(POST-GAME) @Butler, Sat. Jan. 19, 4:30pm, FOX / 570AM

[quote="Marillac" post=316411][quote="Monte" post=316405][soundcloud][/soundcloud][quote="Marillac" post=316401][quote="Monte" post=316389][quote="Marillac" post=316383][quote="Class of 72" post=316355][quote="Marillac" post=316319][quote="Paultzman" post=316317]Zach B
Marvin Clark II: “We just didn’t play great collectively as a team for 30 minutes, with the passion we needed to win in this building. It was there in the spurts. On the road, we just got to be better. Be a little more locked in, be a little more focused." #sjubb

Should they get this by now? veteran team, no?[/quote]

Veteran team on paper. 4/8 in rotation playing first season here.[/quote]

Here we go!!!:whistle:
4\8 playing first season excuse. Welcome to transfer U. That will be our story until this staff learns to recruit and top players out of prep actually believe in them. Hasn't happened in 4 years now.[/quote]

You take everything to one extreme or another. Not everything is an excuse, man. Sometimes it's just context.

Yes, we are a veteran roster, but only one kid has played here for three seasons and 4 of the 8 guys in our rotation are playing in the their first season here--and two of them have played less than 120 minutes combined! There is reason to believe that we will improve more than other teams.

We switch everything and the complex man takes time to master and it's hard to get used to teammates and their tendencies. We double more than anyone too. Those doubles are getting sharper and will result in some legit traps ina few weeks.

We also haven't settled the roles down yet.

Keita and Williams could potentially be completely different players in a few weeks as well. A competent Keita changes a lot.[/quote]

I think both Keita and Williams improve considerably over time. I don’t see that happening over the next few weeks.[/quote]

What is your issue with Williams? I don't think it's fair to lump him in with Keita. He's already competent. There is every reason to believe he can become a solid 7th/8th man in February.[/quote]

WTF are you talking about? You lumped them together, saying they could both be contributors in a few weeks. All I said was that don’t think either will become big contributors over next few weeks. That doesn’t mean I think thier respective talent levels are comparable or that’ll they’ll progress at the same pace. Having said that, right now we need more of what Keita can bring to the team. So hopefully he can give us something in the coming weeks. But a substantial contribution, IMO, is a longshot[/quote]

Relax. Take a deep breath.

I didn't lump them in together in terms of ability, and I interpreted your response to do that. No big deal.

IMO, Keita does not possess a high ceiling and I expect nothing from him beyond this year. Williams will be damn good and it's just a matter of when with him instead of if. I posted repeatedly that I didn't expect anything from him as a frosh but I think we can agree he's overachieved reasonable freshman expectations. Given the high bball IQ he's demonstrated thus far and his ability to not be a liability on defense, there is no reason be can't be playing 12-15 mpg consistently in February and March.[/quote]

Mullin gave him zero minutes against crap teams in OOC and you think Mullin is going to give him 15 minutes in must win conference games? He gets minutes when we have foul trouble.
He plays hard on defense but he shot one of 4 air balls today. How many air balls did the Butler bench shoot?
Keita scored the only 4 points off the bench.
There is literally no one on the bench who can create their own shot.
When our Wonder Five has one or two players crap their pants we become a mid major push over.
That said I love your optimism.
 
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[quote="Marillac" post=316414][quote="Class of 72" post=316403][quote="Marillac" post=316383][quote="Class of 72" post=316355][quote="Marillac" post=316319][quote="Paultzman" post=316317]Zach B
Marvin Clark II: “We just didn’t play great collectively as a team for 30 minutes, with the passion we needed to win in this building. It was there in the spurts. On the road, we just got to be better. Be a little more locked in, be a little more focused." #sjubb

Should they get this by now? veteran team, no?[/quote]

Veteran team on paper. 4/8 in rotation playing first season here.[/quote]

Here we go!!!:whistle:
4\8 playing first season excuse. Welcome to transfer U. That will be our story until this staff learns to recruit and top players out of prep actually believe in them. Hasn't happened in 4 years now.[/quote]

You take everything to one extreme or another. Not everything is an excuse, man. Sometimes it's just context.

Yes, we are a veteran roster, but only one kid has played here for three seasons and 4 of the 8 guys in our rotation are playing in the their first season here--and two of them have played less than 120 minutes combined! There is reason to believe that we will improve more than other teams.

