(03-12-2018 01:59 PM)Gilesfan Wrote: (03-12-2018 01:39 PM)cmett003 Wrote: (03-12-2018 01:27 PM)Maryland Monarch Wrote: I'm sad to say that when I opened the ODU page on the Pilot website today and saw Jones' picture, I thought..."he's been fired!" I hate being stuck in this purgatory...neither good enough to get into the NCAA's, nor bad enough to fire the coach. This is like the Navy's bread and water punishment. It keeps you alive, but you wonder what's the point.
Look I know it falls on the coach for not getting over the hump. But this year we just flat out couldnt shoot. And that came up when it mattered most. If you watched the games this year. We were a terrible jump shooting team.
In the final game against WKU, JJ didnt shoot 1-13 from 3 and 10-20 from the line. Get the shooters in there. We need more MJH and Godwin. I really think a full offseason will do wonders for both.
We shot 36% from 3 this year; 38% in conference. We shot 33% on 2 point jumpers. I'm not sure how it is accurate to say we coudn't shoot.
Let me clarify. We couldn't shoot vs teams that were better than us. I dont care if we shot 85% against UTEP. I care about the games we lost to better teams, so look at those numbers:
Temple: Shooting % overall - 40.3% 3P% - 26.3% FT% - 58.8%
W&M: Shooting % overall - 61.1% 3P% - 35.0% FT% - 28.6%
VCU: Shooting % overall - 50% 3P% - 41.7% FT% - 85.7%
WKU #1: Shooting % overall - 38.8% 3P% - 28.6% FT% - 75%
MTSU: Shooting % overall - 36.8% 3P% - 20% FT% - 75%
WKU #2: Shooting % overall - 43.8% 3P% - 36% FT% - 50%
WKU #3: Shooting % overall - 36.5% 3P% - 7.7% FT% - 50%
We were capable of beating all of those teams, we didnt have any Kansas', Duke's or Michigan States' on the schedule. If we did I would concede that it would be a long shot to beat those teams, but we didnt. We shot terrible except for W&M and VCU and we could not stop either of them from shooting better than us. JJ deserves some blame, but he didnt contribute to shooting 7.7%
with the season on the line.