Re: Game 16: LaSalle Thursday Jan 12 @ 7pm CBS Sports Network
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:46 am
Complaints and random thoughts:
1. Worst effort I've seen in 50 years of watching Including Jerry D. That team sucked, this one doesn't. I always say college players should never be booed but man I felt like it. I really thought a few guys quit out there and still feel that way. I will not mention names.
2. On the plus side, Dan has upped the visibility of the program, recruited well, and built up a great infrastructure going forward. These are things to be thankful for.
3. The coache's stubbornness and inflexibility however will delay his/our development or ultimately lead to downfall. SOMETHING (anything?) needs to change. The starting lineup would be a good place to start. Don't really care who either. But big change may be good.
4. Ive never seen a Hurley practice. While I'm sure they work very hard, do they ever do anything besides play man to man defense? While admirable to try and make the opponent play your game and force your will on them, it ain't working. That game screamed for a zone with a big man in the middle for long periods. Not even a shot blocker, someone to just take up space in the lane.
5. If above is true, do they ever run an offense in practice against anything but man to man? It's been mentioned they have had a couple of good shooting games against zones. OK, but they look at them like it's a calculus problem when I watch them. In their defense they are not alone.
6. Sat next to a stranger who I assumed was given tickets. After listening to my yelling and complaining, he turned to me and said " this team is coached like a high school team". I didn't disagree with him. Speaking of which, I'm really getting tired of the 4 and 5 guard thing. That doesn't work either, at least not for us.
7. How many times when we struggle on offense do I see a once very good penetrate and dish point guard standing on the wing or in the corner doing nothing other than waiting for a shot that's not coming. To me it looks like he is not being allowed to run the team like he did last year.
8. Watch the center for UMASS tomorrow. 6' 10" or whatever and "oversized". He does major damage out there. Sometimes a liability conditioning and speed wise, but he is still effective. And no one can tell me he's better than Layssard or Berry, because no one has seen them enough to be able to comment on that. Wasted season for Layssard and Berry.
9. I see and have heard Hurley yelling at the players to run, and go go go. Yet they don't. This mystery I can't answer, everyone says kids want to play fast and loose. Ours don't?????
10. Win or lose, and at this point I don't care it doesn't matter. The effort and eyeball test tomorrow should tell us everything we need to know about the coach and players.
11. Did I see or not see Dan say Hassan was healed and cleared to play. Does he look healed to anyone? Also said he needs to be managed. That did not look like something that can be managed or is getting better, he looks injured.
12. We are soooo easy to play against. Play any zone for defense, drive the lane repeatedly on offense to score and/or draw fouls. Over and over and over and nothing will change. Nothing.
1. Worst effort I've seen in 50 years of watching Including Jerry D. That team sucked, this one doesn't. I always say college players should never be booed but man I felt like it. I really thought a few guys quit out there and still feel that way. I will not mention names.
2. On the plus side, Dan has upped the visibility of the program, recruited well, and built up a great infrastructure going forward. These are things to be thankful for.
3. The coache's stubbornness and inflexibility however will delay his/our development or ultimately lead to downfall. SOMETHING (anything?) needs to change. The starting lineup would be a good place to start. Don't really care who either. But big change may be good.
4. Ive never seen a Hurley practice. While I'm sure they work very hard, do they ever do anything besides play man to man defense? While admirable to try and make the opponent play your game and force your will on them, it ain't working. That game screamed for a zone with a big man in the middle for long periods. Not even a shot blocker, someone to just take up space in the lane.
5. If above is true, do they ever run an offense in practice against anything but man to man? It's been mentioned they have had a couple of good shooting games against zones. OK, but they look at them like it's a calculus problem when I watch them. In their defense they are not alone.
6. Sat next to a stranger who I assumed was given tickets. After listening to my yelling and complaining, he turned to me and said " this team is coached like a high school team". I didn't disagree with him. Speaking of which, I'm really getting tired of the 4 and 5 guard thing. That doesn't work either, at least not for us.
7. How many times when we struggle on offense do I see a once very good penetrate and dish point guard standing on the wing or in the corner doing nothing other than waiting for a shot that's not coming. To me it looks like he is not being allowed to run the team like he did last year.
8. Watch the center for UMASS tomorrow. 6' 10" or whatever and "oversized". He does major damage out there. Sometimes a liability conditioning and speed wise, but he is still effective. And no one can tell me he's better than Layssard or Berry, because no one has seen them enough to be able to comment on that. Wasted season for Layssard and Berry.
9. I see and have heard Hurley yelling at the players to run, and go go go. Yet they don't. This mystery I can't answer, everyone says kids want to play fast and loose. Ours don't?????
10. Win or lose, and at this point I don't care it doesn't matter. The effort and eyeball test tomorrow should tell us everything we need to know about the coach and players.
11. Did I see or not see Dan say Hassan was healed and cleared to play. Does he look healed to anyone? Also said he needs to be managed. That did not look like something that can be managed or is getting better, he looks injured.
12. We are soooo easy to play against. Play any zone for defense, drive the lane repeatedly on offense to score and/or draw fouls. Over and over and over and nothing will change. Nothing.