We switch everything and the complex man takes time to master and it's hard to get used to teammates and their tendencies. We double more than anyone too. Those doubles are getting sharper and will result in some legit traps ina few weeks.

We also haven't settled the roles down yet.

Keita and Williams could potentially be completely different players in a few weeks as well. A competent Keita changes a lot.[/quote]

No offense dude but you haven't been right all season. Reality is usually the opposite of anything you say. What you predict is usually unrealistic.
In 5 weeks the season will be basically over and the Big East tournament may be the only thing to give some hope for a post season appearance. The most vilified coach in recent history went to 4 post seasons in the 4 seasons he actually coached.
This shit show isn't what anyone expected. There is no one coming to replace Ponds and it will again be a team full of untested transfers next season.
The excuses will invariably be regurgitated by the same people.
I don't know the solution. Neither does the staff unfortunately.[/quote]

We're 15-4. That's a shit show? We beat SH and Ponds missed a game against DePaul or we'd be 17-2.

I'm not going to cry over losing at Nova and Butler. Very good teams have lost there in the past.

I think this team finishes third or fourth in the regular season and at least makes the championship game. This won't be the last loss.[/quote]

Forget 15-4. Forget the 12-0.
We are 3-4 in the games that count and we are trending downward.
We lost another player to transfer.
Ponds is playing hurt.
Keita is playing on a bum knee.
The thin bench got thinner.
That's the shit show.
 
[quote="Marillac" post=316411][quote="Monte" post=316405][soundcloud][/soundcloud][quote="Marillac" post=316401][quote="Monte" post=316389][quote="Marillac" post=316383][quote="Class of 72" post=316355][quote="Marillac" post=316319][quote="Paultzman" post=316317]Zach B
Marvin Clark II: “We just didn’t play great collectively as a team for 30 minutes, with the passion we needed to win in this building. It was there in the spurts. On the road, we just got to be better. Be a little more locked in, be a little more focused." #sjubb

Should they get this by now? veteran team, no?[/quote]

Veteran team on paper. 4/8 in rotation playing first season here.[/quote]

Here we go!!!:whistle:
4\8 playing first season excuse. Welcome to transfer U. That will be our story until this staff learns to recruit and top players out of prep actually believe in them. Hasn't happened in 4 years now.[/quote]

You take everything to one extreme or another. Not everything is an excuse, man. Sometimes it's just context.

Yes, we are a veteran roster, but only one kid has played here for three seasons and 4 of the 8 guys in our rotation are playing in the their first season here--and two of them have played less than 120 minutes combined! There is reason to believe that we will improve more than other teams.

We switch everything and the complex man takes time to master and it's hard to get used to teammates and their tendencies. We double more than anyone too. Those doubles are getting sharper and will result in some legit traps ina few weeks.

We also haven't settled the roles down yet.

Keita and Williams could potentially be completely different players in a few weeks as well. A competent Keita changes a lot.[/quote]

I think both Keita and Williams improve considerably over time. I don’t see that happening over the next few weeks.[/quote]

What is your issue with Williams? I don't think it's fair to lump him in with Keita. He's already competent. There is every reason to believe he can become a solid 7th/8th man in February.[/quote]

WTF are you talking about? You lumped them together, saying they could both be contributors in a few weeks. All I said was that don’t think either will become big contributors over next few weeks. That doesn’t mean I think thier respective talent levels are comparable or that’ll they’ll progress at the same pace. Having said that, right now we need more of what Keita can bring to the team. So hopefully he can give us something in the coming weeks. But a substantial contribution, IMO, is a longshot[/quote]

Relax. Take a deep breath.

I didn't lump them in together in terms of ability, and I interpreted your response to do that. No big deal.

IMO, Keita does not possess a high ceiling and I expect nothing from him beyond this year. Williams will be damn good and it's just a matter of when with him instead of if. I posted repeatedly that I didn't expect anything from him as a frosh but I think we can agree he's overachieved reasonable freshman expectations. Given the high bball IQ he's demonstrated thus far and his ability to not be a liability on defense, there is no reason be can't be playing 12-15 mpg consistently in February and March.[/quote]

Oh I’m relaxed. Still pissed off at today’s performance but relaxed. Having said that, you took 2 of my posts on this thread and twisted around what I said. You took my “Buckets” comment to make it seem like I was comparing him to Ponds. Then you twisted that around my reply your bold Keita/Williams comment to to make it look like I was anti-Williams. Thus prompting my “WTF are you talking about?” question.
 
