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Post by lasalle69bestever on Feb 15, 2014 13:24:27 GMT -5
St. Joe's was allowed by the refs to completely take over our home court today. The first call on Wright was ridiculous. If they make a soft/bad foul call on Jerrell in the next game against the Hawks, G should take a technical right off the bat. Or else it'll be a replay with the game decided by refs by not allowing JW to play. And if I'm G, I keep Jerrell on the court for up to 3 fouls in the first half, and 4 in the second (depending on the clock) because we lose the game without him. He really showed fire out there today. The complete opposite of Sam Mills - who after 4 years does not realize what a game against a City opponent is or means.
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Post by lasalle89 on Feb 15, 2014 13:37:12 GMT -5
G MUST leave JW in the game and let him play with fouls. We need JW in there as much as possible. Let JW and Zack foul out. We need those guys in there as much as possible. They can't help from the bench.
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Post by lasalle69bestever on Feb 15, 2014 13:45:07 GMT -5
Sam Mills' stat line is largely all zeroes (0-5), (0-3) shooting. Did have a WOWZER two assists. The two rebounds he got were both in the first couple of minutes.
I agree, Dunn gets (and deserves) Mills minutes. Sam should get 10 max until he shows he is willing to play to his strength by taking threes. Instead of keeping his first instinct to pass as I've said ad-nauseum as it remains the case. The split second of hesitance allows the defender to close in.
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Post by Gnocchi on Feb 15, 2014 14:00:18 GMT -5
The game was decided in the first half when Wright got nailed to the pines with his 2nd foul at the 15:08 mark and the Explos down 8-7. Good thing. Otherwise Wright wouldn't have been able to give a foul on Roberts for his 4th with the Explos down 9 and 26 seconds to go. scores.espn.go.com/ncb/playbyplay?gameId=400506266
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Post by las71 on Feb 15, 2014 15:57:07 GMT -5
I believe our biggest problem is that what we run doesn't fit our players skill sets. We don't run any or many set plays opting instead for concept offenses including high screen and roll, dribble penetration and a high low with our bigs. All three of these sets requires skills we lack. On the high screen and roll, we rarely pass the ball to the screener which makes sense because neither Steve nor Jerrell have a midrange shot or the ball handling ability to attack the rim off the dribble from a high screen. The same problem hurts the effectiveness of the high low. Because our bigs lack a midrange game it is easy to back off the high player and make the low post entry difficult. The dribble penetration has been ineffective because even when a guard is able to penetrate who should he kick it out to. We have some talent but very few complete players and we lack the athleticism to run sets that are basically set up for teams with superior athletes.
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Post by lasalleed on Feb 15, 2014 15:58:18 GMT -5
Amen
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Feb 15, 2014 16:02:49 GMT -5
I had to work this morning. So i missed watching the game. Not sure how and why we lost this game. Last year is now looking like such a long time ago. Almost all the same guys, did it really happen? This team just does not seem to have much going for it at all. They are such a disspointment.
Gotta love how Martelli's comments seem to saltin the wounds about how the Seniors helped his squad get it done.
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Post by ukiedoug on Feb 15, 2014 16:22:37 GMT -5
DeAndre'Bembry: would love to have him on our squad, but then again i'll take the non-existant probe over him that st joe's is facing starting a 45 yo john street over an 18 yo. it'll work out.
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Feb 15, 2014 16:51:15 GMT -5
Just listened to coach G's post game. The comment that caught my attention about what is missing- We have a "real deficit of passionate energy". I guess it graduated last year.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 15, 2014 17:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by cpico on Feb 15, 2014 18:39:48 GMT -5
Just listened to coach G's post game. The comment that caught my attention about what is missing- We have a "real deficit of passionate energy". I guess it graduated last year. Yep, what is missing is more than just "not being that good". The team is dysfunctional. And that's on the coaches and players. And to play the way we did at home, against a big rival, on national tv was bad. Not sure how anyone can really defend the display our team put on today. I've been blasted on here by some posters because of repeating myself in my criticisms and disappointment of the team, but what else is there to say about how this team is playing? They continue to perform the same way over and over and over again. They are giving us nothing new to discuss - so all we can do is talk about how disappointing they are. Pretty sad state of affairs.
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Post by theneumann64 on Feb 15, 2014 18:44:56 GMT -5
They're very disappointing this year. I don't want to go through the rabbit hole again, but being disappointed is fine. I an very frustrated at how this year has played out. 26 wins was not realistic, but 19 sure as hell was. What are we looking at realistically right now? Probably 14 and 16 or 15 and 15. Something like 9th in the A10 and maybe winning a first round game.
That's way below even modest expectations this year. Shouldn't diminish anyone's memories of last year at all. Doesn't mean this year ain't a letdown.
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Post by durenduren on Feb 15, 2014 19:42:09 GMT -5
We aren't good. For a lot of reasons. But that's okay, it's old news at this point. Here's to next year.
