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Post by moaggies5 on Apr 21, 2022 18:07:36 GMT -5
I'm with you Saab to a degree. I'm not sure we fully understand how difficult it is to recruit and land legit Bigs at our level of basketball. Especially considering position less hoops is a real thing. Today's Bigs are asked to have perimeter skills a la European hoops.
Carolina had 1 Big and that was Bacot and that is a Blueblood. As much as I like the traditional Big, they come at a premium. And if the likes of the Bluebloods are struggling to get them, where does that put us?
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Post by saabman on Apr 21, 2022 19:21:27 GMT -5
I'm with you Saab to a degree. I'm not sure we fully understand how difficult it is to recruit and land legit Bigs at our level of basketball. Especially considering position less hoops is a real thing. Today's Bigs are asked to have perimeter skills a la European hoops. Carolina had 1 Big and that was Bacot and that is a Blueblood. As much as I like the traditional Big, they come at a premium. And if the likes of the Bluebloods are struggling to get them, where does that put us? Moaggies5 we have a European Big in Harry M . But everybody was so critical of his style of play because he had 3 point range . Even TV did everything possible to drag Harry's confidence down instead of utilizing his strength , and a lot of Harry's biggest critics are on this site . Go back to Harry's freshman year and read some of the posts things like " he shouldn't be shooting 3's, he should stay closer to the basket , he us to Big to be shoot the deep ball . Just go back and ready . I agree with you 100% . I even made a statement about if Harry was at another program that would be utilizing his skills far better then what TV was doing . Also the European use of there Bigmen talent has changed the game of basketball in America there are know traditional roles on the court anymore because big man can pop out and shoot the three for the mid-range shot just as good as any other player on the team . But a good coach sees that Talent and uses it appropriately . |
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Post by moaggies5 on Apr 21, 2022 19:47:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I've read the criticism and there is a small minority that sees value in Harry. I too believe he is a weapon at the D1 level. I just don't see a fit with the way Koach likes to play. More importantly, I've not seen enough pick and pop in our play. Harry would thrive in that offense in my opinion.
With our style of play, I see the Bigs needing to have athleticism and sure hands. I've seen Harry have issues with catching the ball in traffic and in transition. Also, Harry seems to not keep the ball high and little guys take it away.
The part I don't get is that I see Harry as an asset rebounding the ball and on defense, but because we haven't really had players on offense that can score consistently; Harry becomes a liability. At least that's what I think Koach is saying without saying. I could be wrong and certainly don't know enough about hoops to question what Koach sees on a daily basis.
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Post by saabman on Apr 21, 2022 21:05:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I've read the criticism and there is a small minority that sees value in Harry. I too believe he is a weapon at the D1 level. I just don't see a fit with the way Koach likes to play. More importantly, I've not seen enough pick and pop in our play. Harry would thrive in that offense in my opinion. With our style of play, I see the Bigs needing to have athleticism and sure hands. I've seen Harry have issues with catching the ball in traffic and in transition. Also, Harry seems to not keep the ball high and little guys take it away. The part I don't get is that I see Harry as an asset rebounding the ball and on defense, but because we haven't really had players on offense that can score consistently; Harry becomes a liability. At least that's what I think Koach is saying without saying. I could be wrong and certainly don't know enough about hoops to question what Koach sees on a daily basis. Coaching players is about repetition and enforcing it in to the players muscle memory . If you look at all of our Bigmen you will see that Filmore (I think that is his name) is the only one that consistently keeps the ball High after a rebound . I have seen all the other Bigmen get stripped by smaller players also . But my point is all of our Bigmen out side of Filmore have the same problem a problem that can be easily solved by repetition and enforcement by the coaching staff . Liability on the offensive end. When you have no movement by your post players at all they all become a liability because the defense knows that they are stationary , no pick and pop no low post picks to free up space no ball rotation in and out or out and in no transitional movement other that globe-trotter weave at the top of the key . Hell I'm a T&F and Football man and I even know that ball and player movements create space and space create shot opportunities mid-range or the Deep 3 . But stationary play only creates opportunities for the defense . Go back to 2020-21-22 look at the Box-scores and you would see that he was no more a liability then the rest of our Bigs . This all comes down to Coaching and lack their of . |
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Post by Maxell on Apr 21, 2022 23:02:30 GMT -5
Will TV ever change his approach? He has given up early on every big man on the roster. Or is it the talent level does not meet his expectations yet?
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Apr 21, 2022 23:38:43 GMT -5
I think the last few games before he was injured Harry had gained the confidence of the coaching staff.
I am not gone say we lost our first round game because Harry did not play but had he played we would won that game !!
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Apr 21, 2022 23:42:36 GMT -5
Is Collin Smith returning ? Does he have another year ?
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Post by saabman on Apr 22, 2022 8:10:31 GMT -5
Will TV ever change his approach? He has given up early on every big man on the roster. Or is it the talent level does not meet his expectations yet? How can TV have expectations for his Bigmen, when TV dosen't know how to coach are use them . |
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Post by aggie2039 on Apr 22, 2022 11:41:47 GMT -5
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Post by saabman on Apr 22, 2022 12:04:37 GMT -5
Nothing about Elite level coaching . Recruiting Elite level talent is one-thing but the coaching of that Talenot and it's management is a totally different thing all together. |
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Post by A&T-roy on Apr 22, 2022 13:28:27 GMT -5
Nothing about Elite level coaching . Recruiting Elite level talent is one-thing but the coaching of that Talenot and it's management is a totally different thing all together. Expect he expects elite level coaching to be understood. I would be concerned if he said otherwise, even if he believes it. |
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Post by saabman on Apr 22, 2022 13:48:55 GMT -5
Nothing about Elite level coaching . Recruiting Elite level talent is one-thing but the coaching of that Talenot and it's management is a totally different thing all together. Expect he expects elite level coaching to be understood. I would be concerned if he said otherwise, even if he believes it. Interesting point. |
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Post by Aggie One on May 2, 2022 16:35:34 GMT -5
ucirvinesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/austin-johnson/5542Austin Johnson is a 6-9, 235 portal transfer power forward from UC-Irvine. A native of Marietta, Ga., he started for the Anteaters and averaged 5.8 points and 6 rebounds per game this past season and shot 50.4% from the field and 80.0% from the free throw line. He'll have 2 years of eligibility.
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on May 2, 2022 17:25:58 GMT -5
ucirvinesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/austin-johnson/5542Austin Johnson is a 6-9, 235 portal transfer power forward from UC-Irvine. A native of Marietta, Ga., he started for the Anteaters and averaged 5.8 points and 6 rebounds per game this past season and shot 50.4% from the field and 80.0% from the free throw line. He'll have 2 years of eligibility. We got our rim-protector... let's go!!!! |
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Post by aggielaw on May 2, 2022 17:34:57 GMT -5
Per Twitter!
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Will Jones is building an immediate contender in the CAA next season.
To add to a handful of great transfers, he added one of the best defenders in the country in Austin Johnson. He had 61 blocks last year, ranking 12th in Blk%.
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