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(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

I think we had too many unreasonable expectations this year, and people are losing it because of this. Here are some concerns from last year:

A) we shoot the long ball horribly
B) we are not big enough to defend or deal with teams with multiple big guys
C) we have defensive lapses that lead to wide open layups far too often
D) we don't have a pg who can really create for others
E) guard play is inconsistent at best
F) we have no true 3 on the roster
G) we are young

Now how many of those things were addressed in the offseason? Why were expectations sky high for some?

We have also went through a weird transition- cj was our best player, then brown, then lee, now it seems it is Cokley. We have no guy on our team, with the game on the line, that we are certain will get that last shot.

We started off much worse last year, and we turned it on in conference play. We have the capability to play much better than we currently are, but we are clearly still trying to figure out how everything fits together. At this point, we need to put all our energy into figuring out how to win cusa.

Run-n-Gun a little bit for Christ sake.

(11-29-2015 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Things I would like to see:

1. Brown run the offense. He is capable of creating his own shot and dishing out assists.
2. Norton moves to the two spot. Run him off picks to try to get him more attempts at open three's.
3. Start Cokley. He is clearly playing the best right now and really our only low post threat.
4. Bring Mehenti off the bench. Maybe he can bring some energy off the bench. He clearly doesn't have any starting.
5. Lee needs to find a balance playing in the post/perimeter.
6. Uptempo more. Haase needs to turn these guys loose. It's like he keeping the thoroughbreds on a leash.


One thing I agree with Haase on is that the guys needs to start playing with their instincts. Brown and Cokley needs to become the leaders on this team. Haase also needs to do some self-reflecting with his play calling.

The first two is crazy.

(11-30-2015 08:58 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I think we had too many unreasonable expectations this year, and people are losing it because of this. Here are some concerns from last year:

A) we shoot the long ball horribly
B) we are not big enough to defend or deal with teams with multiple big guys
C) we have defensive lapses that lead to wide open layups far too often
D) we don't have a pg who can really create for others
E) guard play is inconsistent at best
F) we have no true 3 on the roster
G) we are young

Now how many of those things were addressed in the offseason? Why were expectations sky high for some?

We have also went through a weird transition- cj was our best player, then brown, then lee, now it seems it is Cokley. We have no guy on our team, with the game on the line, that we are certain will get that last shot.

We started off much worse last year, and we turned it on in conference play. We have the capability to play much better than we currently are, but we are clearly still trying to figure out how everything fits together. At this point, we need to put all our energy into figuring out how to win cusa.

Expectations were off the chart for this season.

UAB had a great run during the conference tournament last season, but remember won the first game by one point and the second game in OT. Wins against Mid TN and Iowa State were fantastic.

In the first 13 games last season, UAB's very young team went 4-9, with wins against Young Harris, Jackson State, Morehead State, UNC Asheville.

In the last seven games of regular conference play last season, UAB lost at North Texas, at Rice, at FAU, and at FIU.

I do believe this team is better, but it has a ways to go to win consistently, on the road, and against top 150 teams.

BTW, KenPom has Georgia State at 157 and UAB at 116.

UAB finished last season at 121 on KenPom's scale.

(11-30-2015 10:49 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 08:58 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I think we had too many unreasonable expectations this year, and people are losing it because of this. Here are some concerns from last year:

A) we shoot the long ball horribly
B) we are not big enough to defend or deal with teams with multiple big guys
C) we have defensive lapses that lead to wide open layups far too often
D) we don't have a pg who can really create for others
E) guard play is inconsistent at best
F) we have no true 3 on the roster
G) we are young

Now how many of those things were addressed in the offseason? Why were expectations sky high for some?

We have also went through a weird transition- cj was our best player, then brown, then lee, now it seems it is Cokley. We have no guy on our team, with the game on the line, that we are certain will get that last shot.

We started off much worse last year, and we turned it on in conference play. We have the capability to play much better than we currently are, but we are clearly still trying to figure out how everything fits together. At this point, we need to put all our energy into figuring out how to win cusa.

Expectations were off the chart for this season.

UAB had a great run during the conference tournament last season, but remember won the first game by one point and the second game in OT. Wins against Mid TN and Iowa State were fantastic.

In the first 13 games last season, UAB's very young team went 4-9, with wins against Young Harris, Jackson State, Morehead State, UNC Asheville.

In the last seven games of regular conference play last season, UAB lost at North Texas, at Rice, at FAU, and at FIU.

I do believe this team is better, but it has a ways to go to win consistently, on the road, and against top 150 teams.

BTW, KenPom has Georgia State at 157 and UAB at 116.

UAB finished last season at 121 on KenPom's scale.

I understand we lost many games to bad teams last year. I can say personally, given that I've been to all 6 games this year, that we should be no worse than 5-1. The roster Illinois put on the court Friday was a top 20 team. I've watched Iowa St play twice, Illinois twice, Virginia Tech twice, and Auburn once. We pass the eye test and are in the same league as every one one of those teams. Our expectations are high and they should be.

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Newsflash: Gorilla proclaims Nick Norton "not a superstar". Stephen Curry and Lebron James rest easier.

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Frazier was a great player, but he was not a great point guard.

How's he doing by the way?

The great UAB point guards have been more complete players. They can beat a press, shoot, penetrate, distribute, and defend. Norton can shoot and is pretty efficient with the ball but he doesn't penetrate and gives up a lot on D. Watts is pretty good pushing the ball but struggles in the half court. His D is also pretty inconsistent.

