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Post by ohsixrain on Jan 9, 2012 10:24:26 GMT -5
Poor free throw shooting is a lack of concentration and focus....see Shaq, Dwight H. & A&T team. Think about it...that's the only shot you get to take when NOBODY's guarding you at all. So, if you can make shots with people defending you, there's no excuse for missing free throws. That's simple...
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Post by The Professor on Jan 9, 2012 10:37:23 GMT -5
Professor I'm convinced you must be related to Eaves because there is no way anyone can say his goals and objectives aren't CLEARLY defined. All one has to do is read through his contract. In summary his primary objectives are: 1.) Recruit, retain and graduate successful student athletes. 2.) Raise money ($325,000) for the school thru guarantee games. 3.) Build, direct and manage a successful mens basketball program.1. He has no APR issues 2. He has raised above the amount. 3. Again, like i keep saying define successful. Does anyone know what success means? Does it mean a certain # of wins? NCAA appearance, MEAC tourny wins ..... Why not just put , you must win 15 games or 10 games or x amount of games of a period. Successful is VAGUE. And that's my point , that's not clear sir.
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Post by The Professor on Jan 9, 2012 10:40:45 GMT -5
"Professor I'm convinced you must be related to Eaves because there is no way anyone can say his goals and objectives aren't CLEARLY defined. All one has to do is read through his contract. In summary his primary objectives are:" Proff. may not be his cousin but he has definetly been talking with Eaves. Trust me I can tell by Proff. compliants with the program and administrations so called financial restraints on the program. But in this situation what else is Eaves going to tell the Proff.. I have heard these issues first hand but bottom line this program has not improved in the last 5 years and money / gurantee games are not the issue. Ya'll are hilarious. I don't know Eaves , hell never spoke to Eaves in my life. The issues at A&T aren't a secret. Do i know a lot of people who work at the school in various departments, Yes. Do they tell me things , Of course. I will make my statement that i make all the time. EAVES CAN'T COACH. I have said this over and over. I just have no faith in the administration hiring a coach who can have us contending for the MEAC every year. No faith at all
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Post by The Professor on Jan 9, 2012 10:45:35 GMT -5
Decks, I agree, it is clearly laid out. Eaves is not Hilton's hire, so I doubt he stands behind him. He's probably trying to figure out what to do with him without wasting a lot of money in the process. While I understand how people like aggie2ru and naborhoodsuperstar feel, Hilton has to look at this another way. He has to figure out HOW he is going to do it prior to doing it. Professor no wonder you haven't gotten a response from Hilton. If you're expecting anything other than "I'm considering my options" or "I'm looking into the matter" then you are delusional. What do you expect the man to say? "Yeah I'm looking for Eaves replacement right now and this is my plan"...........what! Hell no. Why would you publicly say that your looking for a new coach before the season is even half way over. Only a fool AD would do that. Be reasonable Professor. You know the man cant tell anyone if he is planning on firing Eaves or not. And he damn sure aint about to tell you when he is going to do it. Don't want him to tell me anything. Not trying to be important, Just would like a response. Hell i have emailed for sponsorship information so i could personally deliver them to people who make decisions. No response. Just trying to help my school , but it is what it is.
