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ya agree. wasn't disagreeing. can't have 5 dead and RU has 3 for sure. I was just saying the other 2 could be okay. "could" also don't forget Terry is the 6th. so that's 4 by my count at least.
This Is All On Pike
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Woolfolk and Chol might turn into something - but they weren't there this year. We have 5 recruited scholarship guys on the bench that we can't turn to for production - they are just there to eat time while other players catch a breather.
Mag's absence put a spotlight on this - we were fine when we had 6 primary guys, and a 7th in Simpson who could make some noise off the bench. Reiber/Woolf could be used for spot minutes to give Omoruyi a breather. Right now, we have 5 guys and Simpson... and we can't rest more than one player at a time without some position getting exposed.
He played in four games - but the reason I included him is because it's a non-productive scholarship this season.
Zero adjustments and bad substitutions!! We lose Mag and with that another presence in the paint area. We leave Cliff on an island by himself and teams know to double him bc he isn’t a great passer. This is also on other players who don’t know how to create space or screen to free each other up. Why not try something different? Maybe have wolf out there with cliff??
Accountability….Hyatt or Simpson make a mistake they get pulled. Paul is struggling and while I love him he needs to sit. Try different rotations. Also his subs of 2-3 players at a time is the most frustrating thing ever(even when we were winning in the past) because it crushes our team as if they haven’t played together before.
I’m actually starting to see the cracks in the coaching
Accountability….Hyatt or Simpson make a mistake they get pulled. Paul is struggling and while I love him he needs to sit. Try different rotations. Also his subs of 2-3 players at a time is the most frustrating thing ever(even when we were winning in the past) because it crushes our team as if they haven’t played together before.
I’m actually starting to see the cracks in the coaching
We basically have 6 "productive" guys available to suit up, and you need to make a 5-man lineup with them. Not a lot of "something different" options out there.
exactly. michigan did this extremely well and we couldn’t do jack most of the game. Against pressure you either need to screen and cut well away from the ball, pass out of pressure, or have players that can attack the pressure. We don’t do any of those well or have those type of players. If someone is going to be up in your grill they can be beat off the dribble if you have decent speed of our strong with the ball
can't wait to go up 12-6 and immediately take out Cam, Cliff and Hyatt at the 14:30 mark
hard to blame the coach for a four-star thinking sitting on the bench will get him drafted
Woolf is a project that committed to basketball full time his senior season of HS, true freshman shows promises, he will make leaps and bounds next year.
Chol is redshirting, and reclassified from 2023. Way way too early..
Palmquist is a one dimensional player offensively, and is serviceable on defense, probably why his minutes increased for any offense he can give.
Reiber is playing with zero confidence offensively, and is good defensively but that s not what we need on the floor is a defensive player with zero confidence in shooting got plenty of those eating up most of the minutes.
Jalen Miller provides no offense either.
Palmquist and Reiber have tried their post up game against the B1G and showed little to no progress of getting better..
Mag was top 3 EFG% guys, 2nd or 3rd leading rebounder, 2nd best defehder perimeter or post, and our 2nd option in post up offense. He was a jack of all trades in 23 starts in 23 games.
Chol is redshirting, and reclassified from 2023. Way way too early..
Palmquist is a one dimensional player offensively, and is serviceable on defense, probably why his minutes increased for any offense he can give.
Reiber is playing with zero confidence offensively, and is good defensively but that s not what we need on the floor is a defensive player with zero confidence in shooting got plenty of those eating up most of the minutes.
Jalen Miller provides no offense either.
Palmquist and Reiber have tried their post up game against the B1G and showed little to no progress of getting better..
Mag was top 3 EFG% guys, 2nd or 3rd leading rebounder, 2nd best defehder perimeter or post, and our 2nd option in post up offense. He was a jack of all trades in 23 starts in 23 games.
Pike did not grade well this season at the end of the day.
His recruits must be high level impact players going forward. No more Dancing Reibers
His recruits must be high level impact players going forward. No more Dancing Reibers
He figured out the recipe for success post-mag a little too late. I agree that it’s on him.
can anyone tell me why we extended his contract in the middle of the season? shouldn't everyone focus on the season? it seems totally unnecessary.
There’s a lot of blame as well on Pike and staff. I go to 4 major issues:
- Lack of team depth after Mag injury.
- Took team too long to play well after Mag injury
- Took too long to defer reins to Derek Simpson
- Minnesota debacle. Last 2 sequences was like watching elementary kids playing especially the last sequence. Lack of coaching there was the final coffin !
- Lack of team depth after Mag injury.
- Took team too long to play well after Mag injury
- Took too long to defer reins to Derek Simpson
- Minnesota debacle. Last 2 sequences was like watching elementary kids playing especially the last sequence. Lack of coaching there was the final coffin !