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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: January 25, 2018, 3:38 pm
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i love it. because they're all so obvious. and right.
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: January 25, 2018, 3:54 pm
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--- Quote from: avmsbu link ---
>
> I'm not sure about re-booting the team, but I like Cornish
better at the 2, and would like to see MacKenzie get the start
at PG. With an eye for next year, I'd like to see Olaniyi and
Garcia get 15 min a game the rest of the year. Ochefu too, but
he's third in line at the center position, and Petras deserves
to be the first of the two off the bench.
>
> Despite (I think) losing 4 of the last 5, I still think SB can
compete with any team in the AE and has a "so you're saying
there's a chance" chance against Vermont.
>
> Unrelated, according to verbal commits, SB will have 5 PG's
next year.
>
--- End Quote ---
You are correct. I too think SB can compete with any team in the
AE because they do have some talented players. The problem I am
seeing is, discipline.. I feel like these kids are completely
lost out on the floor looking for direction. Coach Boals still
has not made any one player a leader on the floor to take
control. It is every man for your self attitude..
I said it earlier this week. I will give coach Boals to the end
of this season to try and save face with the roster he has. Not
looking to make the NCAA or even the second round. But if we
continue to lose against the bottom dwellers of the AE teams,
this coach will be on my shit list. Just like coach Priore
is!!!!!!
#Post#: 21084--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: January 25, 2018, 8:58 pm
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Old Seawolf gave us the blueprint for the future . Agree with
everything he mapped out . We need to settle down and establish
a rotation at this point in the season .
#Post#: 21085--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: January 26, 2018, 8:42 am
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is this the year we dont make the AE tourney?
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 26, 2018, 8:55 am
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--- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
>
> Here's my magic formula for saving the season. I'm not asking
for Coach to share any of his lucrative salary with me for these
winning suggestions: :)
>
> 1) At end of every practice, when players are tired, each
player shoots 100 FT's. Anyone who doesn't hit 70/100, shoots
another 100. Anyone who doesn't shoot 70/10 on this 2nd chance,
doesn't play next game (you think I'm kidding here, guess
again). The point here is to get the kids to shoot them when
they're tired (simulating game conditions), and to force
concentration with the ultimate motive;
>
> 2) We reduce our merry-go-round lineups to 8 players, unless
we get into foul trouble (which is another problem with this
team - need to move our feet better). Here is your 8-man
rotation - i don't care who starts over who:
>
> PLAYERS: Cornish, Iroegbu, Sekunda, Petras, Sturdivant,
Yeboah, Saintel, and Olaniyi. With Sekunda out, I'll promote
Almonacy to the top 8.
>
> BENCH: Almonacy, McKenzie, Garcia, Long, Ochefu, O'Donohoe
(sp?)
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Do we forfeit games if the free throw competition doesn’t give
us a starting five?
And I count five seniors, a junior, a sophomore and a freshman
among the starting eight. Are we playing the kids or aren’t we?
For the record, I’m for staying the course with the
upperclassmen, but some sentiment is that we should turn the
page already.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: January 26, 2018, 9:26 am
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--- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
>
> Here's my magic formula for saving the season. I'm not asking
for Coach to share any of his lucrative salary with me for these
winning suggestions: :)
>
> 1) At end of every practice, when players are tired, each
player shoots 100 FT's. Anyone who doesn't hit 70/100, shoots
another 100. Anyone who doesn't shoot 70/10 on this 2nd chance,
doesn't play next game (you think I'm kidding here, guess
again). The point here is to get the kids to shoot them when
they're tired (simulating game conditions), and to force
concentration with the ultimate motive;
>
> 2) We reduce our merry-go-round lineups to 8 players, unless
we get into foul trouble (which is another problem with this
team - need to move our feet better). Here is your 8-man
rotation - i don't care who starts over who:
>
> PLAYERS: Cornish, Iroegbu, Sekunda, Petras, Sturdivant,
Yeboah, Saintel, and Olaniyi. With Sekunda out, I'll promote
Almonacy to the top 8.
>
> BENCH: Almonacy, McKenzie, Garcia, Long, Ochefu, O'Donohoe
(sp?)
>
> 3) We go to a Zone defense primarily, and encourage teams to
beat us from outside behind the arc, since we're struggling with
our man-to-man, and defensive rebounding;
>
> 4) We get more creative on offense, driving to the hole more,
pulling up and dishing inside the paint, and running some pick
and rolls;
>
> 5) We restrict 3-point attempts to the following players only:
Yeboah, Cornish, Iroegbu, and Sekunda, unless it's an
end-of-half desperation attempt. No one else allowed to shoot
3's, or you find yourself on the bench;
>
> 6) We make every effort to use our Time-Outs in critical
situations, with designed plays coming out of these TO's;
>
> 7) We get Jameel Warney to sign legal documentation that
binds any future male offspring of his to a Seawolves uniform in
the future;
>
> OK, so there's my blueprint. Let's get back on track
Seawolves!
>
--- End Quote ---
I like your style of practice, OldSeawolf. THe concern I have is
most of the team will have to camp out and they would never
leave the floor..
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 26, 2018, 9:33 am
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--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
>
> is this the year we dont make the AE tourney?
>
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Not sure if UML is eligible yet this year, but if so, I would
expect an 8-9 play-in game, no? I know it's not on anyone's
schedule, but if memory serves correct, UML isn't eligible to
next year. I may be wrong.
