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#26
#26
Pearl may not be an offensive threat, but he is solid on defense, hustles and is a smart player. I'd take him on my team any day. He also gives some of the starters a well deserved rest. GBO!!:clapping:
 
#28
#28
77' Vol said:
Pearl may not be an offensive threat, but he is solid on defense, hustles and is a smart player. I'd take him on my team any day. He also gives some of the starters a well deserved rest. GBO!!:clapping:
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If you'll take him on your team and play him anyday then you're team will be very average or worse... SP does NOT help this team someone else would be more productive with those minutes. Maymon would average 3-4 more rebs per game with same time frame as Little Pearl...
 
#29
#29
He's........gone in another month or so. Then maybe we can quit having this debate.
 
#30
#30
He does not hurt this team by being stupid like the 4 others on the court either. Can anyone say that pearl has gotten us beat this year?

ilovemediocrity said:
If you'll take him on your team and play him anyday then you're team will be very average or worse... SP does NOT help this team someone else would be more productive with those minutes. Maymon would average 3-4 more rebs per game with same time frame as Little Pearl...
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#32
#32
S. Pearl plays hard all the time. While he lacks offensive skills, he makes the opponent 'uncomfortable' on the court. If you haters would just observe, you'd see it. The kid is a role player & is all ORANGE. If Hopson & some of the others had half the passion he has during games, it'd be a different story.
 
#33
#33
EXACTLY my thoughts. 100 percent on the dot, hit it in the numbers, on the money.

People need to understand that eye-opening statistics don't mean everything in basketball, especially the way we've been playing in the womens basketball score range lately. Steven takes care of the little things than it seems like the other 4 on the court just flat out ignore, like dribbling, or rebounding, or passing.

Like a poster said before me, if Scotty had a 10th of his passion and intensity, consistently, we would be an unbeatable team.

Steven Pearl, I :salute: you for being all-vol!


feathersax said:
S. Pearl plays hard all the time. While he lacks offensive skills, he makes the opponent 'uncomfortable' on the court. If you haters would just observe, you'd see it. The kid is a role player & is all ORANGE. If Hopson & some of the others had half the passion he has during games, it'd be a different story.
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#34
#34
tenmanjonez said:
He does not hurt this team by being stupid like the 4 others on the court either. Can anyone say that pearl has gotten us beat this year?


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it's ridiculous to attribute any losses to just one player. However he doesn't really do anything good on the floor and hurts us on offense. Kind of a big thing when your team is having trouble scoring
 
#35
#35
feathersax said:
S. Pearl plays hard all the time. While he lacks offensive skills, he makes the opponent 'uncomfortable' on the court. If you haters would just observe, you'd see it. The kid is a role player & is all ORANGE. If Hopson & some of the others had half the passion he has during games, it'd be a different story.
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He does make the opponent uncomfortable. They aren't used to having an opposing player that they are told to completely ignore when he is playing offense.
 
#36
#36
He hasn't done anything to hurt our chances of winning. When he's on the floor, he's told not to shoot. If he has a layup, he will take it, but the only time I've ever seen him shoot is from the FT line.

Also, if you can attribute a win to one player, you can just as easily attribute a loss to one player. Scotty Hopson, Brian Williams, and Melvin Goins fit that particular mold. If we would have beaten KY (by some angelic miracle) it would have been because of Melvin Goins, but we lost it because Scotty and Brian couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn with a shotgun.

utvolpj said:
it's ridiculous to attribute any losses to just one player. However he doesn't really do anything good on the floor and hurts us on offense. Kind of a big thing when your team is having trouble scoring
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#38
#38
tenmanjonez said:
He hasn't done anything to hurt our chances of winning. When he's on the floor, he's told not to shoot. If he has a layup, he will take it, but the only time I've ever seen him shoot is from the FT line.
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how does he not hurt our chances when defenses don't have to defend him? And he's not so hot at the ft line either. He's out there because they need a body and because he masks his deficiencies by diving on the floor.

tenmanjonez said:
Also, if you can attribute a win to one player, you can just as easily attribute a loss to one player. Scotty Hopson, Brian Williams, and Melvin Goins fit that particular mold. If we would have beaten KY (by some angelic miracle) it would have been because of Melvin Goins, but we lost it because Scotty and Brian couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn with a shotgun.
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it takes something very special to attribute a win to just one player.
 
