A defense that can't score. A number of us were sounding this before the season and early during the season and were shouted down as negative nancys. But historically it is a plain fact that Shaheen's teams do NOT run a good offense and always trail their conference and national peers in offensive categories.
The lack of three point shooting and lack of even valuing that skill is a major red flag for this coach's ability to succeed at high levels outside of catching lightning in a bottle once for a E8 run.
The over-fouling is maddening, especially when we ourselves can't convert at the other end and at the FT line. I personally don't think high fouling teams are good defensive teams. If you have to foul you aren't playing defense. If you foul often you aren't playing defense well. Period. You get your own players in foul trouble, limiting their playing time and their efficiency and effectiveness when they are on the court, and you grant the other team foul shots, the easiest points in the game. How is that "good defense"?
I am sick of watching Seton Hall teams run this stupid weave offense that does very little to generate consistent shot attempts, and doesn't even get us to the line recently. And when we do get to the line it doesn't matter because our players are offensively impaired and can't make free throws. It doesn't take much to be able to hit a free throw. This is embarrassing already. We don't play smart, we don't move the ball well, we don't pass well, we don't have an inside-out game despite having one of the most solid (strength wise) big men in the conference in Hines. We can't hit threes, we can't hit free throws, and our point guard can't hit threes or layups or create offense within Sha's silly weave schemes.
I understand not falling in low with the 3-ball like a Creighton style team but damn we don't even dump the ball inside to our bigs. There's NO REASON Hines especially shouldn't be a focal point of our offense for inside/out game, post-ups, and developing him as one of the most unique freshmen talents we've ever had. And he CAN PASS. We just waste him! I'd be AMAZED if he returned for ANY price. He's being wasted.
I'm tired of it. Watching this brand of basketball is just not fun. It's ugly and ineffective and not going to work at this level.
On top of that, our coach routinely acts like a child on national television and on interviews. He does not act professional, is overly emotional, petty and looks for confrontation with anyone and everyone for silly reasons, and doesn't represent the university in a respectable way. You can barely understand him when he talks, his body language is awful, and the national media has been covering for him for a long time but his nasty streak is going to run out. I've seen all I need to see. I'm ready to move on when his contract is up. I don't think hiring an offensive coordinator is the answer. He has too many inherent stubbornness flaws and won't change or adapt even when it's obvious his style is lacking. I'm over it.
The lack of three point shooting and lack of even valuing that skill is a major red flag for this coach's ability to succeed at high levels outside of catching lightning in a bottle once for a E8 run.
The over-fouling is maddening, especially when we ourselves can't convert at the other end and at the FT line. I personally don't think high fouling teams are good defensive teams. If you have to foul you aren't playing defense. If you foul often you aren't playing defense well. Period. You get your own players in foul trouble, limiting their playing time and their efficiency and effectiveness when they are on the court, and you grant the other team foul shots, the easiest points in the game. How is that "good defense"?
I am sick of watching Seton Hall teams run this stupid weave offense that does very little to generate consistent shot attempts, and doesn't even get us to the line recently. And when we do get to the line it doesn't matter because our players are offensively impaired and can't make free throws. It doesn't take much to be able to hit a free throw. This is embarrassing already. We don't play smart, we don't move the ball well, we don't pass well, we don't have an inside-out game despite having one of the most solid (strength wise) big men in the conference in Hines. We can't hit threes, we can't hit free throws, and our point guard can't hit threes or layups or create offense within Sha's silly weave schemes.
I understand not falling in low with the 3-ball like a Creighton style team but damn we don't even dump the ball inside to our bigs. There's NO REASON Hines especially shouldn't be a focal point of our offense for inside/out game, post-ups, and developing him as one of the most unique freshmen talents we've ever had. And he CAN PASS. We just waste him! I'd be AMAZED if he returned for ANY price. He's being wasted.
I'm tired of it. Watching this brand of basketball is just not fun. It's ugly and ineffective and not going to work at this level.
On top of that, our coach routinely acts like a child on national television and on interviews. He does not act professional, is overly emotional, petty and looks for confrontation with anyone and everyone for silly reasons, and doesn't represent the university in a respectable way. You can barely understand him when he talks, his body language is awful, and the national media has been covering for him for a long time but his nasty streak is going to run out. I've seen all I need to see. I'm ready to move on when his contract is up. I don't think hiring an offensive coordinator is the answer. He has too many inherent stubbornness flaws and won't change or adapt even when it's obvious his style is lacking. I'm over it.
