Indiana, Tues., Nov. 24, 2 PM, ESPN2 & 970AM
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Ray Morgan
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If you put all of our all time top 3 point shooters on the list it would be a short list.
Where is this list? I want to see it. Who is guarding the list, Bigfoot? No worries. Within 2 years, Mussini and Ponds will already be considered our best 3 point shooters ever. Mussini has the confidence of a great shooter. He could miss 4 in a row and still believe the next one is going in.
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tom in salem
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For the first time in my long life I turned the sound off on a game . I had to escape Walton who is very bright and was a fine player but who is not at all fan friendly. He is self important, condescending, egotistic, insensitive, and a communications bully. I really don't care that he rides a bike, I don't care that he has spiritual moments unrelated to basketball or that he read a book unrelated to the game at hand, or that he can drop names that we all know along with stories we all know. He insults coaches and players with ease and with regularity with his constant Monday morning coaching and pointing out errors which he later praises when the same action gets a score. What a pain in the ass he would be at a cocktail party; he's a complete, overbearing jerk as a color commentator.
Someone must have told him he was smart when he was a kid and he believed that that was his ticket to talk over everyone. He makes the game an incidental appendage to what he has to say.
He was awful; he lasted 6 minutes in my living room until he was banned. ESPN should do likewise. He is a liberal Rush Limbaugh commenting on a college game; like Limbaugh, he doesn't belong there.
That's just my opinion.
Someone must have told him he was smart when he was a kid and he believed that that was his ticket to talk over everyone. He makes the game an incidental appendage to what he has to say.
He was awful; he lasted 6 minutes in my living room until he was banned. ESPN should do likewise. He is a liberal Rush Limbaugh commenting on a college game; like Limbaugh, he doesn't belong there.
That's just my opinion.
Indiana thoughts:http://www.bigeastboards.com/
redfanO10101ll
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I thought our guys played a fantastic 2nd half. I do think Indiana had a lot of unforced turnovers and some sloppy play though. There's a pretty wide talent gap between these two teams. Didn't mean to take away from our guys effort. I think the fact that we outplayed them for a half was a tremendously encouraging sign.
My game summary. I thought we were going to get our brains beat in and we didn't.
I like Ron M a lot and wish he had more time with us
When my grandfather had alzheimers or at least the onset of it he would start talking about things that didn't make sense. I have flashbacks to those times listening to Bill Walton
That is all
I like Ron M a lot and wish he had more time with us
When my grandfather had alzheimers or at least the onset of it he would start talking about things that didn't make sense. I have flashbacks to those times listening to Bill Walton
That is all
beast of the east
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One of the things I am paying attention to is what comes out of Mullin's mouth after games. If it appears to be nonsense (see Lavin, Roberts), fans will either tune out, or lash out. So far, it appears to be direct and purposeful.
Lots of eyes are on Mullin, and with good reason. It's okay to question whether he can coach, because he's never coached a lick. Being a great player has little correlation to becoming a great coach. I'd draw the following comparison, though.
Larry Bird acquired Chris Mullin for the Pacers near the end of Mullin's career. He said, "The player Mullin most reminds me of is me." Meaning, short on athleticism, long on talent. Bird played the game the right way. Mullin played the game the right way. Bird became a very good coach because he was able to acquire players that played the game the right way, and got a pretty good team to play the game the right way. Even Reggie Miller bought in.
So Mullin is teaching this team to play the right way. No question the roster is short on talent. He can give up and let the wheels fall off - we've seen that even with a gasp- Dunlap - coached team. Or he can simply teach, teach, teach, and expect them to play the game a certain way. In many games, like vs. the 14th ranked Hoosiers it won't be nearly enough. But he is right - play the game its supposed to be played - sound fundamental basketball, and the team will do as well as it possibly can given the roster. I'm impressed with that goal.
