RE: Toledo
Some of you guys are amazing.....amazingly negative.....Nader had a double double and was just named MAC PLayer of the Week and you can criticize him.....wow
As far as pressure, Tom Izzo said "it will take 3-4 years to get things turned around at NIU" so you, Chi, know more hoops than Izzo?
And nobody played 4 corners--that was pre-shot clock Tarheels....spreading the floor, when we were in the double bonus is the exact right thing to do....with a 3 point lead under 2 1/2 minutes Nader missed a layup---spreading the floor got a LAYUP--MM can't make the layup for you. then under two minutes, still with a two point lead, Kevin missed a 10 footer that he has consistently made all year--ANOTHER GOOD SHOT....sometimes the shots don't go, not the kids' fault if they are good shots and surely NOT the coach's fault. Monty's offensive scheme got both those shots--if one goes, we win... when bolin made a layup off the offensive set with 32 seconds left, NIU was only down two...
"continue to bring in freshman" that is how you build a program....last year's frosh class brought in Nader and both grays--two starters for sure...this year's class brought in Bowie (a starter who will be a very good MAC player) Mader (who was hurt this game) and both point guards and Mike Davis who had a huge deflection with under 30 sec to play to give us a shot to come back.. they lost quitter springs who didn't get enough time or shots and didn't want to stay around to work to earn them....
And YES, offense/defense late in the game is called coaching...the Mike Davis sub resulted in a huge turnover and was the exact right move...also, if you were paying attention, Chi, you would have known that Gray had 4 fouls and fouled out and Nader and Bowie had four fouls down the stretch when they had to pressure and even take fouls. Even amongst the frosh, some are better defenders (Davis) than others....I am glad you were not on the bench, Chi, we wouldda lost by 25...
and nobody "iced" the ball....they spread the floor...got the ball in the hands of their best scorer who won the game before for them...which upperclassmen would you play Coach Iba? Nixon..oh you forgot, he is HURT. AC? he is pretty darn good defensively but struggles on the offensive end where NIU has trouble scoring anyway. Bolin play 37 minutes meaning, if you are not hurt and you are an upperclassman who can play both ends, you get a helluva lot of minutes....again, WHICH upperclassmen did YOU want to play?
Did you not watch the game? Balance? NIU had 3 guys in double figures...As far as "featuring" someone more, the best player and scorer is Nader...Bolin is scottie pippin--a great all around player but he defers--it isn't like the coaches have not implored him for a year and a half to get more aggressive offensively but he lacks the confidence in his one on one skills to attack as much as he needs to--it is improving--18 points on 6 shots..awesome.
it is not "yelling" at the point guards--it is coaching the freshman--imploring them to do what has been practiced.
The plan for next year is for the current guys to improve as much between this year and next as the did from last year. and to add a big scorer/point guard who can shoot...and probably another wing scorer or two.
You say we need to develop players and then ***** because MM is developing them by playing them, coaching them, subbing in for them (do you watch the assistants coaching them up when they come out of the game?)
You really have no clue, do you, Chi? " Bolin killed us at the line" HUH? He was 6 of 8, played 37 minutes and missed a ft AFTER he got an offensive rebound with a minute left--his other miss was at 6 minutes...hardly killing us...
as far as Hack a bowie, darryl missed a ft less than a minute into the game, another at the 19 minute mark of the second half and his last missed ft was with almost 13 minutes left....I applaud him for getting to the line, it gives the other team foul trouble and gets NIU in bonus quicker....also, you criticized MM for offense/defense but free throw shooting determines that as well and DB was subbed for to use his length and athleticism on defense and subbed out to get more fire power in on offense later in the game...
You need to take some coaching classes or read some books as you have no business criticizing this coach with your very ill-informed, arm chair second guessing.
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