2018-2019 Season Thoughts Thread
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Rather than taking too long to discover Caleb, I think they developed him extremely well. He was vastly improved from early in the season.
Lots of positives to take from the season. Here are the negatives that I noticed or have an opinion on:
1) I was actually disappointed over all in Tez Mathis. Not a good shooter, terrible foul shooter and too often couldn't finish around the rim, especially since slashing to the basket is really the strongest part of his game.
2) Carter has terrible hands and he too missed too many shots at the rim.
3) The bigs in general would grab a rebound or a pass and their first instinct was to put the ball on the floor and then go up. I don't understand how Jay Young hasn't instilled in them to go right up to the basket. Too many defensive hands knocking the ball away from our bigs.
4) I couldn't understand some of Pike's substitution patterns, frequently pulling players out when they were in the middle of a hot hand.
5) A captain obvious observation: we have no half court offense, nowhere as creative as some of our opponents. Hoping a true PG will alleviate or improve that aspect of our game.
6) Even though we rotate 10 players a game, we're not quick enough to press teams full court more often. Should have been able to do that against Nebbie's team and wore them physically.
1) I was actually disappointed over all in Tez Mathis. Not a good shooter, terrible foul shooter and too often couldn't finish around the rim, especially since slashing to the basket is really the strongest part of his game.
2) Carter has terrible hands and he too missed too many shots at the rim.
3) The bigs in general would grab a rebound or a pass and their first instinct was to put the ball on the floor and then go up. I don't understand how Jay Young hasn't instilled in them to go right up to the basket. Too many defensive hands knocking the ball away from our bigs.
4) I couldn't understand some of Pike's substitution patterns, frequently pulling players out when they were in the middle of a hot hand.
5) A captain obvious observation: we have no half court offense, nowhere as creative as some of our opponents. Hoping a true PG will alleviate or improve that aspect of our game.
6) Even though we rotate 10 players a game, we're not quick enough to press teams full court more often. Should have been able to do that against Nebbie's team and wore them physically.
He played like a freshman. Not over the moon about him, but not disappointed either. If the same happens next year, those feelings will be different.
4 freshmen were thrown to the wolves LOL
and to a good degree they all handled it
..............[jumpingsmile]but it took time[jumpingsmile].......................
:boxing:NJs own Ron Harper JR ....................can definitely score!!!:boxing:
:boxing:"Long Beach Cal Johnson" can really rebound n block shots:boxing:
:boxing:Balto Md's Montez also contributed well & solidly defended !:boxing:
:boxing:Florida's Caleb McConnell .............had 10 very solid games:boxing:
[thumb2]Coach P found 4 SOLID "under the radar" freshmen[thumb2]
....:cool2:Together they are our RUTGERS FAB FOUR :cool2:
and to a good degree they all handled it
..............[jumpingsmile]but it took time[jumpingsmile].......................
:boxing:NJs own Ron Harper JR ....................can definitely score!!!:boxing:
:boxing:"Long Beach Cal Johnson" can really rebound n block shots:boxing:
:boxing:Balto Md's Montez also contributed well & solidly defended !:boxing:
:boxing:Florida's Caleb McConnell .............had 10 very solid games:boxing:
[thumb2]Coach P found 4 SOLID "under the radar" freshmen[thumb2]
....:cool2:Together they are our RUTGERS FAB FOUR :cool2:
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Man, if you can't see all of the positives from this season, especially the development of the youngsters, I don't know what to say. Prior to the season, most prognosticators (such as Jerry Carino) had us winning about 11 or 12 games. We ended up with 14 wins, including 7 in league. The team was 320-something in "experience" nationwide, and we STILL had a better year than last year with Corey. Big picture-wise, sure there were flaws, but man there is alot of upside for the future.
You're setting your sights too low, IMHO. Next year the unabashed goal must be the NCAA tournament. Eugene is a senior, and we could take a step back the following year after he graduates, so we NEED to make the tourney next year. And we CAN make the tourney with this roster, assuming the requisite amount of improvement/development from the young players, and adding in Young, Mulcahy, and two others to be named.
