tom in salem
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Ok, who's not on board.
It's over.
He's not the answer.
It's over.
He's not the answer.
Fire Lavin!
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beast of the east
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you are 100% correct. Do college coaches have to teach layups also? There were so many blown wide open shots it was crazy.
Didn't think today's game was on Lavin...very discouraged by team performance...Villanova is a good (not great) team...play sound game offensively and defensively...very winnable game...starting to think that, other than Jordan, all others have peaked
And here we go.
As per Zags article:
“As you know, my goal is just to get our team to play the best basketball come March,” coach Steve Lavin said in a Garden hallway following the game. “That goal doesn’t change, th^a objective doesn’t change.”
This quote makes me want to throw up.
Norm Roberts also inherited a freshman PG, Showtime, and a freshman big man, Hamilton, who went on to be All-Big East. He was also lucky enough to go to high school with a guy who had a top 100 recruit as a son and took a future NBA player, Cedric Jackson, off of a suggestion and with little to no real competition.
The rape scandal gets blown out of proportion IMO. How has that affected Winston and Florida State this year? What about the murder and coverup at Baylor? They went from NOTHING, a team with zero history, no traction or recent success--even losing their two best players possibly ever who went on to star in the NCAA Tournament (Lucas starting at PG in the Final Four)--to landing top ten recruiting classes overnight.
Can someone please tell me what Lavin talks to the team about during the timeouts? They are obviously not drawing up a play or talking about executing anything. If you notice, they come out of the timeouts with only an inbound play called. Once the ball is in, it is back to freestyle. Which then turns into the aimless dribbling that frustrates the hell out of me.
Come on people......this guy has to go!
Come on people......this guy has to go!
Class of 72
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I think he realizes that this team will not play itself into the NCAA Tourney during the season. Too many flaws for any big wins. As I and a few others have been saying, the only chance at the NCAA bid will come in March if they have to play only three games in the BE Tourney and win for an automatic bid. They need to finish no lower than 6th for that to happen.
Class of 72
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I have never been a fan of our AD but who do you think would do the firing???
We have an elderly caretaker president approaching 80 and even if by some Vincentian miracle a new president is named by next summer do you guys think Lavin will be the top priority when his salary is not an issue?
I love to bitch about the coaches more than anyone here but only when we have a new president will any changes take place and that brings us into Lavin's final contract year. By this time next year if the targeted recruits bolt for another school and the seniors are underperforming we may see Lavin leaving without a renewal and that will give everyone the easy out. That will mean no recruits and bad press. Sadly, it would mean rebuilding from the ground up again for the 2016-17 season. Therefore, I will root for Lavin and this team to win, in March, to get a bid and keep hope alive.
And here we go.
As per Zags article:
“As you know, my goal is just to get our team to play the best basketball come March,” coach Steve Lavin said in a Garden hallway following the game. “That goal doesn’t change, th^a objective doesn’t change
This quote makes me want to throw up.
Ok I get it he's planning for some school yard tourament in March
beast of the east
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Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?
The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.
Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.
On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.
Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.
Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5
Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.
You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.
Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.
On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.
Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.
Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5
Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.
You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
Bwahahahaha Lavin is a real funny guy.
Guess he relizes that his only chance to make the ncaa tourny is to win the B.E. tournament.
Looks like he don`t care about January and he has giving up hope fore February.
How does his kids feel that he just wants to win in March now?
I was gonna say that the next four games are must wins and if they lose the season`s over then maybe he should go.
But after seeing that quote, after other bs quotes by him. Yeah I`m thinking maybe he does need to go.