Edfromsodus
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No one’s earned the right to do anything once it’s clear they’re no longer good at their job.
So it's clear??? There is no onus on the players?
No one’s earned the right to do anything once it’s clear they’re no longer good at their job.
I know, But would still like to see them try. Thought OB looked good in the first half and then reverted right back to his old self in the second. I think the worst thing for this team sometimes is when they start making 3's. They start thinking they're good outside shooters.They can’t get by some guys. That’s why we see pushoffs or bailout/jacked threes.
He had a very solid first half. Then simply lost his mind in the second.Yeah and Oshae has become worse.
It really has become the hoops version of full meathead.Even when we play well for stretches we can’t build big leads because we play sooooo damnnnn slowwww.
We’ve taken more than 70 shots just once this year. Duke has only had a couple games where they’ve taken *fewer* than 70 shots.
We play on the razors edge because our pace is glacial, so every missed shot, missed FT, turnover or lost rebound is a catastrophe.
Kinda feel like when the time comes, we need some new blood.I am done with the GMac isn’t a good assistant stuff. He is a good assistant coach.
He is fine as a recruiter.
I have confidence in all 3 assistants.
I just want no part of GMac as the next HC.
Last year OB went 16-16 against Buffalo from the foul line. Tonight he was 0-3.And really we can’t buy a free throw
How many times are you going to post your genius bets? Cool, keep making off the dead horse that is Cuse hoopsWildhack can’t be that stupid and let this scheme and lack of fundmentals continue. We’re most likely NIT. I thought UB would blow us out tonight and PM’d a couple of people in private in case anyone is doubting me. Well...
Coach designs an offense that leads to chucking up 3’s with 3,seconds left on the time clockPlayers make plays. Players execute plays. Players should make free throws. Players should not dribble the ball off their foot. Players need to fight for rebounds. This is not 100% on the staff. It's like people have never played sports in their life
It was Jim’s decision
One of the biggest issues is were constantly playing 4 on 5 and when Marek joins the party at forward it becomes 3 on 5. Your not going to beat any teams with more then a pulse when a quarter of your roster (Chukwu Sidibe Buddy and Marek) has been borderline awful and at times essentially useless. Recruiting or lack there of is killing this team. Carey looks the part but hes the only thing offthe bench right now.
Totally agree. They’re like Jekyll and HydeHe had a very solid first half. Then simply lost his mind in the second.
Strange team. Again.
I’m lost.
From the start of the 2009-10 season to the 25-0 run in 2013-14, we played 172 games and went 146-26 (84.88% winning percentage). Even if you take out those 25 games and look at the 2009-10 to the start of the 2013-14 season before our 25-0 run, we still won 82% of our games in that time frame.
Since the 25-0 run, we've played 159 games and have gone 93-66 (58.49% winning percentage).
It's like we are watching a completely different program these last few years. Our offense was clearly way better from 2009-10 to the 2013-14 run, but there has to be more of an explanation and more accountability from JB as to why the program has seen a 26% decline in wins over these time periods. We clearly have individually talented players, but they clearly aren't working when you put them all together.
This is only because of our offensive “system”, or lack thereof...
Not everyone in college basketballl has guys all over the court who are awesome...but the coaches implement offensive structures that allow them to make plays.
No, average players can’t recieve the ball 24 feet from the basket and magically score...Battle can, Melo can, etc...but average players can receive the ball 12 feet from the basket, off of a down-screen, or a post-up, and with their teammates in supportive, structured motion can make plays...we see it against us all the time.
Love Boeheim but there is simply no coaching happening anywhere. Rewind that Buffalo game, watch a shot go up, see how many Buffalo players are boxing out and how many Syracuse are...the answers are all and none. That’s coaching (and it’s not the zone...you can block out, look for a body, we simply don’t, it’s not ingrained and not practiced effectively). Those offensive rebounds weren’t fortune or magic, they were effort and structure through practice.
Having one awful press, and one Defense is just lazy coaching...having no offensive sets that seek to penetrate perimeter other than a dribble-drive is lazy or inadequate (and they’re not there, we’ve watched long enough to know that...we have guys who can’t execute a post-pass).
I have every confidence with pull it together and create some moments, because collectively their talent is better than this...but there is zero evidence of any effective coaching/strategy happening behind the scenes to turn the collective group into a better whole than its parts.
This is the annual luxury/pain of being a fan of this program...we get good players, etc, but the teams have to glue together over time
It's a very good point Jeremy. JW is awesome and I am so glad he's here. I will argue that extending Dino, a coach he didn't hire is a much easier task than what he has on his plate for both mens hoops and mens lax. Both have long time highly successful coaches who appear to be near the end, and have struggled. Making decisions on how to reinvigorate both of those programs will really speak to his skills as an AD.Hes an impossible spot. I hope for John's sake Desko turns back the clock this year or hes got two enormous issues hes going to have to address.
Kip Wellman
GMac
I just cringe when I look at our bencg
So it's clear??? There is no onus on the players?
No way the team's performance should have dropped off this far, at minimum.
I think people are overreacting to a couple disappointing losses.
I think people are overreacting to a couple disappointing losses. I don't think this team is much, if any, worse than it was last year. It was a pretty bad team last year and it's a pretty bad team this year. We'll see how things are in ACC play, but right now, compared to last year:
- More points per game
- Less points allowed per game
- Higher TS%
- Slightly higher TS% allowed
- Drawing fouls at a higher rate
- Rebounding at a higher rate (both offensively and defensively)
Looking at individual players:
- Battle has improved significantly in terms of scoring efficiency
- Brissett has regressed slightly due to his FT% declining
- Chukwu has improved in terms of scoring efficiency and block percentage
- Dolezaj has improved significantly in terms of scoring efficiency
- Howard has fallen off a cliff efficiency wise, though his sample size is particularly small since he missed
- Carey and Hughes have both been solid while Buddy has been horrific
I think people overrated the hell out of our players in the offseason (not just here but nationwide in the media too) and came into this season with a super inflated opinion of what this team was. I understand that people expect guys to improve, but with Battle and Howard in particular, I thought those two were topped out already. The only real disappointment IMO is the lack of progress from Brissett. I was hoping he would show improvement this year, but people were acting like he was a 1st round NBA talent despite the only thing really standing out about his game at all is that he did a decent job rebounding as a freshman and was a pretty good free throw shooter.