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Post by iona05 on Feb 2, 2019 17:58:55 GMT -5
Gist was showing great progress and then took a major step back over the past few games. He is a very talented offensive player but requires the ball way too much and doesn’t move it the way TC’s system calls for. He also is not nearly as reliable from 3 as he was hyped up to be.
He looked off a wide open man in the corner in today’s game to take a layup in traffic and TC pulled him right away. I don’t believe he ever went back in the game.
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Post by iona05 on Feb 2, 2019 17:59:54 GMT -5
We just lost to Siena. We cannot outscore Siena, a team with the slowest front court in college hoops. Not one player on Siena could guard EJ but we went away from him. Can’t think of a good reason why. I’m going in to every game from here on out expecting a loss, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. 3 games in a row EJ didn't touch the ball in last 5 minutes, that is on Cluess Offense should revolve around EJ, Perez and McGill at this point. That is clear.
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:00:47 GMT -5
Waiting for someone to bring up the ledge or tell us how we will demolish Quinnipiac on Friday night. Who will it be? They probably won't be posting. Can't believe how far McGill's game has gone backwards McGill trying to do everything once he has a good game , I think he will finish strong way to tight in games
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:07:02 GMT -5
I have witnessed plenty of bad losses, but this one is right up there with all of them. Can't remember a Iona team showing so much frustration after a game. Siena's coach Christian actually went to the end of the Iona bench and help Agee up off the court, Ristanovic who rarely shows emotion kicked a couple chairs to the ground while Gist and Crawford ran off the court before the rest of the team. These kids really do care and play hard, but just can't get it done. Will be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out. after game Maxwell never came out for autographs gist came out for last 2/3 minutes in doghouse for not sharing the ball McGill took it the hardest by far, Crawford 2nd everyone else smiling and joking around
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Post by sharkey on Feb 2, 2019 18:08:54 GMT -5
Some brutal stats from the game. Ben Perez shot 5-7 from three, the rest of the team 1-20. Crawford 7-8 from the FT line, rest of the team 5-11 including the front end of a few one-and-ones. Iona took 50 shots in the game, 27 from three, obviously way too many attempts. Cluess pulled Gist from the game when he took a terrible shot, a wild layup going 1 on 4. I get pulling him, but why bench him the rest of the game only playing him 8 minutes? Pickett won the game for Siena and has the chance to have a great career at Siena, but it's clear he struggles when he is facing fullcourt pressure, which is something Gist could provide.
Siena controlled the tempo of the game until the last couple minutes. Would have been interesting to see Iona go small with McGill, Hudson and Gist for a few stretches to try and speed up the game and force Siena turnovers.
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:09:41 GMT -5
Gist was showing great progress and then took a major step back over the past few games. He is a very talented offensive player but requires the ball way too much and doesn’t move it the way TC’s system calls for. He also is not nearly as reliable from 3 as he was hyped up to be. He looked off a wide open man in the corner in today’s game to take a layup in traffic and TC pulled him right away. I don’t believe he ever went back in the game. exactly y he didn't come back in but if gist still thinks it was a good play after game, point not received
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Post by iona05 on Feb 2, 2019 18:10:00 GMT -5
I have witnessed plenty of bad losses, but this one is right up there with all of them. Can't remember a Iona team showing so much frustration after a game. Siena's coach Christian actually went to the end of the Iona bench and help Agee up off the court, Ristanovic who rarely shows emotion kicked a couple chairs to the ground while Gist and Crawford ran off the court before the rest of the team. These kids really do care and play hard, but just can't get it done. Will be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out. after game Maxwell never came out for autographs gist came out for last 2/3 minutes in doghouse for not sharing the ball McGill took it the hardest by far, Crawford 2nd everyone else smiling and joking around Not true. Most players were devastated by the loss.
