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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby PonySnob » Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:13 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:Gu had a bad game; it happens. How soon everyone forgets the game he had against UCF.


It wasn't like he went off for 28 against UCF, he just finally made a couple of shots. Hopefully he'll get more consistent as it doesn't look like LB has much confidence in him right now.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby RedBlueSMU » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:49 pm

Seriously. I'm so done with his sorry [deleted].
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby ponyinNC » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:48 pm

We are going to need him - we have no perimeter depth. So hope he turns it around - announcers tonight said he's shooting like 28% on the season. Not from 3 point range. Total FG %
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby Nacho » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:50 pm

More wilfong.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby JasonB » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:51 pm

He has the build to get to the rim. He needs to start doing what RM is doing - pass on the outside shot and if they give him space, use his athleticism to get to the rim and draw a foul.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby Pony_Law » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:52 pm

JasonB wrote:He has the build to get to the rim. He needs to start doing what RM is doing - pass on the outside shot and if they give him space, use his athleticism to get to the rim and draw a foul.


But he has a good stroke. He gets a much nicer arc on the ball than rm does. Keep shooting and they will start falling eventually.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby MustangStealth » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:10 pm

We need him for depth, but it really looks like his head is not in the game at all.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby ponyte » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:17 pm

We need him. It's not like we have a bench forever. This guy was huge player elsewhere. He is coming form being a big dog to a bench player. We have to give him a chance to adjust.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby jimhagle » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:20 pm

ponyte wrote:We need him. It's not like we have a bench forever. This guy was huge player elsewhere. He is coming form being a big dog to a bench player. We have to give him a chance to adjust.



It's been 23 games now. That is more than enough time.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby ponyinNC » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:22 pm

You know what they say .. 24th time is a charm!
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby shadowman » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:36 pm

Ben is a shooter in a bad slump, we need him to get out of his funk. Yes, I hate seeing him jacking it up every time he touches it, but that is what he is supposed to do. With Frazier gone, he needs to be the guy that can catch and shoot and drain it from anywhere.

Let him shoot his way out of it, we need another guy to be able to play outside, he has great size for his position and will (hopefully) get out of his funk.

We are with you Ben, keep shooting and I bet you step up big here real soon when we need you.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby SoCal_Pony » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:46 pm

Nacho wrote:More wilfong.


Riiiiiiiiiiiiight

We need Ben to step up, he's certainly capable.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby Mustangs_Maroons » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:46 pm

shadowman wrote:Ben is a shooter in a bad slump, we need him to get out of his funk. Yes, I hate seeing him jacking it up every time he touches it, but that is what he is supposed to do. With Frazier gone, he needs to be the guy that can catch and shoot and drain it from anywhere.

Let him shoot his way out of it, we need another guy to be able to play outside, he has great size for his position and will (hopefully) get out of his funk.

We are with you Ben, keep shooting and I bet you step up big here real soon when we need you.

We can't afford to habe him shoot how way out of it when games are tight lme they were the last two games. Maybe against the ucfs or usfs at home it's fine but he shouldn't be on the floor in a close game against Cincy for instance or away at games like temple or tulsa
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby SoCal_Pony » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:48 pm

Mustangs_Maroons wrote:
shadowman wrote:Ben is a shooter in a bad slump, we need him to get out of his funk. Yes, I hate seeing him jacking it up every time he touches it, but that is what he is supposed to do. With Frazier gone, he needs to be the guy that can catch and shoot and drain it from anywhere.

Let him shoot his way out of it, we need another guy to be able to play outside, he has great size for his position and will (hopefully) get out of his funk.

We are with you Ben, keep shooting and I bet you step up big here real soon when we need you.

We can't afford to habe him shoot how way out of it when games are tight lme they were the last two games. Maybe against the ucfs or usfs at home it's fine but he shouldn't be on the floor in a close game against Cincy for instance or away at games like temple or tulsa


Problem is he may have to be on the floor.
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Re: Less Ben Emelogu

Postby RedBlueSMU » Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:46 am

The thing is it's not just his shooting. It's the ridiculous turnovers like in the Cincy game when he makes the awful pass on the 3 on 1. Then the play last night that really set me off was when he rebounded the Tulsa miss late in the game and then gets it stolen. And then he commits a foul. It's just mistake after mistake after mistake. It's so old.
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