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View Poll Results: Who hurt My Flyers the most this afternoon?
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Cunningham; fouls and not taking charge the last 1:30
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Landers; fouls and not taking charge the last 1:30
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DDavis; needed more Senior leadership and confidence
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JDavis; 3/10 and 2/7 (3s) shooting
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Crutcher; fouls and 3/13 (1/7 3s) shooting
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Svoboda; If you're going to play, you have to do something
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Golden 30-Sec Shot Clock Violation Award - VCU#3
With a 5 point lead and the ball, you need run the clock, we all get that. But you don't run the clock to f'in 0 and chuck up and airball an off balance 3 or in the lane leaner...UGH!!! The purpose of running the clock is to get a good shot LATE in the shotclock but for some stinking reason teams - like UD today- assume it means getting a shot isn't important. As soon as you hit 10, you look for a shot...at 7 sec, you need to drive and shoot...if it gets to 3 and you're lost, then why are you on the court? Cunningham, for all his talents, needed to drive and shoot...not pass. Those 2 possessions were the most frustrating I can recall all season. UGH!
Regardless, the future looks bright. When you're late into an A10 tourney game and have 4 freshman and a sophomore on the court there's no other way to look at it...unless you're udscott or moddog...so let's stay positive! We'll be dancing in 2018-19...write it down. The King is an amateur prophet with an uncanny talent of always being right.
So let it be written...so let it be done!
As for the Golden Poll, W or L, someone has to take home the bling...so for today's loss we have to place the blame on someone whose play turned the royal tide against my Flyers. Everyone who played is fair game. Vote away.
Go Flyers!
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Voted for Jordan Davis because he missed many WIDE OPEN 3's....but looking forward to seeing him play the next three years. He'll hit the weight room and shoot 1000's of shots in the off season and come back as a monster next year.
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I voted for Cunningham for 1 royal reason...when the game is on the line the best player on your team has to want the ball. He doesn't. Hasn't all year. And I don't get it. Hopefully next season he'll be hungry and understand that he's our go-to player. If not, then get the ball to Trey because we all know he'll gladly do what leader's do...carry their team!
Cunningham...UGH!
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Originally Posted by rollo
I voted for Cunningham for 1 royal reason...when the game is on the line the best player on your team has to want the ball. He doesn't. Hasn't all year. And I don't get it. Hopefully next season he'll be hungry and understand that he's our go-to player. If not, then get the ball to Trey because we all know he'll gladly do what leader's do...carry their team!
Cunningham...UGH!
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Well King, he certainly did the first game of the season. Maybe not as much since not sure..
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Well King, he certainly did the first game of the season. Maybe not as much since not sure..
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With 0.9 sec left vs Ball State, he had no choice but to shoot. Today he had options and chose to pass. Royally unacceptable....especially with fresh legs after sitting for a couple minutes.
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I couldn't vote for any freshman because Jalen Crutcher has far exceeded my expectations for the year. The shots just weren't falling today and its been a long season for he and Jordan Davis. They both simply ran out of gas! I voted for Cunningham for the same reason rollo did!
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Don't think we ever had a 5 point lead and the ball.
Key moment in the game -
We are up 5 and VCU calls a timeout in front of their bench with 3:01 left. To this point in the game, the upcoming defensive possession is the single most important defensive possession for the Flyers. We are down to a single timeout left. Regardless of who has 4 fouls, I want my best defensive team on the floor and I want to play my best defensive format - be it man-to-man or zone. However, we come out of the timeout without Cunningham and DD on the floor. I know they have 4 fouls, but we have the lead and if we give up a bucket (which we did) they also are our best offensive options.
VCU hits a trey to cut the lead to 2. The absolute worst possible event. Now, we are hurting on offense. Grant fails to call a timeout to get his best offensive team on the floor. We end up with a shot clock violation at 2:16. Now we bring in DD and Josh. Everything is headed downhill.
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Originally Posted by ud69
Don't think we ever had a 5 point lead and the ball.
