(11-24-2021 09:30 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote: (11-24-2021 09:15 PM)billthebighawksfan Wrote: Shy was sick so that sucks. Baker sick too as well as AO. Several guys sick.
Harvey and White played well tonight. They continue to look like they need to be out there. Hate it for Fornes, you have to take the 3 ball against a zone and when it doesn’t fall, it’s a problem.
I’m not buying sickness as an excuse when we out rebound them, AND we out pace them in possessions by double digits.
My biggest concern right now is we are identifying as a team that shoots a lot of threes. There has not been ONE game this season in which we shoot well. Our key to success this year is hoping the other team is worse than us.
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As bad as we played I'm not willing to discount the sickness. We barely played some key guys, most importantly Phillips. And with Kelly and Baker barely playing, we had some crazy lineups.
But this is all about where we are for conference play and it's becoming clear who should be on the floor the most. The good from tonight was Harvey getting to show what he can do when he gets PT. If that can help keep Fornes and Oglesby coming off the bench it was worth the L.
I know Siddle gives PT based on defense, but as bad as we are on offense, we have to have guys who can score.
Phillips, Okauru, Harvey, White and Sims are the best we have on offense. And each of them needs to stay within their games. If they do that, this primary group may be able to right this ship. But NOBODY on this team can carry us, and NOBODY on this team should just fire at will, because NOBODY on this team is that good. We are going to have to play team ball to win.
And if Siddle wants to make it past his contract, he'd better bring a half court offensive guru on his staff pronto. There is no reason we can't have a motion offense AND have a high pressure, full court defense.