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Where is DC???????

Dear Jim Les,

Do you think a 7 footer might help in rebounding. What was your reasoning for not playing him 1 minute? Multiple times tonight, 2-3 offensive boards in 1 trip down the court. A 7 footer in the lineup and that wouldn't happen. GRRRRRRR.

Sincerely,
Jason
 
I don't care how bad DC is, wouldn't of been much worse than Singh and Salley tonight on the defensive end. MO States game plan, dump it down low and get a foul, along with a few 3's in between, it worked every single time down the court. Least the offense was there tonight but way to many problems with this roster. Ruffin coming back would help a little but not overall.

Jason
 
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I see a bit of a pattern here...
When DC played in games, his playing time was mainly in the first half and then he rode the pine during the second half. Tonight RA plays in the first half and I am pretty sure RA didnt play in the second half.....

I am not saying that RA would have made a difference in tonight's game, but I am starting to think that some of our substitution patterns are contributing to this teams inability to mesh... (along with our offensive sets)
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
Dear Jim Les,

Do you think a 7 footer might help in rebounding. What was your reasoning for not playing him 1 minute? Multiple times tonight, 2-3 offensive boards in 1 trip down the court. A 7 footer in the lineup and that wouldn't happen. GRRRRRRR.

Sincerely,
Jason
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An ultra-soft 7-footer with absolutely no hands won't help a lot on the boards...
 
Jim is clueless as to who to play inside. Outside of Matt Salley, the only thing consistent about our inside players is the inconsitency, mostly in minutes. Sam is a DNP last game, now he's logging almost 20 minutes? I'm not saying he did poorly, but explain how much better he practiced in the 3 days since UNI? Austin gets in early, then barely sees the floor as we continue to get pounded on the glass? These issues were supposed to be worked out in the non-conference schedule.

Again, this has little to do with Dan Ruffin. Jim's the coach, but what about the rest of the staff? When do we start holding EB and SM accountable too? The formula to beat BU is real simple right now, and it revolves around the inside game.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Again, this has little to do with Dan Ruffin. Jim's the coach, but what about the rest of the staff? When do we start holding EB and SM accountable too? The formula to beat BU is real simple right now, and it revolves around the inside game.
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I think that the entire staff needs to sit back and do a self evaluation.

REBOUNDING, Offensive sets, substitution patterns...the whole works...
 
chitown fanatic said:
It's amazing how much we MISS the elder Buescher! Merfeld and Buesch's son are pretty much worthless defensively speaking
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I continue to try and not go down that path of thinking, but it gets harder and harder when we're deficient in the areas that CB's teams generally thrived. CB's teams were always known for on-court awareness (being smart), valuing the basketball (not turning it over), and being sound defensively. Halfway through the season, we run-and-gun ourselves out of control, we are careless and weak with the basketball, and we're awful on defense.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Jim is clueless as to who to play inside. Outside of Matt Salley, the only thing consistent about our inside players is the inconsitency, mostly in minutes. Sam is a DNP last game, now he's logging almost 20 minutes? I'm not saying he did poorly, but explain how much better he practiced in the 3 days since UNI? Austin gets in early, then barely sees the floor as we continue to get pounded on the glass? These issues were supposed to be worked out in the non-conference schedule.

Again, this has little to do with Dan Ruffin. Jim's the coach, but what about the rest of the staff? When do we start holding EB and SM accountable too? The formula to beat BU is real simple right now, and it revolves around the inside game.
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I agree 100% no inside game and expect to play on Thursday! Salley is not the answer and JC is a set shooter and is a defensive liability at the 2. Play SM at the point, AW at the 2 (he should get the ball at the top of the key to drive in and pull up or go hard to the rim) he is tall enough to disrupt the other teams shooting guard TW at the 3 for more of the same and lord know who we fill in at the 4 and 5! Right now I'd put RA and DC. Now you have JC coming off the bench for some instant O and TCS spelling SM. SS and Salley spells out the bigs. I thought SS had a decent game tonight.
 
chitown fanatic said:
It's amazing how much we MISS the elder Buescher! Merfeld and Buesch's son are pretty much worthless defensively speaking
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Correct me if I'm wrong - Jim Les with Chuck Buescher 44-24 overall - sweet 16 and NIT. Jim Les without Chuck Buescher 47-56 - no postseason. You nailed it chitown
 
chitown fanatic said:
Doghouse??????
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I think DC needs to get some time on the floor. Obviously tonight, Bradley was destroyed on the boards.

The tough part is where do the minutes come from. Sally had 4 points and 11 boards tonight. While Sam Singh had only 4 boards, but 9 points, and 3 blocks. Sam did his numbers in only 17 minutes too. I really thought he should have gotten more time on the floor.

I guess you take out Salley.

I did agree with one think Chuck Buescher said during the game. The guards need to help rebound. I noticed on several occasions that the post got position and a box out, only to have a guard come in for the rebound.

Another disappointing loss for the Braves.
 
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