Key moment in the game -
We are up 5 and VCU calls a timeout in front of their bench with 3:01 left. To this point in the game, the upcoming defensive possession is the single most important defensive possession for the Flyers. We are down to a single timeout left. Regardless of who has 4 fouls, I want my best defensive team on the floor and I want to play my best defensive format - be it man-to-man or zone. However, we come out of the timeout without Cunningham and DD on the floor. I know they have 4 fouls, but we have the lead and if we give up a bucket (which we did) they also are our best offensive options.
VCU hits a trey to cut the lead to 2. The absolute worst possible event. Now, we are hurting on offense. Grant fails to call a timeout to get his best offensive team on the floor. We end up with a shot clock violation at 2:16. Now we bring in DD and Josh. Everything is headed downhill.
Sigh.......
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Did we have a timeout left at that point?
On Svoboda, I think he actually has a pretty good idea of defensive principles, I think he is just too slow to execute. He obviously needs get faster in the off season.
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Crutcher for me. He really put us in a hole, prevented us from crawling out of it and really kept us from having a successful 1st half. If he'd played average on offense we would've had a lead. I realize he's a freshman and is going to be great, but today he hurt us and I'm guessing he won't get the vote because no matter what, he's better than Crosby.
One other point I have to get off my chest. How many times this season have we had a 3 on one break and not passed it off for the easy basket. This actually has been getting worse ever since Sibert graduated and this year was the most pathetic. I hate the selfishness of it.
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Also gotta say that Svoboda played pretty good defense during the stretch that Josh was on the bench toward the end so I don't see how he should get a vote today. He's pretty useless otherwise and will be interesting to see how he and Mikesell are used next season.
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Originally Posted by Smitty10
Also gotta say that Svoboda played pretty good defense during the stretch that Josh was on the bench toward the end so I don't see how he should get a vote today. He's pretty useless otherwise and will be interesting to see how he and Mikesell are used next season.
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He's not useless. I'm glad he came and hope he stays. I think he had a tough year adjustment to the US college game. He was more useful than 2 other knuckleheads who chose not to engage and not play. Kudos to AG for honoring the commitment. I think in the end Svoboda proves you wrong.
Mikesell will be healthy. He'll play smart and better defense than ever now that he can play pain free.
This is a strong team next year and we still have a few scholy's left to give.
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Originally Posted by longtimefan67
He's not useless. I'm glad he came and hope he stays. I think he had a tough year adjustment to the US college game. He was more useful than 2 other knuckleheads who chose not to engage and not play. Kudos to AG for honoring the commitment. I think in the end Svoboda proves you wrong.
Mikesell will be healthy. He'll play smart and better defense than ever now that he can play pain free.
This is a strong team next year and we still have a few scholy's left to give.
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Boy I hope you are right, but all the evidence leans the other way. Svoboda was the worst player in a bad team. I can't think of anytime he was a real asset to us all year. Don't expect a miraculous upgrade in his game next year. He's slow, can't drive or shoot. The stats bear this out.
Counting on Miksell.... Hope you are right but he wasn't a star before. Helpless on d before, and we sure need defensive help.
Will our two freshmen guards improve. Probably, but doubt their ability to get us back to respectability next year. Today was telling, against a not very strong opponent. Neither man got to the line. They settled for jumpshots because they can't penetrate. Maybe Cohill can but he's a freshmen.
Unless Topin is a real player, and/orAG can land some solid grad transfers. We will be hanging with Duquesne and Fordham in the pit of misery again.
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Originally Posted by maddog07
Boy I hope you are right, but all the evidence leans the other way. Svoboda was the worst player in a bad team. I can't think of anytime he was a real asset to us all year. Don't expect a miraculous upgrade in his game next year. He's slow, can't drive or shoot. The stats bear this out.
Counting on Miksell.... Hope you are right but he wasn't a star before. Helpless on d before, and we sure need defensive help.
Will our two freshmen guards improve. Probably, but doubt their ability to get us back to respectability next year. Today was telling, against a not very strong opponent. Neither man got to the line. They settled for jumpshots because they can't penetrate. Maybe Cohill can but he's a freshmen.
Unless Topin is a real player, and/orAG can land some solid grad transfers. We will be hanging with Duquesne and Fordham in the pit of misery again.
