Mal Richardson

[realorange]

He could have a 7 of 10 night and some people would still find reasons to complain, I'm sure.

No. That would be Cooney.

 

[Brooky03]

Shortening Malachi's name to 'Mal' got me thinking. Somebody here is for sure working on a photoshopped picture of Malachi dressed as Darth Mal or something to that effect (affect? I never know the difference) right?

I'm not a huge Star Wars buff, but this seems too good to pass up.

 

[urban96]

Shortening Malachi's name to 'Mal' got me thinking. Somebody here is for sure working on a photoshopped picture of Malachi dressed as Darth Mal or something to that effect (affect? I never know the difference) right?

I'm not a huge Star Wars buff, but this seems too good to pass up.

I was thinking he kinda looked like the kid from hey arnold with the hair.

 

[Flacusian]

CART/ HORSE

 

[Dave85]

Shortening Malachi's name to 'Mal' got me thinking. Somebody here is for sure working on a photoshopped picture of Malachi dressed as Darth Mal or something to that effect (affect? I never know the difference) right?

I'm not a huge Star Wars buff, but this seems too good to pass up.

I don't know, Malachi is already a pretty cool name for a basketball player. It's not like Arinze Onuaku which took me 3 1/2 years to learn how to pronounce!

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Disclaimer: It's obviously premature to proclaim much at all after two exhibition games.

That said, I'm really, really impressed with Malachi. His ability as a shooter (gorgeous stroke) goes without saying. But his rebounding, passing, ball handling and overall hustle and energy really have me excited. I read different posters on here who watched him in high school and warned us that he's but a one-trick pony with no real desire to do much of anything.

Here's to hoping he continues to impress vs the real teams.

I'm one of those people who doubted him, based on a few HS+AS games. The guy i saw in the two exhibition games is a different cat, altogether. Exhibitions, shirley, but i'm impressed and much more hopeful re: his potential now. Sometime, a la Dennis Green, "they are who we thought they were." Sometimes not.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

The best thing about Mal is he is probably going to get a lot of catch and shoot opportunities because defenses will key on G and Cooney so much, at least at the start of the year. When teams realize he and Lydon are also excellent shooters I'm sure defensive gameplans will change, but you could see yesterday at the start of the game Florida Southern was keying on Cooney and Gbinije to start, and that lead to him getting wide open shots.

Defenses keying on Cooney is the biggest fallacy told around these parts. They dont key on him. They simply have one defender hound him.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Malachi!

 

[Brooky03]

Defenses keying on Cooney is the biggest fallacy told around these parts. They dont key on him. They simply have one defender hound him.

Not coming off your guy to play help defense = keying on that guy. That's what defenses do against Cooney.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Defenses keying on Cooney is the biggest fallacy told around these parts. They dont key on him. They simply have one defender hound him.

agree. where does this silliness come from? how often does a guard or any player on the perimeter get double teamed, especially in a mtm defense? If Cooney improves it will be because his shooting is more selective, and even then, who knows? I hope that his last hoorah is a good shooting percentage.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Not coming off your guy to play help defense = keying on that guy. That's what defenses do against Cooney.

not really. its called defense. keying on a guy is when your defense is set up to deny him the ball, double, angle him into certain spots on the court. it requires a coordinated system utilizing multiple defenders.

Simply having one defender take him out of the game is not keying in on him.

 

[Brooky03]

not really. its called defense. keying on a guy is when your defense is set up to deny him the ball, double, angle him into certain spots on the court. it requires a coordinated system utilizing multiple defenders.

Simply having one defender take him out of the game is not keying in on him.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

its all cool. lets go get a beer and discuss more

 

[Cusefan0307]

Defenses keying on Cooney is the biggest fallacy told around these parts. They dont key on him. They simply have one defender hound him.

My point is MALACHI is going to get wide open shots.

People won't help of G and Trevor early.

Why does someone always have to turn every thread into something good or bad about about Cooney? We may as well not talk about any other player.

If you have an opinion about him it probably doesn't matter if he shoots 50 percent or 20 percent this year. Chances are that same person is going to have the same opinion no matter what he does. My god.

I didn't mention one positive or negative thing about him, and it turned into a Cooney thread.

