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02-20-2020, 08:45 AM | #142 | |
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People act like Jarron Doesn't try. The dude is the least athletic on the court and has come up with some game saving blocks. Last night he had one. I mean, he never got into game shape. So you asking him to pressure defensively for 94 feet, handle the ball from tip to finish, make plays for every one on the team since they rarely score on their own, and then still have enough energy to box out. I mean if were gonna talk about getting beat defensively... Tre Scott was abused last night. Our rim protection was awful, and he was beat to the rim a bunch of times. I actually don't remember Jarron being off the dribble all that much last night. I remember us getting guys stuck under the rim and them still making it. But I don't have the guts to go back and watch that disaster And with no tourney this year, I don't expect one next year either. I suspect this is the closest Brannen ever gets to being a top 50 defense in his career at cincinnati. I just hope the offense is good enough to over come it |
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02-20-2020, 08:46 AM | #143 | |
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The other thing I complained about early in the season is also coming back to bite. Failing to develop our depth. We played multiple early season Q3/Q4 games where we won by 10+ and our starters played 30+ minutes. Brannen's substitution patterns are also terrible. He puts in 3/4 subs sround the 14 minute mark of the first half and gives them 4/5 minutes, then plays the starters basically the entire second half. In addition our press and faster pace don't give guys the time to rest that Cronin's offense/defense did. I know we got mad at Cronin for pulling guys too quickly, but he at least gave the backups minutes and rested the starters. With our current rotation we aren't going anywhere in the tournament. Yes Diarra makes mistakes, but he also makes some good plays and I'd guess his +- was close to even. Same is true for Davenport. Vogt on the other hand has been nullified on offense (it seems like teams have taken a page out of the Houston playbook of a quick, hard double and Vogt doesn't handle it well), doesn't rebound well and doesn't defend well, but Brannen gives him every minute he can. You have to give Diarra, Harvey or Davenport minutes to give the other guys a rest. If/when we lose another game (will be to WSU if we continue to play like we have lately), it's probably worth cutting way back on starters minutes and giving Davenport, Diarra and Harvey 15-20 minutes per game. At that point our only hope to make the NCAA tournament will be winning the AAC tournament anyway and to do that we need to develop our depth as much as possible. And if we don't make the NCAA tournament at least we will be getting guys ready for next year. |
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02-20-2020, 08:51 AM | #144 | |
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So far, he is absolutely unwilling to part ways from a defense that frankly doesn't work at this level. Hell it didn't work at his old level. I've said this before but at NKU, Brannen lost most of his games due to dreadful defensive effort and execution and then Free throws. Seems familiar right. I said these things are trends with his coaching style. People brushed it off. Here we are 17-9 off the bubble because of poor defensive effort and poor free throw shooting. Now you have to travel to frickin Texas, where 2 of the best team in the league have an advantage and try to be a bid stealer to ruin someone else's season who earned it. Like I said..at least we get a few more home games potentially. BUT we better win the NIT |
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02-20-2020, 09:06 AM | #148 |
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As of right now this is all on the coach. He wasn't making adjustments on either end. He seems to think he's between a rock and a hard place with expecting effort...I get that...but it's his job to remedy the situation.
Why is it that we can get our back's against the wall and make comebacks? because we usually play harder and with more focus when that happens. That effort and focus has to be there for 40 minutes. It's the very reason we have had 7 OT games and 3 more within a 2 point bucket. If you only give max effort when the game is on the line...you will end up in close games every time. That has to stop. It may already be too late. If we can't defend the ball we need to switch to zone...what other choice do we have? Our ball and player movement on offense has been bad...even though we are trying to play through Jarron. The other teams have figured out a plan a few games ago. Time for plan B. |
02-20-2020, 09:08 AM | #149 | |
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we have stopped much better players with the defense we ran last night. people say zone zone zone. ucf has 2 sharp shooters and we couldn't stop any penetration. Milon is a 40% career 3 point shooter on over 500 attempts and Green is over 40% as a freshman and over 45% in conference. the idea that ucf doesn't have shooters is flat out wrong. |
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02-20-2020, 09:09 AM | #150 | |
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Especially college athletes. Not my thing. |
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