Here's my thoughts on the exhibition (Thank God, it didn't count)...Stating the obvious, being without Joel, Dingle & RJ really put us behind the 8 ball. However, should we really need them in order to beat a D2 team? Joel, RJ & Cruz will be back soon, so no long term concerns. I, like many others, are a little concerned over Dingle's "injury"...we need his scoring and his leadership. Let's hope he's back soon.
Taylor's lack of playing time yesterday was puzzling. He and Alleyne, who was great again yesterday, carried us in the Rutgers game. I hope Taylor wasn't injured. Also, we got an absolute steal in Alleyne!!! Brady & Sim looked like Freshmen, great at one moment, not so great at others. However, they are both future stars here.
Very troublesome was the performance of Jenkins/Ledlum/Zuby. They should have dominated Pace but did not. We are very thin at PG, we need Daniss to bring it each and every game. Ledlum was possibly gassed, he played 34 minutes and did have 12 rebounds but offensively he struggled mightily. Zuby did have 8 rebounds/7 blocks but when you can't hit a FT, then you need to practice, it's all about repetition and muscle memory.
Part of me wants to believes CRP wanted to play end of bench guys (Drissa played 17 minutes, Conway played 24 minutes, Brady played 21 minutes... ) not only because he had no other choice but to see how they would react in a real game situation.
We are lucky to have CRP as a coach. He'll analyze the game, make adjustments and practice/teach them to death this week. Not to worry, all will be well, we'll get healthy and destroy the Sea Wolves.
Onto the real games!!!
Taylor's lack of playing time yesterday was puzzling. He and Alleyne, who was great again yesterday, carried us in the Rutgers game. I hope Taylor wasn't injured. Also, we got an absolute steal in Alleyne!!! Brady & Sim looked like Freshmen, great at one moment, not so great at others. However, they are both future stars here.
Very troublesome was the performance of Jenkins/Ledlum/Zuby. They should have dominated Pace but did not. We are very thin at PG, we need Daniss to bring it each and every game. Ledlum was possibly gassed, he played 34 minutes and did have 12 rebounds but offensively he struggled mightily. Zuby did have 8 rebounds/7 blocks but when you can't hit a FT, then you need to practice, it's all about repetition and muscle memory.
Part of me wants to believes CRP wanted to play end of bench guys (Drissa played 17 minutes, Conway played 24 minutes, Brady played 21 minutes... ) not only because he had no other choice but to see how they would react in a real game situation.
We are lucky to have CRP as a coach. He'll analyze the game, make adjustments and practice/teach them to death this week. Not to worry, all will be well, we'll get healthy and destroy the Sea Wolves.
Onto the real games!!!
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