This team:
fought Indiana to a standstill off the boards. (35-32)
Hit nearly 40% of threes (7-18)
Turned the ball over just 7 times (and caused 16 turnovers)
Had just 7 assists (something to be worked on)
We shot 44% from the field - not bad (Indiana shot nearly 60% and that was the difference)
17 of the 18 threes were shot by the guys who should be taking them. Mussini has shown he has the range. Ron M. also. Amar looks to be a 3 point shooter, but I think as a sophomore will have to shoot better than the 23% from three that he did as a frosh - at least above 30%. Durand Johnson shot 85% form the FT line at Pitt, and was a 3 point threat.
Play the game right is the game summary. If they can consistently do that, they will do as well as they can, and that's the best we can hope for.
Lots of eyes are on Mullin, and with good reason. It's okay to question whether he can coach, because he's never coached a lick. Being a great player has little correlation to becoming a great coach. I'd draw the following comparison, though.
Larry Bird acquired Chris Mullin for the Pacers near the end of Mullin's career. He said, "The player Mullin most reminds me of is me." Meaning, short on athleticism, long on talent. Bird played the game the right way. Mullin played the game the right way. Bird became a very good coach because he was able to acquire players that played the game the right way, and got a pretty good team to play the game the right way. Even Reggie Miller bought in.
So Mullin is teaching this team to play the right way. No question the roster is short on talent. He can give up and let the wheels fall off - we've seen that even with a gasp- Dunlap - coached team. Or he can simply teach, teach, teach, and expect them to play the game a certain way. In many games, like vs. the 14th ranked Hoosiers it won't be nearly enough. But he is right - play the game its supposed to be played - sound fundamental basketball, and the team will do as well as it possibly can given the roster. I'm impressed with that goal.
This team:
fought Indiana to a standstill off the boards. (35-32)
Hit nearly 40% of threes (7-18)
Turned the ball over just 7 times (and caused 16 turnovers)
Had just 7 assists (something to be worked on)
We shot 44% from the field - not bad (Indiana shot nearly 60% and that was the difference)
17 of the 18 threes were shot by the guys who should be taking them. Mussini has shown he has the range. Ron M. also. Amar looks to be a 3 point shooter, but I think as a sophomore will have to shoot better than the 23% from three that he did as a frosh - at least above 30%. Durand Johnson shot 85% form the FT line at Pitt, and was a 3 point threat.
Play the game right is the game summary. If they can consistently do that, they will do as well as they can, and that's the best we can hope for.
Manager: Good evening, sir, good evening, madam. I am the manager. I've only just heard. May I sit down?
Man: Yes, of course.
Manager: I want to apologize, humbly, deeply, and sincerely about the fork.
Man: Oh please, it's only a tiny bit. I couldn't see it.
Manager: Ah you're good kind fine people, for saying that, but I can see it. To me it's like a mountain, a vast bowl of pus.
Man: It's not as bad as that.
Manager: It gets me here. I can't give you any excuses for it - there are no excuses. I've been meaning to spend more time in the restaurant recently, but I haven't been too well. Things aren't going very well back there. The poor cook's son has been put away again, and poor old Mrs Dalrymple who does the washing up can hardly move her poor fingers, and then there's Gilberto's war wound - but they're good people, and they're kind people, and together we were beginning to get over this dark patch. There was light at the end of the tunnel... now this... now this!!
Man: Can I get you some water?
Manager: It's the end of the road!!
(The cook comes in; he is very big and comes a meat cleaver.)
Cook: You bastards! You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you've done to him! He's worked his fingers to the bone to make this place what it is, and you come in with your petty feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt, this fine, honoorable man, whose boots you are not worthy to kiss. Oh, it makes me mad. Mad! (slams cleaver into the table)
(The head waiter comes in and tries to restrain him. )
Head Waiter: Easy, Mungo, easy... Mungo... (clutches his head in agony) the war wound!... the wound... the wound...
Manager: This is the end! The end! Aaargh!! (stabs himself with the fork)
Cook: They've destroyed him! He's dead!! They killed him!!! (goes completely mad)
Head Waiter: (trying to restrain him)No Mungo... never kill a customer. (in pain) Oh . .. the wound! The wound!