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Originally Posted by maddog07
Boy I hope you are right, but all the evidence leans the other way. Svoboda was the worst player in a bad team. I can't think of anytime he was a real asset to us all year. Don't expect a miraculous upgrade in his game next year. He's slow, can't drive or shoot. The stats bear this out.
Counting on Miksell.... Hope you are right but he wasn't a star before. Helpless on d before, and we sure need defensive help.
Will our two freshmen guards improve. Probably, but doubt their ability to get us back to respectability next year. Today was telling, against a not very strong opponent. Neither man got to the line. They settled for jumpshots because they can't penetrate. Maybe Cohill can but he's a freshmen.
Unless Topin is a real player, and/orAG can land some solid grad transfers. We will be hanging with Duquesne and Fordham in the pit of misery again.
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Every player on this team gets stronger. These freshmen ran out of gas in my opinion. But the skills are there. The A10 is a guard league, usually full of strong ones.
As far as Mikesell, according to Bucky he's looking very good in practice late this year when finally cleared to play head to head. Heard good rumblings about Toppin as well.
I didn't say we were Elite Eight next year but i do think this team dances. Only time will tell but I expect at least one more notable recruit/transfer this spring, possibly 2. Yes i wear rose colored glasses. I think team chemistry is maybe the most important factor going into next year.
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One noteable major brain fart -
VCU on the line and DD commits a lane violation from outside the arc on a missed free throw. VCU gets another 2 chances and makes both. DD actually committed lane violations on both additional free throws as well.
I actually think he does not know the rule. If you are standing at the sides of the lane on a free throw, you may enter the lane on the release of the ball. However, the shooter, and those outside the arc may not break the plane of those lines until the ball hits the rim.
Geesh.
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Originally Posted by longtimefan67
Every player on this team gets stronger. These freshmen ran out of gas in my opinion. But the skills are there. The A10 is a guard league, usually full of strong ones.
As far as Mikesell, according to Bucky he's looking very good in practice late this year when finally cleared to play head to head. Heard good rumblings about Toppin as well.
I didn't say we were Elite Eight next year but i do think this team dances. Only time will tell but I expect at least one more notable recruit/transfer this spring, possibly 2. Yes i wear rose colored glasses. I think team chemistry is maybe the most important factor going into next year.
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If we make the tournament next year (barring a couple of big time recruits/transfers) I will be completely shocked. We weren't anywhere close this year and I don't think AG is going to become a good coach in one off season.
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Originally Posted by longtimefan67
He's not useless. I'm glad he came and hope he stays. I think he had a tough year adjustment to the US college game. He was more useful than 2 other knuckleheads who chose not to engage and not play. Kudos to AG for honoring the commitment. I think in the end Svoboda proves you wrong.
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More useful than Pierce, but not X. Svoboda did nothing, notta, zippo to help us win one game this season, without X we don't win the opener. So X accomplished more in one game than Svoboda did for his whole season.
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My vote is for all the bad luck, injuries, stupid decisions made by players, and without going into more details anything and everything that left us with 7 usable scholarship players on the team going into the A-10 tourney. Six of them will be back along with Mikesell, Toppin, our two new recruits, and probably another player or too.
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Originally Posted by Smitty10
More useful than Pierce, but not X. Svoboda did nothing, notta, zippo to help us win one game this season, without X we don't win the opener. So X accomplished more in one game than Svoboda did for his whole season.
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If you really think that way I feel sorry for you.
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Don't need your pity, but so I don't pity you, please tell me something positive you saw all season from Svoboda?
I think it's pretty safe to say without Svoboda we have the same record using one of the walkons to eat minutes. Without X in the first game, we have one less win and one more loss.
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Originally Posted by Smitty10
More useful than Pierce, but not X. Svoboda did nothing, notta, zippo to help us win one game this season, without X we don't win the opener. So X accomplished more in one game than Svoboda did for his whole season.
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Can’t believe you would side with a guy that quit on his team over one that accepted his role and did his best to contribute despite his physical shortcomings. Like you, I was disappointed with what we got from Matej, but I will take him all day long over the other guy. What X’s antics did to undermine team chemistry and the locker room cannot be measured.
