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| Evilempire | Jan 7 2011, 04:05 PM Post #91 |
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Shooting 80 points higher?.......not sure what you mean by that. |
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| dreachon | Jan 7 2011, 04:06 PM Post #92 |
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Actually I heard Elston didn't have the right attitude and so Crean benched him in order to send a message. :D |
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| Evilempire | Jan 7 2011, 04:08 PM Post #93 |
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Ha, that's the one thing we know for sure didn't happen. |
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| brumdog44 | Jan 7 2011, 04:16 PM Post #94 |
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The guy picked last in gym class
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He shot .399 last year and is shooting .479 this year. If we are talking development: Jones is up 8% on field goals Watford is up 6% Rivers is up 13% Elston is up 12% Hulls is up 15% Across the board, everyone's shooting is up except Creek's....and it's obvious he doesn't possess the same athleticism that he did before. |
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| BTown11 | Jan 7 2011, 04:23 PM Post #95 |
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actually i believe both elston and crean said that was the case last year. i'd find the video, but i'm pretty sure it was on ITH after the home Northwestern game last season. |
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| Evilempire | Jan 7 2011, 04:25 PM Post #96 |
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OK, I see what he means. I would have said his FG% went up 8 percent but whatever. I have 2 issues with using that as a barometer of 'improvement'. 1. Most of the stats were accumulated against complete garbage competition. Look no further than Watford shooting somewhere around 30% against 'real' teams. 2. The season isn't over yet, I would think that as the season goes on and your legs get 'tired', your FG% tends to drop a little. Throw in the fact that real competition will probably bring them down as well. I will be interested to see how their end of season stats compare to last season.....and especially how they compare from right now till the end of the season. |
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| BTown11 | Jan 7 2011, 04:27 PM Post #97 |
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nm.
Edited by BTown11, Jan 7 2011, 04:27 PM.
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| dreachon | Jan 7 2011, 04:44 PM Post #98 |
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I thought that was a pretty common expression? Maybe more so in baseball. Like that guy hit 50 points higher this year. Anyways. HUGE difference between 399 and 479. Crappy teams can't account for that much change by themselves. If Jones's FG percentage ended up below .400 by the end of Big Ten play I'd be shocked. |
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| obatskii | Jan 7 2011, 04:50 PM Post #99 |
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I knew what you meant, but I don't think that's a common basketball expression. At least not in my neck of the woods. |
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| mongo | Jan 7 2011, 05:39 PM Post #100 |
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Part of the problem with Watford is the "supercrappy" teams are smaller which is allowing him to play at his natural position. Unfortunately our lack of size to matchup against good teams is once again forcing him to drift inside. Watford should benefit tremendously once Zeller arrives. Thats just my assessment. |
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| BTown11 | Jan 7 2011, 05:45 PM Post #101 |
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Not to make excuses, Watford hasn't played well lately, but he's also had back spasms, so we can't properly judge his play until he's healthy again. that, and you're completely right. watford is far better at the 3 than the four. he played predominately the three against OSU to good results. |
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| mongo | Jan 7 2011, 05:49 PM Post #102 |
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I was unaware of the back spasms til you posted that. |
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| tAmazingHoosier | Jan 7 2011, 06:28 PM Post #103 |
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I love how some of you assume Coach Crean has ALL this extra time to develop EACH player individually until they're fine tuned to how you guys would like them to be.... to bad this is the real world, and that's not how it goes down.... Not only has Crean brought in back to back top 10 classes in this past offseason, he's got the team playing hard every fucking game. The thing is, nobody knows why Verdell is having so many problems, but I can tell you, that somebody touching the ball as much as Verdell has to is GOING to have their fair share of turnovers. BUT, you can't put the individual development of ONE player 100% on Coach Crean. That's unfair, and quite honestly pretty hilarious. Since Tom Crean can control VAG's confidence and own self drive? Why do you think Oladipo has started and is playing up there with everyone else in minutes now? He HAS the attitude to step in as a freshman and make a difference. You don't see him with confidence issues out there...... Now look at Verdell and Pritchard, BOTH in the same class of , meh, so so talented players. You see obvious CONFIDENCE issues in parts of their games.... Ok, so confidence doesn't play THAT big of a roll in your game in the Big Ten? Psshh. Save it. Some things Tom Crean can HELP a player get better at, and some things Tom Crean can't. That's the fact of the matter, so instead of putting perhaps personal issues of players on Coach Creans list of things to fix, look at it realistically and realize with what we have (basically the same team as last year adding Oladipo/Sheehey) we've made tons of strides already under coach Crean. Saying he isn't the right guy in his 3rd year when his "upperclassmen" class includes a "formidable" big man like PRITCHARD....... talk about pre-mature. |
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| BTown11 | Jan 7 2011, 08:14 PM Post #104 |
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amazing - the v shop has your new style adidas jerseys. lots of Watford and Oladipo and Hulls. |
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| dedicatedIUfan | Jan 7 2011, 09:15 PM Post #105 |
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I have given him credit and I also said that some of it has to be on the player. Crean may not be pressing the right motivation button. |
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