_FANalysis - November JYC

[Dr Rick Daris]

to me... rodney is key to this team... and THE key to our continued success going forward

rodkey mcgruder
doc spradler

man, things are really shaping up around here. everybody pat themselves on the back and call it a day. see everybody again bright and early tomorrow morning at stevedave thirty.

mcgruder already has a nickname, try to keep up.  squawktard

yeah i know. rodkey. hot rod mcrguderkey. starsKEY and rodhutch. the man is money and the cats are the bank and he's putting his key into the safety deposit box to make a deposit of three point bombs and offensive rebounds. official bank statement says "cats win national championship". see everybody tomorrow.

[pissclams]

to me... rodney is key to this team... and THE key to our continued success going forward

rodkey mcgruder
doc spradler

man, things are really shaping up around here. everybody pat themselves on the back and call it a day. see everybody again bright and early tomorrow morning at stevedave thirty.

mcgruder already has a nickname, try to keep up.  squawktard

yeah i know. rodkey. hot rod mcrguderkey. starsKEY and rodhutch. the man is money and the cats are the bank and he's putting his key into the safety deposit box to make a deposit of three point bombs and offensive rebounds. official bank statement says "cats win national championship". see everybody tomorrow.

insufficient funds, please pay overdraft fees and wish you had a dime to your name because you're a broke joke.

[Underdog Wildcat]

Good stuff _FAN.

I'll just throw in that Irving is really playing at a level I didn't anticipate him being at this early in his career. And it's not just because he's knocking down jumpshots, which he did early last year. He's also really improved his handle, passing, court awareness, and finishing around the rim(that baseline drive and lefty finish against Duke was big-time). Would definitely like to see him boarding better(just over 1/game) and the 14% FT's, well, that could stand some improvement but based off what I've seen so far, he's the 2nd best guard on our team(further analysis of 95 pending).

Just hope he can recover from that bruise before Friday. 

[kso_FAN]

Good stuff _FAN.

I'll just throw in that Irving is really playing at a level I didn't anticipate him being at this early in his career. And it's not just because he's knocking down jumpshots, which he did early last year. He's also really improved his handle, passing, court awareness, and finishing around the rim(that baseline drive and lefty finish against Duke was big-time). Would definitely like to see him boarding better(just over 1/game) and the 14% FT's, well, that could stand some improvement but based off what I've seen so far, he's the 2nd best guard on our team(further analysis of 95 pending).

Just hope he can recover from that bruise before Friday. 

I really like what Irving has done this year and agree he seems to be developing into a solid guard. I just think the good thing is that we don't have to rely on him to be more than a contributor.  Pullen and hopefully McGruder can take the perimeter scoring load, taking pressure off of a guy like Irving and even Spradling and Russell at the other guard spots.

[sys]

agree with irving playing well, and with it being surprising.

[pissclams]

agree with irving playing well, and with it being surprising.

not me.  doesn't take a brain scientist to see the kid has a high bbiq.  sometimes i feel like i'm surrounded by a bunch of dumbasses and squawktards.  what a joke.

[mcmwcat]

Granted, Frank has pointed out over and over that he does not look at either FT% or # of TOs too much, based on making FTs when it counts and TOs often being the result of being aggressive offensively.  However, its hard not to see how both of these could continue to be problems for this team if not corrected.

Martin has been all over Kelly for turnovers

[mcmwcat]

While the game with Duke wasn’t the greatest (Duke had 1.11 PPP), overall the defense has been solid; very similar to last year’s team.

great use of semicolon.  i think

[kso_FAN]

While the game with Duke wasn’t the greatest (Duke had 1.11 PPP), overall the defense has been solid; very similar to last year’s team.

great use of semicolon.  i think

I hope my content is good, b/c my writing is terrible. I'm guessing its wrong, and I probably used incorrect punctuation/grammar dozens of times throughout _FANalysis. 

[kso_FAN]

Granted, Frank has pointed out over and over that he does not look at either FT% or # of TOs too much, based on making FTs when it counts and TOs often being the result of being aggressive offensively.  However, its hard not to see how both of these could continue to be problems for this team if not corrected.

Martin has been all over Kelly for turnovers

Here is a great example of this, and Frank's frustration with Kelly from last night.  Sometime in the middle of the 2nd half, Kelly caught the ball at the top of the key and was slow in reversing the ball.  A timeout comes and Frank rips into Kelly for not reversing the ball quickly enough.  A couple possessions later, Kelly again has the ball at the top of the key, but the guard he is attempting to reverse the ball to is covered and cuts back to the baseline.  Kelly still procedes to reverse the ball and throws the ball out of bounds to no one, and promptly is taken out of the game. Really a pretty JR high-ish mistake, but shows the mental state he is sometimes in.