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Post by DECKS on Jan 9, 2012 11:52:22 GMT -5
Professor I'm convinced you must be related to Eaves because there is no way anyone can say his goals and objectives aren't CLEARLY defined. All one has to do is read through his contract. In summary his primary objectives are: 1.) Recruit, retain and graduate successful student athletes. 2.) Raise money ($325,000) for the school thru guarantee games. 3.) Build, direct and manage a successful mens basketball program.1. He has no APR issues 2. He has raised above the amount. 3. Again, like i keep saying define successful. Does anyone know what success means? Does it mean a certain # of wins? NCAA appearance, MEAC tourny wins ..... Why not just put , you must win 15 games or 10 games or x amount of games of a period. Successful is VAGUE. And that's my point , that's not clear sir. You will find very, very, very few contracts that list a specific number of wins especially for teams at our level. If you will look at his contract you will see that it is designed to measure his post season success. It specifically rewards him for winning the MEAC Tournament and advancing in the NCAA Tournament. In that regard his on court performance has hardly lived up to expectations considering he's only had one MEAC Tournament win in nine years. His contract also mentions other evaluation instruments which we aren't privy to. Those evaluations should remain confidential between he and the AD. As fans & supporters the contract provides all the info we need to know.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jan 9, 2012 11:55:53 GMT -5
Poor free throw shooting is a lack of concentration and focus....see Shaq, Dwight H. & A&T team. Think about it...that's the only shot you get to take when NOBODY's guarding you at all. So, if you can make shots with people defending you, there's no excuse for missing free throws. That's simple... often guys like shaq or dwight who have trouble shooting free throws is because they have such large hands, its difficult for them to position the ball properly. rarely do guards and forwards have that problem. no reason for whitter and marc hill to missed multiple free throws at the end of the game when we have a lead. there's less pressure to make the free throws when your team has a lead. there's certain drills that some coaches use at practice to simulate pressure at the end of games while shooting free throws. for example, some coaches put pressure on shooting free throws at practice by making the entire team run sprints if a player has one chance to make or miss a free throw. if he makes the free throw, the team doesn't have to run. if he misses it, they have to run. the threat of a player making his entire team run sprints "simulates" pressure at the end of a game. nobody wants his team pissed at him for making them run sprints, so that's the "simulated" pressure. there's other ways of practicing pressure free throw shooting, but it helps just to be a good free throw shooting team, period. the bcu game should've never come down to free throws. our guys play very poor "defense". watch them play half court defense and you'll see half the team "standing straight up" instead of being in a proper defensive stance. watch every shot our opponents take and ask yourself if we could've made that shot more difficult? our opponents aren't forced to take difficult shots, most of them get "clean looks" at the basket. our defense is "HORRIBLE". a good defensive team makes every shot their opponent takes difficult. a good defensive team doesn't allow opponents to have clean looks at the basket...
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Post by Aggie Monster on Jan 9, 2012 13:09:06 GMT -5
Decks, I agree, it is clearly laid out. Eaves is not Hilton's hire, so I doubt he stands behind him. He's probably trying to figure out what to do with him without wasting a lot of money in the process. While I understand how people like aggie2ru and naborhoodsuperstar feel, Hilton has to look at this another way. He has to figure out HOW he is going to do it prior to doing it. Professor no wonder you haven't gotten a response from Hilton. If you're expecting anything other than "I'm considering my options" or "I'm looking into the matter" then you are delusional. What do you expect the man to say? "Yeah I'm looking for Eaves replacement right now and this is my plan"...........what! Hell no. Why would you publicly say that your looking for a new coach before the season is even half way over. Only a fool AD would do that. Be reasonable Professor. You know the man cant tell anyone if he is planning on firing Eaves or not. And he damn sure aint about to tell you when he is going to do it. Don't want him to tell me anything. Not trying to be important, Just would like a response. Hell i have emailed for sponsorship information so i could personally deliver them to people who make decisions. No response. Just trying to help my school , but it is what it is. OK, not responding to a sponsor request is bad. Someone should have at least pointed you in the direction of who to contact. I'll give you that. OK, so you say you DONT want him to tell you anything? Then am I missing something here? First you want more info and a plan and now you dont? You dont have confidence in current administration. You dont think they will do the right thing. Then say that. Dont say they dont have a plan. Hilton has yet to hire a basketball coach, soooooo I dont know what your point is. WB's name is on the latest contract and Dee Todd's before that right? Its not the Chancellor duties to worry about sports, thats why you hire the AD. He has more important things to worry about.
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Post by aggie1 on Jan 9, 2012 13:54:07 GMT -5
Oleschoolaggie ... I have played organized basketball in the past. I know that players practice shooting free throws at the end of practice most of the time because that is when you are most tired. I know they have other procedures that coaches use to simulate pressure and etc. I was merely stating that these guys have been playing ball probably since they were 6 years old and have had numerous coaches during that time. I know that they have had coaches that have had them practice shooting free throws in the situation they were in the other night. There is know excuse for veteran players to miss free throws when the game is on the line. That has been a trademark of Eaves teams since he has been here. Our players can't perform under pressure whether they practice the situation or not.
