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Post by Joebird on Jan 6, 2014 21:43:18 GMT -5
If you score 118 points in a game shouldn't you keep the same starting lineup? Trying to match quinny's size was a mistake, it sure did not help us on the boards. you simply can't let any D-1 teams get wide open looks from 3 on every attempt.
Not sure what Cluess problem with Gomez is. He is the only one on the team who gets punished for missed defensive assignments, although he seems to be one of Iona's better defenders. Did like sledge's energy and think Gaels need to have Gomez and sledge share minutes and both play full speed when they are in.The girl with the curl is this team. This team will have its moments but unless Laury and others can improve on D they won't win 3 in 3 nights.
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Post by unowho on Jan 6, 2014 21:43:42 GMT -5
Laury has huge offensive skills, but he gets into these funks where he retreats into himself. The coaching staff can't get him to Play D at all, and Laury's overall game isn't improving. This isn't all on Laury. The coaching staff doesn't seem to be getting through to him. Laury is an offensive positive and a defensive liability. Never blocks shots, is not aggressive and is soft IMO. He just doesn't give the necessary effort for a BIG. If he was my big, which on this team he is, he's got to be Hungry and way more assertive. Free throws look better but now we need to find OZ for some additional heart. I don't know if he is discouraged from hedging on ball screens but if he does, some of the easy looks don't happen, allow his team mate that was screened the ability to recover or the shot taken is at least contested. So frustrating watching his lack of effort or his rule not to leave the paint......not sure what it is.
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Post by albanygael on Jan 6, 2014 21:45:24 GMT -5
It would be nice if the staff would coach with intensity from the start of the game and not wait until things get out of hand. I know we play the 2-3 to try and give help inside to Laury and protect him from fouls. However you can't play off the opponent's guards by 8 feet and just hope they miss. In games where we are being well defended we have to defend too. I had the feeling tonight that the players and the staff just didn't feel like they wanted to be there. My problem with all this is that for the last 42 years I haven't been able to stop caring about the Gaels.
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Post by hawaii bill on Jan 6, 2014 21:52:11 GMT -5
It would be nice if the staff would coach with intensity from the start of the game and not wait until things get out of hand. I know we play the 2-3 to try and give help inside to Laury and protect him from fouls. However you can't play off the opponent's guards by 8 feet and just hope they miss. In games where we are being well defended we have to defend too. I had the feeling tonight that the players and the staff just didn't feel like they wanted to be there. My problem with all this is that for the last 42 years I haven't been able to stop caring about the Gaels. Well said.
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Post by hawaii bill on Jan 6, 2014 21:54:46 GMT -5
I think we've become offensive prima donnas. I don't mean offensive like we offend people. I mean I think our guys are in love with scoring and numbers and only a few of them are willing to do the dirty work it takes to win basketball games.
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Post by sharkey on Jan 6, 2014 21:59:33 GMT -5
If you score 118 points in a game shouldn't you keep the same starting lineup? Trying to match quinny's size was a mistake, it sure did not help us on the boards. you simply can't let any D-1 teams get wide open looks from 3 on every attempt. Not sure what Cluess problem with Gomez is. He is the only one on the team who gets punished for missed defensive assignments, although he seems to be one of Iona's better defenders. Did like sledge's energy and think Gaels need to have Gomez and sledge share minutes and both play full speed when they are in.The girl with the curl is this team. This team will have its moments but unless Laury and others can improve on D they won't win 3 in 3 nights. Agreed. thought the same thing when game started. I thought that was playing to their strength. Love Hines game but he was not going to make the difference against Quinny on the boards tonight.
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Post by ic1983 on Jan 6, 2014 22:06:51 GMT -5
Hines, Gomez and Sledge were the only ones going after loose balls tonight. I don't fault Cluess for starting Hines. I do fault TC for the fact that his teams don't play D, and often play like they are in a coma. This team was unprepared tonight. We didn't just lose, we were embarrassed, tossed around and run over.
It would take a bona fide miracle for this team to win 3 and a row in March. We're probably looking at a 1 game exit in the MAAC tourney. Maybe Amayo will provide the heart transplant we need. This us a very soft team.