#39
#39
He's doing everything he's SUPPOSED to do when he's on the floor, which is more than you can say for anyone else.


utvolpj said:
how does he not hurt our chances when defenses don't have to defend him? And he's not so hot at the ft line either. He's out there because they need a body and because he masks his deficiencies by diving on the floor.



it takes something very special to attribute a win to just one player.
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#40
#40
tenmanjonez said:
He's doing everything he's SUPPOSED to do when he's on the floor, which is more than you can say for anyone else.
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he's supposed to grab a rebound or 2, miss half his ft, get blown by on D and stand in open space to swing the ball around on O? Tough gig
 
#41
#41
Yes, rebounds are good, they mean we get the ball back. Not sure what you've heard about them, but they are a positive stat.
If he's missing half his free throws, he's heads and shoulders above everyone on the team, because, we don't make FT's when we're supposed to. He doesn't get blown by on D too much, not sure what you're seeing, and I'm not even sure what you're talking about standing in open space? to swing the ball around? If you mean that he's always open on passes and makes smart passes, then yes. If you mean he doesn't take shots, then that's also true, because he's, as you stated before, not a shooter or scorer.

utvolpj said:
he's supposed to grab a rebound or 2, miss half his ft, get blown by on D and stand in open space to swing the ball around on O? Tough gig
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#42
#42
tenmanjonez said:
Yes, rebounds are good, they mean we get the ball back. Not sure what you've heard about them, but they are a positive stat.
If he's missing half his free throws, he's heads and shoulders above everyone on the team, because, we don't make FT's when we're supposed to. He doesn't get blown by on D too much, not sure what you're seeing, and I'm not even sure what you're talking about standing in open space? to swing the ball around? If you mean that he's always open on passes and makes smart passes, then yes. If you mean he doesn't take shots, then that's also true, because he's, as you stated before, not a shooter or scorer.
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Maymon has the same # of rebounds yet has played 187 fewer minutes. If it's such an important stat then why is SP ahead of him?

and yes SP stands outside the 3pt line and helps swing the ball around for 20sec until our offense decides to start. His man then drops further into the lane since SP is not a threat to score. His passes look smart because the people are usually wide open (unless he's inbounding the ball)

he should be there to give another player a rest but sees the floor way too much. Couple him with McBee and we're really short handed
 
#43
#43
So your problem isn't with Steven, it's with the coaching staff and how long/often they play people then.

No one expects him to score or to have a flashy repertoire of skills, but he is a very consistent player, and he plays his tail off EVERY game. He runs harder than everyone, he passer harder than everyone, he just tries harder than everyone.

As I stated before, he is very comparable to RUDY.
 
#44
#44
how does he "pass harder than anyone"?

I believe the reason he plays is quite obvious when you get past the way he sprints down the floor. And there's a reason Rudy didn't play
 
#45
#45
Passing harder is exactly what it sounds like. He passes harder than everyone. They aren't lazy passes that get stolen and taken on a break-away.

Why didn't rudy play? Because he wasn't good enough to play at freaking notre dame. He had a butt-load of character, and that is something that is just straight up LOST this day and age. It is a breath of fresh air to see someone on the court who wasn't blessed with god given talent. At least Steven Pearl isnt flushing any of his gifts down the toilet cough cough scotty hopson cough cough. He has shown why he DESERVES to get on the court. It's because he does whatever he does, harder than everyone else, and he has EARNED his spot on the floor, regardless of how long he is actually out there.

utvolpj said:
how does he "pass harder than anyone"?

I believe the reason he plays is quite obvious when you get past the way he sprints down the floor. And there's a reason Rudy didn't play
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