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Originally Posted by sopaw10
Can’t believe you would side with a guy that quit on his team over one that accepted his role and did his best to contribute despite his physical shortcomings. Like you, I was disappointed with what we got from Matej, but I will take him all day long over the other guy. What X’s antics did to undermine team chemistry and the locker room cannot be measured.
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Not siding, just stating a fact. Svoboda was the least productive player that ever got the kind of minutes he did that I can remember playing at UD. He was record bad. XW contributed to at least one win. Snap back to reality and you can see it regardless of your hatred. If you asked me who I prefer back next year between the two I would say if what has been said about X is true, I'd prefer Svoboda. That doesn't change the facts, I live in reality.
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Had to vote for Crutcher. Getting a technical foul and then a quick fourth foul really put us in a bind.
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Anthony Grant gets this one. Not playing for the 2 for 1 at the end. Not attacking the basket when the team was in the bonus. The offense on the two shot clock violations
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Rollo, I wish you would have had an "Other" radio button. I would have wrote in the 3 players who let Dayton down the most; Is it too late to add that as an option?
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I vote for we had alot of Underclassmen playing a TON of minutes and we will play like a veteran team next year without BEING a veteran team.
We knew this year would be rough. Let AG trim the fat and look to next year.
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IMHO anyone that lays this loss at Josh's
feet loses all credibility with me.....IMHO
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IMHO anyone that lays this loss at Josh's
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Yeah, that puzzles me too. I think people are making this harder than it really is. The best player on the court for the Flyers today was Josh Cunningham yet you've got people who are blaming him for the game. Bizzaro world this season.
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I can't vote either, because I neither saw nor heard the game. Saw the halftime score and thought we still had a chance. Saw 70-70 with 1:52 left I think and thought we still had a chance. Disappointing the season is over, and I hope it leaves a bitter taste in the players mouths, motivating them to work even harder during the off-season and be ready to kick some butt next year.
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Originally Posted by TXFlyerFan
I can't vote either, because I neither saw nor heard the game. Saw the halftime score and thought we still had a chance. Saw 70-70 with 1:52 left I think and thought we still had a chance. Disappointing the season is over, and I hope it leaves a bitter taste in the players mouths, motivating them to work even harder during the off-season and be ready to kick some butt next year.
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And this might not be a Christian thought on my part, but I hope this serves as a lasting memory for the guys who didn't give a rats' arse, that this team might not have been a "one & done" if they had actually put forth an honest effort this season. I hope this loss haunts you for the rest of your days.
And I'm going to vote "contra-poll" and say that, if every player had showed-up the way Trey Landers showed-up, we'd be playing tomorrow.
Finally, yes, I've had a couple of bourbon-and-waters since I got home from work.
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Hard to blame anyone, as the effort was great today by all that played. Crutcher could not hit the side of a barn but he and Jordan hit huge threes to almost pull the game out. Crutcher also rebounded well and had about 7 assists. In the end, that immature mouthing to draw the technical was uncalled for and disturbed our flow, so he gets my vote.
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Originally Posted by rollo
With a 5 point lead and the ball, you need run the clock, we all get that. But you don't run the clock to f'in 0 and chuck up and airball an off balance 3 or in the lane leaner...UGH!!! The purpose of running the clock is to get a good shot LATE in the shotclock but for some stinking reason teams - like UD today- assume it means getting a shot isn't important. As soon as you hit 10, you look for a shot...at 7 sec, you need to drive and shoot...if it gets to 3 and you're lost, then why are you on the court? Cunningham, for all his talents, needed to drive and shoot...not pass. Those 2 possessions were the most frustrating I can recall all season. UGH!
Regardless, the future looks bright. When you're late into an A10 tourney game and have 4 freshman and a sophomore on the court there's no other way to look at it...unless you're udscott or moddog...so let's stay positive! We'll be dancing in 2018-19...write it down. The King is an amateur prophet with an uncanny talent of always being right.
So let it be written...so let it be done!
As for the Golden Poll, W or L, someone has to take home the bling...so for today's loss we have to place the blame on someone whose play turned the royal tide against my Flyers. Everyone who played is fair game. Vote away.
Go Flyers!
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King Rollo: This happened the entire year; it was not unique to this game. The offense was chronically unable to get set and run picks, screens, or cuts.
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gotta give Svoboda another year.
