Delaware St

Quote from: desco80 on November 29, 2016, 10:06:13 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on November 29, 2016, 10:02:15 PM

It was Delaware St

I'm not letting them off the hook.
But it's Mullin's fault Yakwe can't hold on to the ball or lay-in a simple putback?
Richmond's fault Ponds shot 1-9 from 3?

The kids have to make shots and play D.  They did neither tonight. 

Is their fault that they didn't get any better. Just my opinion

That's fair.  I think Mullin is as equipped as anyone to help the bigs though.  If we can see they need help with their hands and boxing out... it's not like Chris doesn't see this.
Whether or not he practices it with them, I don't know.
But I would assume they do.  It's not like they would've had Yakwe spent the offseason putting up 300 3pointers every morning.

I  think it's safe to assume Mullin works with them at the very least on the obvious shit that we can all see is a problem.   Is he the guy to get the most out of them? Idk?  Does he have the right help?  Again, the jury is still out.

But tonight also had a lot to do with lack of hussle and lazy defense.  They played token, cover-my-ass, defense.  Usually within 3 feet of their man, but never really in his grill making it uncomfortable or forcing errors. 

Quote from: Marco Baldi on November 29, 2016, 10:08:08 PM

Quote from: desco80 on November 29, 2016, 10:06:13 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on November 29, 2016, 10:02:15 PM

It was Delaware St

I'm not letting them off the hook.
But it's Mullin's fault Yakwe can't hold on to the ball or lay-in a simple putback?
Richmond's fault Ponds shot 1-9 from 3?

The kids have to make shots and play D.  They did neither tonight. 

Is their fault that they didn't get any better. Just my opinion

That's fair.  I think Mullin is as equipped as anyone to help the bigs though.  If we can see they need help with their hands and boxing out... it's not like Chris doesn't see this.
Whether or not he practices it with them, I don't know.
But I would assume they do.  It's not like they would've had Yakwe spent the offseason putting up 300 3pointers every morning.

I  think it's safe to assume Mullin works with them at the very least on the obvious shit that we can all see is a problem.   Is he the guy to get the most out of them? Idk?  Does he have the right help?  Again, the jury is still out.

But tonight also had a lot to do with lack of hussle and lazy defense.  They played token, cover-my-ass, defense.  Usually within 3 feet of their man, but never really in his grill making it uncomfortable or forcing errors.

Do you really think Mullin is working with the bigs on boxing out and rebounding? If so, the early returns are not good. I think there's plenty of blame to be assigned to the players and coaches alike.

The kids have to make shots and play D.  They did neither tonight. 

Maybe, some defensive adjustments, and stop with the constant man-to-man defense.  Give some different looks.

Quote from: desco80 on November 29, 2016, 10:06:13 PM

The kids have to make shots and play D.  They did neither tonight. 

Maybe, some defensive adjustments, and stop with the constant man-to-man defense.  Give some different looks.

Again, that's not unfair.   I find it curious why we stick with the same game plan so religiously.
Is Mullin that stubborn?  Idk. 

I find posts critical of coach Mullin distasteful.

I find posts critical of coach Mullin distasteful.

Sprinkle some salt on it.

Quote from: carmineabbatiello on November 29, 2016, 10:53:11 PM

I find posts critical of coach Mullin distasteful.

Sprinkle some salt on it.

I can't.  It's bad for my hypertension.

I find it alarming that the team took 37 3s against a small, should be overmatched, team.  Ridiculous.  Can anyone play D???  Del St should not have broken 60.  Regressing.

I find it alarming that the team took 37 3s against a small, should be overmatched, team.  Ridiculous.  Can anyone play D???  Del St should not have broken 60.  Regressing.

Effective percentage from 3 was a bit higher than from 2 (of course hard to say how things would shake out, because more twos could lead to more turnovers or more fouls or more forced shots bringing the 2 point percentage down and 3 point percentage up or down), but a lot of threes isn't necessarily a bad thing. Especially since it didn't look like our big men were blowing them away when they did have the ball.   Offense wasn't great, but the problem was the defense as you noted. When was the last time St. John's looked this bad to start a season? Really tough to watch.

