Why is Bryan Peterson.....

[cycloneworld]

Anyone who thinks Boozer is even close to be ready to play didn't watch the game last night. He looked like he didn't know the offense, had a KEY turnover when we were down 4 with 3 minutes to go, and then missed a front end of a 1&1. Of everyone, I think he's the one who could have really benefited from a redshirt.

I see how this is going to work, we will start a thread asking "Why is X Playing?" because he had a terrible game. What they don't mention is the guy kept us in the previous game.

Now Haluska, that's a different matter. He is 1-18 from the floor and 0-13 from 3 pt land. Wow.

 

[CyCy]

Three point shooting so far this year.

Petersen 10-20 for 50%

Rest of the team 6-47 for 13%

 

[ajk4st8]

"He cannot create a shot for anyone. He cannot get open off the dribble. He can barely bring the ball up the court. He is too slow. He is too short. It becomes more apparent as the level of competition increases"
And he is our best right now with Wesley and Lucca out. That should tell you a lot about our guard talent level.

 

[CYdTracked]

Everyone needs to take a deep breath and stop the panic mode. We've played 4 close games without our best player right now. We have another guy in street clothes that would really help right now too in Staiger. But until we get WJ back, notice how they have doubled up on our big guys every time they got the ball in the post. They wouldn't be doing that much if WJ was waiting on the wing for the kickout for a 3 or to take it to the hole. We'll have the inside-outside game once we get him back but for now teams are going to be content with our guards taking shots because they know Brackins and Jiri are our bread and butter on offense right now.

Also, this is a YOUNG team. We are making rookie mistakes right now unlike last year with Taylor making mistakes from trying to do too much. Clark, Jiri, and WJ are basically the only guys on the team with significant playing experience right now. CJ and AT to some extent too I guess but the guys handling the ball have not played at this level before so it is going to be a learning process.

 

[isuno1fan]

OK....here is what really chaps my hide. Last night we got off to a stellar start. The offense was fluid out of the gate, we were hitting shots, and we were up 10-4 right away. At that point, we were 3 minutes into the game. I think we all agree that our best option right now is DG at the point and BP at 2 guard with no Wes. Everyone was happy this is the lineup we started and it seemed to be solid based on the start.

All of a sudden, it was as if McD realized he didn't have Haluska on the floot and he pulls DG, moves BP to the point, and subs Haluska at the 2. Everything went downhill from that point on. What was he thinking subbing Haluska 3 stinkin' minutes into the game when we were "on a roll" with the players we had on the court. To compound matters, he finally subs DG back into the game at around the 10 minute mark and proceeds to let him play 1 minute before subbing for him again?!?!?!?

I would understand this if DG was making ridiculous mistakes, but call me blind because I did not see him doing anything wrong in those few minutes offensively or defensively that was any worse than what BP or SH were doing.

IMO McD lost this game at the start by this crazy substitution pattern. We were never able to recover. This team needs continuity and that is not the way to develop it IMO.

I don't mean to rag on McD, but I think someone said it best in the game thread that he has a bad habit of overthinking things sometimes.

Once Wes gets back, BP and SH should be seeing the floor on avg 5-10 minutes per game to give a breather to our D-1 athletes.

 

[Wesley]

We are not panicing. Disgust and disbelief at a rerun of last year is settling into our mindset. We will need Jiri to decide to play. we will need an ankle brace on Wes. we will need a knee rap on Rashon. We will need to learn to have our big guys help break a press. We will need Alex to decide he is not a hawkeye and playing at that level. We will need Sean to hit a shot to get him started. We have a creampuff tourney coming up in Ames. maybe we can get on track by XMAS. Obviously Sagarin will not think very much of us by then. How about another poll on how many wins we will have this year to capture our current expectations?

 

[cycloneworld]

OK....here is what really chaps my hide. Last night we got off to a stellar start. The offense was fluid out of the gate, we were hitting shots, and we were up 10-4 right away. At that point, we were 3 minutes into the game. I think we all agree that our best option right now is DG at the point and BP at 2 guard with no Wes. Everyone was happy this is the lineup we started and it seemed to be solid based on the start.

All of a sudden, it was as if McD realized he didn't have Haluska on the floot and he pulls DG, moves BP to the point, and subs Haluska at the 2. Everything went downhill from that point on. What was he thinking subbing Haluska 3 stinkin' minutes into the game when we were "on a roll" with the players we had on the court. To compound matters, he finally subs DG back into the game at around the 10 minute mark and proceeds to let him play 1 minute before subbing for him again?!?!?!?

I wondered the exact same thing. No idea why that happened.

 

[isuno1fan]

Thank you cycloneworld....nice to see I wasn't the only one throwing my hands in the air saying WTF?

 

[clones_jer]

On a positive note Brackins was a monster last night and Clark was steady.

If Garrett gets better at running the offense and starts at point and WJ gets back we have a solid 4 starters.

While Peterson looked really slow and overmatched at point it was nothing compared to the rebounding. Every time MN took a shot they got another try at it, and then another.

The guard play would have been a negative sidenote in a win if we would have somewhat kept them off the offensive glass. Anyone know how many shots they took compared to us?

 

[trevn]

I see how this is going to work, we will start a thread asking "Why is X Playing?" because he had a terrible game. What they don't mention is the guy kept us in the previous game.