Hopefully one or both of these guys can get it turned around but I liked the idea I read on here about Brown running point. He has the handle and vision to be pretty effective there if he can limit turnovers. I think it would make us much tougher to guard.

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Thanks Big Dee. I needed the laugh this morning.

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 07:00 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why is there this obsession about starting. It didn't matter who starts.

I'm going with what Attalla used to say. I'm going to trust Haase to figure it out. Nothing said in this thread matters.

It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Chad was a great playmaker. I don't think anyone would disagree with that.

Norton is our primary ball-handler, but he's not our primary playmaker on offense—that's Robert's role on offense. The point guard isn't always the initiator on offenses. Still, Nick is averaging 4.2 assists per game.

Watts is decent, but he's not better than Norton, and he's certainly not more athletic. Watts is pretty slow.

In any case, point guard play has not been our problem.

(11-30-2015 11:36 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Frazier was a great player, but he was not a great point guard.

How's he doing by the way?

What's your definition of a great point guard?

He's breathing so I guess fine.

(11-30-2015 11:46 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The great UAB point guards have been more complete players. They can beat a press, shoot, penetrate, distribute, and defend. Norton can shoot and is pretty efficient with the ball but he doesn't penetrate and gives up a lot on D. Watts is pretty good pushing the ball but struggles in the half court. His D is also pretty inconsistent.

Hopefully one or both of these guys can get it turned around but I liked the idea I read on here about Brown running point. He has the handle and vision to be pretty effective there if he can limit turnovers. I think it would make us much tougher to guard.

Drop some names.

(11-30-2015 11:47 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 05:38 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  It is not an obsession by fans who feel like the starting line-up should change to start out the first four minutes of the game. The same five players have started for six games. UAB has played horribly in the first ten possessions, or more, of all six games. Look at the statistics. Haase is in his fourth season as head coach. Trust me, he is still a little green, and obviously "adamant" about changing the starting line-up. Of course, we have no choice but to trust Haase to "figure it out". He is the boss. What is said in this thread does matter. What we see is what we get and it appears that the majority of comments feel like the present starting line-up has produced inefficient offensive statistics for the first four minutes of the game, in their first six starts(games) of the season. Something has to change, and I think, sooner or later, Haase is going to finally break down and make a few necessary changes to the starting line-up that will be much more efficient and beneficial for this team to get ahead on the scoreboard, instead of being so stagnant and unproductive in the first four minutes of every game they have played. It matters and it could be the difference between this team winning half of their games this year or becoming a team who wins two thirds or three quarters of their games. So far, this starting line-up is not cutting the mustard.

Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Thanks Big Dee. I needed the laugh this morning.

Laugh away but you know it's true right, he's the best point guard we've had in the Haase era.

(11-30-2015 11:56 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:47 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:24 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:06 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:46 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Maybe you should look at the stats. We had a different starting lineup for Illinois. And every game hasn't been a slow start. Against VT, we had 9 points by the first media timeout.

They have started slow, but I think are getting better.

Oh my gosh! That starting line-up against Illinois was so goofed up. Instead of a long and strong and talented line-up of Watts, Williams, Brown, Cokley, and Lee....He chose to start three and perhaps four players that he would normally bring off of the bench. As for Norton, who has started all six games, I don't think he is a superstar and he certainly is not as big and athletic as 6'2", 211 lb. Watts. I think Watts should be starting. I think Brown, Cokley, and Lee should be starting. That leaves an outside shooting guard, and I think Williams fits the bill to start the game with them. Will it ever happen? Who knows. We'll see. Maybe? Seems like a darn strong and exciting starting line-up, to me.

Yep some hate to say it but Chad's one year is some of the best point guard play we've had in a long time. This backcourt needs another PG but we filled our scholarships already. Still kinda need some size in the post but not if we're going to set screens with our bigs near the three point line.

Thanks Big Dee. I needed the laugh this morning.

Laugh away but you know it's true right, he's the best point guard we've had in the Haase era.

If I'm looking for a ME first turnover machine that can be counted on to make bad decisions, I'll call Chad. The best thing that happened to last year's team is that Chad wasn't on it.

He's the best scorer we've had in the Haase era. Dude averaged 4 assists and 4 turnovers a game. He had a chance to be something special and pissed it all away.

Probably the best basketball player Haase has brought in(that can change when some of the young guys here finish) but I'm not so sure about point guard. Granted, there isn't much competition during that time frame.

(11-30-2015 11:55 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 11:46 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The great UAB point guards have been more complete players. They can beat a press, shoot, penetrate, distribute, and defend. Norton can shoot and is pretty efficient with the ball but he doesn't penetrate and gives up a lot on D. Watts is pretty good pushing the ball but struggles in the half court. His D is also pretty inconsistent.

Hopefully one or both of these guys can get it turned around but I liked the idea I read on here about Brown running point. He has the handle and vision to be pretty effective there if he can limit turnovers. I think it would make us much tougher to guard.

Drop some names.

AJ and Squeaky Johnson in the 2000s, before that Glenn Marcus and Steve Mitchell. Our best four pg's but just one Blazer's opinion.

*Stanley Jackson is right there but I'm not sure he'd be considered a point guard. When his cousin Corey played he was definitely a SG.