Harrison -F. How do you give him anything else? He failed to comply with team rules. He failed to play team ball, he failed as a team leader. He failed against the good BE teams and he failed to remain on the team for the duration of the season. Do you give a student who gets suspended from school a class grade of A? You guys are too much.
Obekpa ....defense A, offense D
Jakar.... A- needs to work a bit more on being consistent.
Lavin"........ C game coaching. A, PR
Green.....B. gets the most out of his ability
Borgault....... Incomplete, the Yemen did him in.
Pointer.......B , great at times, other times?,
Garrett, .....D. Can't seem to do both sports
Branch......C+. Has shown flashes but not there yet
Jones........C. Needs to learn how to rebound
I agree with the part on Harrison. He was named the captain (maybe a mistake by Lavin by naming him captain), but he's got to step-up to the task instead of stepping back from it. I know he scores, and we collapsed without him, but he's gotta be strong mentally for the team and himself.
I would give a D to Borgault instead of an incomplete. He got enough playing time. I felt his shot was too flat, and not have enough arc. With a flat shot, if he doesn't get a ton of playing time, he's not going to have the 'feel' to sink his three pointers. I think the onus is on him this offseason to to put more arc on his shot so he can be effective in shorter bursts off the bench. He's too slow to get major minutes.
Green I would downgrade to a C or C+. I think he was too streaky to earn a B. He was good at times, but also earned the wrath of fans because of his cold streaks.
Jakkar's grade - is about right. For his sake, I wish he could get rid of the push/delayed release/hitch in his jump-shot for his future NBA prospects. He is uber athletic. If he would have a smoother shot, I think he would probably make in the NBA. If the hitch in his jump-shot remains, it's much more uncertain.
Pointer, Jones, Obekpa, Branch - I agree on your grades. Jones has to get better at putting the ball in the basket on his few opportunities. Branch has to - MUST - step it up next year. Our season will greatly depend on it.
Lavin's grade; To me, he's an A off the court. D or C (for now) on the court is right. - I don' understand his timeouts. I don't understand the weave. If the kids can't run a weave to your liking, then run pick and rolls. If the pick and roll doesn't work because we don't have a big man with skill enough to roll to the basketball, then just run lots of screens for shooters. When the half court offense crumbled, why didn't we see lots of off-ball screens to free up Harrison, Borgault or Green? That doesn't seem hard to set-up.
I also didn't like the use of the match-up zone. We gave up too many open threes in winnable games earlier in the season because of it. I feel that a coach may have a system that he wants to play, but a good coach has to adapt to the pieces he has at his disposal. I'm not sure Lavin maximized them this year. I think he is great for St. Johns, getting pieces to walk through the door - I just want the pieces maximized a bit more.