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I thought Keita's play was inconsistent, not bad totally.
Coaching was a bit curious though. Don't know when to call timeouts or adjust defenses.
Staff performance very inconsistent.
 
[quote="Monte" post=316420][quote="Marillac" post=316411][quote="Monte" post=316405][soundcloud][/soundcloud][quote="Marillac" post=316401][quote="Monte" post=316389][quote="Marillac" post=316383][quote="Class of 72" post=316355][quote="Marillac" post=316319][quote="Paultzman" post=316317]Zach B
Marvin Clark II: “We just didn’t play great collectively as a team for 30 minutes, with the passion we needed to win in this building. It was there in the spurts. On the road, we just got to be better. Be a little more locked in, be a little more focused." #sjubb

Should they get this by now? veteran team, no?[/quote]

Veteran team on paper. 4/8 in rotation playing first season here.[/quote]

Here we go!!!:whistle:
4\8 playing first season excuse. Welcome to transfer U. That will be our story until this staff learns to recruit and top players out of prep actually believe in them. Hasn't happened in 4 years now.[/quote]

You take everything to one extreme or another. Not everything is an excuse, man. Sometimes it's just context.

Yes, we are a veteran roster, but only one kid has played here for three seasons and 4 of the 8 guys in our rotation are playing in the their first season here--and two of them have played less than 120 minutes combined! There is reason to believe that we will improve more than other teams.

We switch everything and the complex man takes time to master and it's hard to get used to teammates and their tendencies. We double more than anyone too. Those doubles are getting sharper and will result in some legit traps ina few weeks.

We also haven't settled the roles down yet.

Keita and Williams could potentially be completely different players in a few weeks as well. A competent Keita changes a lot.[/quote]

I think both Keita and Williams improve considerably over time. I don’t see that happening over the next few weeks.[/quote]

What is your issue with Williams? I don't think it's fair to lump him in with Keita. He's already competent. There is every reason to believe he can become a solid 7th/8th man in February.[/quote]

WTF are you talking about? You lumped them together, saying they could both be contributors in a few weeks. All I said was that don’t think either will become big contributors over next few weeks. That doesn’t mean I think thier respective talent levels are comparable or that’ll they’ll progress at the same pace. Having said that, right now we need more of what Keita can bring to the team. So hopefully he can give us something in the coming weeks. But a substantial contribution, IMO, is a longshot[/quote]

Relax. Take a deep breath.

I didn't lump them in together in terms of ability, and I interpreted your response to do that. No big deal.

IMO, Keita does not possess a high ceiling and I expect nothing from him beyond this year. Williams will be damn good and it's just a matter of when with him instead of if. I posted repeatedly that I didn't expect anything from him as a frosh but I think we can agree he's overachieved reasonable freshman expectations. Given the high bball IQ he's demonstrated thus far and his ability to not be a liability on defense, there is no reason be can't be playing 12-15 mpg consistently in February and March.[/quote]

Oh I’m relaxed. Still pissed off at today’s performance but relaxed. Having said that, you took 2 of my posts on this thread and twisted around what I said. You took my “Buckets” comment to make it seem like I was comparing him to Ponds. Then you twisted that around my reply your bold Keita/Williams comment to to make it look like I was anti-Williams. Thus prompting my “WTF are you talking about?” question.[/quote]

Hahaha I don't think my comment on Keita/Williams was bold. Keita sucks so far. His knee probably isn't 100% and he hasn't had the reps, though. It's not far-fetched to think he could be acceptable at 100% and with some more reps. Him being not bad would be a complete 180 from what he is now: a complete liability.

Williams will be baptized by fire the rest of the way with Dixon gone. I think he'll respond.
 
[quote="Knight" post=316426]I thought Keita's play was inconsistent, not bad totally.
Coaching was a bit curious though. Don't know when to call timeouts or adjust defenses.
Staff performance very inconsistent.[/quote]

Adjustments are key to successful coaching for certain. You don't necessarily need a timeout to make them.

72 forgets but the very same complaint was made against Lavin's coaching after Dunlap left. All Lavin teams and this Mullin team suffer from thin benches. When there is such a marked dropoff, the tendency is to play your main guys a ton. Most in game adjustments involve substitutions. Hard for Lavin and Mullin to do that with a thin bench. I do think Dixon could have helped even if there was valid criticism here on his play.

