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Message: [QUOTE="We Are Syracuse, post: 1200797, member: 2587"] Won't be a popular post, but staying the truth here... Has nothing to do with me not sticking with my team.. Always will, always have. Just because I criticize them, doesn't mean I'm not "sticking" with them. First, the only positive from this game is that hopefully Christmas can't possibly play this bad again.. He was as bad as I've ever seen him offensively... On the glass, he is great but he still commits the most dumb fouls which leads me to my second point. The zone is a joke with Mac at center.. Shouldn't be played when he's at center. They scorched it when he was playing that spot. Roberson, Joseph, Gbinje were out of position all night. The best defensive combo up top was by far Patterson and Gbinije. They played for two minutes together and forced a couple TOs which was nice. Secondly, the shooting! Holy hell! It almost came to the point where I was happy when the ball would just hit the rim so it could give the bigs a chance to get an offensive rebound.. Patterson, Joseph, Roberson, Cooney, all had shots that were just completely not rebound-able due to their either poor shot selection, or bad shooting.. Shooting is all confidence, and it seems like no one on our team has it.. We also have no movement offensively.. Everything seemed to be one on one which is not syracuses strength. And heaven forbid, someone please tell Tyler Roberson that taking a 12-foot, wild floater off of one pass in a possession is not a good possession. Can't watch that all season long... Let the defense work a little first Tyler, and then attack! Third, I just truly think this team has guys that just don't even look like they belong on the court at this exact time... Guys throwing up air balls, dribbling the ball wildly, throwing the ball all over the gym like it's a grenade.. Value the ball and possession guys. Last, but not least, is I just don't see how this particular team can string together consistent wins in this brutal league with all the inconsistencies and question marks this team has. EVERY single game in the ACC Will be an absolute dogfight. What do you need in dogfights? A go to guy... Who do we have? Christmas and cooney.. Not exactly the most ideal combo compared to these other teams. It is so early, and so not warranted to be completely done with the team, but to not see and realize that this will be a tough year, you're just lying to yourself... While I think this team has the potential to win some big games and get into the NCAA tournament, I don't see remotely at all how this team could compete for an ACC championship. That's just the bottom line. One identity this team can maybe hang their hat on is rebounding! They seemed to be pretty good on the glass tonight.. [/QUOTE]

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