I agree with this to an extent. Peterson did keep us in the game against Bradley. The problem is, I don't think he was ever the permanent answer to our PG issue. I think he is the early season answer to it until WJ comes back and until Diante gets more experience in the college game. Diante will and should be our first choice at PG when the Big 12 season rolls around. What he lacks in perimiter shooting ability, he more than makes up for with his ability to create for his teammates and get to the hole.

 

[Wesley]

OK....here is what really chaps my hide. Last night we got off to a stellar start. The offense was fluid out of the gate, we were hitting shots, and we were up 10-4 right away. At that point, we were 3 minutes into the game. I think we all agree that our best option right now is DG at the point and BP at 2 guard with no Wes. Everyone was happy this is the lineup we started and it seemed to be solid based on the start.

All of a sudden, it was as if McD realized he didn't have Haluska on the floot and he pulls DG, moves BP to the point, and subs Haluska at the 2. Everything went downhill from that point on. What was he thinking subbing Haluska 3 stinkin' minutes into the game when we were "on a roll" with the players we had on the court. To compound matters, he finally subs DG back into the game at around the 10 minute mark and proceeds to let him play 1 minute before subbing for him again?!?!?!?

I would understand this if DG was making ridiculous mistakes, but call me blind because I did not see him doing anything wrong in those few minutes offensively or defensively that was any worse than what BP or SH were doing.

IMO McD lost this game at the start by this crazy substitution pattern. We were never able to recover. This team needs continuity and that is not the way to develop it IMO.

I don't mean to rag on McD, but I think someone said it best in the game thread that he has a bad habit of overthinking things sometimes.

Once Wes gets back, BP and SH should be seeing the floor on avg 5-10 minutes per game to give a breather to our D-1 athletes.

It is difficult to deliberately lose a winnable game by playing everyone. That is how he runs a game non conference. However, maybe this batch of guards are doing the best they can do. Give them a couple to three of years to mature. Then bring on Harrison as a freshman and watch us light our fires.

 

[wheels686]

This team is very young and they will get better, dont panic. Mcdermotts 3rd year is where his teams get really good. the only thing im dissapointed with so far is the amount of turnovers we have had. Petersen has surprised me with his shooting but has dissapointed me with his ball control and lack of playmaking. We really just need to stop turning the ball over

 

[isuno1fan]

I'm sure they will get better because McD will finally figure out who should and should not be playing significant minutes.....might take 10 games, but he will get there. (yes this post is meant to be sarcastic)

 

[wonkadog]

Count me in as another who was wondering what the heck DG was sitting on the bench for half the game as well. It was pretty obvious that our offense flowed a lot better with him in the game. If nothing else he gave us someone who could actually create something at the end of the shot clock (anyone remember that Alex Thompson "one-on-one" fadeaway jumper?).

 

[StLouisClone]

OK....here is what really chaps my hide. Last night we got off to a stellar start. The offense was fluid out of the gate, we were hitting shots, and we were up 10-4 right away. At that point, we were 3 minutes into the game. I think we all agree that our best option right now is DG at the point and BP at 2 guard with no Wes. Everyone was happy this is the lineup we started and it seemed to be solid based on the start.

All of a sudden, it was as if McD realized he didn't have Haluska on the floot and he pulls DG, moves BP to the point, and subs Haluska at the 2. Everything went downhill from that point on. What was he thinking subbing Haluska 3 stinkin' minutes into the game when we were "on a roll" with the players we had on the court.

I had the same concern about the substitutions. We also lost our rhythm in the second half when DG had to leave with the bloody nose (can't blame McDermott there). Petersen and Haluska may be great in practice, but they are not so great facing quick trapping defenses. I chalk up the last 2 games as a great learning experience for both our COACHES and our players. Fortunately, we have 20+ games left on the schedule for both to improve.

 

[StLouisClone]

(anyone remember that Alex Thompson "one-on-one" fadeaway jumper?).

That must have been short by 4 feet... and I don't think it was tipped.


On a positive note, Brackins seems to have very good range. I'd much rather see him taking those shots than Jiri or Alex.

 

[Wesley]

He just had a rough night.

 

[cyQlone]

That must have been short by 4 feet... and I don't think it was tipped.


On a positive note, Brackins seems to have very good range. I'd much rather see him taking those shots than Jiri or Alex.

I just cringe every time I see Jiri or Alex catch the ball at the top of the key and they're open. Heck, I just cringe every time I see Alex coming in the game, let alone touching the ball. I get the same feeling when Jiri gets the urge to move the ball up the court instead of getting it to a point guard.

 

[cybsball20]

I just cringe every time I see Jiri or Alex catch the ball at the top of the key and they're open. Heck, I just cringe every time I see Alex coming in the game, let alone touching the ball. I get the same feeling when Jiri gets the urge to move the ball up the court instead of getting it to a point guard.

Is it bad that I felt more comfortable with Jiri, Alex, and Brackins bringing the ball up the court then any of our guards... Seriously, since when is it a good idea to dribble the ball up the side and pick up your dribble as soon as you cross half court?

 

[swisher]

I totally agree ISUNO1fan. Less than three minutes into the game, McD took Diante and Brackins out of the game. They were doing a great job and did not return to the game until over five minutes later with about twelve minutes left in the half and by then we were in trouble. When they came back in there was no flow in the game. And we struggled. Why when things were really going great do Diante and Brackins leave the game? And then not return for over five minutes?