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Post by hawaii bill on Jan 6, 2014 22:09:46 GMT -5
In all fairness I think Sean is injured.
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Post by ic1983 on Jan 6, 2014 22:12:24 GMT -5
In all fairness I think Sean is injured. He didn't look 100%, but this isn't a one man team.
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Post by chelseadal on Jan 6, 2014 22:17:41 GMT -5
In all fairness I think Sean is injured. He didn't look 100%, but this isn't a one man team. No but many on the board feel that he is a superior leader.
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Post by iona05 on Jan 6, 2014 22:23:20 GMT -5
Concerning game on so many levels. My observations:
1. Wtf were we thinking with our game plan? Why try to match Quinny with their when we knew we would be totally outmatched, instead of just putting the best five out there and trying to make them play our game?
2. Very concerned that we have not even been competitive in our losses this year save for CSU. This is one thing that we have never had to worry about with Cluess coached teams - no matter how good the competition - until this year.
3. Sounds insensitive I know but the IW thing backfired and turned into a wasted opportunity that could have been better spent on another recruit with less risk. Again nothing personal here just speaking from a recruiting standpoint only. It clearly set us back big time and stunted our progress at this point in the season.
4. It's scary to think that if we don't score 90+ points we will almost definitely lose. Good teams can afford to have off nights and still win because of their defensive effort, and that simply is an impossibility with this team.
5. Agreed with the comments about DL3 but we can't single him put. The whole team sucks on the defensive end, and if anything DL3 is being asked to carry too much of the load on the boards and that simply isn't fair to him.
6. For the first time all season I will say that Manhattan will absolutely eat us for lunch unless we shape up defensively. Those guys are operating on a totally different level than us right now when it comes to intensity and having a killer instinct on both ends of the floor.
6. We need to stop killing Armand. He is everything we look for in a leader. He's going to have some off nights here and there.
7. Just once I would love to see this team come out with 40 minutes of the killer instinct that every other friggin team seems to come out with against us. Why can't we ever do this even just for one game?
8. Need to keep our emotions in check when we destroy Fairfield by 30 points on Friday night. They are pathetic.
9. I will stop knocking our crowd turnout and enthusiasm after seeing the pathetic turnout of Quinny fans tonight. Heck at least we didn't spend millions of dollars on a new arena just to see what it looks like totally empty.
10. Only thing we can spin as a positive is that hopefully tonight's performance will finally give us the pis we clearly need to play with a sense of purpose and a chip on our shoulders.
Please no more duds like tonight!
Go Gaels!!!
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Post by ic1983 on Jan 6, 2014 22:27:25 GMT -5
Maybe I missed some posts, but didn't really see anyone singling out Armand. The loss was on the team and the coaches, not on one player.
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Post by albanygael on Jan 6, 2014 22:35:01 GMT -5
Iona05,I don't think we are putting the defensive problems all on Laury. The problem with him is not that he won't defend but rather that he does not know how to defend. I have coached hoop from biddys to high school varsity and I can tell when a player does not know what to do. No one ever taught him how to defend how to help how to switch or how to box out. As for the other players they just don't want to defend. Therein lies the difference.
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Post by chelseadal on Jan 6, 2014 22:41:29 GMT -5
Iona05,I don't think we are putting the defensive problems all on Laury. The problem with him is not that he won't defend but rather that he does not know how to defend. I have coached hoop from biddys to high school varsity and I can tell when a player does not know what to do. No one ever taught him how to defend how to help how to switch or how to box out. As for the other players they just don't want to defend. Therein lies the difference. Although we can't know for sure, my guess is that he can defend but was told to play without picking up fouls. If he is in foul trouble we are even worse. If that is the case, he is in a tough situation. How can he get to the level he is without knowing how to defend???
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Post by albanygael on Jan 6, 2014 22:51:20 GMT -5
chels, the answer is simple, he can score. have you ever seen a highlight film showing how good a player is without the ball in his hands? Its all about scoring.
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