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Cooney: Confidence is gone

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Cooney looked like last year's model... No confidence, many of his shots fading away. It looks like he is rushing his shot as well.

I know I'll get ripped for this, but the BC game on Monday is critical. If has another poor shooting night, I could see this becoming an issue because it will be in his head.

To his credit, his defense was fine and he hustled but his shooting was hard to look at.
 
If his confidence was gone he wouldn't have kept shooting.

Was it his best game? No.

But we need him to keep shooting and that's what he's doing. He had several shots rim in and out.

I'd be more worried if he missed his first 3 or 4 shots then never shot again.
 
Cooney looked like last year's model... No confidence, many of his shots fading away. It looks like he is rushing his shot as well.

I know I'll get ripped for this, but the BC game on Monday is critical. If has another poor shooting night, I could see this becoming an issue because it will be in his head.

To his credit, his defense was fine and he hustled but his shooting was hard to look at.
are you fing serious?! That's your take away from this game? He's going to not be as bad as the critics think and not as awesome as the lauders hoped. Still going to be a solid solid guard and shooter who makes big shots on a team with great chemistry where the skys the limit.

Enjoy a win will ya!
 
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No way. He moved well without the ball, but missed several good shots today, but didn't force. They just didn't drop.

Last year's Cooney was airballing good shots.

No comparison--just wasn't his night.
 
All shooters hit ruts. Cooney looked great at vtech. His last shot was in and then out. Some of it is the result of the offense really looking for him more. Also he has gone from taking 7 good ones to 12 tough ones at times. I think he is not quite as confident as he was but still nothing like last year. Against a tough mtm that was keying on him he took a few too many shots and should have drove more. The two 2 pt jumpers he made tell me more. Last year those were brick city when he was shakey.
 
If his confidence was gone he wouldn't have kept shooting.

Was it his best game? No.

But we need him to keep shooting and that's what he's doing. He had several shots rim in and out.

I'd be more worried if he missed his first 3 or 4 shots then never shot again.

His shot is all about confidence. He's confident when he's jumping into his shot, not fading away. When he fades away, he's not confident IMO. I think he'll be fine but will be very worried if he's throwing up bricks against BC.
 
are you fing serious?! That's your take away from this game. He's going to not as bad as the critics think and not as awesome as the lauders hoped. Still going to be a solid solid guard and shooter who makes big shots.

Enjoy a win will ya!

That's not the take away. I am happy we won, with Ennis and Cooney having sub-par games.
 
He needs to be set and step into his shot, not launching 3s on the move.
 
I don't think it's confidence, or at least not entirely. A few things are happening here.

1) He's not driving to the bucket anymore. Therefore, defenses don't need to respect his ability to put the ball on the floor, and can guard him solely as a catch and shoot guy.

2) His early hot shooting has teams keying on him more than at the beginning of the year when he was a bit of an unknown quantity. They are absolutely hounding him out there, which not only limits his good, clean looks, but also has to tire him out more because he's got to work so much harder for those looks.

3) He's starting to drift a lot more on his shots, which is probably a product of #2. He's working so hard to get open and trying to get the shot up so quickly that he's not taking the time to set himself and go straight up and down. He's coming off of screens or curls and his momentum is causing him to glide to the side, pushing his shot off.

4) You have to think fatigue really may be a factor. He's in great shape but this is the most he's played in several years. His legs really may be starting to get a little wobbly. Which is why I'd like to see Silent G get a few more minutes here and there, to keep him fresh.

5) He's ONLY shooting threes. This goes back to #1 kind of, because he's not driving. But seriously, no matter how good a shooter you are, you sometimes need to work from the inside out. When you go to the gym, do you automatically start launching threes? Or do you start with some form shooting to get a little bit of a rhythm going before you step outside and launch from deep? You need to get loose sometimes. And also, getting a couple easy buckets from inside is not only going to get you loose but will give you that confidence you're talking about.
 
His shot is all about confidence. He's confident went his jumping into his shot, not fading away. When he fades away, he's not confident IMO. I think he'll be fine but will be very worried if he's throwing up bricks against BC.
Cooney is fine for Christ sake. He is going to have other games like this. Just the way it is with shooters.
 
nope kid is fine-just didnt have any flow to his game today -down the road he will get hot again and i bet that scares the hell out of the rest of the country
 
For the love of god. Trevor Cooney is a shooter.

Even the best shooters in Basketball (College and NBA) shoot hot and cold. Its obvious Trevor Cooney is cold right now.

He will heat up again like good shooters do.
 
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naw...he was just a little "shakey" today :rolleyes:
 
At 42.5 pct.. lets worry when it gets to 35 or 36. Also mike g looked good as did his shot. I think he deserved more time in the 2nd half.
 
At 42.5 pct.. lets worry when it gets to 35 or 36. Also mike g looked good as did his shot. I think he deserved more time in the 2nd half.
Only thing there is that a week ago, he was around 50%. He's plummeting right now with these last few games.

I think he'll right the ship. But I would be lying if I said I'm not feeling like this is a disturbing trend, though I outlined above what I think some issues are, most of which are easily corrected.
 
Oh and btw with all this shooting talk ... our defense looks much improved to help that issue along.
 
Only thing there is that a week ago, he was around 50%. He's plummeting right now with these last few games.

I think he'll right the ship. But I would be lying if I said I'm not feeling like this is a disturbing trend, though I outlined above what I think some issues are, most of which are easily corrected.

Its a concern. However we saw this with andy in conf play as well. Today he played way more minutes than he should have imho. Also we dont need him taking 15 shots against a mtm team.
 
There is so much more going on with this team that is positive to really have any concern about Trevor having an off game shooting. He is just as likely to bury 6 or 7 in a row at any given time in a game and the intangibles he brings to the team are considerable. He is a key component in what makes this team special and he will continue to be so in spite of an off shooting game here and there.

We crushed Carolina and after Cuse took the lead the outcome of the game was never again even remotely in question.
 
His shot is all about confidence. He's confident when he's jumping into his shot, not fading away. When he fades away, he's not confident IMO. I think he'll be fine but will be very worried if he's throwing up bricks against BC.

That's not confidence, it's poor technique. He will be fine once he gets back quaring up and getting his feet set properly.
 
That's not confidence, it's poor technique. He will be fine once he gets back quaring up and getting his feet set properly.

I disagree. The bad form is a byproduct of confidence.
 
Only thing there is that a week ago, he was around 50%. He's plummeting right now with these last few games.

I think he'll right the ship. But I would be lying if I said I'm not feeling like this is a disturbing trend, though I outlined above what I think some issues are, most of which are easily corrected.

The thing is, we all knew there was no way he would sustain that high rate of success. Of he shoots 40% I'm league play we will all be very happy.
 
After watching his second three pointer tonight I am not to worried about his confidence. He needed to take a breath before he shot today to calm himself, you could tell he was pulled 3-4 of them on his release, even on a wide open three from the corner spin the ball in your hand once wait for a defender to run at you then black it out and shoot.

He didn't black out unc's defense to the second half and he still rushed a few that half. That says alot.
 

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