care about UAB. If you care about something you fight for it and I don't see much fight out of this team right now. I see a lot of half effort and sloppy execution.

Confusion and lack of confidence can do that to a player (or players). That's a heavy hammer you're swinging there.