THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY-LONGWOOD

Louie was the last coach to beat the patsies with regularity, in the regular season

Quote from: Amaseinyourface2 on November 26, 2013, 09:24:22 PM

Quote from: we are sju on November 26, 2013, 09:18:49 PM

THE GOOD-
It is always fun to beat the Longwood
Harrison did not shoot well but really is far and away our best player
Obepka and the block party. Our offense is tough to watch so at least our defense is fun.
Jordan played and after a shaky start played better. Just playing at all is the good.
Pointer is our 2nd best player should play 2nd most minutes
It is always fun to beat the Longwood

THE BAD-
Greene came back to earth/ You knew it was going to happen. Still he did hold the ball forever or dribble in circles so he gets a Mulligan
Free throw shooting
Bart's friend Millhouse and Dirk Diggler combined for 20 points against us
Is Orlando Sanchez still ineligible?
Random sub patterns were pretty annoying I felt
Sampson had 11 boards but since he likes to shoot so much would be nice if he made a few shots
Branch
Everyone's favorite Honkey played sparingly and bricked only 3

THE UGLY-
3-19 FROM 3
No one not named Harrison successfully made a 3
Worst offense in America
Jordan's jump shot and free throw shooting are still suspended

Didnt think branch played that bad. Im not worried about Jordans shooting just yet, more concerend with his defense, really our whole teams defense. Why can every single guard in america get in the lane against us?

The first 5 minutes of the second half was the best ive seen obekpa play. He had two great blocks, went after every rebound, and was strong with the basketball.

Branch is not a point guard either. He is not terrible but he is not a starting point on a tourney team IMO
Greene is not a point either though he is a better player than Branch
If Jordan doesn't take control I don't know if we can dance

I don't understand why the team didn't choose to practice EITHER DAY this weekend. They had to miss TWO days to attend Keady's HOF induction?? If the ceremony was Sunday night, why couldn't they practice on Saturday?? And don't you have assistant coaches on your staff to run a practice or 2 while the head coach is gone anyway? I don't get it, and I would bet a dollar to a donut that some guys didn't even step foot in that gym to get in extra work during the weekend either.  .

The problem is that this is a team that for the entire preseason talked about how theres a chip on their shoulder, and they've barely played like it against anyone. It was very clear last night that the team had no energy at all. No noise from the bench after positive plays and no energy whatsoever. We have also gotten worse since the Bucknell game. I am hoping that it is true that we are just "playing down to our opponent" and to a certain degree in terms of our energy level I can agree with that.

However our offensive identity hasn't been good since the start of the season and our approach is fundamentally flawed. I don't understand why the team didn't choose to practice EITHER DAY this weekend. They had to miss TWO days to attend Keady's HOF induction?? If the ceremony was Sunday night, why couldn't they practice on Saturday?? And don't you have assistant coaches on your staff to run a practice or 2 while the head coach is gone anyway? I don't get it, and I would bet a dollar to a donut that some guys didn't even step foot in that gym to get in extra work during the weekend either.  The only positive I can point to from last night is Rysheed starting to do some good things in the second half.

Quote from: TRabinowitz on November 27, 2013, 02:24:15 PM

I don't understand why the team didn't choose to practice EITHER DAY this weekend. They had to miss TWO days to attend Keady's HOF induction?? If the ceremony was Sunday night, why couldn't they practice on Saturday?? And don't you have assistant coaches on your staff to run a practice or 2 while the head coach is gone anyway? I don't get it, and I would bet a dollar to a donut that some guys didn't even step foot in that gym to get in extra work during the weekend either.  .

They didn't practice Saturday or Sunday because Keady was being inducted into the HoF?

No need to peak too early.

Quote from: desco80 on November 27, 2013, 03:16:27 PM

Quote from: TRabinowitz on November 27, 2013, 02:24:15 PM

I don't understand why the team didn't choose to practice EITHER DAY this weekend. They had to miss TWO days to attend Keady's HOF induction?? If the ceremony was Sunday night, why couldn't they practice on Saturday?? And don't you have assistant coaches on your staff to run a practice or 2 while the head coach is gone anyway? I don't get it, and I would bet a dollar to a donut that some guys didn't even step foot in that gym to get in extra work during the weekend either.  .

They didn't practice Saturday or Sunday because Keady was being inducted into the HoF?

Have no information, but just thinking out loud.

Could it be that Lavin gave them a few days off due to playing all this week, serving thanksgiving, and the games as a psuedo "thanksgiving break".

I'm assuming they didn't have class this week.