zach andrews

[CATMAN]

What do we need to do to get zach going again?

[georgethedog]

Re: zach andrews

What do we need to do to get zach going again?

The same thing that got him going in the beginning of the season, play bad teams at home. Whoops, sorry, that won't happen much now that the Valley season has started. Let's face it, Zach is a great athlete, but not a great bb player. He has trouble against players who really know how to play. Just my opinion.

[BradleyBrave]

Re: zach andrews

What do we need to do to get zach going again?

The same thing that got him going in the beginning of the season, play bad teams at home. Whoops, sorry, that won't happen much now that the Valley season has started. Let's face it, Zach is a great athlete, but not a great bb player. He has trouble against players who really know how to play. Just my opinion.

I agree with your opinion. It's glaringly obvious IMO.

[bravesonly]

i third that...

[dogsrus]

ZA is what he is....like you stated, a good athlete that isn't a great hoops player. He gives effort but lacks the basketball IQ.

You wish TWO things when you have a ZA...that you have a POB he can play behind or that he's a sophmore with two more years to develop.

[Chico]

After watching the game last night I think we might be better off playing 5 guards. I know it sounds goofy, but Matt and Z are just plain overmatched. They both work their tails off, but they kill us when they are on the court trying to do too much.

[Da Coach]

I disagree. The reason we lost to UNI was because of Coleman and Stout and their scoring and rebounding. Playing more guards would not have helped that at all. We are going to lose some games like this because guards like JJ and Danny Adams can't rebound or defend big men like Stout well enough to stop them. If they hit a high enough percentage of 3's, then we can counter it. But on the road that will be difficult.
I would have liked to see Sally and Andrews in the game together more of the time to neutralize the rebounding advantage.

[BradleyBrave]

Playing 5 guards is not the answer. It may create some problems on offense, but those will be severely outweighed by the problems on defense. The 4 guard offense cannot be a true success without a good big man in the middle of it. BU suffers when we're not getting solid play inside. IMO we got some solid play from Salley last night, especially in the 2nd half when we were making our run. He did make some poor decisions, but I can't think of a Brave who didn't. ZA is the guy we have to get fixed, and in a hurry.

[Chico]

They were scoring and rebounding at will when Matt or Z were in there so I don't think it made much diference.

[Da Coach]

I think most of Stout's points, and a lot of Coleman's were against our guards. They did not score as much when we had Salley and Andrews in the game together.

[BradleyBrave]

They were scoring and rebounding at will when Matt or Z were in there so I don't think it made much diference.

I disagree with that. They did most of their damage when we had Tauai and/or DA trying to defend them and box them out. It was just more obvious when ZA was guarding them.

Not to make excuses because there are none, but it doesn't help an undersized team out much when players are allowed to shove and elbow their way under the basket. A number of over-the-backs and elbows were missed last night underneath.