From my couch Auburn Postgame Report

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bleedingTNorange

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1. As ugly as it was a win is a win and believe it or not Auburn had the higher RPI so it will raise ours some.

2. The fact that CCM continues to allow so many forced shot, and 3's and not demanding the ball hit the post is troubling. 4-20 from 3

3. Cameron Tatum deserves to play maybe 5 minutes a game barring foul trouble. His shot selection single handidly kills any flow this team can get going. 0-9 shooting

4. Trae Golden continues to just push too hard and leave his feet too often. He needs to slow down, and really just learn when to push and when not to. Still, he is our best option at PG. 13 pts 4 rb 2 as 4 to

5. Building off #2. Jordan Mcrae played probably his best game in a tennessee uniform, hopefully this is a sign of things to come. 11 pt 6rb 2bl 1as 3 to in 25 mins

6. Thank god that Auburn is absolutely a horrible team or this could have actually been a sweater. It does give me hope though as Auburn beat both S. Carolina and Ole Miss. Still holding a team to 30% shooting and 49 points is a good defensive effort.

7. Jeronne Maymon continues to be an absolute monster inside. At some point im afraid he is going to get frustrated with the lack of touches he receives. 15 pts and 19 rb in 34 minutes

8. Jarnell Stokes had a nice bounce back game today and had a tobias harris type stat stuffer game. 11 pts 6 rb 4stl 2 bl 2ast 3 to

9. Good to see our free throw shooting has improved some, maymon and stokes both need to improve though those are easy point left on the floor. 20-25 80%

10. Josh Richardson saw very few minutes tonight, 10 minutes somewhat puzzling. It'll be interesting to see how that continues down the road, if his minutes go to mcrae or tatums go to mcrae.

11. Great defense on Gabriel and Sullivan, they combine for 25 points a night and tonight had 18 points on 7-23 shooting.

12. 4 turnovers in the first half 12 in the second half most of which came late with the game in the bag. this can be directliy attributed to not have a true floor general out there at the end of games.

13. Hopefully this will be a building block for this team and they can carry some momentum to rupp with them.
 
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Everybody seems to beat Skylar off the bounce, but I can't deny his hustle.

his hustle is the sole reason he played 30 minutes tonight. it wasnt his shooting and it isnt his defense, he hustles and if anything i think it rubs off on some of the other guys.
 
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I agree with everything except the Tatum shot selection. Most of his shots (albeit, maybe not ideal regarding shot clock) were open looks. He had maybe 2 that were had me scratching my head, but he just wasn't making them. And the only way to get out of a slump is to keep shooting. If he gets an open look, I have no problem with him shooting. Just will be nice to try to run a play first and/or make a few. And I was at the game and saw every shot of his.
 
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I agree with everything except the Tatum shot selection. Most of his shots (albeit, maybe not ideal regarding shot clock) were open looks. He had maybe 2 that were had me scratching my head, but he just wasn't making them. And the only way to get out of a slump is to keep shooting. If he gets an open look, I have no problem with him shooting. Just will be nice to try to run a play first and/or make a few. And I was at the game and saw every shot of his.

once you are about 0-5 you shouldnt be allowed to take a shot without the offense running first. he continued to jack up quick 3's or his 20 foot jumper he loves so much. jimmy dykes and brad nessler were practically making fun of the guy for pulling the trigger every chance he had.
 
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once you are about 0-5 you shouldnt be allowed to take a shot without the offense running first. he continued to jack up quick 3's or his 20 foot jumper he loves so much. jimmy dykes and brad nessler were practically making fun of the guy for pulling the trigger every chance he had.

Again, minus about 2 of the shots, maybe 3, there were passes and an attempt to run the offense. They just weren't falling for him. It wasn't like anyone else was hitting either. 18% from 3s? That's not just Tatum.
 
