OrangeXtreme
The Mayor of Dewitt
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Yeah this game means "nothing" to fans, but you can't tell me 150k doesn't mean anything to guys like Cooney and Gillon right out of college.
I mean.. That's a lot of money... Right??? Am I the only one here who thinks that? Would have loved them to win it
Donte is just the least self-aware player I have ever seen, but I kind of feel bad for Rick. Just appears as though the skills have completely diminished to the point where he can't make simple attempts.Our Guards were good enough to win, but the frontcourt was dominated. Think they should have taken out Jackson and especially Greene much earlier. Dug too big a hole. Very impressed with Devendorf and Triche was also fairly good.
he used him correctly in my opinion. Spark player.Cooney had 10 points in 8 minutes. Does Blackwell get knocked for not playing him more..."why didn't he have him in all game?"
Or does Blackwell get credit for giving him a crack in a big spot, with Cooney coming through?
Coaching experts...thoughts?
Id take him on the Celtics for god sakes
Donte is just the least self-aware player I have ever seen, but I kind of feel bad for Rick. Just appears as though the skills have completely diminished to the point where he can't make simple attempts.
I'll tell you who can't be happy with the results of last night: the ticket office at the TBT. SU and Ohio State were the only teams with fans there. We probably had 3K, Ohio State 1K, Overseas Elite maybe 50 people, and the other team maybe 100 or so. It would have been a packed gym for SU/OSU.
Yes...guards do rule this tourney. Im surprised Blackwell didn't try 3 guards for periods of time, especially against Overseas, with Fair/Dirty as PF's and the rest of the bigs playing C. Id be happy if Donte Greene never got invited back....sheesh...waste of court space...This is like an adult pick up game. Guards rule and thankfully we had 2 of the better guards in the tourney in BT and Devo. I wouldn't put anyone on the team until they pass a conditioning test. Especially the bigs. The better conditioned your bigs the better you are going to do. Rick and Dontae looked fat and old. Not a good combo. Honestly CJ and Dirty are getting a free ride - they were both awful for most of this tournament as well. They need to be replaced or have their role diminished unless they too come back in better shape. I know they have been playing regularly but both looked slow and are still pushed around. Physical wins and we aren't, and the guys at this level shoot it to good to be zone all the time.
Other questions - how many guys make the All-American Team? Fran had about 30 AA's on the court last night and frankly I don't think there were any.
What's the politics behind the scenes in terms of PT? Do guys like Rick and DG get promised minutes?
I'm confused by the use of "we" in this thread?
A lot of criticism on Blackwell for this game, but in all reality this looked like most prototypical SU losses. Final 4 in this tourney is nothing to sneeze at. We do how we do.
I've always had big expectations for our BA teams because these were key players that we've had over the past decade. I personally believe we have no reason not to win it all, but when I see them in the court it's just missing "it".
Disappointing but still proud of this squad.