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Love it when someone "lives in reality", "tells it like it is", or states "the fact is". Actually just code for their opinion, nothing more.
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Originally Posted by UD62
Love it when someone "lives in reality", "tells it like it is", or states "the fact is". Actually just code for their opinion, nothing more.
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Love it when somebody can't respond with a counter argument because there is none so brings up the obvious like it's some kind of crime to have an opinion.
Now, please counter with fact or even a stupid opinion explaining all the ways Svoboda helped us win this season or at least the positives you saw in his game.
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03-08-2018, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Smitty10
Love it when somebody can't respond with a counter argument because there is none so brings up the obvious like it's some kind of crime to have an opinion.
Now, please counter with fact or even a stupid opinion explaining all the ways Svoboda helped us win this season or at least the positives you saw in his game.
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We agree, you have an opinion, nothing more. Stating you "live in reality" is just a way of stating that your opinion is correct, and other may not have the same confidence in your version of 'reality". You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Whether it reflects reality is another question.
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03-08-2018, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by UD62
We agree, you have an opinion, nothing more. Stating you "live in reality" is just a way of stating that your opinion is correct, and other may not have the same confidence in your version of 'reality". You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Whether it reflects reality is another question.
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Thank you. Now that you've pointed out that I have an opinion because obviously everybody else is not capable of figuring that out for themselves, can we get back to our regularly scheduled opinion sharing? Unless of course, the reason you singled me out is that you have a different opinion, let's hear it.
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At some point as upperclassmen, you need to get in the huddle, channel your inner Keyshon Johnson, and say "get me the **** ball"...
DD's last point was at 8:00~...a FT
Josh...3pt play at 8:22
In the last 3:15 we didn't take a shot that hit the net or the rim...
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I voted for J Davis, just because I thought he missed several really good looks from 3 that would've boosted the offense. But my real vote is with Grant here. Really poor coaching down the stretch.
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Again I'm not going to single out any player here. The team seems to be unable to finish close games in the last minutes of any game this season ... it is apparent from the senior on down to the freshmen. At one time we had 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore on the floor trying to hold match.
Having 2 possessions in a row down to the shot clock in this game (and no points) is a fitting image of the season where that happened a lot this year.
I hope those that stay continue to work toward next years edition.
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Smitty, your corner, for your own good, should stop the fight, because you are getting your pervebial brains kicked-in.
It's ugly, you are not even close.
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Voted for Crutcher. You are not a freshman anymore, so you can take the feedback. But he had an amazing freshman season; and it's a pleasure to watch him play and develop. Bad game, shake it off, come back next year ready to play. Thanks for being a flyer.
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For all the people that don't want to give Svoboda a chance to develop, what makes his frosh year much different than X's stats wise? You were all willing to give X a chance to develop (I didn't and said he would never amount to anything, of which I admit I was wrong) and X proved that he could develop after a very lackluster frosh year. I say MS still has a chance to develop now that he's had a year to learn the college game and will have a full off season with the staff to work on the things he needs to do to get better.
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
For all the people that don't want to give Svoboda a chance to develop, what makes his frosh year much different than X's stats wise? You were all willing to give X a chance to develop (I didn't and said he would never amount to anything, of which I admit I was wrong) and X proved that he could develop after a very lackluster frosh year. I say MS still has a chance to develop now that he's had a year to learn the college game and will have a full off season with the staff to work on the things he needs to do to get better.
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Xeyrius Williams (2015) vs Matej Svoboda (2017)
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ud | gms | strt | mins | fg_tp_ft_pct | pts | rebs | asts | tos
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XW | 24 | 0 | 244 (10.20) | 0.455/0.273/0.750 | 52 (2.17) | 43 (1.8) | 5 (0.2) | 12 (0.5)
MS | 28 | 0 | 318 (11.40) | 0.329/0.200/1.000 | 61 (2.18) | 33 (1.2) | 17 (0.6) | 25 (0.9)
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Originally Posted by Figgie123
Xeyrius Williams (2015) vs Matej Svoboda (2017)
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ud | gms | strt | mins | fg_tp_ft_pct | pts | rebs | asts | tos
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XW | 24 | 0 | 244 (10.20) | 0.455/0.273/0.750 | 52 (2.17) | 43 (1.8) | 5 (0.2) | 12 (0.5)
MS | 28 | 0 | 318 (11.40) | 0.329/0.200/1.000 | 61 (2.18) | 33 (1.2) | 17 (0.6) | 25 (0.9)
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Thank Figgie...I would say those are similar stats, wouldn't you?
