Donnie Freeman injures foot

[Cusefan0307]

Again, that is not true for Lampkin. Lampkin has a DBPM of 1.1. Donnies is .5. He is our best OFFENSIVE player.

Apologies take Lampkin out then. Donnie is still our best overall player. I can't believe people on the board are complaining about him. He was the least of our problems.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Apologies take Lampkin out then. Donnie is still our best overall player. I can't believe people on the board are complaining about him. He was the least of our problems.

Complaining about his defense is a completely reasonable thing! If it goes beyond that I would agree, but he is seriously bad at defense, and it hurt us when he was on the court.

 

[Fly Rodder]

I think Donnie has serious weaknesses with his defense, BUT on a team of weak defenders he wasn't the worst.

I'd be happy if he was back playing, but he's not and the swirling rumors are that we've seen the last of him in a Syracuse uniform, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[MikeSU02]

I think Donnie has serious weaknesses with his defense, BUT on a team of weak defenders he wasn't the worst.

I'd be happy if he was back playing, but he's not and the swirling rumors are that we've seen the last of him in a Syracuse uniform, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Play defense is also like an OL. You can get individual grades, but you really need to be coached well and have a competently coached system in place.

We are so bad at defense that I'm not as concerned with individual D because it doesn't really matter.

We were supposed to be an offensive team this year... and, well, JC, Eddie, etc etc.

 

[DoctahLexus]

We are so bad at defense that I'm not as concerned with individual D because it doesn't really matter.

Imagine if I tried using this excuse with any other player. I would get laughed at, and rightfully so. Part of our defense being bad is the staff, but part of it is that we have several individuals who are just plain bad at defense and would be in any uniform on any team. As of now, Donnie Freeman is one of those individuals. Everyone else being pretty darn bad does not make it any less of a problem.

 

[MikeSU02]

Imagine if I tried using this excuse with any other player. I would get laughed at, and rightfully so. Part of our defense being bad is the staff, but part of it is that we have several individuals who are just plain bad at defense and would be in any uniform on any team. As of now, Donnie Freeman is one of those individuals. Everyone else being pretty darn bad does not make it any less of a problem.

The team was constructed for offense. Getting Eddie and paying him a ton of money = we were going to be bad at D.

On the list of our issues, Donnie's being bad at D isn't at the top.

You are stomping out a cigarette in the middle of a forest fire with it. it's not an excuse, it's about priorities.

 

[CardiacCuse]

There’s more to defense than blocked shots. His overall defensive metrics are better than the guys I mentioned.

so hes better than HORRIBLE defenders?

thats not the ringing endorsement youre making it to be

for SYRACUSE to be a winning team...they need defenders better than carlos, bell, moore, and yes donnie

and no lampkin is not a worse defender than donnie...lampkins man rarely scores...eddie just is very bad at help defense and rim protection...but hes a much better man to man defnder than donnie at this stage

I LIKE DONNIE as a player! dont get it twisted

i just think we have to be real that his defense is a negative at the moment

 

[CardiacCuse]

The team was constructed for offense. Getting Eddie and paying him a ton of money = we were going to be bad at D.

On the list of our issues, Donnie's being bad at D isn't at the top.

You are stomping out a cigarette in the middle of a forest fire with it. it's not an excuse, it's about priorities.

eddies man rarely puts up big numbers in any game

eddie just doesnt clean up ANY mistakes from the rest of the team...which is it really technically his fault?

if youre going with guards and forwards who cannot defend you NEED a rim protector...thats not really eddies fault, per se

 

[CnyTarheel]

Complaining about his defense is a completely reasonable thing! If it goes beyond that I would agree, but he is seriously bad at defense, and it hurt us when he was on the court.

Exactly.. he's lazy on the d side of the ball