The Galloping Ghost
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Truly a mystery why Dain is getting so few minutes. /s
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Yeah, doesn't look good for Dain.
But that's also a product of Dain never getting to be on the court at the same time as our most impactful player. For example, if Rodgers was never on the court the same time as Hawkins, one might expect his impact to be negative, too.
But to your point, as long as Dain and CoHawk are playing the same position, there's no need to play Dain more than necessary.
Yeah there’s zero chance his agent is not acting in accordance with BU’s wishes. (There just isn’t)….and I have mixed feelings about it to be honest.
I want him to stay here and be here many, many years to come…but not if he doesn’t wanna be here.
skyIdub
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You'd be surprised what agents do to try and get a raise whether their client knows it or not.
I’ll take your word for it. You’d certainly know.
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I’m not saying Brad isn’t aware but it’s not always as simple as the agent is operating under direct orders either if that makes sense.
I'm guessing it's similar to recruiters through LinkedIn, I'm not out looking for or applying for jobs, but I get messages to gauge interests all the time. Difference is, I don't have an agent in the middle to let me know when my current salary isn't cutting it based on my skills in the market.
Yes it's a really great arena, not a bad seat (not nearly as cavernous as UC) and Minny is a great city if you haven't been. Weather may not be the best still in Mid March but lots of great restaurants, etc.
I have no doubt JW will do/is doing everything in his power to keep Brad happy. Anywhere trying to poach him will require some pretty unheard of concessions on that schools part or just be a dream that we didn’t have a chance against regardless. I really don’t see why someone would leave an elite school right when their rebuild has started to pay off so until given reason to believe otherwise this is likely the constant doubts that comes with being an Illini fan.
It's simply the nature of an agent's job. How do you know what your client's market is, if you don't inquire? How could you determine what a good deal is for Brad, if you don't know what someone else is willing to pay him? It feels gross, but it's just business. The guys whose job it is to figure these things out, know the deal and in most cases, don't make it personal.
How do you think insiders know Sean Miller would pick up the phone if Josh called about a HC opening at Illinois? It's a two-way street.
I imagine his abysmal 32% free-throw shooting has something to do with it.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Agreed. Great arena and if the weather is lousy, the entire downtown area is connected through indoor corridors and bridges.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Something to think about today.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
TBF, I think a lot of fans (myself included) are not necessarily frustrated Underwood is not playing Dain more as things currently stand ... we are confused and frustrated why Dain cannot be more consistent to provide us HUGELY necessary depth, as he really does show such great flashes and if he could clean up the mistakes ... well, he might be the difference between surviving a Second Round scare to make the Sweet Sixteen and running out of gas and/or losing due to foul trouble in the Second Round yet again.
Earlier in the week I tried to map out what we need to do to win the conference.. not going to make this a long post and go game by game, but we need to win @OSU, @MSU, Nebraska at home and at least split Wisco/Purdue and win every other game….
So basically… 11-1. It’s as simple as making layups… do that & we’re probably 17-2 right now at worst…
So basically… 11-1. It’s as simple as making layups… do that & we’re probably 17-2 right now at worst…
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I'd be curious to see how the various luck parameters or whatever could have altered any of our losses to-date:
L 71-64 vs. #4 Marquette
L 86-79 at #17 Tennessee
L 83-78 at #1 Purdue (no TSJ)
L 76-67 vs. Maryland (no TSJ)
L 96-91 in OT at Northwestern
If layups going in and out count, then some BASIC finishing carries us home vs. both Maryland and Northwestern, we are 16-3 (7-1) and our only losses are three exceptionally tough Quad 1 games (two of which were away from home).
We are definitely much better than our record. If our luck evens out, we can get to 24-7 at the end of the year
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I mean jeez, for all of the disastrous things we saw yesterday, if Marcus makes that last jumper we are not even fretting.
The two that felt the most unlucky were the last two losses.
Last night it felt unlucky obviously because of the missed layups and then the unsustainable three point percentage from NU. It's also probably pretty rare to win the rebounding battle so handily and still lose.
Maryland it was all the missed layups and open looks again. The defense in that game felt like just bad defense, nothing unlucky on that end. They got a few threes to fall from bad shooters but a ton of their points were easy looks in the paint.
In the Purdue game it was honestly kind of lucky it ended up being only a five point loss considering how far down we were at various points. That Kaufman-Renn guy having the game of his life was obviously lucky for Purdue, but it was countered by Edey only scoring 10 points so that kind of evens out.
I don't think the Tennessee or Marquette losses were all that unlucky and nothing from the box scores show anything out of the ordinary. Domask only shot 2-11 against Tennessee which is well below his usual output so maybe that's something.
Looking back, it's actually kind of surprising to see us so low on the luck ratings and it makes me wonder what weighs the heaviest for those metrics.
We are 40% through the conf slate...had some time over lunch break today and took a look at where some of our guys stack up in conf only stats leaders..
Assume TSJ hasnt played enough games to qualify
Scoring:
DOmask 4th in conf
Coleman 21st in conf
Rebounds:
Guerrier 5th
Coleman 7th
FG%: I thnk this one must have a high bar for FGAs bc overall %s look low
Domask 8th
FT%
Domask 6
Coleman 8th
3pFG per game
Goode 12
Hawkins 20th
Assists
Domask 11th
COleman 20
Blocks
Coleman 8th
Domask 20
Ty 21
Steals
Coleman 3rd
Feels like domaks and hawkins should be in contention for all BIG teams, probably not first for either but strong statistical representation for those 2.
Hawkins might really be DPOY with his guarding 1-5 and having counting stats in both blokcs and steals that stick out.
Assume TSJ hasnt played enough games to qualify
Scoring:
DOmask 4th in conf
Coleman 21st in conf
Rebounds:
Guerrier 5th
Coleman 7th
FG%: I thnk this one must have a high bar for FGAs bc overall %s look low
Domask 8th
FT%
Domask 6
Coleman 8th
3pFG per game
Goode 12
Hawkins 20th
Assists
Domask 11th
COleman 20
Blocks
Coleman 8th
Domask 20
Ty 21
Steals
Coleman 3rd
Feels like domaks and hawkins should be in contention for all BIG teams, probably not first for either but strong statistical representation for those 2.
Hawkins might really be DPOY with his guarding 1-5 and having counting stats in both blokcs and steals that stick out.
Was waiting for the optimism fairy to come by and fill up my glass after last night's game and thought to myself how grateful I am to be witnessing this stretch of basketball from Coleman.
It feels different than watching some of the great stretches from Ayo, Kofi, or even TSJ. With those guys, we knew what they were capable of and we kind of expected the big numbers. With Coleman, I think many of us have known that he was capable of this for few years but watching him realize his potential and become arguably the best player on an uber talented team has been very rewarding as a fan.
Hoping he can finish strong and get the accolades he's worked so hard for.
Sheesh, if only one of those bunnies that rolled around the rim had gone in (or for that matter, one of those three pointers by NU that hit the rim, bounced up and hit the backboard, came back to the rim and bounced up and came down nothing but net), we'd have a W instead of an L. That said, Brad has taken responsibility for calling the defense for the second half, so...well, it still could have been.
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