Should Paul have been benched/moved off ball comepletely?
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It doesn’t matter. If he doesn’t play well against Michigan, we are done. Simpson can’t be asked to take over games. He’s not ready.
Going with the same old game plan on Wednesday will not have a high probability of success. Derek needs to start in place of Paul. S&S need to drive and score or good lobs to Cliff or kick it out. Team needs to watch replays of how NW got the ball to Nicholson to dunk. And please tell Cliff to stay home on defense and not chase point guards. Usually results in a foul or opposing center dunks or offensive rebounds. I haven’t seen one positive all year of Cliff being 25 feet from the basket.
Even when Simpson was in the game they had Caleb running point even on pick n rolls. Bad coaching there and playing to strengths
False. Paul’s ‘ole perimeter defense meant that Cliff had to leave his man to contest the shots around the hoop. Nicholson dunked the rebounds. cliff had to rotate
Reason # 1,2,3 we lost was because Paul couldn’t defend Barnhizer. Same exact thing when Griesel on Nebraska blew past him every time and the defense couldn’t recover.
Heck, they should have let Reiber defend Barnhizer. It could only have been better.
Reason # 2 Paul’s turnovers and junk offense in the lane.
I’ve criticized Caleb often but he played his *** off today. It was clear Pike played Paul more than he deserved this year. Loyalty killed the season.
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Derek Simpson 12 points, second leading scorer behind Cliff’s 14, despite being glued to the bench behind Paul. It’s obvious what needs to be done. Do it.
Simpson is shorting 36% on the year from the field. Take a step back and think about that for a second. He helped us against Indy and PSU and players like PM have helped us in a multitude of games—team sport!
Yup aware of his FG % also but all this talk about Simpson needs to pump the brakes.
While we can visually see the talent to take it to the basket and create something especially compared to PM right now there are still struggles with him out there.
Would I like to see him more? YES! I want him starting over Hyatt actually AND I want him handling the ball From the top of the key…that’s his strength: kid plays loose(sometimes too much)
Hyatt is your 6th man and needs to be his role.
disagree. hyatt is the second best offensive player and a better defender than Paul. If Simpson is the PG, Paul the backup assuming he comes back. Hyatt starts next year with Mag, Cliff, Hyatt (gavin his backup) and i hope Simpson.
They have been lessening Paul's load by giving Caleb, Spencer, and Simpson more reps setting up the offense but I don't think it will solve anything unless a magic offensive post player falls out of the skies to take the pressure off Cliff and open up the perimeter. We will continue to struggle on offense no matter who sets it up.
All of Paul’s non-FT points were in garbage time. I think Simpson had 8 prior to what I’d consider garbage time, maybe 10.
Just play man against Michigan. Cliff should not be at the the 3 point line while Dickinson is catching alley oops.
Yesterday I predicted 3 players would step up and play well and that we would win. I was wrong.
The problem is lack of talent and running a offense not suited for the roster.The team is composed of stationary shooters that need open shots to be effective.The half court offense has failed because of the lack of passing, dribbling and player movement to create open shots.What fans see is chaos on the court resulting in long scoring droughts,unforced turnovers and shot clock violations.