Re-Building year

[SFP]

I'm not going to blame DC for the way he is playing. I believe the coaching staff needs to put the players in position where their strengths are going to shine. I still see DC as our starter right now because if used correctly he should be scoring 15 points a game. We need to use his jumper and forget that he is a 7' and should be slamming the ball in. That is not going to happen. What can happen is that he gets the ball 10' out and shoots that sweet jumper. Trying to make him a 5 on the offensive end is a mistake or insanity.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein.

[georgethedog]

I'd be feeding him (Collins) for that short jumper the whole game like SMS did when they had Danny Moore. But no, we just keep jacking up bricks from 3 point range. I am getting very tired of all the 3's.

[SaintLouBrave22]

I'd be feeding him (Collins) for that short jumper the whole game like SMS did when they had Danny Moore. But no, we just keep jacking up bricks from 3 point range. I am getting very tired of all the 3's.

Yes, but realization is that Danny Moore did remember occasionally that he was tall and not only that, Danny Moore had pretty good hands so its really hard to make a comparison there IMO...

And yes, I agree on the assessment of the 3-ball...Maybe you should check my assessment under the stats post about our overuse of the term "moral victory"...between that, the word "privilege" and "mental toughness", there are just a few words I believe I have heard way too much of lately.

[SFP]

SaintLouBrave22 all we are saying is that DC would be better utilized shooting his mid-range jumper. I for one, when he is set one on one, have not seen him miss that shot. Three good things can happen now. He starts hitting that jumper, two his man has to leave the area under the basket to guard him and three they'll have to start doubling him up. That is why I'd like us to start running our O through him believe it or not. Jacking up 3s like we are doing and passing it around the perimeter is not working. Passing the ball down to him in the blocks does not work because it's not his game nor do our guards really understand how to pass to our bigs when they are posting up.

[mrcoachdude]

It is not a rebuilding year....lets just win basketball games from here on out

Play each game to win like we are supposed to......develope players?...that is part of playing the games......

I want to see what this lineup would do:

SM
DD
TW
AT
DC

[BradleyBrave]

It is not a rebuilding year....lets just win basketball games from here on out

Play each game to win like we are supposed to......develope players?...that is part of playing the games......

I want to see what this lineup would do:

SM
DD
TW
AT
DC

Me too!

[mrcoachdude]

Me too!

SS for DC would be fine..but I want to see two big guys....

[Beninator]

SS for DC would be fine..but I want to see two big guys....

I would prefer SS with AT... If we go with two bigs, I want one big (SS) who has experience to compliment AT.

[mrcoachdude]

I would prefer SS with AT... If we go with two bigs, I want one big (SS) who has experience to compliment AT.

Sounds good to me.....

[BradleyBrave]

Dave Reynolds thinks we're rebuilding. At this point, I would tend to agree.

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x1069310319/Reynolds-Rebuilding-a-difficult-process

[SaintLouBrave22]

SaintLouBrave22 all we are saying is that DC would be better utilized shooting his mid-range jumper. I for one, when he is set one on one, have not seen him miss that shot. Three good things can happen now. He starts hitting that jumper, two his man has to leave the area under the basket to guard him and three they'll have to start doubling him up. That is why I'd like us to start running our O through him believe it or not. Jacking up 3s like we are doing and passing it around the perimeter is not working. Passing the ball down to him in the blocks does not work because it's not his game nor do our guards really understand how to pass to our bigs when they are posting up.

Yes, but as evident if they start doubling DC we're in BIG trouble because he has yet to learn how to pass the ball....catch and shoot, catch and shoot.

I agree w/ your idea of running our O through the post, but not w/ him there...

[SaintLouBrave22]

Dave Reynolds thinks we're rebuilding. At this point, I would tend to agree.

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x106931...ficult-process

How can you argue with that really?!


Anyways, I would go out Tuesday and have a starting lineup of this:

McCain
Dunson
Wilson
Brown
Thompson

[BradleyBrave]

How can you argue with that really?!


Anyways, I would go out Tuesday and have a starting lineup of this:

McCain
Dunson
Wilson
Brown
Thompson

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

[tornado]

in the college game, one is always rebuilding...
if you take a year off from rebuilding you find yourself at the bottom..

Personally I am about to throw up if I hear the comparison to Butler again...
just because you can find ONE mid-major among 270 non-BCS schools, that is doing well with a bunch of 1st & 2nd year guys, doesn't mean it's easy and Bradley is expected to match that performance.

Butler has been able to recruit better than most non-BCS because of several reasons...
--they are sitting right in the middle of a city of a million-plus people. Can any Valley schools say that?
--they are in the middle of one of the top 25 TV markets in America and have the possibility of more exposure than any small TV market, can any Valley team say that? (Indianapolis is #25 in TV markets)
--They've just come off a run of several fine years and a couple Sweet Sixteen appearances
--they haven't lost players to the NBA draft
--they really get favorable local media coverage, something I am sure does NOT hurt recruiting. If only Bradley could even get as nice of writeups in Peoria as Butler gets IN PEORIA!
--the midmajors they have to compete with inside their own state are located in far, far smaller cities (Evansville, Terre Haute, Muncie, etc)
Bradley battles other instate midmajors who are in much larger or comparable cities, some in and near Chicago, Bloomington, etc..

[srw]

Couple thought before work

1)JL must see AT really stuggle against DC, otherwise he would play more
2)DC got basically ripped on TV on Saturday (needing a trip to the Wiz), and it seems justified: no player at that height should be so rebounding deficient, but to be fair, i think it just shows the lack of schooling he must have gotten in Canada
3)I don't understand how one can be rebuilding when they are 6 games under .500 in their league after 6 years.
4)The Warren loss has really hurt. But remember those minutes come away from EM or DD I would suspect....How much are you really gaining?