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 26, 2018, 9:40 am
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--- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
>
> [quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=672.msg21081#msg21081
date=1516916019]
> Here's my magic formula for saving the season. I'm not asking
for Coach to share any of his lucrative salary with me for these
winning suggestions: :)
>
> 1) At end of every practice, when players are tired, each
player shoots 100 FT's. Anyone who doesn't hit 70/100, shoots
another 100. Anyone who doesn't shoot 70/10 on this 2nd chance,
doesn't play next game (you think I'm kidding here, guess
again). The point here is to get the kids to shoot them when
they're tired (simulating game conditions), and to force
concentration with the ultimate motive;
>
> 2) We reduce our merry-go-round lineups to 8 players, unless
we get into foul trouble (which is another problem with this
team - need to move our feet better). Here is your 8-man
rotation - i don't care who starts over who:
>
> PLAYERS: Cornish, Iroegbu, Sekunda, Petras, Sturdivant,
Yeboah, Saintel, and Olaniyi. With Sekunda out, I'll promote
Almonacy to the top 8.
>
> BENCH: Almonacy, McKenzie, Garcia, Long, Ochefu, O'Donohoe
(sp?)
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Do we forfeit games if the free throw competition doesn’t give
us a starting five?
And I count five seniors, a junior, a sophomore and a freshman
among the starting eight. Are we playing the kids or aren’t we?
For the record, I’m for staying the course with the
upperclassmen, but some sentiment is that we should turn the
page already.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[/quote]
All good questions. If the FT competition doesn't yield a
starting five, perhaps we create exceptions for playing by using
FT % in descending order, as the criteria for getting people on
the floor. However, in this case, Curt and Carl must make
explicit reference to this anamoly during the broadcasts. I
think this would be a fair trade-off.
I'm of the elk that we stay with our best players, most of whom
are upper-classmen, until we have no chance of advancing past a
7th seed in the conference. At that point, I may lift the rule,
and start playing the bench guys, which happen to be the young
ones. Again, my criteria for selecting the 8 was not based on
experience per se; just playing our best players, and those were
my best 8, IMO.
#Post#: 21090--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 26, 2018, 9:43 am
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
>
> [quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=672.msg21081#msg21081
date=1516916019]
> Here's my magic formula for saving the season. I'm not asking
for Coach to share any of his lucrative salary with me for these
winning suggestions: :)
>
> 1) At end of every practice, when players are tired, each
player shoots 100 FT's. Anyone who doesn't hit 70/100, shoots
another 100. Anyone who doesn't shoot 70/10 on this 2nd chance,
doesn't play next game (you think I'm kidding here, guess
again). The point here is to get the kids to shoot them when
they're tired (simulating game conditions), and to force
concentration with the ultimate motive;
>
> 2) We reduce our merry-go-round lineups to 8 players, unless
we get into foul trouble (which is another problem with this
team - need to move our feet better). Here is your 8-man
rotation - i don't care who starts over who:
>
> PLAYERS: Cornish, Iroegbu, Sekunda, Petras, Sturdivant,
Yeboah, Saintel, and Olaniyi. With Sekunda out, I'll promote
Almonacy to the top 8.
>
> BENCH: Almonacy, McKenzie, Garcia, Long, Ochefu, O'Donohoe
(sp?)
>
> 3) We go to a Zone defense primarily, and encourage teams to
beat us from outside behind the arc, since we're struggling with
our man-to-man, and defensive rebounding;
>
> 4) We get more creative on offense, driving to the hole more,
pulling up and dishing inside the paint, and running some pick
and rolls;
>
> 5) We restrict 3-point attempts to the following players only:
Yeboah, Cornish, Iroegbu, and Sekunda, unless it's an
end-of-half desperation attempt. No one else allowed to shoot
3's, or you find yourself on the bench;
>
> 6) We make every effort to use our Time-Outs in critical
situations, with designed plays coming out of these TO's;
>
> 7) We get Jameel Warney to sign legal documentation that
binds any future male offspring of his to a Seawolves uniform in
the future;
>
> OK, so there's my blueprint. Let's get back on track
Seawolves!
>
--- End Quote ---
I like your style of practice, OldSeawolf. THe concern I have is
most of the team will have to camp out and they would never
leave the floor..
[/quote]
Free throws is all about form and concentration. The coaching
staff can work with the kids and improve the form, but at some
point the concentration needs to be addressed. The coaches
can't shoot the FT's for the kids, but they can reinforce the
major importance of making them. I believe in rewarding good
performance and not rewarding poor performance. Shooting in the
low 60's as a team is absolutely inexcusable at this level, and
it is high time to address this issue, IMO.
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Re: Game 21: at UMass Lowell 1/24
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: January 26, 2018, 7:40 pm
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--- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
>
> [quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=672.msg21085#msg21085 date=1516977753]
> is this the year we dont make the AE tourney?
>
--- End Quote ---
Not sure if UML is eligible yet this year, but if so, I would
expect an 8-9 play-in game, no? I know it's not on anyone's
schedule, but if memory serves correct, UML isn't eligible to
next year. I may be wrong.
[/quote]
The transition up from D2 is a five year process and this is
year five for them so they're fully eligible now. I'd assume the
AE does an 8-9 play-in game. We're pathetic if we can't even get
a 7 seed and avoid that game though. I think we'll finish better
than that. As bad as we are this year, there are some real
gutter tier programs in this conference.
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