Williams may or may not be a big east player at this point. Guys earn court time in practice and I can only imagine that his play is at least 2 notches below the rotation players. I've seen enough of Trimble's one dimensional play on offense to think he only sees court because he is strong enough to guard forwards who aren't very quick.

Still think 10-8 is doable. Thought 9-9 would be a disappointment but will adjust that after seeing 7 BE opponents to say 9-9 with no bid would be disappointing.
 
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[quote="Monte" post=316420][quote="Marillac" post=316411][quote="Monte" post=316405][soundcloud][/soundcloud][quote="Marillac" post=316401][quote="Monte" post=316389][quote="Marillac" post=316383][quote="Class of 72" post=316355][quote="Marillac" post=316319][quote="Paultzman" post=316317]Zach B
Marvin Clark II: “We just didn’t play great collectively as a team for 30 minutes, with the passion we needed to win in this building. It was there in the spurts. On the road, we just got to be better. Be a little more locked in, be a little more focused." #sjubb

Should they get this by now? veteran team, no?[/quote]

Veteran team on paper. 4/8 in rotation playing first season here.[/quote]

Here we go!!!:whistle:
4\8 playing first season excuse. Welcome to transfer U. That will be our story until this staff learns to recruit and top players out of prep actually believe in them. Hasn't happened in 4 years now.[/quote]

You take everything to one extreme or another. Not everything is an excuse, man. Sometimes it's just context.

Yes, we are a veteran roster, but only one kid has played here for three seasons and 4 of the 8 guys in our rotation are playing in the their first season here--and two of them have played less than 120 minutes combined! There is reason to believe that we will improve more than other teams.

We switch everything and the complex man takes time to master and it's hard to get used to teammates and their tendencies. We double more than anyone too. Those doubles are getting sharper and will result in some legit traps ina few weeks.

We also haven't settled the roles down yet.

Keita and Williams could potentially be completely different players in a few weeks as well. A competent Keita changes a lot.[/quote]

I think both Keita and Williams improve considerably over time. I don’t see that happening over the next few weeks.[/quote]

What is your issue with Williams? I don't think it's fair to lump him in with Keita. He's already competent. There is every reason to believe he can become a solid 7th/8th man in February.[/quote]

WTF are you talking about? You lumped them together, saying they could both be contributors in a few weeks. All I said was that don’t think either will become big contributors over next few weeks. That doesn’t mean I think thier respective talent levels are comparable or that’ll they’ll progress at the same pace. Having said that, right now we need more of what Keita can bring to the team. So hopefully he can give us something in the coming weeks. But a substantial contribution, IMO, is a longshot[/quote]

Relax. Take a deep breath.

I didn't lump them in together in terms of ability, and I interpreted your response to do that. No big deal.

IMO, Keita does not possess a high ceiling and I expect nothing from him beyond this year. Williams will be damn good and it's just a matter of when with him instead of if. I posted repeatedly that I didn't expect anything from him as a frosh but I think we can agree he's overachieved reasonable freshman expectations. Given the high bball IQ he's demonstrated thus far and his ability to not be a liability on defense, there is no reason be can't be playing 12-15 mpg consistently in February and March.[/quote]

Oh I’m relaxed. Still pissed off at today’s performance but relaxed. Having said that, you took 2 of my posts on this thread and twisted around what I said. You took my “Buckets” comment to make it seem like I was comparing him to Ponds. Then you twisted that around my reply your bold Keita/Williams comment to to make it look like I was anti-Williams. Thus prompting my “WTF are you talking about?” question.[/quote]
Must be those UFC classes getting to him, taking too many blows.
 
I don't understand why Trimble is the 6th man ? He only shoots 3's only , never opens the game by driving for his team, I question his defense and bet if you kept a record of games scores with him playing it 's bad.
 
A few random thoughts:

1. The T on LJ was the pivotal play of the game. Despite our poor play for much of the game, we had momentum clearly going our way and had a legitimate chance to pull it out. LJ was a major contributor in the 2nd half. Losing him for the rest of the game killed us and our chances to complete the comeback.
2. We were lethargic for most of the game. Butler played with a lot more energy and purpose. Everyone knew about our lack of success at Hinkle in recent years. We should have been sky high for this game. There are no excuses for the poor effort. I put that on the players and coaches.
3. We have no bench. Keita doesn't have a lot of experience, he hardly played during his freshman year at SC and is probably playing hurt right now. Trimble tries hard but is a very limited player at this level. He is a guard who we are expecting to guard and rebound against bigger forwards. Good luck with that. Williams has potential but isn't ready for the big stage right now. So we are basically five deep.
4. The switching on every pass is a lazy and often ineffective way to play defense. We often end up with one of our little guys on a huge guy and get killed when the opponent throws the ball inside. Or we get hurt when one of our bigs ends up trying to guard a little guy who blows right by him. It either makes for easy baskets for our opponent or forces us to foul a lot.
5. The excuse that we are Transfer U is bogus IMO. It has worked out extremely well for other programs in the past. Iowa State and New Mexico State are two that immediately come to mind. They both depend heavily on transfers and make the NCAA tournament on a regular basis. It's just a lame (and convenient) excuse when we lose.
6. The season is far from over. .We played very well against Creighton a few days ago and the general consensus on this site was that things were great. It's one loss. It's not easy to win on the road in the Big East. Yes, this team has flaws But every other team in this league was flaws as well. Get behind these kids. If we can hold serve at home and pull a few out on the road, we'll be just fine.Please don't jump off the ledge because of one poor effort.There is still a lot of basketball left and a lot to play for.

WE ARE...............ST JOHN'S!!!
 
Very good teams find ways to win on the road. We are 19 games in and are not a very good team. Our OOC record is misleading. Our Big East record tells us who we are.

Talented but under achieving starting 5
Only one of them plays consistently hard & heady (LJ)
No bench which is on Mullin

I can't see how we do better than 9-9 and that will be a stretch, including more draining and head scratching losses like yesterday.

If Mullin cannot get this team to NCAA, we are screwed, as his future will be in jeopardy and he'll be lame duck coach that will make recruiting non existent. Cragg may not want that so who knows about year 5 or 6.

This game killed what should be an enjoyable weekend.

Step up boys....
 
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Need to get back to the defensive intensity we saw against Seton Hall and Marquette.
 
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[quote="JohnnyFan" post=316441]Need to back to the defensive intensity we saw against Seton Hall and Marquette.[/quote]

The problem though is we did get back to that against Creighton. And then lost it again. It's one on, one off, 2 on, 1 off, 1 on, 2 off, etc etc. Not sure why a team with our experienced starting 5 is so inconsistent.
 
[quote="RedStormNC" post=316438]Very good teams find ways to win on the road. We are 19 games in and are not a very good team. Our OOC record is misleading. Our Big East record tells us who we are.

Talented but under achieving starting 5
Only one of them plays consistently hard & heady (LJ)
No bench which is on Mullin

I can't see how we do better than 9-9 and that will be a stretch, including more draining and head scratching losses like yesterday.

If Mullin cannot get this team to NCAA, we are screwed, as his future will be in jeopardy and he'll be lame duck coach that will make recruiting non existent. Cragg may not want that so who knows about year 5 or 6.

This game killed what should be an enjoyable weekend.

Step up boys....[/quote]


If Mullin can't get this group to the NCAA's, I sincerely doubt that he ever will
 
[quote="frank" post=316434]I don't understand why Trimble is the 6th man ? He only shoots 3's only , never opens the game by driving for his team, I question his defense and bet if you kept a record of games scores with him playing it 's bad.[/quote]

With the switching defense Trimble doesn’t hurt us as much when he switches onto a forward. Williams was abused defensively in the post in his limited mins. He just isn’t strong enough currently to compete in the post on switches.
 
Deep breath. I was very unhappy yesterday. Got into heated exchanges with texting buddies during the game. Emotions running hot and high for all of us. I thought we would be in a better place at this point of the schedule. Definitely thought winning at butler was doable even though that is a very tough place to play. I’ve watched butler a few times this year. They have looked awful and great. Just like we can. Yesterday Was a great day for them.

That being said. I think these guys play better when everyone is against them. So fellas, seems like everyone is doubting you guys and now is the time to stop the inconsistent play and go on a nice run. I think you can do it. Now prove it to all. Get angry that many are giving up on you. Come on!!!
 
I understand that you have to take the good with the bad with Ponds' shot selection. He makes an "oh no" shot most games. But deep into his third season under the same staff, I'm not sure why those 30 foot shots early in the shot clock with no one under the basket still fly here.Another one or 2 last night. In a game that came down to a few possessions.
 
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" 4. The switching on every pass is a lazy and often ineffective way to play defense. We often end up with one of our little guys on a huge guy and get killed when the opponent throws the ball inside. Or we get hurt when one of our bigs ends up trying to guard a little guy who blows right by him. It either makes for easy baskets for our opponent or forces us to foul a lot."

