Ten Thoughts (Offseason)

#26
#26
zjcvols said:
I know. It's pretty sad. Kid can be an all-american if his head on was straight. That's why we need Selby badly, for the scoring production from the guard spot.
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Couldn't agree with you more. Hopson is his own worst enemy. No one plays better D on him than he does on himself. All it takes is a couple of missed shots and he's telling himself he's the worst player ever. I would sincerely love for him to see a psychologist during the offseason, and I'm not trying to be funny with that; I'm dead serious.
The sky is the limit for this kid if he can learn how to forget his last shot.
 
#27
#27
Titanic said:
Goodman(Fox) and the draftexpress guy for two, I've seen at least a couple of others while I've been surfing around the net. It's about half and half, although they all seem to think he would be better served coming back.
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Do these people also think that UConn women's team is good, that there's a lot of water in the ocean, and that Urban Meyer is a toolbag? OF COURSE he would be better served coming back. This kid has yet to excel at the college level. Leaving now would be a worse career decision for Hopson than it was for Marcus Haislip when he decided to leave early.
 
#28
#28
ChattanoogaVols said:
Do these people also think that UConn women's team is good, that there's a lot of water in the ocean, and that Urban Meyer is a toolbag? OF COURSE he would be better served coming back. This kid has yet to excel at the college level. Leaving now would be a worse career decision for Hopson than it was for Marcus Haislip when he decided to leave early.
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This
 
#30
#30
Lofton4Three said:
Solid writeup.

After watching Goins' play in the tournament I feel much better about his ability to run this team at the point.

I sincerely hope we have multiple guys who can break down defenses.

And I can not stress enough how I hope the controlled chaos garbage is shelved for eternity.
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Not agreeing or disagreeing with you here, but do we really think he's gonna not go back to what he's done for 18 yrs??
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#31
#31
LawVol13 said:
Who?
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I already answered that. Goodman on Fox, the draft express guy, and at least a couple of other preseason rankings for next year have mentioned they are operating under the assumption that Hopson leaves.

"I don't see Hopson coming back and not sold on PG situation. I love Tobias as a player-kid, though."

That's a quote from Goodman.
 
#32
#32
Titanic said:
I already answered that. Goodman on Fox, the draft express guy, and at least a couple of other preseason rankings for next year have mentioned they are operating under the assumption that Hopson leaves.

"I don't see Hopson coming back and not sold on PG situation. I love Tobias as a player-kid, though."

That's a quote from Goodman.
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Thanks. Didn't see your answer. I wasn't accusing of being wrong; I was just curious who was saying it.

However, I don't put much stock into any of those guy's opinions. I think Hopson will be back unless he's insane.
 
#33
#33
I really hope so. We need him and I think the NBA likes you to be able to...you know...dribble. Unless you're seven feet.
 
#38
#38
The "controlled chaos" vs half-court argument is often based on faulty logic here. Let's look at the comparative results:

'07 With a pressing team, we lose by one point to a fairly deep OSU team with two lottery picks

'10 With a half court team, we win by three points against a thin OSU team with one lottery pick.

Seems pretty negligible to me. Again, I think you play to your strengths. If we have a lot of quick athletes and depth, we run the press quite a bit. We have the personel from this year, run the half court. We have been successful in both styles.

I think people get caught up in the concept of "traditional" basketball where everything is under control and good basketball players execute fundamentals like it's the 1950s or something. In reality, if you have the horses, run. I certainly don't want to get caught up in a bunch of half court games against inferior opponents if we are able to run them out of the gym.
 
#39
#39
zjcvols said:
7. Could we use another big man? Yes. If we don't get one, will it kill us? No. With Williams in the best shape of his life, Harris going to be a main contributor from the beginning, and Hall should improve, which will increase his minutes. Can you live with Woolridge/Pearl off the bench 5-10 minutes? Yes. If we are in foul trouble, then we could be in trouble. We could really use E-Man, but sadly Pearl won't let him play.
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Not sure if this is what you really meant, but it's more like luckily Bruce won't let him play, it just isn't worth it to risk someone's life...
 