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Again, minus about 2 of the shots, maybe 3, there were passes and an attempt to run the offense. They just weren't falling for him. It wasn't like anyone else was hitting either. 18% from 3s? That's not just Tatum.

the difference is everyone else knew they werent falling and tried driving or passing inside. why do you think cam found himself on the bench the majority of the second half? his shot selection was detrimental to the team
 
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the difference is everyone else knew they werent falling and tried driving or passing inside. why do you think cam found himself on the bench the majority of the second half? his shot selection was detrimental to the team

He was 0-6 behind the arc. So he obviously did try to penetrate or something else 33% of the time. As another poster said, if they're (anyone) open, Martin wants them to take the shot. He's a shooter. As long as it isn't crunch time (which nowhere in this game it was) and he's open, he should be allowed to shoot. His execution was abysmal, but his actual selection wasn't bad at all. And I recall more than the number of shots he took that he passed up and passed the ball.
 
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He was 0-6 behind the arc. So he obviously did try to penetrate or something else 33% of the time. As another poster said, if they're (anyone) open, Martin wants them to take the shot. He's a shooter. As long as it isn't crunch time (which nowhere in this game it was) and he's open, he should be allowed to shoot. His execution was abysmal, but his actual selection wasn't bad at all. And I recall more than the number of shots he took that he passed up and passed the ball.

you are correct martin has stated that he want the guys to let it fly if they are open, so in a way i guess you cant fault tatum. at the same time though it was clear to everyone his shots werent falling and that he had 0 confidence, when things are going like that your better off not shooting. i have a hard time believing that martin was happy with tatum's shot selection because after his last quick 3 he was immediately yanked and saw very little time the 2nd half. i think ccm wants them to let it fly, but not with only 5 seconds gone on the shot clock,we have seen mcrae do the same thing and get pulled.
 
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you are correct martin has stated that he want the guys to let it fly if they are open, so in a way i guess you cant fault tatum. at the same time though it was clear to everyone his shots werent falling and that he had 0 confidence, when things are going like that your better off not shooting. i have a hard time believing that martin was happy with tatum's shot selection because after his last quick 3 he was immediately yanked and saw very little time the 2nd half. i think ccm wants them to let it fly, but not with only 5 seconds gone on the shot clock,we have seen mcrae do the same thing and get pulled.

That I agree with. The only fault I saw was when it was very early in the shot clock. And he only did that twice, maybe. Personally, in a game like that, I'd want him (and others) to take every good look they possibly can because it will be like practice, and this team certainly needs the outside shooting practice.
 
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Again, minus about 2 of the shots, maybe 3, there were passes and an attempt to run the offense. They just weren't falling for him. It wasn't like anyone else was hitting either. 18% from 3s? That's not just Tatum.

We shot 4-14 if you take away Tatum's 0-6 performance. Still not very good but Tatum's inconsistency is killing us. If he misses his first 3 to 4 shots he should be taken out of the game and not get back in.
 
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We shot 4-14 if you take away Tatum's 0-6 performance. Still not very good but Tatum's inconsistency is killing us. If he misses his first 3 to 4 shots he should be taken out of the game and not get back in.

his confidence is like hopsons, you knew what kind of game hed have by the result of his first shot. if it went in then play him major minutes because he was apt to have a good game, but if he missed you could count on his shot not being there and him making bonehead mistakes.
 
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once you are about 0-5 you shouldnt be allowed to take a shot without the offense running first. he continued to jack up quick 3's or his 20 foot jumper he loves so much. jimmy dykes and brad nessler were practically making fun of the guy for pulling the trigger every chance he had.

I believe that ribbing was for our entire back court.
Over the last 3 games we're 11-48 from beyond the arc while + .500 on plays that go thru the 4 and 5 positions.
I mean, how dense are our guards?
There is no longer any reason to jack up 20 3 point shots a game, and most on the front of the clock.
 
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I believe that ribbing was for our entire back court.
Over the last 3 games we're 11-48 from beyond the arc while + .500 on plays that go thru the 4 and 5 positions.
I mean, how dense are our guards?
There is no longer any reason to jack up 20 3 point shots a game, and most on the front of the clock.

that is my biggest issue right there. if the ball goes through the post and ends up on a kick out to an open guard with 10 seconds on the clock then by all means fire away. i am very curious to know what percent of the time does the ball hit the post of our possesions? good things happen when it goes through stokes and maymon, and it isnt always them scoring they feed other guys and just make the game much easier. ccm has got to realize this and without killing the guards confidence try and explain to them to quit jacking up so many 3's especially when they clearly arent falling, TATUM.
 

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