Might as well. Defense and rebounding which they're not great at is largely about effort. Maybe the bench can give them more of that.
Leave now. There's still time to get another job. The longer this goes on the less likely he is to ever get another job.
Mingo had 1 FG, 8 assists, and 4 TOs. His assists are like you said, he gets into the paint and kicks it out which is good. The problem is he doesn't have a perimeter shot and he usually isn't able to take it the whole way to the basket.
If we finish last, do we get the #1 draft pick?
ND now is 11-10 and 2-6 in the ACC. I watched some of their game last night against UVA and they're were a lot of empty seats in their arena. So, Shewsberry in his third season doesn't appear to be gaining much traction with that program, even though he has a much more talented roster than PSU does.
I am surprised he has not done better. He has easily been our best coach since Parkhill and I thought his recruiting and X/O ability would take them to the top half of the ACC. Wonder what kind of NIL they have for BB? I never figured they would get to top 5 status in the conference but much like PSU, top half probably gets you in the tourney every year now.
Shrewsberry had another chance last nite.. up 3, UVA has the ball at 3 point line, 2.5 seconds to go, fouls and put them on the line! Nah! Made 3 and lose in the 2nd OT
UVA has the type of team that PSU should strive to have; they aren't the most athletic, but they are a very fundamentally sound team, similar to the teams that Clemson always has under their current coach.
It's funny how stuff like that always seems to happen to teams like Rutgers and PSU but never to teams like MSU. In that ND-UVA game last night, ND was up at one point by close to 20 points at home and ended up losing.
I thought he was a good coach too and a good hire but you are what your record says it is. I would be in favor of canning him at season's end. Only exception to that decision is if both Mingo and his brother decide to stay/come here. Then see what he can do with that. Otherwise this program is the worst in the B10 and it is not even close. That is not acceptable. A change is needed.
Not disagreeing b/c I haven’t watched much. But what has he done at PSU to make you think he’s a good coach? The games I’ve watched the last two years all look like a re-run no matter who the opponent. And the high trap with a big, lumbering back to the lane, having help defenders try to close out from 20 feet away every possession is like playing against a video game on easy mode.
The issue is that this is his third season and the program is in complete shambles; I never expected him to turn PSU into MSU or even Wisconsin, but I also expected that there would be a concrete light at the end of the tunnel by now. Instead, it's the complete opposite. It also doesn't help that he has been completely unable to have a stable roster, so he has to basically fill out an entire team in the offseason every year. That's obviously no way to build a program. Finally, although PSU basketball really never has had an identity, his teams really have no identity except for the fact that they play horrible defense.
You never foul in the shooing progression, have to foul while dribbling
That’s been my most concerning issue, he keeps running the same defense that he had when he brought his VCU guys like Ace and Nick. He doesn’t have the same guys to do that and so when the trap that you just pointed out happens, he doesn’t have the guys to recover. That’s why they are giving up 80 and 90 points every night
I said last week that he looks like a hostage now in his press conferences and has aged like a President does.He looks like he hasn’t slept. Maybe he hasn’t.
Your point of not having a stable roster is the core problem. I don't know how much to blame him for that - circumstances were not kind. But can he fix it? Not sure how many of the young guys on the roster are Big 10 caliber players.
Exactly. He keeps saying he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't see the bigger picture. He does not have the talent to do in the B10 what he did in the A10. Sure he's no longer pressing full court, but the trapping and hedging isn't working either. I think he is stubborn and too hung up on what worked for him in the past.
While defense (and rebounding) is the biggest problem, offense ain't so great either. I have no idea what Crispin is trying to accomplish. Way too much dribbling and not enough player and ball movement. Shrewsberry is the only PSU coach (perhaps also Parkhill) to have a coherent offensive approach.
