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re: MBB : Early conference play opinion
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:08 am to slutiger5
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:08 am to slutiger5
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The defense hasn’t been a top characteristic for this team.
I would disagree and say if anything forcing turnovers and being annoying on defense has been this team’s identity
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Less than 5 instances of double digit rebounds by team.
Baker is soft and can’t rebound but McMahon plays him the most. Reed has not lived up to his billing and lags in real time. I can see the gears turning in his head as he watches the ball sail over his head instead of going up for the rebound. Fountain, Collins, and Chest are good rebounders but don’t see the court enough. Idk why fountain doesn’t play. McMahon just hates collins I guess. And Chest got a redshirt (which was a terrible decision).
It’s quite sad that the best rebounders on our team have been guards. Baker has had games where he was outrebounded by players a foot shorter than him (Cook and Stewart) as well as Williams and Wright. Pitiful.
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However coach has a couple role players on the bench in wilk, collins or chest.
I agree but he doesn’t play them so
This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 12:09 am
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Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:58 am to mcmaniacinsaneasylum
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I would disagree and say if anything forcing turnovers and being annoying on defense has been this team’s identity
We lead the conference in turnovers. It’s hard for me to use the 3:1 philosophy and say our defense can be in the forefront of this teams identity when they’re just trying to get one back. Atleast they’re fighting.
This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 1:00 am
Posted on 1/22/24 at 6:35 am to mcmaniacinsaneasylum
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Baker is soft and can’t rebound
I agree, he does have some skills offensively, but Nichols showed the second game of the season how to defend him. If doubled as soon as he gets the ball he absolutely panics. And he was billed a good 3-point shooter coming in....he has not been here.
McMahon it seems is gonna ride it out with him though so I think we're just gonna have to hope he gets better.
quote:Ward has finally started to develop into the player he was billed, I agree....Reed though we see definite flashes, is still lagging.
Reed has not lived up to his billing and lags in real time.
As for the rebounding and toughness (IMHO they go hand in hand) my concern from day 1 was this was a huge weakness and something I didn't see improving as it was intrinsic.
However, out of the blue the game in College station and the games that followed until this past one, we seemed to have found something there and were actually beating all our opponents on the board and playing with toughness.
That did not happen Saturday.
This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 6:38 am
Posted on 1/22/24 at 5:21 pm to mcmaniacinsaneasylum
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McMahon just hates collins I guess
I've been wondering the same thing until McMahon finally said on Friday that Collins is still rehabbing from a dislocated shoulder suffered around Thanksgiving time. I'm guessing its probably one of those that really needs surgery but are instead trying to strengthen it and stabilize it for the remainder of the season. He gave it a go a couple times since but not ready yet and is still day to day.
Unfortunate because I think he could give a solid 10-12 minutes at the 4 and 5 to provide some really athletic play, sort of opposite of what you get with Baker.
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