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Post by fvp47 on Feb 15, 2014 20:16:50 GMT -5
I have said this previously and will restate it. We lost two guys when Ramon graduated. The best player and also the team leader in the fire and emotional sense. Tyreek us a great floor general but that is different.
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Post by lasalle69bestever on Feb 15, 2014 21:08:49 GMT -5
Did I get this right? JW played 8 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble and had 3 fouls with less than a minute left in the whole game? And was the most instrumental part of our offense? Good way to guarantee a loss.
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Post by MisterD on Feb 15, 2014 21:11:55 GMT -5
Tyreek is an awesome true point but for a true point to be most effective, he needs to be paired with a go-to scorer. Galloway was that guy. Garland might be his equal as a pure scorer, but not in the same mold as a player.
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Post by MisterD on Feb 15, 2014 21:13:11 GMT -5
(That reads stupid so I'll try to clarify. There's a difference between a guy you know can get you 20 and a guy you know can get you this basket. Garland is the former, Galloway was the latter.)
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Post by jellybean on Feb 15, 2014 21:30:33 GMT -5
Did G throw the team under the bus? Last week, we hear "one play" cost us against some really good teams. Now after the 24th game of the season we hear they lack a "passionate energy". Don't you need passionate energy to be competitive in those games?
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Post by fvp47 on Feb 15, 2014 23:22:00 GMT -5
Joe's article is in my opinion spot on. I have posted similar sentiments on the past. It is not about talent or X's and O's it is the certain intangible.
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Post by fvp47 on Feb 15, 2014 23:22:16 GMT -5
Joe's article is in my opinion spot on. I have posted similar sentiments on the past. It is not about talent or X's and O's it is the certain intangible.
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Post by blueandgold on Feb 16, 2014 0:14:54 GMT -5
They're very disappointing this year. I don't want to go through the rabbit hole again, but being disappointed is fine. I an very frustrated at how this year has played out. 26 wins was not realistic, but 19 sure as hell was. What are we looking at realistically right now? Probably 14 and 16 or 15 and 15. Something like 9th in the A10 and maybe winning a first round game. That's way below even modest expectations this year. Shouldn't diminish anyone's memories of last year at all. Doesn't mean this year ain't a letdown. Totally agree. Even a month ago looked at last 6 games of season and thought either 3-3 or 2-4. Who would have thought this team could go 6-10 in A10 before season started? I would be curious to go back to last year and see what the scores would look like if you replaced Ramon's stats with a little more Garland and some Khalid. With some of those tight games that we pulled out W, maybe this year's record would be comparable. Not sure two road games against bubble teams when we've played particularly poorly away from Gola this year will get us back on track. Is it sad that if we can go 1-2 over next three, we can say, "Ladies and gentlemen, your 13-14 La Salle Explorers!"...? Hats off to St Joe's interior defense, extremely difficult for us to get shots around rim without getting swatted.
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Post by jellybean on Feb 16, 2014 9:15:25 GMT -5
Can't play 4 against 5. Mills, Peterson and Lewis played 52 of the 200 minutes yesterday. Their combined line was 1-11/1-7/0-0 with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover and no steals or blocks with 3 points. They also had 9 personal fouls.
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Post by lasalle69bestever on Feb 16, 2014 10:58:58 GMT -5
Can't play 4 against 5. Mills, Peterson and Lewis played 52 of the 200 minutes yesterday. Their combined line was 1-11/1-7/0-0 with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover and no steals or blocks with 3 points. They also had 9 personal fouls. I've been saying this for weeks. And it is sometimes 3 against 5.
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Post by coachd on Feb 17, 2014 10:14:12 GMT -5
This team's lack of energy and passion is a reflection of G and his coaching staff. We have to hope that Price and/or Roberts have a personality similar to Ramon as we need an inspirational leader to fill the void that the current coaching staff does not and cannot provide.
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Post by hawksfan on Feb 17, 2014 10:35:37 GMT -5
This team's lack of energy and passion is a reflection of G and his coaching staff. We have to hope that Price and/or Roberts have a personality similar to Ramon as we need an inspirational leader to fill the void that the current coaching staff does not and cannot provide. The doctor getting accused of throwing players under the bus?
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Post by coachd on Feb 17, 2014 10:37:43 GMT -5
This team's lack of energy and passion is a reflection of G and his coaching staff. We have to hope that Price and/or Roberts have a personality similar to Ramon as we need an inspirational leader to fill the void that the current coaching staff does not and cannot provide. The doctor getting accused of throwing players under the bus? Go back to your Hawk Squawk board.
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Post by SICguy84 on Feb 17, 2014 10:39:19 GMT -5
Excommunication for this young man.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 17, 2014 10:40:21 GMT -5
He has been warned. We'll see if it ends.
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Post by hawksfan on Feb 17, 2014 10:47:17 GMT -5
I find it interesting that Phil has taken so much heat on this board for doing the same thing! Just pointing out that sometimes it's good to look in the mirror before commenting on others.
[insert Todd O'Brien comments now]
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Post by MisterD on Feb 17, 2014 11:01:33 GMT -5
Its a La Salle board, stupid.
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