twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Actually, I think games like this, South Carolina, Michigan and Clemson actually support the Fire Al crowd. I am not one of them, but those four games are the way this team should play. They have plenty of talent.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Actually, I think games like this, South Carolina, Michigan and Clemson actually support the Fire Al crowd. I am not one of them, but those four games are the way this team should play. They have plenty of talent.
MilitantEagle {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Actually, I think games like this, South Carolina, Michigan and Clemson actually support the Fire Al crowd. I am not one of them, but those four games are the way this team should play. They have plenty of talent.
I'm not in the fire Al camp either but pointing to those games is not saying much. South Carolina didn't have two of their best players. Clemson is on the bubble. Michigan stinks. UNC stinks. We took it to the hoop numerous times today and when we did that against FSU they blocked the shit out of us. UNC is 3-9 in the ACC for a reason.
Eagledom {l Wrote}:good game today. But starting a thread to say that a win against the 2nd to last place team in the ACC somehow justifies the performance this season is comical.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Eagledom {l Wrote}:good game today. But starting a thread to say that a win against the 2nd to last place team in the ACC somehow justifies the performance this season is comical.
He clearly did it just to get your panties bunched. Worked, evidently.
Eagledom {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Eagledom {l Wrote}:good game today. But starting a thread to say that a win against the 2nd to last place team in the ACC somehow justifies the performance this season is comical.
He clearly did it just to get your panties bunched. Worked, evidently.
not at all....I said I found it comical.
HJS {l Wrote}:BC's problem is not talent. Their problem is that talent playing together. It further is complicated by a low BB IQ for many of those talented players (high BB IQ is critical for the Flex). I've said it before and I'll say it again, his current batch of assistants didn't know what kind of player will be successful in the system. They went out and just grabbed players. That is why I've said Al needs to have Colson and Cassera pack their bags.
HJS {l Wrote}:Just sayin'...
HJS {l Wrote}:BC's problem is not talent. Their problem is that talent playing together. It further is complicated by a low BB IQ for many of those talented players (high BB IQ is critical for the Flex). I've said it before and I'll say it again, his current batch of assistants didn't know what kind of player will be successful in the system. They went out and just grabbed players. That is why I've said Al needs to have Colson and Cassera pack their bags.
However, in those games where the current players stay within the system, they are a pretty good team. You just wish someone would grab Sanders and tell him to ALWAYS drive to the hoop and NEVER shoot jumpers. Tell Trapani never to shoot beyond 12 feet. Tell Reggie that he should only shoot within the last 12 seconds of the shot clock or only when wide open. Tell Raji to stay active. Tell Ellmore, Ravenal, Soouthern, Dunn and Roche just to play hard and know their role.
Dirtywater {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:BC's problem is not talent. Their problem is that talent playing together. It further is complicated by a low BB IQ for many of those talented players (high BB IQ is critical for the Flex). I've said it before and I'll say it again, his current batch of assistants didn't know what kind of player will be successful in the system. They went out and just grabbed players. That is why I've said Al needs to have Colson and Cassera pack their bags.
However, in those games where the current players stay within the system, they are a pretty good team. You just wish someone would grab Sanders and tell him to ALWAYS drive to the hoop and NEVER shoot jumpers. Tell Trapani never to shoot beyond 12 feet. Tell Reggie that he should only shoot within the last 12 seconds of the shot clock or only when wide open. Tell Raji to stay active. Tell Ellmore, Ravenal, Soouthern, Dunn and Roche just to play hard and know their role.
Good post - somebody should mail this to Skinner. However, would someone please suggest an appropriate role for Southern? All I can think of is that he should be used in key situations to help lull the other team into a false sense of confidence.
HJS {l Wrote}:I think this team started buying into the system after the low-point of the season (Maryland). If you look, after that game, BC has played competitive basketball from then on out (sole exception being the FSU game). Yeah... there are a ton of losses in those games after Maryland, but there started to be a consistant level of play that has kept us in games against good competition.
