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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Dec 2, 2022 11:25:56 GMT -6
Don't look now but Randy Tucker is currently 2nd on the team from deep. He is shooting 7/22 for 31.8%. He looks pretty confident right now, hopefully he is a guy that builds on his shooting momentum. I thought Davis passed on some shots earlier this year. Now he is taking shots that he passed on previously. However, the level of defense he is facing is much better than at his JUCO stop. I don't want to totally write him off, there aren't many driveway jumpers in D1 and he may need a little more time to get himself organized. I do appreciate his rebounding though. I also appreciate that he has been able to get some fast breaks going, converting some easy hoops would help so much. Randy Tucker passed up a wide open 3 last night to pass to Nate which then caused a shot clock violation. No doubt there is still confidence issues. Nate dribbled the ball in one spot for 10 to 15 seconds, didn't have anything and then kicked it to Randy in the corner. Yeah Randy could have shot that one though it seemed like he had a WTF are you passing the ball to now with the defense running at me moment. That may have been the worst offensive possession in the game.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Dec 2, 2022 11:28:37 GMT -6
Don't look now but Randy Tucker is currently 2nd on the team from deep. He is shooting 7/22 for 31.8%. He looks pretty confident right now, hopefully he is a guy that builds on his shooting momentum. I thought Davis passed on some shots earlier this year. Now he is taking shots that he passed on previously. However, the level of defense he is facing is much better than at his JUCO stop. I don't want to totally write him off, there aren't many driveway jumpers in D1 and he may need a little more time to get himself organized. I do appreciate his rebounding though. I also appreciate that he has been able to get some fast breaks going, converting some easy hoops would help so much. Davis does other things well but I just would rather not have him trying to shoot every possession when he gets into the game which is why I believe he only played 11 minutes last night. Probably would have been less if CC wasn’t in foul trouble in the first half. Will ryan himself said that he doesn’t like the team taking a lot of bone head threes and would rather play inside out. I don't disagree. I think a healthy middle ground could be found. He went from not taking shots to shooting it every time he had it. Neither of those is good. If he can find a middle ground on the shot selection he did show some other things in games that might help.
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Post by bucksin4 on Dec 2, 2022 11:46:32 GMT -6
I wish they would try out Zae in the starting line up over Nate just to see how it pans out. Zae is a great playmaker and can score and brings that energy although he does get in foul trouble often. Btw he was our leading rebounder last night, take it how you want.
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Post by fansincebuss on Dec 2, 2022 12:12:44 GMT -6
I realize I am not there everyday so this is just arm chair quarterback talk. After seven games I would say that DZ, Zae, Randy, CC, Brock and Cade have had more than one game each that leads me to believe they have the ability to contribute. The team has had some moments from Davis but he is currently in an 0-14 shooting slump so it is unclear which way he will go from here. On the young player side GB has a need to develop and figure out what they have in D Short, Rose and Dailey. I know I am going into panic mode here but at 0-7 it is hard to blame me or anyone else for doing so. Perhaps playing the six guys that have done it in game action this year along with a few minutes of the young guys is a better strategy. The team plays at a slow pace so guys should be in good enough shape to handle a shortened rotation with a few players playing most of the minutes. Otherwise I am not sure what lever they can pull to get better besides playing the long game and working on incremental improvement from everyone each week. I actually think this year's team has more talent than last year, but they have not shown it on the court. The only player we lost that has not been replaced is Ivory.
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Post by PantherU on Dec 3, 2022 0:59:48 GMT -6
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Post by Heartbroken Phoenix Fan on Dec 3, 2022 9:40:16 GMT -6
I don’t think this team is going to be winless all year, and if they had an easier non conference I feel like they’d already have 2-3 wins. You see glimpses of talent but they go through these runs where it’s middle school basketball that just kills them every game.
I think that falls on coaching.
Their ft shooting is also terrible for a team that can’t shoot from the outside they should be practicing nothing but fts for the next week.
That said I don’t think this is better than a ten win team. They wont get to ten this year and will be lucky to get to five.
I’d like to see them fire Ryan and let the assistant run things but I doubt it will happen.
I think we are just stuck watching this garbage for the next 1.5 years before we get something else.
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Post by Former uwgb men’s manager will on Dec 3, 2022 14:29:30 GMT -6
Greg Kampe has been Oakland’s head coach for over 40 years. Will Ryan has been a head coach for 5 years uwgb and wheeling combined? Linc Darner 5 years head coach at uwgb 15 years at flordia sounthern. Gary Grezsk has 15 years of head coaching experience uwgb has interviewed him for the head coaching job 3 times?
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