On a positive note, even though ponds didn't have the outside shot tonight, he's going to be a fun player to watch grow. He has a real nose for the ball, and he can dish it

I find posts critical of coach Mullin distasteful.

Our talent is so much better than DelSt. Our players seem to be regressing and our bigs look awfull. No inside game at all. Not unfair to blame coaching. Mullins my idol, but can't give him a pass forever.

Quote from: carmineabbatiello on November 29, 2016, 10:53:11 PM

I find posts critical of coach Mullin distasteful.

Our talent is so much better than DelSt. Our players seem to be regressing and our bigs look awfull. No inside game at all. Not unfair to blame coaching. Mullins my idol, but can't give him a pass forever.

Quote from: cjfish on November 29, 2016, 11:24:22 PM

I find it alarming that the team took 37 3s against a small, should be overmatched, team.  Ridiculous.  Can anyone play D???  Del St should not have broken 60.  Regressing.

Money post

They were blown out by Umbc and Montana St.  This really is a bad loss. 

Probably been rhetorically asked already, but what the hell happened to Yakwe? I was expecting so much from this guy, and it looks like he's regressed??

The problem with Yakwe is he has no hands, no basketball IQ, no awareness of the court. Great on blocking shots, but that's about it. I hold my breath whenever the ball is in his hands. He has improved his FTs, however.

Delaware State thoughts: http://www.bigeastboards.com/

I find it alarming that the team took 37 3s against a small, should be overmatched, team.  Ridiculous.  Can anyone play D???  Del St should not have broken 60.  Regressing.

It really is. Go to the damn basket!

Quote from: Dave on November 29, 2016, 10:02:06 PM

Quote from: TONYD3 on November 29, 2016, 09:37:54 PM

St. jean deserves no blame. Tough to coach in big east by ur self

Tonight is on the players. Coaches can yell and scream to play hard but that has to come within.

Coaches don't have to yell or scream. How about calmly saying let's stop taking bad 3's. Let's get the ball inside. Let's drive to the basket.
I didn't see the other coaches screaming.

Odd. Last year after the South Carolina game you were all upset because the staff did not yell, as yelling had magical powers:

"As a coach I absolutely believe that I affected  a game with my words and excitement. I believe that I got stops with my passion. I don't see that with this staff."

What changed, or is it just your mellifluous screaming that has a touch of voodoo?

Coaching basketball is easy.

Odd. Last year after the South Carolina game you said "Coaching is hard not easy" and " Coaching is hard tough job" statements for which I roundly mocked you. Obviously you didn't get smarter, so what changed between then and now?

I'm not sure whether this is the result of not having a AD at the time, but the scheduling of this game was poorly timed.

To have only one day of travel followed by what was probably a lethargic practice day definitely played a factor here.

Last night they lacked confidence, energy, and spirit. The hangover from Thanksgiving wknd was apparent on each of their faces from staff to roster.

They have to have two intense practice days and a good afternoon shootaround in New Orleans in order to turn this OOC season around. Plenty of opportunity to climb back to .500. The next 3 teams @Tulane (1-6), CalStNorthridge (2-5), and revenge night Fordham (5-2) can get us back to 5-5.

Like the great Joel Embiid says, 'trust the process!'. Last night tested my patience, but when I take a step back and look at the series of events recently, it all occurred over the course of 7 days. Youth, inexperience and immaturity doesn't help anyone get out of a losing streak funk.

I think we will see their best effort on Friday night in a tough environment. Tulane is having a Tshirt 'black out' for this matchup.

I think we will see their best effort on Friday night in a tough environment. Tulane is having a Tshirt 'black out' for this matchup.

Hopefully Tulane is looking past us to their tilt against Southern.