HJS {l Wrote}:I think in some ways, they did give up. They gave up trying to be individual stars. They gave up trying to do it their own way. And they finally started doing shit inside the system. It was kinda like a "fine... fuck you... you want me to pass the ball for the first 20 seconds of the shot clock? Fine. Watch how bad we'll lose then... and THEN it will be all on you, Coach." Except... we didn't lose... we beat Miami. Then we got absolutely ROBBED by the worst end-of-game calls in the ACC this year... and then we beat Clemson... and then we lost by a 3-pointer in the closing seconds against FSU and Trapani missed buzzer-beater against Duke. At that point, the season was over. But, they saw that when they play within the system, they can actually play against anyone. They are still feeling things out and finding roles, but it's coming. Now... this is shit they should've been doing down at the Paradise Jam and have all worked out by the start of the New Year. And THAT is the reason why we aren't competing for the NCAAs this year.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I agree with HJS. But I still think the main problem is not that Ty Rice is missing, but what replaced him. They have played better lately because Reggie is learning to play PG. And because everyone except Chucking Joe Turnover has bought in to the team game.
commavegarage {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:I think in some ways, they did give up. They gave up trying to be individual stars. They gave up trying to do it their own way. And they finally started doing shit inside the system. It was kinda like a "fine... fuck you... you want me to pass the ball for the first 20 seconds of the shot clock? Fine. Watch how bad we'll lose then... and THEN it will be all on you, Coach." Except... we didn't lose... we beat Miami. Then we got absolutely ROBBED by the worst end-of-game calls in the ACC this year... and then we beat Clemson... and then we lost by a 3-pointer in the closing seconds against FSU and Trapani missed buzzer-beater against Duke. At that point, the season was over. But, they saw that when they play within the system, they can actually play against anyone. They are still feeling things out and finding roles, but it's coming. Now... this is shit they should've been doing down at the Paradise Jam and have all worked out by the start of the New Year. And THAT is the reason why we aren't competing for the NCAAs this year.
So you are telling me that for the majority of these kids it took them over 2+ years to learn to use the system? If that's the case, then how did we make the tournament last year (and please don't answer Tyrese Rice was the only reason- He won us some games but if it was just him we wouldn't have made the tournament)?
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I agree with HJS. But I still think the main problem is not that Ty Rice is missing, but what replaced him. They have played better lately because Reggie is learning to play PG. And because everyone except Chucking Joe Turnover has bought in to the team game.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I agree with HJS. But I still think the main problem is not that Ty Rice is missing, but what replaced him. They have played better lately because Reggie is learning to play PG. And because everyone except Chucking Joe Turnover has bought in to the team game.
Trapani is one of the only guys on the team who has any sense of rebounding and boxing out. Even if he takes awful shots, you terribly exagerate his effect on the game. We lose without his rebounding today.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I agree with HJS. But I still think the main problem is not that Ty Rice is missing, but what replaced him. They have played better lately because Reggie is learning to play PG. And because everyone except Chucking Joe Turnover has bought in to the team game.
Trapani is one of the only guys on the team who has any sense of rebounding and boxing out. Even if he takes awful shots, you terribly exagerate his effect on the game. We lose without his rebounding today.
screagle {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I agree with HJS. But I still think the main problem is not that Ty Rice is missing, but what replaced him. They have played better lately because Reggie is learning to play PG. And because everyone except Chucking Joe Turnover has bought in to the team game.
Trapani is one of the only guys on the team who has any sense of rebounding and boxing out. Even if he takes awful shots, you terribly exagerate his effect on the game. We lose without his rebounding today.
Agreed... Trap is still slow and forgot how to shoot, but TW's boy 'Kim has regressed even worse (and hardly "bought into the team game"). A guy that looked like a stud and NBA prospect last year has been out-of-shape, lollygagging up and down the floor and laughing it up on the bench after fouling out. At least Trap shows heart and actually breaks a sweat out there.
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