BU Extended The Lead When...

[thefish7]

I didn't think that shot was ill advised at all. He looked pretty wide open to me I just think he got caught up in the moment after hitting 2 back to back shots and getting the crowd back into it. I wasnt surprised he didnt get yanked there. He is a freshman and needs to be able to play through stuff like that down the road

Well it's ill-advised if he's not a good long range shooter. He hasn't shown himself to be one in gametime yet and I don't get to watch practice. Sam Singh's open out there all-day long but it'd always be ill-advised for him to take that shot, open or not.

I totally agree with you on the second part though. I was elated when he was left in to play through that shot. Also, that created a big lineup for Bradley unlike any I've seen in forever and a half. We had DC (or was it SS?), TB, and TW playing at the 3. I didn't think that lineup played that well out there, but we had two guys down low on offensive sets and it made me very excited to see Les tinkering with it.

Back on topic-- I always think Les' hook is much too fast as far as the bigs are concerned. He has this tendency to take a big out for a stupid mistake (or even an unstupid mistake) right away, never to return, and I think it's something he needs to work on as a coach.

[MacabreMob]

Back on topic-- I always think Les' hook is much too fast as far as the bigs are concerned. He has this tendency to take a big out for a stupid mistake (or even an unstupid mistake) right away, never to return, and I think it's something he needs to work on as a coach.

First of all... I hate watching coaches sub based on "error = substitute" EVERY time. I think Coach Les doesn't do it EVERY time.

With that said... I know Coach Les makes the "final" decisions (and therefore he has told his Asst Coaches to make certain decisions for him and puts his trust in them)... but so I think Buescher is in charge making a lot of the decisions on substitutions. I remember seeing a sub run down to get in at the end of the 1st 1/2... I think EB sent him (I think CR was gonna go in for Darian)... and with the time left in the 1/2, Les pulled him back right away (knowing it wasn't needed based on the time left - Mo St had the final possession of the 1/2 and not gonna leave enough time for the sub to make a "difference").

[BUconnorD]

Back on topic-- I always think Les' hook is much too fast as far as the bigs are concerned. He has this tendency to take a big out for a stupid mistake (or even an unstupid mistake) right away, never to return, and I think it's something he needs to work on as a coach.

I feel that les has a short hook for certain players, which has already been established that he plays based on effort in practice. For some people based on their effort he has that short leash.

I don't know if TB has that leash, but look at Cole-Scott last year...one big mistake...and he's out for basically the season.
I feel that TB has a medium leash. Much shorter than that of TW! obviously

my guess is JL goes, TW made a mistake, take him out and put in TB? no let's stick w/ the senior over the freshmen

[thefish7]

I feel that les has a short hook for certain players, which has already been established that he plays based on effort in practice. For some people based on their effort he has that short leash.

I don't know if TB has that leash, but look at Cole-Scott last year...one big mistake...and he's out for basically the season.
I feel that TB has a medium leash. Much shorter than that of TW! obviously

my guess is JL goes, TW made a mistake, take him out and put in TB? no let's stick w/ the senior over the freshmen

That could be how he makes his determination. I've felt it's a guards vs. bigs kind of thing. I thought TCS made lots and lots of mistakes before getting benched. DC on the other hand used to get yanked often. This season, I've felt like Les' hook has gotten a lot less aggressive with the bigs. Hehe, who knows, could all be in my head.

[BradleyBrave]

I didn't think that shot was ill advised at all. He looked pretty wide open to me I just think he got caught up in the moment after hitting 2 back to back shots and getting the crowd back into it. I wasnt surprised he didnt get yanked there. He is a freshman and needs to be able to play through stuff like that down the road

I agree 100%. That shot was not ill-advised. He had just made two straight shots (including a 3), was wide open, and had a rebounder there. It was a good shot, and possibly puts MSU away if it goes in.

[Braveman]

First off, I'd like to thank JL for my excellent tickets tonight! Always nice to have a nice view!

We struggled tonight against the bottom of the valley. However we did win and that in the end is what is important. As I see it, there is not much we can do to really improve our position in the valley.....IMO JL has tried some different things in the last couple of games. I really like the energy that CR brings to the table....only wish he was only a freshman! DC played well, not dominate but well. TW and Sammy were tough tonight. The biggest plus from the last 2 games was that both teams made runs but we never panicked and built a lead back up.


GO BU!!!!

Nice to sit with you and others, BDS- I agree that DC wasn't dominant enough- but I will take 9 pts and 6 boards every night here on out!

TB will be something special late next year into his junior season and I like how this team responded as well. Even TW said on post-game they need to go from 10 up to 15 up- not the other way...

We will see how remaining games shake out--

[real fan]

I just don"t get our substituion patterns, T.Brown had another good 1st half and once again never played in the 2nd half, the last 2 games we had an opportunity to get AT some minutes against ave. post players but chose not to, this was stated before that some of our players are logging too many minutes (sam m. and t. wilson) which is why we struggle the last 4 minutes of the game to finish off teams. I also think D.Norris should be getting at least 10 minutes as he has earned them. We keep talking about how our depth will help us at the tour. but it won"t because we are not using it all that much .

[pfunk880]

I agree 100%. That shot was not ill-advised. He had just made two straight shots (including a 3), was wide open, and had a rebounder there. It was a good shot, and possibly puts MSU away if it goes in.

Absolutely, that shot could have broken the game open.

[real fan]

Nothing wrong with the shot he took as he had made the previous one, I have a lot more confidence in Taylor making shots then I do in several other players on the team.I also think that C.Roberts should be getting more shots in the game.