***Official Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 01-29-2020***

[CloneLawman]

It might be worth it.

Your gif and my comment both featured fictitious Russian assets!

 

[CloneLawman]

Doesn’t that give you the diarrhea? So all three are basically the same?

No. One can produce runny stools. The other 2 ARE runny stools.

 

[BCClone]

Your gif and my comment both featured fictitious Russian assets!

but very nice Russian assets.

 

[Doc]

Bart Torvik has us #41 in the nation for adjusted offense.

That is not great, but it is not nearly as dire as some make it out to be. We were #75 in adjusted offense in the 2018 season, for comparison.

The problem is our defense is ******* awful.

Our 2018 defense was #111 -- this year is #140 (!!!) bad.

We are missing more shots from three (31.3% this year to 35.8% in the 2018 season, so having Donovan Jackson and Lindell Wigginton around was useful for at least something), but part of that is the line being further out affecting everybody.

We are #323 in the nation defending the three-point line. Teams are shooting 37.1% against us -- I do not know how that is possible, but there it is.

We are also 0-4 in close games, which doesn't help.

Flip Oregon State, FAMU, TCU, and Auburn to our favor, and this is a completely different season. We are probably on the comfortable side of the bubble.

Unless Wigginton is going to D up and stop teams from drilling threes on us (lol) or at least hit some big shots late in close games (not what I remember him for), then I do not know if he is really the one to help with our current woes.

Our offensive ratings get worse pretty much every time we play. It’s a sign the offense isn’t as good as the rating.

We were starting Talley, Solo, and Lard for a few games in 2018 where they actually performed well.

The great thing about sports is that people are adjusting quickly. I love the stat guys like kenpom and bartorvik but these are just tools. The sport still matters.

 

[Sigmapolis]

ScarJo GIF thread...?

Best thing about Jojo Rabbit.

 

[jcyclonee]

Your gif and my comment both featured fictitious Russian assets!

Emphasis on the first 3 letters.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Our offensive ratings get worse pretty much Qevery time we play. It’s a sign the offense isn’t as good as the rating.

We were starting Talley, Solo, and Lard for a few games in 2018 where they actually performed well.

The great thing about sports is that people are adjusting quickly. I love the stat guys like kenpom and bartorvik but these are just tools.

Our adjusted offense rating is not trending down over time.

Actually, it is pretty steady if not trending upwards.



We are just playing better defenses in the Big 12.

I would take 2020 Haliburton and 2020 Bolton as the foundation to an offense way before I would take 2018 Talley, Young, and Lard for the same.

 

[Doc]

Our adjusted offense rating is not trending down over time.

Actually, it is pretty steady if not trending upwards.

View attachment 69929

We are just playing better defenses in the Big 12.

I would take 2020 Haliburton and 2020 Bolton as the foundation to an offense way before I would take 2018 Talley, Young, and Lard for the same.

Well, I stand corrected.

 

[BCClone]

Emphasis on the first 3 letters.

Dude on the left with glasses looks like he’s ready to find the bathroom.

 

[jcyclonee]

Our adjusted offense rating is not trending down over time.

Actually, it is pretty steady if not trending upwards.

View attachment 69929

We are just playing better defenses in the Big 12.

I would take 2020 Haliburton and 2020 Bolton as the foundation to an offense way before I would take 2018 Talley, Young, and Lard for the same.

That graph is curvy, like ScarJo, which has me trending upwards.

 

[BCClone]

That graph is curvy, like ScarJo, which has me trending upwards.

 

[CloneLawman]

 

[BCClone]

 

[ImJustKCClone]

All I can say is that some of you have a very optimistic outlook on my basketball vertical abilities...

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Emphasis on the first 3 letters.

Favreau is enjoying it...

 

[BCClone]

All I can say is that some of you have a very optimistic outlook on my basketball vertical abilities...

It would be hard to steal the ball while you are dribbling. Midgets can keep the dribble low to the ground.

 

[BCClone]

Favreau is enjoying it...

Brett Favreau?? He probably would text her a dikpik or two.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Brett Favreau?? He probably would text her a dikpik or two.

He's gonna show her his purple helmet.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Brett Favreau?? He probably would text her a dikpik or two.

Jon. The guy on the right side of the frame.

 

[jcyclonee]

Favreau is enjoying it...

That's who that is. Thank you. I knew I recognized the guy on the right.