 

[kuethstheman]

I'm one of those people who doubted him, based on a few HS+AS games. The guy i saw in the two exhibition games is a different cat, altogether. Exhibitions, shirley, but i'm impressed and much more hopeful re: his potential now. Sometime, a la Dennis Green, "they are who we thought they were." Sometimes not.

Stop calling him Shirley!

 

[kuethstheman]

not really. its called defense. keying on a guy is when your defense is set up to deny him the ball, double, angle him into certain spots on the court. it requires a coordinated system utilizing multiple defenders.

Simply having one defender take him out of the game is not keying in on him.

"Keying" isn't synonymous with double-teaming. It can just be an adjustment in the strategy. In general, players are instructed to leave their man when someone else is open and in a better position to score. Opposing coaches usually instruct Cooney's man not to do that. If keying is too strong a word for you, just say that teams "adjust" for Cooney.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

My point is MALACHI is going to get wide open shots.

People won't help of G and Trevor early.

Why does someone always have to turn every thread into something good or bad about about Cooney? We may as well not talk about any other player.

If you have an opinion about him it probably doesn't matter if he shoots 50 percent or 20 percent this year. Chances are that same person is going to have the same opinion no matter what he does. My god.

I didn't mention one positive or negative thing about him, and it turned into a Cooney thread.

There are other players besides cooney?

 

[br801]

Why does someone always have to turn every thread into something good or bad about about Cooney? We may as well not talk about any other player.

All threads are now required to cover either Cooney or Shafer, preferably both. If you can somehow also weave in a discussion of Carmelo, Brandon Triche or Doug Marrone, or make a case for what exactly defines a true SU fan, that's even better.

 

[realorange]

On the advice of Doug Marrone and Carmelo, Cooney has decided to bulk up like Brandon Triche and ask Shafer for a spot on the football team.

Edit: It is reported that several followers/critics of Cooney may be moving to the Football Board.

 

[br801]

On the advice of Doug Marrone and Carmelo, Cooney has decided to bulk up like Brandon Triche and ask Shafer for a spot on the football team.

JB will be announcing this at an afternoon press conference after which we will have linguistics and body language experts joining us here to break it all down.

 

[Dave85]

JB will be announcing this at an afternoon press conference after which we will have linguistics and body language experts joining us here to break it all down.

A linguistics body language expert studies all the ways someone can use a hand gesture as a form of expressive non-verbal communication. Just look at JB in my avatar picture. What more can I say.

 

[RoatanCuse]

Well

not really. its called defense. keying on a guy is when your defense is set up to deny him the ball, double, angle him into certain spots on the court. it requires a coordinated system utilizing multiple defenders.

Simply having one defender take him out of the game is not keying in on him.

Well stated. I agree.

 

[orangefog]

A linguistics body language expert studies all the ways someone can use a hand gesture as a form of expressive non-verbal communication. Just look at JB in my avatar picture. What more can I say.

He is clearly performing as Giorgio Germont in La traviata.

 

[MonsterGame]

All threads are now required to cover either Cooney or Shafer, preferably both. If you can somehow also weave in a discussion of Carmelo, Brandon Triche or Doug Marrone, or make a case for what exactly defines a true SU fan, that's even better.

Additionally, if the opponent is playing zone, that is also considered keying on Cooney until the shots start going down. And just as an FYI, Shafer, Carmelo, Brandon Triche, Doug Marrone, DC2's knee, DC2 is DC's son, NCAA=Gestapo, and Gotlieb and Seth Davis are the sux. I feel better now.

 

[jgeorge322]

Disclaimer: It's obviously premature to proclaim much at all after two exhibition games.

That said, I'm really, really impressed with Malachi. His ability as a shooter (gorgeous stroke) goes without saying. But his rebounding, passing, ball handling and overall hustle and energy really have me excited. I read different posters on here who watched him in high school and warned us that he's but a one-trick pony with no real desire to do much of anything.

Here's to hoping he continues to impress vs the real teams.

pearl, for me, the 100% surprise from him is his ability on defense. he seems to "get" how the zone is supposed to work. he knows the positions to be in. this is a huge surprise to me for a freshman. it shows that he has a good understanding of the game and has good bball iq.