[MakeItRain]

Granted, Frank has pointed out over and over that he does not look at either FT% or # of TOs too much, based on making FTs when it counts and TOs often being the result of being aggressive offensively.  However, its hard not to see how both of these could continue to be problems for this team if not corrected.

Martin has been all over Kelly for turnovers

Here is a great example of this, and Frank's frustration with Kelly from last night.  Sometime in the middle of the 2nd half, Kelly caught the ball at the top of the key and was slow in reversing the ball.  A timeout comes and Frank rips into Kelly for not reversing the ball quickly enough.  A couple possessions later, Kelly again has the ball at the top of the key, but the guard he is attempting to reverse the ball to is covered and cuts back to the baseline.  Kelly still procedes to reverse the ball and throws the ball out of bounds to no one, and promptly is taken out of the game. Really a pretty JR high-ish mistake, but shows the mental state he is sometimes in.

Exactly right.  Frank has also harped on mental mistakes vs. effort mistakes.  He doesnt mind turnovers when you are trying to make a play, he hates it when you make turnovers otherwise.  Curt and Nick are the players who make the most mental mistakes.

[sys]

While the game with Duke wasn’t the greatest (Duke had 1.11 PPP), overall the defense has been solid; very similar to last year’s team.

great use of semicolon.  i think

I hope my content is good, b/c my writing is terrible. I'm guessing its wrong, and I probably used incorrect punctuation/grammar dozens of times throughout _FANalysis. 

coulda been a comma, but the semicolon is defensible.


"roll" 

[kso_FAN]

coulda been a comma, but the semicolon is defensible.


"roll" 

Fixed.  Unfortunately spell check doesn't catch stupidity.

[swish1]

Granted, Frank has pointed out over and over that he does not look at either FT% or # of TOs too much, based on making FTs when it counts and TOs often being the result of being aggressive offensively.  However, its hard not to see how both of these could continue to be problems for this team if not corrected.

Martin has been all over Kelly for turnovers

Here is a great example of this, and Frank's frustration with Kelly from last night.  Sometime in the middle of the 2nd half, Kelly caught the ball at the top of the key and was slow in reversing the ball.  A timeout comes and Frank rips into Kelly for not reversing the ball quickly enough.  A couple possessions later, Kelly again has the ball at the top of the key, but the guard he is attempting to reverse the ball to is covered and cuts back to the baseline.  Kelly still procedes to reverse the ball and throws the ball out of bounds to no one, and promptly is taken out of the game. Really a pretty JR high-ish mistake, but shows the mental state he is sometimes in.

in high school i had a couple of different basketball coaches.  one of them would take us out of the game after we made a mistake, committed a turnover, or whatever.  as soon as we made a bad play we knew we were getting pulled.  it was not beneficial.  it made everyone so scared of making a mistake that we would miss the chance to make a play.  im not saying frank is doing this but his margin for error seems to be pretty small with certain people...

[Johnny Thunderbone]

in high school i had a couple of different basketball coaches.  one of them would take us out of the game after we made a mistake, committed a turnover, or whatever.  as soon as we made a bad play we knew we were getting pulled.  it was not beneficial.  it made everyone so scared of making a mistake that we would miss the chance to make a play.  im not saying frank is doing this but his margin for error seems to be pretty small with certain people...

Can't wait to read the rest of your post.......

[mcmwcat]

im not saying frank is doing this

then shut up, idiot.  no one gives a eff about your shitty junior high hoops career.  tia

[Dr Rick Daris]

Granted, Frank has pointed out over and over that he does not look at either FT% or # of TOs too much, based on making FTs when it counts and TOs often being the result of being aggressive offensively.  However, its hard not to see how both of these could continue to be problems for this team if not corrected.

Martin has been all over Kelly for turnovers

Here is a great example of this, and Frank's frustration with Kelly from last night.  Sometime in the middle of the 2nd half, Kelly caught the ball at the top of the key and was slow in reversing the ball.  A timeout comes and Frank rips into Kelly for not reversing the ball quickly enough.  A couple possessions later, Kelly again has the ball at the top of the key, but the guard he is attempting to reverse the ball to is covered and cuts back to the baseline.  Kelly still procedes to reverse the ball and throws the ball out of bounds to no one, and promptly is taken out of the game. Really a pretty JR high-ish mistake, but shows the mental state he is sometimes in.

in high school i had a couple of different basketball coaches.  one of them would take us out of the game after we made a mistake, committed a turnover, or whatever.  as soon as we made a bad play we knew we were getting pulled.  it was not beneficial.  it made everyone so scared of making a mistake that we would miss the chance to make a play.  im not saying frank is doing this but his margin for error seems to be pretty small with certain people...

i worked at a subway for a little bit in highschool. we would take the bread dough and flatten it out and then put some of the meatball sauce on it and then some cheese and pepperoni and put it in the oven and make a pizza out of it sometimes.