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Post by rmcalhoun on Sept 26, 2019 11:19:23 GMT -6
Im completely fricking sane. I mean every Ball State fan spends 20 hours a week scouring the internet for any tidbit of BSU info.. Completely normal
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Post by williamtsherman on Sept 26, 2019 11:32:48 GMT -6
Reality what I meant to say is that my starters may have 3 to 4 players that will average double figures but at least I have a projected five... you say El Amin will start at what position? And, yes, I bleed Cardinal Red which I will not apologize for and Ive been supportive of all Coaches with the exception of Ronnie “ No balls “ Thompson
Aha! Your lack of support for Ronnie Thompson just proves you're a fair weather, front-running sort of fan with no loyalty. You probably wear Miami OH jammies to bed every night.
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Post by williamtsherman on Sept 26, 2019 12:00:15 GMT -6
Reality what I meant to say is that my starters may have 3 to 4 players that will average double figures but at least I have a projected five... you say El Amin will start at what position? And, yes, I bleed Cardinal Red which I will not apologize for and Ive been supportive of all Coaches with the exception of Ronnie “ No balls “ Thompson
FYI. Most teams have at least three double figure scorers, and four is not at all uncommon. For example the God awful 5-win 2013-14 BSU team had four: Bond, Turner, Majok, Berry. Not sure how far you would have to go back to find a BSU team that DIDN'T have at least three.
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Post by cardfan on Sept 26, 2019 12:05:44 GMT -6
If we can’t find 3 guys who average 10-15 pts a game we are really screwed. Of course we had 3 starters avg double figures last year and parlayed that into 6 conference wins.
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Post by 00hmh on Sept 26, 2019 12:32:13 GMT -6
If we can’t find 3 guys who average 10-15 pts a game we are really screwed. Of course we had 3 starters avg double figures last year and parlayed that into 6 conference wins. 3 starters who score would be fine under some circumstances. I wouldn't mind having a scorer(or two) from the bench.
And I wouldn't mind if we had balanced scoring using our depth.
Hmm. Maybe nobody in double digits. Let's see now, 9 or 10 players each averaging 9 ppg, and running the other team into the ground with crazy intensity on defense and faster game pace. That would be good...
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Post by bsu0 on Sept 30, 2019 15:52:23 GMT -6
David75, the key phrase in your post above is, if they are coached. I am convinced Whit is not a coach. He is not a teacher. He was quoted saying you can't teach shooting! He said his motion offense was hard for the players to get a grasp on? Whit is what I call a cheerleader. He says, let's play defense, we have got to make those eighteen foot jumpers, blah blah blah. He doesn't instruct on HOW to do what he wants done. Coaching is preparing a team for a game by instruction. IMHO he does none of that. These young men should be told not only what to do but HOW TO DO IT! That is coaching. Coaching is not walking in front of the bench the entire contest and pleading to the players on the court to do things you have not covered in practice and/or drills. He may be a nice guy. He may treat his son well. He might even be a good assistant...BUT...it seems to me that he is a prime example of the Peter Principle. He had risen to his level of incompetence.
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Post by CallingBS on Oct 1, 2019 8:08:45 GMT -6
Teague at the five would be a waste, he'll start at the four. They will probably start Hazen at a wing and go without a post. The problem however is that line-up doesn't have a consistent scorer and will have issues on defense. We sure as hell are not going to improve our shooting with that rotation. I was thinking the same. That group would struggle to score or defend. Struggling to score or defend...might be a problem
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Post by CallingBS on Oct 1, 2019 8:11:11 GMT -6
Nothing wrong with being a crazy fan. Is there really anyone here credibly claiming sanity? I do believe that's an impossibility.
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Post by eriecard on Oct 2, 2019 12:06:13 GMT -6
KJ's offense-not being able to hit a 3 or even threatening to take one-allows whoever is guarding him to back off and double up on someone else-it's why he's not at missou. He's our offensive albatross!
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Post by 00hmh on Oct 2, 2019 13:02:50 GMT -6
KJ's offense-not being able to hit a 3 or even threatening to take one-allows whoever is guarding him to back off and double up on someone else-it's why he's not at missou. He's our offensive albatross! You can get some scoring out of him on the break, he is quite fast end to end. Maybe if his man leaves him to help on cuts to the basket, but he is not very likely to be much scoring threat in half court. At least not if the other team can pack in. We have to push the ball and get him to play very hard on D.
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Post by TakeMeBackto2008 on Oct 2, 2019 13:55:17 GMT -6
Yeah not even to mention his abysmal recruiting efforts the last three years. Sorry, can’t agree that we have had an abysmal recruiting record. In the overall scheme of things he has been one of the better recruiters we have had at Ball State. Going to ask this again: based on what? What does "in the overall scheme of things" even mean here?
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 3, 2019 6:52:46 GMT -6
Sorry, can’t agree that we have had an abysmal recruiting record. In the overall scheme of things he has been one of the better recruiters we have had at Ball State. Going to ask this again: based on what? What does "in the overall scheme of things" even mean here? It's a shortcut to reach the desired position without having to reason.
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Post by bleadingcardwhite on Oct 3, 2019 8:38:13 GMT -6
I want to see Huggins and Hendricks in the game at the same time, only vs Western Michigan, and given the green light to pound the shit out of their bigs. This season would be worth it...
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Post by realitycheck on Oct 3, 2019 20:41:19 GMT -6
David75, the key phrase in your post above is, if they are coached. I am convinced Whit is not a coach. He is not a teacher. He was quoted saying you can't teach shooting! He said his motion offense was hard for the players to get a grasp on? Whit is what I call a cheerleader. He says, let's play defense, we have got to make those eighteen foot jumpers, blah blah blah. He doesn't instruct on HOW to do what he wants done. Coaching is preparing a team for a game by instruction. IMHO he does none of that. These young men should be told not only what to do but HOW TO DO IT! That is coaching. Coaching is not walking in front of the bench the entire contest and pleading to the players on the court to do things you have not covered in practice and/or drills. He may be a nice guy. He may treat his son well. He might even be a good assistant...BUT...it seems to me that he is a prime example of the Peter Principle. He had risen to his level of incompetence. I’ve been pretty critical of Whitford, deservedly so, in many areas. That said, I don’t agree with most of this post. I think Whitford is a pretty good instructor and he’s not really that big of a cheerleader on the sideline. I do wish he would get in guys ass a bit more. I don’t thinks he’s been a good enough recruiter or in-game adjuster and his style is not very adaptive. He can be pretty myopic and we tend to not be very diverse when opponents take away our strengths, but He’s a decent teacher of his style. He cares immensely about his players which is both a strength and a weakness at times. I hope we have a good year. We’ve got some really good kids in the program. I’m just not sure we have enough toughness and will. Time will tell.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 4, 2019 7:41:47 GMT -6
I do wish he would get in guys ass a bit more.
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