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[QUOTE="DCUNITED13, post: 4107448, member: 7985"]
Saw one play Symir made that our starting guard are incable of making.   He had around 2 or 3 quick rebounds off of misses where his quickness and change of direction allowed him to snatch a rebound.  We have not seen this in a while (before Buddy and Joe).    Cooney and Silent G were fantastic at doing this and starting the break.  Notice how we cannot start the break last few years.  Has a lot to do with our current starting guards unable/incapable of being able to rebound balls that "fall" near them.   Symir needs to continue to focus on assists and dribble penetration.  He causes a lot of chaos when he does that to the other teams defence.  It opens a lot of lanes for our shooters.

Someone mentioned Cooney, who was a favorite one to yell at until Joe Girard came along.  However, Cooney made it up with this Senior season and Joe has been having a fantastic Junior season.

[B]Coney  SR Seaso[/B]n
FG   150-431  .348
3PT  92- 260  .354
FT   87-108    .806
Reb-Asst-Stls-Pts    95 82 61 479
12.9 Pts/Game

[B]Girard Soph Season[/B]
FG      92 - 259   .385
3PT    50  - 150   .333
FT      39-50        .780  ==> half of his Freshman year
RB-Asst-Stls - Pts    75 99 39  273
9.8 Pts/Game

[B]Girard Jr. Season (projected by me)[/B]
FG      130 - 317   .408
3PT    82  - 197   .414
FT      60-69       .863  ==> still below his Freshman totals
RB-Asst-Stls - Pts    91 152 56  401 (in 32 games)
12.5 pts/game

To me Joe is a better shooter than Cooney, however, defensively, Cooney is miles ahead.  He was quicker and we had a much larger percentage of fast break points with him up top.  Yet, statistically, I expect Joe's Jr. Season to be almost identical to Cooneys Sr. campaing.    Not to shabby IMHO.  Yes, projection is difficult to do.  One big item is Joe's and this entire team inability to draw fouls.  If you recall in our Final 4 run we got other teams into serious foul trouble resulting in mismatches and were able to overcome large deficits (Virginia).  This team woud be more awesome if they could go to the line more.  The mismatches created then would make us difficult to beat.  Most teams have one guy that can guard Buddy.  Very few have two talented defenders that are capable of handling him for 40 minutes.

Now back to Symir, that this thread is all about.  He is an asset we have when there is full court press.  However, his lack of a shooting stroke will need to be addressed in the offseason.  He can work on it and get better.  First year player, he can contribute.
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