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Old 03-22-2016, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by shocka43 View Post
Steve...

I agree with the actual reasons you give for the lack of play that caused losses...but there are valid points on both sides that all are tied together.

When a guard FAILS to attempt entry passes to a WIDE open post player...repeatedly...there are issues somewhere as to why that guy in the paint isn't getting his. That is a lack of "trueteam".

Many of the hard fought wins were because one player decided to take over. Scoochie took over a couple games in a row. This wasn't attributed to team ball, but rather his ability to take over.

Sure, we had locker room issues back in the day...but no one was screwing someone else's girlfriend...if that were the case...the problem player would have been blacklisted and ran off by his fellow teammates.

You are absolutely correct in why the X's and O's and the execution of such caused poor play...but you have D Davis who is an absolute head case that doesn't play D. Freshman that are lost on the defensive end of the court. Hurt post. Post that can't stay out of foul trouble consistently. Two of your best players that have off the court problems. Another big with attitude issues. KD who is a monster on D, aggressive at the rack, but streaky from the perimeter.....We can be critical of play all over the place, but team psychologists aren't brought in because everything is a problem with executing on the floor.

These guys have all the talent a team could ask for. Something wasn't there and is wasn't the inability to convert against lesser competition
Some valid points but I'll rebuttal a couple here..Let's not forget that for well over 10 years (and plenty longer) UD has never had a real top post player the size of SM.....It's not easy to incorporate that into your offense that has been so so different for years...

There's an incredible amount of trust that is required to feel comfortable to get the ball into your post player....But let's not act like SM did not get the ball his fair share..First off, his time on the court was diminished incredibly because he simply could not stay on the court due to the foul issues...That's the worst thing that can cause havoc to gaining a low post presence and getting the ball in there..Secondly, as the fouls increased so did big Steve's lack of confidence....He was starting to play a little bit on eggshells and a wrong move here or there creates another foul to a guy they really really needed.....Sure, Scoochie missed him a few times on entry passes but Scoochie is no idiot and he recognized these same concerns by not asking the big guy to do too much...Big Steve was far more valuable, early on, on the defensive end especially early on the way UD allowed dribble drives into the lane and pick and rolls to the hoop with no one to defend the rim.

I'll also add in reference to the low post that Pollard got off to a very very slow start this year in playing the post....He just did not seem comfortable down there with SM in there at the same time, as well, and being the highly limited skilled player that Pollard is created havoc especially with Kyle Davis struggling in that half-court..Only when Big Steve lost his starting job did Pollard start to play better ball offensively...

As far as your comment about "many of the hard fought wins were because one player decided to take over", is that such a bad thing? You saw what happen with MSU when "their" guy in Valentine went out who also takes over games...They lost 3 of 4 or 4 of 5 and that's with far better skilled players than what UD has and a better coach..You think Oklahoma is the same without Buddy Heild who also takes over games? Every coach in America would LOVE to have one guy, let alone a couple like UD had in both Cooke and Smith, have the ability to take over games.....No good team out there is able to come back in tight games, playing from behind, without veteran leadership and 1-2 guys that are able to lead the charge...

Charles Cooke was playing well over his head shooting the ball the first 2/3 of the year.. Do you actually believe he was close to a 50% 3 point shooter after not being within 15-20 points of that his entire career? Scoochie Smith was NOT the player for alot of the year that he displayed against Oklahoma a year ago..Alot of that is his personality............If Scoochie Smith believes he's the best player on UD the way he did the games he put his superman cape on in attacking the rim then UD is a far better team.....If Baby D comes even with a couple zip codes of the shooter he was a year ago instead of the 27% shooter he was this year then all of a sudden UD has a half-court offense with space and quadrants on the floor to attack instead of 5 defenders within 20 feet of the basket...

Again, making baskets on wide open shots cures alot of evils and makes people happy....Defending 3's also does the same and they were terrible all year long at it even when they were 11-2 and there was no mention of cancer on this team.......
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