10-05-2019, 02:46 AM | #11 |
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Yeah, his press meeting wasn't a good look as far as the information he provided. The Vogt new s was a positive overall, but not being able to explain more of the injuries is kind of lame. Especially when the best player is having such trouble.
I'm excited to see some of the younger players he's brought in, but without Cumberland playing well this team will be fighting an uphill battle all season. Really not happy to hear Moore and Prince have also not been practicing with the team. I guess we'll really see a new look Bearcats. |
10-08-2019, 03:21 PM | #12 |
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They've put the Midnight Madness on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvh8ky9QRRc LOL It was hardly madness. I know it's just supposed to be a scrimmage for fans but the quality of play has me a bit concerned. Luckily it's early and coach has time to work the players into shape. Mostly concerned with outside shooting, but the lack of effort from Vogt and Scarolla was alarming. Big lack of movement on defense. Too much watching from everyone. Scott was a bright spot as far as effort, but he still struggled to dunk more than once. Can't understand that with his level of experience. We need finishers on the inside. I try to balance negative and positive. This wasn't a real game and they've just started. I just expected to see guys looking a little more polished than this. |
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The lack of D was likely more of a result of tired players and treating it as an exhibition. I will at least hope it was until we see them play in a real game. The lack of outside shooting could be a real concern. McNeal is historically a bad 3 point shooter and Williams isn't much better. If those were two of the best we could send up for the 3-point contest, we may have issues from the 3 point line (outside of the Cumberlands who can drain it from anywhere). Diarra from 3 was a good sign and we know Tre can shoot if he's open. But again, tired players and exhibition. I expect the lack of polish to be there early in the year. We have so many new players and a new system. Expect more defensive miscues and more turnovers on offense. Have to hope that the more aggressive style makes up for those by generating more points. |
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I was referring to Scott, and yes I think he has shown he can knock down open jumpers/threes at a reasonable rate. He shot only 31% from three, but he's shown enough to force defenses to stretch to guard him. He doesn't have to shoot at a high volume as a big, just has to be able to knock down open shots so the D can't leave him to collapse inside (same is true for Diarra). |
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10-09-2019, 10:14 AM | #17 |
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It might be a bit silly to extrapolate our future successes from a midnight madness scrimmage. Just my 2 cents.
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Obviously Jarron and Keith and Scott will be out there starting. It looks like McNeal has a good chance. It would be nice to get Jaevin out there as an extra shooter but we may have to put Sorolla or Vogt on the floor. In order to get our shooters on the floor we will have to either play small or possibly play without a true PG. We are going to see a lot of variation in the early year. We could see one big or two bigs. We could see a PG or no true PG on the floor. The move to let Vogt play this year tells me Brannen may not use as much of the small ball scenario as I would like with where our talent lies...but who knows. If we play a lot of small ball I would think Sorolla, Scott, and Diara would have been enough to get by. |
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There would be a problem with rim protection, but aside form Diarra I don't think this team has a rim protector whose flaws don't overwhelm the benefits. The 7-footers should be mostly watching if this team is going to be any good. |
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