I was wanting him to play smarter. Dribbling into a triangle trap is not smart, leads to turnover. Passing an easier shot to put a a hard shot. He can still play his same style, make amazing plays, but do it with a better BB IQ.
*** Official #2 IOWA STATE vs West Virginia Game(Day) Thread ***
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He was not a top 50 player. He was more likely to turn it over or take a dumb shot yesterday than score.
sports-reference.com has it for individual teams so I can at least see how often ISU performs this feat.
We've done this three other times in TJ's tenure:
1/20 against Alabama State in 2022, a 68-60 win
1/14 against Baylor in 2022, a 72-77 loss
1/14 against Kansas State in 2024, a 76-57 win
No Prohm team ever made fewer than two three's in a game, even in the Year We Do Not Discuss.
A Fred team did it twice, won one and lost one, that's where the logs stop.
We are now .500 in games in the Post-McDermott era when we make only one three, that's pretty good!
Guarding without fouling is a skill and a principle of modern defensive coaching
Nobody has ever run a team into the ground up 35 against Morgan State lol
This was the most concerning part of yesterday's game to me. I thought our floor on offense was a lot higher than it is, at least with Milan out.
I guess West Virginia is ranked 10th in adjusted defense on Torvick so that was a huge part of the problem.
I've se3n Devries coach many games in person the last 5 years and I guess I'm not used to his teams playing physical defense. They seemed pretty soft to me at Drake.
I trust TJ and the rest of the staff to figure what's best, regardless of who plays.
I think it was the perfect storm of poor outside shooting and the refs letting so much physical contact go down low. We have been able to use Jefferson and Jackson get us out of offensive droughts much more effectively in every game before this.
The team will be better from this.
During the season….you want your team to face adversity, you want teams to challenge and expose weaknesses so you can improve on them, you want to have something to build towards.
It’s a marathon, it’s all about fortifying the armor and building towards March. So the team can “be the best version of themselves”when it matters and it’s win or go home.
During the season….you want your team to face adversity, you want teams to challenge and expose weaknesses so you can improve on them, you want to have something to build towards.
It’s a marathon, it’s all about fortifying the armor and building towards March. So the team can “be the best version of themselves”when it matters and it’s win or go home.
The 15-1, #2 ranked team in the country lays an egg, on the road, vs a decent (very good defensive) team, after a big win over their biggest rival.
You believe that if the 9th and 10th bench guys would've played 20 minutes a game in the noncon, the outcome of this game would have been different?
I don't.
Not to put words in @NoCreativity mouth but I think his point/contention is, if players like Nojus and Watson played a bit (a lot?) more in some of the buy-game blowouts, maybe this playing time is a source of development in and of itself and they would have developed to the point of being able to be trusted with larger roles in the current Big 12 games.
It comes down to a question of when/how player development happens, mechanistically.
More time for those players would also of course come at the cost of time for our established rotation players, less time for those lineups to "gel", and would likely hurt our metrics which are a factor in seed lines.
Fine to disagree with his thesis of course, but it's an interesting discussion point regardless, not sure why there's so many "you shouldn't be posting this"-type reactions.
It comes down to a question of when/how player development happens, mechanistically.
More time for those players would also of course come at the cost of time for our established rotation players, less time for those lineups to "gel", and would likely hurt our metrics which are a factor in seed lines.
Fine to disagree with his thesis of course, but it's an interesting discussion point regardless, not sure why there's so many "you shouldn't be posting this"-type reactions.
It's funny you're entertaining jereseib's constant whining. Have at it.
If TJ had decided to do as nocreativity believes would've been beneficial, I'd be all for it. TJ didn't, so I fully support his decision to figure out his top 8, then use gametime minutes to develop cohesion. I'm sure he is continuing to develop the rest of yhe roster during practice.
This is a discussion board and all are free to express their opinion. When you do, others may agree or disagree. Your opinion might be supported or ridiculed. In this case, most, including me, do not agree with nocreativity.
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Nobody is saying it shouldn't be posted. Go ahead and post it. Posting in hyperbole like 'TJ ran guys into the ground up 35' when there's no evidence of that deserves questioning.
I'm failing to see how 5 minutes more per game helps Nojus develop to come in two months later and be effective.
And this is Watson 3rd year in the program. He's not developed? Was he not very effective vs. KU when called upon? What am I missing?
Is that somewhere in the thread? Lots of people saying 'You shouldn't post this'?
