One of the biggest indicators of our offensive weakness is that Pike feels we need to keep feeding Cliff in the post. This is SO ineffective too often leading to a bad (embarrassing?) shot attempt or a turnover out of the double.
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SMOKE signals? Nice.Pretty tame recap. The staff isn't going to throw players under the bus, it's not in Pikes nature to do so publicly.
The offense for any team in college basketball, starts and ends with your guard play. If you have a big man on top of it, great.....but the basketball game starts and ends with generating offense from your lead guards, ideally, those with game experience at a Power 5 level.
The smoke signals were there last spring, based on what they targeted.....Kyle Lofton from St Bona was a combo guard, who may have helped......Marcus Hammond went to Notre Dame instead, landing in purgatory of a miserable South Bend winter. Lofton and Florida.....?? Also nowhere near the NCAAs.
We instead rolled the dice that both Spencer and Mulcahy as a senior, would be savvy enough to be a combo of the driving guard who generated a historical 4 to 5 game run, that bailed RU out last year......with enough play to help RHJ and Geo.
On paper, if I wanted Kyle Lofton for just one year or Spencer for 2, give me a 2 year transfer kid all day. It just required Paul to step up.....he was either not aware of what it took to go from 5th option to 2nd or 3rd.
I don't think a recap is too necessary. No one can explain such a steep decline in effectiveness from a 3 to 4 year starting guard. But it then spread to others....once one player starts to hesitate, the others get gunshy....
It's going to be OK, because the staff now has no more excuses to try and make RU fans believe that the next complimentary player can be asked to become a front line 2nd or 3rd option. The overhaul of this roster might not all get done in one spring/summer, but it wouldn't shock me to see it.
Can you dance at 18-13 with such an ineffective PG and a won/ loss record that probably should be 19-12 or 20-11 & look like the world has figured this limited talent group out??
A lot of blame placed at the feet of Geo and RHJ the last 2 seasons, suddenly looks kinda foolish now. The longest week ever upcoming, is not for the faint of heart for sure.
One of my biggest hopes for next year is that we get away from this. It's hard to watch.One of the biggest indicators of our offensive weakness is that Pike feels we need to keep feeding Cliff in the post. This is SO ineffective too often leading to a bad (embarrassing?) shot attempt or a turnover out of the double.
Disagree with the two year transfer over one year transfer preference. You can just get another one year transfer the next season.Pretty tame recap. The staff isn't going to throw players under the bus, it's not in Pikes nature to do so publicly.
The offense for any team in college basketball, starts and ends with your guard play. If you have a big man on top of it, great.....but the basketball game starts and ends with generating offense from your lead guards, ideally, those with game experience at a Power 5 level.
The smoke signals were there last spring, based on what they targeted.....Kyle Lofton from St Bona was a combo guard, who may have helped......Marcus Hammond went to Notre Dame instead, landing in purgatory of a miserable South Bend winter. Lofton and Florida.....?? Also nowhere near the NCAAs.
We instead rolled the dice that both Spencer and Mulcahy as a senior, would be savvy enough to be a combo of the driving guard who generated a historical 4 to 5 game run, that bailed RU out last year......with enough play to help RHJ and Geo.
On paper, if I wanted Kyle Lofton for just one year or Spencer for 2, give me a 2 year transfer kid all day. It just required Paul to step up.....he was either not aware of what it took to go from 5th option to 2nd or 3rd.
I don't think a recap is too necessary. No one can explain such a steep decline in effectiveness from a 3 to 4 year starting guard. But it then spread to others....once one player starts to hesitate, the others get gunshy....
It's going to be OK, because the staff now has no more excuses to try and make RU fans believe that the next complimentary player can be asked to become a front line 2nd or 3rd option. The overhaul of this roster might not all get done in one spring/summer, but it wouldn't shock me to see it.
Can you dance at 18-13 with such an ineffective PG and a won/ loss record that probably should be 19-12 or 20-11 & look like the world has figured this limited talent group out??
A lot of blame placed at the feet of Geo and RHJ the last 2 seasons, suddenly looks kinda foolish now. The longest week ever upcoming, is not for the faint of heart for sure.
I cringed when I saw Palm, Wolf and SImpson going in at the same time.We played so badly that it overshadowed the silly pre-determined substitutions that didn’t even matter this time.
Agreed - a starting point guard and a mature shooting wing? A couple of one-year guys would be nice (I expect 5-6 guys won't be back).It’s clear that pike needs to slightly adjust his “my guys are my guys” mindset. It’s great from a culture perspective, but it makes us susceptible to the boat sinking with 1 injury.
I’m excited for the upcoming months. I think Spencer, cliff, mag, and Griffiths is a great nucleus. I love Simpson off the bench. Can pike snag a true starting point guard? Can he find a net positive 7th man? The roster will be open….
Well it's not like anyone can penetrate so the other option is to pass the ball around the perimeter for 20 seconds before settling for a long jumper.One of the biggest indicators of our offensive weakness is that Pike feels we need to keep feeding Cliff in the post. This is SO ineffective too often leading to a bad (embarrassing?) shot attempt or a turnover out of the double.
Agree. That’s why I said it was “one of the biggest indicators of our offensive weakness.”Well it's not like anyone can penetrate so the other option is to pass the ball around the perimeter for 20 seconds before settling for a long jumper.