Amaseinyourface post=432042 said:
Making Plays post=432032 said:
NCJohnnie post=432014 said:
Sorry, but numbers mean something and Mathis' 3 year numbers are not impressive, including the fact that he has never managed to earn more than 23 mpg for Rutgers, not exactly a national powerhouse. He has never shot 40% overall, 30% from 3 or 70% from the free throw line which frankly speaks for itself. I don't care how good his defense is, he would not be an upgrade from Greg. Good to be realistic as opposed to pollyanish.2821.238.329.757.42.80.80.30.72.41.18.33122.638.329.766.13.51.20.11.01.91.07.43122.937.623.955.62.91.10.20.71.81.38.5Good to be realistic
There's a kid named Manuale Watkins, who started on a 26 win CMA team (that team won a tournament game), going into his senior season he averaged 2.2 PPG, Shot 0% from 3 (yes that's correct), and 47% from the free throw line in 20 MPG. When he checked out you noticed the difference, he was the leader of that defense and they were really good on defense when he was in the game and it made a world of difference, he is an all time fan favorite now, and now does some broadcasting for the Razorbacks. So, before you guys are so quick to dismiss defensive players and say you don't care how good their defense is do some research on the impact defensive minded guys can make on a team, you don't have to every guard on your team shooting 40% from 3 to be a good team. And to finish Manuale's story, he ended up working on his game going into his senior season, and went from a 0% 3 point shooter to a 46% 3 point shooter (small sample size) but nonetheless that just shows you can't dismiss a player because his shooting numbers aren't great, if he does other things really well.
[URL]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/manuale-watkins-1.html[/URL]
Making plays, he was a career 53% fg shooter. Mathis is at 38% through 3 years. Not dismissing your post as not having merit, but you put too many non shooters around posh and I think it really limits his potential. Also worth noting, Watkins has a career 2:1 Assist:To ration while Mathis’ is negative. Not remembering him play, was he more of a PG or a SG? Cause one position usually needs to shoot it better than the other. Mathis is definitely not a pg.
You can NEVER have too many guys who can shoot the ball. On the contrary, if you have two guys who can’t, that might be one too many. JMHO
I love CMA, he’s got my full support. Was there ever a time you followed him where you thought his players lack of shooting cost you a good season?
He averaged 2.2 PPG lol. He didn't shoot the ball at all. He was nonexistent on offense and made a huge impact on the game. That's my whole point, everybody is getting caught up in the "Oh he can't shoot" you don't have to all 5 scorers on the court to be a successful team, that's why there are role players.
You figure Posh, Smith, Champ, and Soriano are starters. All 4 of those guys are double digit scorers. Smith and Champ are probably going to be close to 40% 3 point shooters, Posh from the end of the season looks like he's going to be a mid 30's 3 point shooter, so you have shooters on the court, you don't have to have 5 three point specialist on the court to be a good, last year is a good example, the starting lineup for most of the first part of the year was Posh, Williams, Cole, Champ, and Moore. All 5 guys could shoot the 3 ball, and they didn't make the tournament their struggles were on the defensive end, obviously the staff noticed that and going out to make improvements on that end. You add a guy like Mathias to the lineup that comes in with a defensive mindset, that's more than fine, I'm pretty sure their recruiting pitch to him is to come in and be a defensive guy, not a double digit scorer. If he takes 5 shots a game and misses all 5 of those shots, but he is key in stopping 6 shots on the the defensive end, that's a net positive to what he brings to the table.
And to answer your other question no, his teams can always score, that's never been an issue, his teams are always going to averaged 75+ PPG, just by the way the play and getting so many possessions. The seasons where he didn't make the tournament have either been rebuilding years, or years where he didn't have any depth and they struggled playing good defensively for 40 minutes.
