Observations
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:13 amHere are my thoughts on what it's going to take for this team to win:
Don't play these three players: Lowe, Miller, and Voc. They are worhtless when they are on the court. Lowe needs to be benched for a couple of games so that he realizes that his play has gone down considerably from last year, hopefully that will put him on notice. I've never thought that Miller was special, and his play is supporting my hunch. In my opinion he should be strictly a garbage time player. I had high hopes for Voc but he is not the same player that he was before the injury, I feel that he should only play when B-hop needs a rest, if he is in the game too long he becomes a huge liability.
Get rid of the zone: I say this for 2 reasons. One, it kills our rebounding on the defensive end. Our team can not play a zone to save their lives, they are constantly being sucked out toward the free throw line and when a shot goes up they are out of position and the other team gets an offensive rebound. Reason two, we can't defend a three. I don't know if we're too slow to rotate or if it is the coaching, but when the other team swings the ball there is always a guy there that gets an open look and drains the three.
Go with a steady 8 or 9 man rotation: Dement throws too many differnet people in the game. If I was the coach I would go with a starting rotation of B-Hop and Isham at the guards, Q and Simpson at the forwards, and finally Castro at Center. My subs would be Kelley, Voc, and the Rack. I might put Lowe in the starting lineup in place of Isham, but only if he showed improvment. I know this is roughly what Dement does now, but I would let the starting 5 play as much as they possibly could.
I saw some good things in this game: Simpson is starting to come on and I hope he continues to contribute more and more, we'll need him next year to be a MAJOR contributor. I also noticed that Dement has one coaching bone in his body (I'm glad to see old Dement still cares) he put a box-and-one on Carl English at the begining of the second half when Isham came in. The bad news it lasted one maybe two plays.
Finally, this team needs help. We all know it and we all see the same things year in and year out. Fire Dement and do it now so our new coach can start recruiting and hopefully get something out of the talent we do have. In case anyone cares, my pick would be to steal Jimmy Tubbs back from Oklahoma and give him a chance at the helm. He can't be worse than Dement.
Go 'Stangs
[This message has been edited by Current STUDent (edited 01-10-2003).]
Don't play these three players: Lowe, Miller, and Voc. They are worhtless when they are on the court. Lowe needs to be benched for a couple of games so that he realizes that his play has gone down considerably from last year, hopefully that will put him on notice. I've never thought that Miller was special, and his play is supporting my hunch. In my opinion he should be strictly a garbage time player. I had high hopes for Voc but he is not the same player that he was before the injury, I feel that he should only play when B-hop needs a rest, if he is in the game too long he becomes a huge liability.
Get rid of the zone: I say this for 2 reasons. One, it kills our rebounding on the defensive end. Our team can not play a zone to save their lives, they are constantly being sucked out toward the free throw line and when a shot goes up they are out of position and the other team gets an offensive rebound. Reason two, we can't defend a three. I don't know if we're too slow to rotate or if it is the coaching, but when the other team swings the ball there is always a guy there that gets an open look and drains the three.
Go with a steady 8 or 9 man rotation: Dement throws too many differnet people in the game. If I was the coach I would go with a starting rotation of B-Hop and Isham at the guards, Q and Simpson at the forwards, and finally Castro at Center. My subs would be Kelley, Voc, and the Rack. I might put Lowe in the starting lineup in place of Isham, but only if he showed improvment. I know this is roughly what Dement does now, but I would let the starting 5 play as much as they possibly could.
I saw some good things in this game: Simpson is starting to come on and I hope he continues to contribute more and more, we'll need him next year to be a MAJOR contributor. I also noticed that Dement has one coaching bone in his body (I'm glad to see old Dement still cares) he put a box-and-one on Carl English at the begining of the second half when Isham came in. The bad news it lasted one maybe two plays.
Finally, this team needs help. We all know it and we all see the same things year in and year out. Fire Dement and do it now so our new coach can start recruiting and hopefully get something out of the talent we do have. In case anyone cares, my pick would be to steal Jimmy Tubbs back from Oklahoma and give him a chance at the helm. He can't be worse than Dement.
Go 'Stangs
[This message has been edited by Current STUDent (edited 01-10-2003).]