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Originally Posted by Figgie123
Xeyrius Williams (2015) vs Matej Svoboda (2017)
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ud | gms | strt | mins | fg_tp_ft_pct | pts | rebs | asts | tos
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XW | 24 | 0 | 244 (10.20) | 0.455/0.273/0.750 | 52 (2.17) | 43 (1.8) | 5 (0.2) | 12 (0.5)
MS | 28 | 0 | 318 (11.40) | 0.329/0.200/1.000 | 61 (2.18) | 33 (1.2) | 17 (0.6) | 25 (0.9)
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You have overall plus-minus stats for their respective year?
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Originally Posted by shocka43
You have overall plus-minus stats for their respective year?
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Xeyrius Williams (2015-16)
Yearly Average Plus/Minus Stats
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ud | prevavg | curravg | avtime | diffavg | stddev | effect
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XWil | 1.040 | 0.885 | 09:43 | -0.155 | 6.233 | 3.641
Matej Svoboda (2017-18)
Yearly Average Plus/Minus Stats
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ud | prevavg | curravg | avtime | diffavg | stddev | effect
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MSvo | -1.407 | -1.357 | 11:21 | 0.050 | 5.146 | -4.780
In 2015-16, UD outscored their opponents by 6.54 pts in games Xeyrius played.
In 2017-18, UD was outscored by their opponents by 1.61 pts in games Matej played.
Stats provided by Figstats.
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+/- stats are kind of apples and oranges in this instance. 2 years ago Svoboda probably would have had + more because of the talent on that team. This years team was pretty thin.
If Svoboda can get his shots to start falling and keep up the assists, he will be a great off the bench player. If he builds some more muscle and improves his defense to go with an offensive improvement, he will see the floor every game IMHO.
We expected a bit more out of him because of his experience and age, but he was not there yet.
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Originally Posted by Figgie123
Xeyrius Williams (2015-16)
Yearly Average Plus/Minus Stats
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ud | prevavg | curravg | avtime | diffavg | stddev | effect
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XWil | 1.040 | 0.885 | 09:43 | -0.155 | 6.233 | 3.641
Matej Svoboda (2017-18)
Yearly Average Plus/Minus Stats
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ud | prevavg | curravg | avtime | diffavg | stddev | effect
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MSvo | -1.407 | -1.357 | 11:21 | 0.050 | 5.146 | -4.780
In 2015-16, UD outscored their opponents by 6.54 pts in games Xeyrius played.
In 2017-18, UD was outscored by their opponents by 1.61 pts in games Matej played.
Stats provided by Figstats.
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Thanks. Figgie. One other point to consider is the relative +/- of the two players, that is, when taking into account the team’s overall performance.
In 2015-16, we were at an overall + 6.9 PPG, so it could be argued that we were slightly less productive with XW in the lineup (+6.54 for XW vs. +6.9 overall). This season, we were at an overall - 1.1 PPG, so it could be argued that we were slightly less productive with MS in the lineup (-1.61 for MS vs. -1.1 overall). The “performance gap” for XW was roughly -0.36. The same stat for MS was roughly -0.51. The difference between the two (0.15) is almost insignificant, statistically speaking.
So yes, XW was, on a relative scale, slightly more productive as a freshman 2 years ago than MS was this year. Slightly.
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
For all the people that don't want to give Svoboda a chance to develop, what makes his frosh year much different than X's stats wise? You were all willing to give X a chance to develop (I didn't and said he would never amount to anything, of which I admit I was wrong) and X proved that he could develop after a very lackluster frosh year. I say MS still has a chance to develop now that he's had a year to learn the college game and will have a full off season with the staff to work on the things he needs to do to get better.
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I'm a Matej fan. He's obviously bought in and doing the right things. Love the effort if not the results. I remember when DMO and Finn among others had bad freshman years and looked lost. Good times
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