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| panchen_lama | Jan 6 2012, 07:01 PM Post #346 |
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criticism can be a compliment as well. personally, for example, part of the reason i critique VJIII's lack of late game FT shooting is because i know he has it in him to make those. similarly, he has a good all round game, and there's more potential there to be brought out. i think we all would like to see that. on the other hand, what's the point any more of criticizing pritchard? he made one of two FTs (both ugly as sin) and i can't really see much, if any, room for potential advancement (throughout his game). |
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| dedicatedIUfan | Jan 6 2012, 07:11 PM Post #347 |
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+1 and +999. I have been one of the people who has really criticized VJ greatly, but it doesn't mean I hate him. I don't hate anyone on the IU team. Purdue team, maybe, OSU team most likely, MSU team a definite, but not a hater of any player on the IU team, especially VJ. I for one am pretty much offended by that. We, as fans, have the right to criticise a player if he doesn't perform to the level we thank he should, especially from our senior class. I grew in the Bob Knight era and if a player like VJ made those type of mistakes, he would be on the bench and not play again. We were use to watching Bob Knight coached teams execute and not make bone head plays like ill advised shots early in the shot clock during crutch time when another player is hot and driving in the middle into 3 players and getting the ball stolen or making a stupid pass in traffic during crutch time. Possessions are valuable, especially down the stretch when the game is on the line and mistakes like that can and will cost us games. We got away with one last night because Michigan played just as stupid as we did. Plus we had two guys that were extremely hot. When do you VJ gay like lovers stop making excuses for him? In the first round of the NCAA tournament, playing a team we should beat by double digits, but turns it over down the stretch on three consectutive possessions and cost us the game. Then you will say the same thing we are saying. I am not a hater, but I for one will be happy when he finally graduates as well as Pritchard. By the way, I run into random IU fans on the street and 100% of them are happy the way the season is going and about everyone 99% of that sample population say something negative about VJ. I don't even bring it up first. It really is almost the first thing out of their mouth. So we haters on this board aren't the only one's, about 2000 people that I have ran into in the past month say the same thing. |
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| IUalltheWAY22 | Jan 6 2012, 07:36 PM Post #348 |
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Bottom Line: When the game is on the line and IU needs a bucket, 95% of the time the ball will be in VJ's hands. He is the only player on this team (besides Watford when he is hot) who can create a decent shot for himself and he has made a career off of the pull-up midrange jumper, that is absolutely impossible to defend. Yes, he turns the ball over a lot and makes the occasional stupid play, but we would be nowhere without VJ this year. Leadership and his ability to WANT the ball late in games, unlike Hulls, have gotten us to 14-1 |
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| blak_rob0 | Jan 6 2012, 08:01 PM Post #349 |
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I've never seen so much bitching from a fan base whose team is 14-1. |
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| BTown11 | Jan 6 2012, 08:04 PM Post #350 |
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a chicken dinner for you sir. |
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| hoosierinhogville | Jan 6 2012, 08:08 PM Post #351 |
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| hoosierinhogville | Jan 6 2012, 08:13 PM Post #352 |
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HEY EVERYONE Posted Image |
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| panchen_lama | Jan 6 2012, 11:59 PM Post #353 |
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cause 15-0 would be preferable. |
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| timpickett22 | Jan 7 2012, 12:00 AM Post #354 |
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Exactly. |
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| tkeena33 | Jan 7 2012, 12:38 AM Post #355 |
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Yeah guys let's all talk about how great it feels to be 14-1. That's way more interesting than an intelligent, reasonable discussion about legitimate areas for improvement.
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| brumdog44 | Jan 7 2012, 01:09 AM Post #356 |
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355 posts in a game thread and a win....and the win against the 13th rated team was only the third best team we've beaten. #itsjustgettingstartedtoo |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Jan 7 2012, 11:45 AM Post #357 |
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We wouldn't be 14-1 without Verdell Jones........end of argument. |
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| tkeena33 | Jan 7 2012, 12:26 PM Post #358 |
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We wouldn't be 14-1 without Christian Watford, Victor Oladipo, Jordan Hulls, Cody Zeller, Derek Elston, Will Sheehey, or Remy Abell. Maybe even Matt Roth. Shit maybe even Tom Pritchard. All these players are off-limits to criticism. Let's talk Daniel Moore and Kory Barnett all day long. Keep things interesting.
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| MFuelling4 | Jan 7 2012, 01:12 PM Post #359 |
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:huh: |
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| tkeena33 | Jan 7 2012, 02:10 PM Post #360 |
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I will not be glad to see him leave the team, as he is clearly one of our top 6 players. He just has some shortcomings that I can't just ignore because we're playing well now. |
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