MBB Improvements Needed? (Non-complaining thread)

hornacek14

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Here is my two cents worth on what has gone wrong so far.
1. Rebounding. I think our bigs do a good job of finding their guy and going to box him out, but after we find him we are not able to move our feet to keep position on the opponent. Or we do not move to the ball when it is coming off of the rim. We box the player out, then just sit and hope the ball bounces to us. Our guards are not getting after the long rebounds. They are standing around and expecting our bigs to get the rebound. The game is played above the rim on rebounding, you have to go and get the ball, and right now we are rebounding like a 7th grade girls team, holding our hands in the air and hoping the ball falls into them.
2. PG play. Petersen takes 7-8 seconds to get the ball into the front court against token pressure, then takes another 6-8 seconds to figure out what play we are running, so that leaves only 18-20 seconds left on the shot clock to get a good shot. Right now it is a three step process to start an offense. Step one, get the ball past half court. Step two, get the players into the right positions to run the play that has just been called on the bench. Step three, reset the play cause Jiri was not where he should have been. There is no continuation between throwing the ball in, dribbling it up and having the offense start when the ball crosses half-court. The transition time that it is taking to get from one area of the floor to the next is too long. Garrett has proven he can penetrate, but he has not proven that he can set up shots for other players through his penetration.
3. Coaching. I am not yet convinced in McDermott. I was skeptical when he got hired that he would be able to recruit Big 12 players, to me he has proven he can do that. But I am worried about his offense. There is a lot of one-on-one play, meaning, the ball goes into the post and it is the post guys job to find his shot. There is no one moving on the perimeter to get an open look on a dish out, there is no looking by the post guy to pass it out. How many times this year have we gotten a lay-up due to a cut to the basket and a good pass? Answer, you can count it on one hand. We have to be the lowest assist team in the nation. I know some of that comes onto the players hands, but some of it is also the cause and effect of our offensive scheme. Does anyone else feel that sometimes McDermott micro-manages the game, instead of just letting the players play? Morgan was on the opposite spectrum and just let the players play as they wanted, but McDermott needs to find a right mix between the two.
4. Crowd. The size of the crowd last night was great, but just to let people know, it is ok to stand up and cheer every now and then. When people did stand up, it was a race to see who get back down in the seat first. Whatever happened to standing and yelling throughout a whole defensive position? We need to remind people that there is not a five second standing over your seat rule. YOu will not have someone take your seat if you do not sit in it for fifteen seconds straight. The players keep saying how great the crowd is, but we as fans haven't even shown them half of the real Hilton Magic yet.
 

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He turns it over because when he tries to create shots, he gets a little out of control. All Peterson does is dribble around the arc, he doesn't create and in my view he doesn't make anyone better on the team. His job should just be to get open and knock down shots, which we desperately need right now.

His job as the PG is to run the offense and distribute the ball, not get open and shoot.

Please note: I didn't say he was especially good at that task. But I don't think he's much worse (at this point) than DG.

To move him to the SG, you're most likely sitting down Wes or Rashon - or moving them to the 3, 4 and leaving us with only 1 legit post player. Little damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Again, I've stated that I'm frustrated too with his picking the ball up 30 ft from the bucket. But I also think that alot of his dribbling around the arc has as much to do with the other 4 players doing next to nothing while BP has a defender on him and is trying to avoid a 5 sec call

My A #1 complaint with GMac is that we have no motion in our offense. Maybe it's him, maybe talent, maybe both*.
 

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Here is my two cents worth on what has gone wrong so far.
1. Rebounding. I think our bigs do a good job of finding their guy and going to box him out, but after we find him we are not able to move our feet to keep position on the opponent. Or we do not move to the ball when it is coming off of the rim. We box the player out, then just sit and hope the ball bounces to us. Our guards are not getting after the long rebounds. They are standing around and expecting our bigs to get the rebound. The game is played above the rim on rebounding, you have to go and get the ball, and right now we are rebounding like a 7th grade girls team, holding our hands in the air and hoping the ball falls into them.
2. PG play. Petersen takes 7-8 seconds to get the ball into the front court against token pressure, then takes another 6-8 seconds to figure out what play we are running, so that leaves only 18-20 seconds left on the shot clock to get a good shot. Right now it is a three step process to start an offense. Step one, get the ball past half court. Step two, get the players into the right positions to run the play that has just been called on the bench. Step three, reset the play cause Jiri was not where he should have been. There is no continuation between throwing the ball in, dribbling it up and having the offense start when the ball crosses half-court. The transition time that it is taking to get from one area of the floor to the next is too long. Garrett has proven he can penetrate, but he has not proven that he can set up shots for other players through his penetration.
3. Coaching. I am not yet convinced in McDermott. I was skeptical when he got hired that he would be able to recruit Big 12 players, to me he has proven he can do that. But I am worried about his offense. There is a lot of one-on-one play, meaning, the ball goes into the post and it is the post guys job to find his shot. There is no one moving on the perimeter to get an open look on a dish out, there is no looking by the post guy to pass it out. How many times this year have we gotten a lay-up due to a cut to the basket and a good pass? Answer, you can count it on one hand. We have to be the lowest assist team in the nation. I know some of that comes onto the players hands, but some of it is also the cause and effect of our offensive scheme. Does anyone else feel that sometimes McDermott micro-manages the game, instead of just letting the players play? Morgan was on the opposite spectrum and just let the players play as they wanted, but McDermott needs to find a right mix between the two.
4. Crowd. The size of the crowd last night was great, but just to let people know, it is ok to stand up and cheer every now and then. When people did stand up, it was a race to see who get back down in the seat first. Whatever happened to standing and yelling throughout a whole defensive position? We need to remind people that there is not a five second standing over your seat rule. YOu will not have someone take your seat if you do not sit in it for fifteen seconds straight. The players keep saying how great the crowd is, but we as fans haven't even shown them half of the real Hilton Magic yet.


Great assessment. You shouldn't be looking at our flaws though, that is not allowed here.
 

BryceC

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You can point out our flaws, this is just the non complaining thread. I know that's hard for you to understand since all you do is complain.
 

ISUFan22

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Great assessment. You shouldn't be looking at our flaws though, that is not allowed here.

That's odd.

Damn near every post in this thread is pointing out some sort of flaw about this team.

However, what this thread isn't about is incoherent ramblings about how bad the team is, how much the coach sucks, how mad we are, the horrible state of the program, etc.

All those piles-o-poo have been shoveled into one giant smelly thread.
 

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Taggart was a HUGE liability on the defenseive side of the floor. There was no doubt the kid had talent, but he was the most undisciplined player I have ever seen. He was constantly in foul trouble because he was out of position on D. He bought into his own hype and had a terrible attitude. I couldn't care less what he's doing for Memphis right now.