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Post by aggie1 on Jan 9, 2012 14:04:10 GMT -5
Professor - success as far as our basketball program situation is to have a winning program all the way around. Eaves may accomplish some of them but not the most important one and that is winning basketball games. You can talk all that BS you want to about what his contract states but the bottom line is winning. That is what people pay to see is a winning program. Hell, 98% of the fans could care less about what the hell his contract states. They want to see us WIN games and Championships on a consistent basis. Something that has not happened since the 90's.
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Jan 9, 2012 14:08:07 GMT -5
I just have no faith in the administration hiring a coach who can have us contending for the MEAC every year. No faith at all [/quote]
How can you hold Martin & Hilton responsible for the schools poor hiring practice. Yes our history shows we have horrific athletic hiring; but neither Martin nor Hilton were invoved in those decisions.
To date they have hired a football coach, Volleyball, and baseball. And while the later two dont get as much face time they all seem to be good hires.
Whats interesting about your post it seems you admit that there are Coaches out there that can have us challenge for the MEAC crown. But you would rather sit on the pot with a guy who by your own words cant coach.
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Post by aggie1 on Jan 9, 2012 14:17:20 GMT -5
Friscotxaggie ... You hit the nail on the head. The Professor contradicts himself often and I think he just be talking to hear himself talk. I feel that Martin and Hilton will make a wise decision soon.
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Post by The Professor on Jan 9, 2012 16:03:42 GMT -5
Professor - success as far as our basketball program situation is to have a winning program all the way around. Eaves may accomplish some of them but not the most important one and that is winning basketball games. You can talk all that BS you want to about what his contract states but the bottom line is winning. That is what people pay to see is a winning program. Hell, 98% of the fans could care less about what the hell his contract states. They want to see us WIN games and Championships on a consistent basis. Something that has not happened since the 90's. So why was his contract extended then if he isn't doing what he is suppose to do.
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Post by bluehaze on Jan 9, 2012 16:12:43 GMT -5
There's an interview from Wheeler Brown explaining why he was extended and the circumstances around it.
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Post by The Professor on Jan 9, 2012 16:18:03 GMT -5
I just have no faith in the administration hiring a coach who can have us contending for the MEAC every year. No faith at all [/quote] How can you hold Martin & Hilton responsible for the schools poor hiring practice. Yes our history shows we have horrific athletic hiring; but neither Martin nor Hilton were invoved in those decisions. To date they have hired a football coach, Volleyball, and baseball. And while the later two dont get as much face time they all seem to be good hires. Whats interesting about your post it seems you admit that there are Coaches out there that can have us challenge for the MEAC crown. But you would rather sit on the pot with a guy who by your own words cant coach. All our coaches are good hires..... hmmmmm Football , we went 5-6 in his first year. Things seem to be going in the right direction but the also looked good with Lee after his first year. Volleyball, Hmmm we won 1 volleyball game this year. Can i hold them for not funding the program to where we are barely funding a team? Baseball hasn't even started but i'm pretty sure the same issue there from before. We need pitchers to beat BCU. Pitchers mean scholarships which means money. Can i blame them for running off a great coach that was making us competitive? All he asked for more money for pitchers and was denied, yet we gave football a 300K increase. So you tell me the administration's hiring record. I say 1-1 with a pending. Do i think there a better coaches, Of Course. Competing for the MEAC crown , that's a stretch. Top 5 yeah. But are we going to hire him right off? Or are we going to do what we did in Football, hire coach after coach till we finally realize that if we put money in the program we will win. Broadway comes in , brings better assistants and looks what happens. Hmmm. That's why i wanna see something from the administration saying they are going to get this right. That there is a plan , some form of structure and vision
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Post by aggie2ru on Jan 9, 2012 17:06:29 GMT -5
bluehaze.......where is the interview with W. Brown concerning extending Eaves a couple years ago?
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