(01-25-2021 08:50 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (01-25-2021 06:28 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: (01-25-2021 05:59 PM)macgar32 Wrote: (01-22-2021 09:36 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: (01-21-2021 09:44 PM)macgar32 Wrote: Cisse is learning but he is still not ready...
Cant count on him for anything more that 20 minutes a game.
Probably not but compared to prior performances this was a breakout game for him.
This a breakout game for the guys passing him the ball...
If they can continue feeding Cisse in positions to score he will continue to be successful. It doesn't have to be a lob...But if the big helps on a drive they have to find a way to get him a catchable pass so he can finish.
If Cisse continues staying home and battling for position under the basket... But yeah, the passing has been good.
I didn't realize just how young he is either, he has tremendous upside if he can stay healthy.
Let's see how they do against some stiffer competition. It's been nice watching actual basketball for the last two games though.
Was encouraged by the 2nd half of the WSU game, the 1st half of the ECU game & the start of the very 1st game against St Mary's. That's the "could be" of this team & I hope it continues. But because of that kind of play & the obvious talent we have, most of the rest of the season to date has been very frustrating. That's why the relapse of the 2nd half of the ECU game was so frustrating too & why I would have preferred to see Penny stick with the guys who were productive rather than the wholesale substitutions he was making. Yes, I know we had a 30 pt lead but that was all the more reason to maintain the momentum team ball had produces in the 1st half. That doesn't mean not substitute just limit the subs to maintain or restore unselfish team approach & to stop the outbreaks of going off script. And this especially with such a big lead that made it really easy to just relax & overlook such undisciplined play.
I don't know where to start, so I'll just pick apart each part of nonsense in the order that you typed it. Everything you type qualifies, so I hope you appreciate the work I put into it.
Quote:the relapse of the 2nd half of the ECU game was so frustrating
We shot 45.8% in the 2nd half, but we went 6-13 from the foul line. 2nd half offense in a 30 point blowout was fine.
Quote:I would have preferred to see Penny stick with the guys who were productive rather than the wholesale substitutions he was making.
Out of all the nonsense, the worst thing you do is to make statements without having a clue, that are the opposite of reality, in order to try and support one of your bizarre statements. Our low scorers in the first half were Jayden, Lomax, Dandridge and Williams, with Dandridge going 2-2 while Williams had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Nolley had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Who did you want to sit in the 2nd half?
Quote:Yes, I know we had a 30 pt lead but that was all the more reason to maintain the momentum
This statement is so horribly dumb on its own for so many reasons. We play 3 games in 5 days with 4 plane flights thrown in for good measure. You want to reward a 30 point lead by playing 6-7 players and punishing Lomax, Jayden, Williams and Nolley? Anyone with even a tiny bit of common sense knows that you don't shorten your bench with a 30 point lead. No coach would be stupid enough to do that, especially when the effort is there. ECU shot under 30% for the game.
Quote:That doesn't mean not substitute just limit the subs to maintain or restore unselfish team approach & to stop the outbreaks of going off script.
Five players played between 22-24 minutes. Six through nine played between 16-19 minutes, and Jayden played 12 minutes. You can't script a more perfect distribution of minutes in a massive blowout with 3 games in 5 nights; the allotment of minutes was flawless.
Quote:That doesn't mean not substitute just limit the subs to maintain or restore unselfish team approach & to stop the outbreaks of going off script.
72.2% assist rate to baskets made in the 1st half and 63.6% in the 2nd half, BUT we made a higher percentage of our shots in the first half, AND we went to the line twice as many times (13 vs 6) in the 2nd half, which cut down our assists.
Quote:And this especially with such a big lead that made it really easy to just relax & overlook such undisciplined play.
8 turnovers in the 1st half, 9 turnovers in the 2nd half. No real difference in discipline or style of play. Nolley had 3 turnovers in the first half and 5 for the game. Did you want to sit him? None of our other players had more than 2 turnovers for the entire game. None of them deserved to sit. Lomax had 2 points for the game, but he had 5 assists. ALL of our other guards (LQ, Baugh, Boogie, Jayden) had 6. Did you want to sit Lomax for being unproductive?
We had 8 players in the first half with no less than 4 and no more than 8 points. Everyone did a GREAT job and everyone deserved the minutes they got. Atlanta looks at that and concludes that we should have played 6 or 7 the entire game. I can't believe someone could have such brutal self awareness and not understand how unintelligent they sound.