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
A 4th grade CYO coach could shred the Johnniess defense easily. Switch, switch, switch, giving the other team the matchup they want. Two passes and you have a 6'9 guy posting up someone who's 6'3. Doesn't get much easier than that.

Speaking of size mismatches, Keita taking that fall away shot with a guard on him was a 'throw the remote' moment. Don't see much upside in his game after that bit of stupidity. He's good for at least one goaltending call a game as well.

Williams riding the pine the Nova game has stopped him in his tracks. Lost all the confidence he had worked so hard to build.

Awful officiating, as always, worst call(not that it mattered) was that after Figgy's shot that may have gone down(Heron's utter stupidity in dunking it)he was in a 1 and 1 spot on the foul line, how was that possible(he made it anyway) Officiating matched by the announcing, 8 replays and still couldn't figure out that the tech was on LJ) Wake up!

All that said, if the lay up percentage was a little better, they would have been right there at the end, they left 8-10 points off the board on missed 5 footers.
 
[quote="Ken Shark" post=316449]" 4. The switching on every pass is a lazy and often ineffective way to play defense. We often end up with one of our little guys on a huge guy and get killed when the opponent throws the ball inside. Or we get hurt when one of our bigs ends up trying to guard a little guy who blows right by him. It either makes for easy baskets for our opponent or forces us to foul a lot."

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
A 4th grade CYO coach could shred the Johnniess defense easily. Switch, switch, switch, giving the other team the matchup they want. Two passes and you have a 6'9 guy posting up someone who's 6'3. Doesn't get much easier than that.

Speaking of size mismatches, Keita taking that fall away shot with a guard on him was a 'throw the remote' moment. Don't see much upside in his game after that bit of stupidity. He's good for at least one goaltending call a game as well.

Williams riding the pine the Nova game has stopped him in his tracks. Lost all the confidence he had worked so hard to build.

Awful officiating, as always, worst call(not that it mattered) was that after Figgy's shot that may have gone down(Heron's utter stupidity in dunking it)he was in a 1 and 1 spot on the foul line, how was that possible(he made it anyway) Officiating matched by the announcing, 8 replays and still couldn't figure out that the tech was on LJ) Wake up!

All that said, if the lay up percentage was a little better, they would have been right there at the end, they left 8-10 points off the board on missed 5 footers.[/quote]

The game was lost in that 3 minute run when the lead ballooned from 7 to 22. After that, the rest was all for show. Butler missed 4 foul shots in under a minute, and we still had too much ground to make up.
 
When Mullin took over the program was on life support and no one can argue the recruiting of transfers Clark and Simon. The absence of any big man on the roster justifies the transfer of Kieta. I'll assume the potential of Wright and the thinking that Dixon would be here for the season can justify Wright's recruitment but the recruitment of Caraher is a head scratcher.
Is his talents worth going this season with such a short bench? SJU has a solid starting five but a major drop off when substituting. SJU seems to have a problem getting up for every game and playing hard for forty minutes. Some of this attitude can be attributed to the lack of competition for minutes. It is very difficult for Mullin to sit a starter for lack of effort with Trimble being sixth man.
I don't know what the staff expects out of Wright and Caraher but they certainly could have used a more talented bench this year. Keep hoping for no sprained ankles or bad backs.
 
We all like what Simon brings to this team, EXCEPT , he misses 4 or 5 shots rolling off the Rim every game . These are shots that can be the difference between winning and losing . Opponents in the BE know he has little outside game and force him to drive , nearly all the time . He can get to the Rim on anybody but, doesn’t finish nearly enough . It’s costly . And ,late in game , he should never have the ball outside the key . He isn’t a good foul shooter either . When Ponds doesn’t score close to 30 , no one has really stepped up . Maybe the Game Plan
Should be , let Ponds shoot first and pass second and forget trying to get other guys into the game early . Let’s put the Season on the line with Ponds at the controls . His scoring is what drives the Tesm , let the others follow his misss and get themselves in a space where they can score . Simon can’t shoot ,,Clark is streaky . Heron need to limit his drives to the rim. His handle causes turnovers way too much . He needs to pull up and shoot the 6 footer . Figgy doesn’t get anything run for him and that needs to change . He did not have a good game yesterday but, he never gives up . His Floater was off yesterday , usually he never misses . The loss yesterday , in my opinion , was not the Coaches . Our Core 5 did not play well .
 
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