Mac McClung

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VolArmy74 said:
He can score and isn't afraid of the moment. Players like that always have a spot on a team. We are getting crap killed right now and have multiple times this season because we can't score and have no one with a scorers mentality. I swear I believe a lot of people here would have passed on Chris Lofton out of high school.
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Chris Lofton was efficient. He could shoot better than a measley 31% from 3p.

You think every one of our guys is afraid of the moment? Did Keon Johnson look afraid at the end of the half? I promise you that if Keon Johnson ran the offense as much as McClung does, he would have better points/assist stats. We have a guy better than McClung to run the offense. I don't know why we don't do it more.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Chris Lofton was efficient. He could shoot better than a measley 31% from 3p.

You think every one of our guys is afraid of the moment? Did Keon Johnson look afraid at the end of the half? I promise you that if Keon Johnson ran the offense as much as McClung does, he would have better points/assist stats. We have a guy better than McClung to run the offense. I don't know why we don't do it more.
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Lofton was a high level scorer in high school that was undersized and supposedly couldn't play defense so didn't get a lot of respect. When a guy scores like McClung, lives in your backyard, has legacy ties to the school, it's not a bad idea to sign him. Especially with the 10 or 15 absolutely wasted scholarships Barnes has handed out since he's been here.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Lofton was a high level scorer in high school that was undersized and supposedly couldn't play defense so didn't get a lot of respect. When a guy scores like McClung, lives in your backyard, has legacy ties to the school, it's not a bad idea to sign him. Especially with the 10 or 15 absolutely wasted scholarships Barnes has handed out since he's been here.
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Lofton has no bearing here since my entire argument against MM is that he's not efficient and Lofton was very efficient. Also, Lofton was incredibly scary off-ball and had so much gravity because of his shooting ability, he opened things up for other guys. McClung is not scaring anybody off-ball.

We knew what McClung was because he had played 2 years. He's still that guy. It kinda works for TTU. They've had success with their defensive system and modestly effective iso-star offense. That's not Tennessee ball. Tennessee ball didn't work this year. McClung wasn't going to fix it and I don't think he makes us better.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Lofton has no bearing here since my entire argument against MM is that he's not efficient and Lofton was very efficient. Also, Lofton was incredibly scary off-ball and had so much gravity because of his shooting ability, he opened things up for other guys. McClung is not scaring anybody off-ball.

We knew what McClung was because he had played 2 years. He's still that guy. It kinda works for TTU. They've had success with their defensive system and modestly effective one man-show offense. That's not Tennessee ball. Tennessee ball didn't work this year. McClung wasn't going to fix it and I don't think he makes us better.
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There is no way any reasonable observer of the game could watch Tech's game and then watch our game and conclude Mac would not be helpful here
 
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Vol49er said:
.... Mac McClung? I dont get your question
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No reasonable observer should draw a conclusion from such scant evidence.

Mac could have helped us today. He also could have had a 1/11 day. Again, he did not play well today. His team showed up. Not him. That Mac McClung performance loses this game just as badly.
 
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Vol49er said:
You can look at the entirety of the season. Today was just a nice distillation of the situation
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His team played better without him today. He probably had a negative +/-. If you think he had anything significant to do with their win, you didn't watch.
 
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I was against the idea of taking McClung when he transferred but that was mostly because we had Victor Bailey, already, who seemed to be a poor man's version of him. As it turns out, though, Bailey is a homeless man's version of McClung who is equally bad, defensively, and a much worse scorer despite being an equally ineffective volume shooter. I'd trade them 1 for 1 immediately if given the chance.
 
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Just missed a crucial free throw to take the lead at the end of the Arkansas game.

Good thing he doesn’t play here or else he would have been crucified.
 
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Thank goodness we don't play any players who are wont to miss the front end of a critical 1 and 1 :rolleyes:
 
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SGMVols said:
Couldn’t get Texas Tech past the round of 32 but totally would’ve taken us to the Final Four.
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Texas Tech doesn't have 3 nba players. We desperately lacked a true PG. Would have helped our 2 freshman, and our other guards. Final 4? Probably not. Sweet 16.. Most likely.
 
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OrngeJuiceJones said:
Texas Tech doesn't have 3 nba players. We desperately lacked a true PG. Would have helped our 2 freshman, and our other guards. Final 4? Probably not. Sweet 16.. Most likely.
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According to some, he was a “can’t miss” type of player yet, he shoots a similar percentage as Bailey.
 
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MacClung was better than at least 7 players on the roster, is from our backyard and is a UT legacy. Not taking him was a mistake, especially having had two chances to take him. I don't know why it's so hard for some people to admit that.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
His 2.1 assists to 1.9 turnovers while taking 3 more shots a game than any of his teammates is a true PG? Interesting.
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TTU was an offensively challenged roster like us. They don't have 2 first round NBA picks though. I think he could have helped get even better shots for them and our other guys
 
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VolArmy74 said:
MacClung was better than at least 7 players on the roster, is from our backyard and is a UT legacy. Not taking him was a mistake, especially having had two chances to take him. I don't know why it's so hard for some people to admit that.
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The second time around, we already had Bailey. Hard to find room for two volume shooters who are super streaky and play little defense. Had MM transferred a year earlier, the case to take him over Bailey would have been much more compelling.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
MacClung was better than at least 7 players on the roster, is from our backyard and is a UT legacy. Not taking him was a mistake, especially having had two chances to take him. I don't know why it's so hard for some people to admit that.
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We didn’t have a scholarship the second time, not sure why people don’t grasp that.
 
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