Harrison Has Concussion

[Jack Williams]

For all of you guys bashing Harrison's play at the end of the game. I'm disappointed too - this was one of those road games a tournament t team needs to win. Granted, they are miles better than the typical DePaul team, but still.

But think of this... there are a lot of you who would take the entire month of from work if you were suffered a concussion, and for nearly the entire game Harrison was the best player on the court for us.

It's disappointing to have him come up empty in the clutch again, but considering he was a game decision to play, you guys who are trashing him are disgusting.

Whether people like him or not, whether he comes up small or not late in games, statistically, Harrison goes down as one of the greatest scorers in St. John's history, and might be THE greatest by the time he is done.

Thirty years from now his name will still be brought up when people discuss all time leading scorers in St. John's history

 

[JohnnyFan]

I have been a huge Harrison basher. Heck, half my posts are just me venting about Harrison or Lavin. That said (and this is hard for me to admit), I thought this was one of his best games. The problem was that in the game's most crucial moments, he got too excited and had to do it all himself. Same thing happened near the end of the Nova game when he inexplicably decided to beat the press by himself, by dribbling into three defenders.

No worries.......Slick Steve will surely "coach" him through it.

Lavin is the absolute worst!

 

[1and1sju]

I have been a huge Harrison basher. Heck, half my posts are just me venting about Harrison or Lavin. That said (and this is hard for me to admit), I thought this was one of his best games. The problem was that in the game's most crucial moments, he got too excited and had to do it all himself. Same thing happened near the end of the Nova game when he inexplicably decided to beat the press by himself, by dribbling into three defenders.

No worries.......Slick Steve will surely "coach" him through it.

Lavin is the absolute worst!

+1
That about sums it up. I frequently fault Harrison too, but I thought he played very well. He was especially aggressive on the boards, out-rebounding our so called big men with regularity.
But he does tend to put his head down and force things at the end of games.
A better coach should be able to teach him. It's not that he's not clutch, but D'angelo needs to understand that being clutch doesn't mean ignoring the best basketball play that is available to him. He needs to play with his "head-up" at those moments, and see the floor. It may be that him in isolation is our best option, but he needs to see all the options to make that decision.

 

[beast of the east]

I have been a huge Harrison basher. Heck, half my posts are just me venting about Harrison or Lavin. That said (and this is hard for me to admit), I thought this was one of his best games. The problem was that in the game's most crucial moments, he got too excited and had to do it all himself. Same thing happened near the end of the Nova game when he inexplicably decided to beat the press by himself, by dribbling into three defenders.

No worries.......Slick Steve will surely "coach" him through it.

Lavin is the absolute worst!

For certain, Harrison in the last 3 minutes of a game, is a different player. It isn't A-Rod syndrome, where he senses failure, and doesn't think he's man enough for the moment. I think he just tries too hard, and doesn't let the game come to him. He wants it on his shoulders, wants to win badly, and more often than not, seems to be doing something ill-advised that costs us the game or kills our momentum. He's just got to let the game come to him and he will come up big

 

[SJU1512]

After all the talk last season about Harrison's volume v. efficiency, at the approximate mid-point of this season he's shooting 40.1% from the field (not great but more than acceptable from a guy with his numbers) and 38.1% from 3 and 84.3% from the line (both of which are excellent under any circumstances). All are also career best numbers.

Coupled with the effort he's putting in on the defensive end (by far his best defensive season at SJU) he's really been the total package for us this year. Last step is not trying to do too much in the last 4 minutes and finding a way to get us to the winner's circle in close games.

 

[beast of the east]

After all the talk last season about Harrison's volume v. efficiency, at the approximate mid-point of this season he's shooting 40.1% from the field (not great but more than acceptable from a guy with his numbers) and 38.1% from 3 and 84.3% from the line (both of which are excellent under any circumstances). All are also career best numbers.

Coupled with the effort he's putting in on the defensive end (by far his best defensive season at SJU) he's really been the total package for us this year. Last step is not trying to do too much in the last 4 minutes and finding a way to get us to the winner's circle in close games.

After last season, where I was one of his biggest detractors, I've done a 180 based on his effort, focus, and control. I do think he is playing much better, but wold also caution you that his numbers dipped last year in conference play. Any formula with us being an NCAA team has to have Harrison performing at his best. So far, despite the effort, he came up short in crunch time, and there is no way we can win.

Before the season, I was concerned that we didn't really have a go to stud, a guy who would come up golden more than empty in big moments. Historically for St. John's we know who those guys were: George Johnson, Mullin, Berry, Sealy, Artest, Hardy. I was chastised by some guys saying we have 4 of those guys. It's clear we don't. At least not yet.

Starting tonight, I hope the guys say F-it, let's just play our butts off, and see what happens. I think they play the last three minutes fearing failure instead of grasping the moment for success.