#40
#40
zjcvols said:
7. Could we use another big man? Yes. If we don't get one, will it kill us? No. With Williams in the best shape of his life, Harris going to be a main contributor from the beginning, and Hall should improve, which will increase his minutes. Can you live with Woolridge/Pearl off the bench 5-10 minutes? Yes. If we are in foul trouble, then we could be in trouble. We could really use E-Man, but sadly Pearl won't let him play.
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I imagine Maymon will back-up Harris when he is eligible in late December. The staff is really high on him, he's been with the team since January, so he'll have had a full year in the program before he steps on the court.

We'll just need to survive with Pearl/Woolridge/whoever through the early nonconference season til then.
 
#41
#41
Lizzard28 said:
Not sure if this is what you really meant, but it's more like luckily Bruce won't let him play, it just isn't worth it to risk someone's life...
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I meant sadly as in he can't play. Could have phrased that better.
 
#42
#42
Unimane said:
The "controlled chaos" vs half-court argument is often based on faulty logic here. Let's look at the comparative results:

'07 With a pressing team, we lose by one point to a fairly deep OSU team with two lottery picks

'10 With a half court team, we win by three points against a thin OSU team with one lottery pick.

Seems pretty negligible to me. Again, I think you play to your strengths. If we have a lot of quick athletes and depth, we run the press quite a bit. We have the personel from this year, run the half court. We have been successful in both styles.

I think people get caught up in the concept of "traditional" basketball where everything is under control and good basketball players execute fundamentals like it's the 1950s or something. In reality, if you have the horses, run. I certainly don't want to get caught up in a bunch of half court games against inferior opponents if we are able to run them out of the gym.
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Except we don't have the horses to run it and Pearl doesn't seem to recruit players who want to press. Why continue to press then?
 
#43
#43
I think the players we're adding this year are far better suited to pressing than the last two classes, especially if we add Selby.
 
#44
#44
ryancy said:
I imagine Maymon will back-up Harris when he is eligible in late December. The staff is really high on him, he's been with the team since January, so he'll have had a full year in the program before he steps on the court.

We'll just need to survive with Pearl/Woolridge/whoever through the early nonconference season til then.
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We will see. Maybe the light turns on for Woolridge (probably not though). I don't know about Maymon. Will he understand that he is best suited at four? Does he understand that he won't start? We will see. At Marquette, he seemed like a baby. I guess we will see. Maybe he can have a JP-like impact when JP transferred.
 
#45
#45
Titanic said:
I think the players we're adding this year are far better suited to pressing than the last two classes, especially if we add Selby.
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Maybe. But I guarentee you Selby won't be wanting to press. And Scotty and Cam are not suitable to press.
 
#46
#46
LawVol13 said:
Thanks. Didn't see your answer. I wasn't accusing of being wrong; I was just curious who was saying it.

However, I don't put much stock into any of those guy's opinions. I think Hopson will be back unless he's insane.
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I fully agree. Unless they have a long term developmental league he can play in, he has no real choice but to return.
 
#47
#47
zjcvols said:
Maybe. But I guarentee you Selby won't be wanting to press. And Scotty and Cam are not suitable to press.
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I agree, but I think if you see another class this coming year full of quick athletes and no bigger slower players for their position(Tatum/Williams) it may be a sign Bruce is sticking to his guns. He's admitted he didn't recruit players to fit his system and I think he wants to remedy that rather than abandon what he's done his entire career.
 
#48
#48
I think he wants to recruit the best players he can get and make the system fit the players strength. He would be stupid to only sign players who fit a certain system, if he can get great players that fit another system better.
 
#49
#49
zjcvols said:
Except we don't have the horses to run it and Pearl doesn't seem to recruit players who want to press. Why continue to press then?
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That sentiment is fine, but my argument was to run the system that fits the players best and the difference in the two systems we ran the past few years led to similar results.

However, I do think that the type of players in this class does suit a faster pace and pressure. I think a lot of what hurt us was the bulk in the frontcourt with Chism and Williams. Harris is another story as he has fantastic open court skills for a 4. Taking a look at the others coming in, McRae, Golden, Ware, Jones and, possibly, Selby, shows me that we are looking to run in the future.
 
#50
#50
Quite honestly, I think he needs to ditch the controlled chaos system. If he wants to run more, that is fine. But we don't need to press anymore with the way our half-court D looked last year.
 
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