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:11:25 GMT -5
Some brutal stats from the game. Ben Perez shot 5-7 from three, the rest of the team 1-20. Crawford 7-8 from the FT line, rest of the team 5-11 including the front end of a few one-and-ones. Iona took 50 shots in the game, 27 from three, obviously way too many attempts. Cluess pulled Gist from the game when he took a terrible shot, a wild layup going 1 on 4. I get pulling him, but why bench him the rest of the game only playing him 8 minutes? Pickett won the game for Siena and has the chance to have a great career at Siena, but it's clear he struggles when he is facing fullcourt pressure, which is something Gist could provide. Siena controlled the tempo of the game until the last couple minutes. Would have been interesting to see Iona go small with McGill, Hudson and Gist for a few stretches to try and speed up the game and force Siena turnovers. I wouldn't have put him back either if he was still saying after the game he made the correct play
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:12:04 GMT -5
after game Maxwell never came out for autographs gist came out for last 2/3 minutes in doghouse for not sharing the ball McGill took it the hardest by far, Crawford 2nd everyone else smiling and joking around Not true. Most players were devastated by the loss. u should have stuck around longer
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Post by endwee on Feb 2, 2019 18:15:03 GMT -5
We just lost to Siena. We cannot outscore Siena, a team with the slowest front court in college hoops. Not one player on Siena could guard EJ but we went away from him. Can’t think of a good reason why. I’m going in to every game from here on out expecting a loss, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. 3 games in a row EJ didn't touch the ball in last 5 minutes, that is on Cluess Exactly. EJ should’ve won the Marist and Siena games for us. Also, I don’t care how pissed Cluess is at Maxwell. He has to be able to score more than Ristanovic’s ZERO and Agee’s THREE, especially if Agee is sick. And, speaking of Agee, 4 against Fairfield and 3 against Siena. Not exactly prime time competion in the post.
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Post by sharkey on Feb 2, 2019 18:19:13 GMT -5
Some brutal stats from the game. Ben Perez shot 5-7 from three, the rest of the team 1-20. Crawford 7-8 from the FT line, rest of the team 5-11 including the front end of a few one-and-ones. Iona took 50 shots in the game, 27 from three, obviously way too many attempts. Cluess pulled Gist from the game when he took a terrible shot, a wild layup going 1 on 4. I get pulling him, but why bench him the rest of the game only playing him 8 minutes? Pickett won the game for Siena and has the chance to have a great career at Siena, but it's clear he struggles when he is facing fullcourt pressure, which is something Gist could provide. Siena controlled the tempo of the game until the last couple minutes. Would have been interesting to see Iona go small with McGill, Hudson and Gist for a few stretches to try and speed up the game and force Siena turnovers. I wouldn't have put him back either if he was still saying after the game he made the correct play I have no idea what Gist said after the game. Didn't notice Cluess and Gist having words on the bench after he was pulled. This team has been taking wild and out of control shots and drives to the rim all season. If Cluess benched every player that took a bad shot and made a dumb play this year Iona would finish every game playing 3 on 5.
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Post by iona05 on Feb 2, 2019 18:20:09 GMT -5
Not true. Most players were devastated by the loss. u should have stuck around longer Risto was on the floor, Agee was speechless, McGill crying, EJ furious, Perez head in hands. The team reacted the way you would want them to after a devastating loss. Not sure what the body language was 30 minutes after the game was over, but doesn’t surprise me they’re college kids.
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Post by iona05 on Feb 2, 2019 18:22:37 GMT -5
3 games in a row EJ didn't touch the ball in last 5 minutes, that is on Cluess Exactly. EJ should’ve won the Marist and Siena games for us. Also, I don’t care how pissed Cluess is at Maxwell. He has to be able to score more than Ristanovic’s ZERO and Agee’s THREE, especially if Agee is sick. And, speaking of Agee, 4 against Fairfield and 3 against Siena. Not exactly prime time competion in the post. Disagree about Maxwell. Major liability on defense, doesn’t even want to pretend to play D. He’s lazy and has a pity me attitude all the time. I have no problem with benching him. Agree EJ needs more touches but you know he did take the first shot to win the game for us on that final sequence right?
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Post by iona1970 on Feb 2, 2019 18:24:05 GMT -5
u should have stuck around longer Risto was on the floor, Agee was speechless, McGill crying, EJ furious, Perez head in hands. The team reacted the way you would want them to after a devastating loss. Not sure what the body language was 30 minutes after the game was over, but doesn’t surprise me they’re college kids. good teams would be silent if a road game the whole ride home
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Post by endwee on Feb 2, 2019 18:27:21 GMT -5
Exactly. EJ should’ve won the Marist and Siena games for us. Also, I don’t care how pissed Cluess is at Maxwell. He has to be able to score more than Ristanovic’s ZERO and Agee’s THREE, especially if Agee is sick. And, speaking of Agee, 4 against Fairfield and 3 against Siena. Not exactly prime time competion in the post. Disagree about Maxwell. Major liability on defense, doesn’t even want to pretend to play D. He’s lazy and has a pity me attitude all the time. I have no problem with benching him. Agree EJ needs more touches but you know he did take the first shot to win the game for us on that final sequence right? A lazy Maxwell should still be able to make a few shots more than two guys that are sick. EJ did take the 3 but he didn’t make one all game. However, we went to him only once down 8. He posted up and scored. Should’ve went back to him in the post multiple times. Get fouled or outskill the Siena stiffs.
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