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Penn State 86, Illinois 79 2OT POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="CoalCity" data-source="post: 1197720" data-attributes="member: 588455"><p>IF ONLY we would see that! </p><p> </p><p> I don't think anyone here HATES Groce...I think nearly everyone on here likes the guy and wants to see him succeed...however they do question (rightfully so) the X's and O's decisions that we see. Given that we don't have an effective point guard our end of game "play" consists of Malcolm dribbling until there are 5 or so seconds left on the clock while everybody else on the team stands there watching him which allows him to be double or triple teamed when he realizes he's going to have to try to win the game by himself. Again. It's only happened 6 or 7 times this year. It's not an isolated occurrence, it's a pattern. It's pretty easy for an opposing coach to draw up a defense for that "play".</p><p> </p><p> This is not Malcolm's fault. I WANT our stud player to have the ball in his hands as the clock runs out. What would be better is if the ball wasn't in his hands for the entirety of the final 10 to 15 seconds. I'd like him to be on the receiving end of a pass after he runs around a couple of screens for an open shot, but this doesn't happen because we don't have the players to execute a play like that and they're apparently not coached up to do that because we sure haven't seen it. Whose fault IS it? Give me some reasoning. I'm a Groce guy, but I've seen this "play" too many times this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoalCity, post: 1197720, member: 588455"] IF ONLY we would see that! I don't think anyone here HATES Groce...I think nearly everyone on here likes the guy and wants to see him succeed...however they do question (rightfully so) the X's and O's decisions that we see. Given that we don't have an effective point guard our end of game "play" consists of Malcolm dribbling until there are 5 or so seconds left on the clock while everybody else on the team stands there watching him which allows him to be double or triple teamed when he realizes he's going to have to try to win the game by himself. Again. It's only happened 6 or 7 times this year. It's not an isolated occurrence, it's a pattern. It's pretty easy for an opposing coach to draw up a defense for that "play". This is not Malcolm's fault. I WANT our stud player to have the ball in his hands as the clock runs out. What would be better is if the ball wasn't in his hands for the entirety of the final 10 to 15 seconds. I'd like him to be on the receiving end of a pass after he runs around a couple of screens for an open shot, but this doesn't happen because we don't have the players to execute a play like that and they're apparently not coached up to do that because we sure haven't seen it. Whose fault IS it? Give me some reasoning. I'm a Groce guy, but I've seen this "play" too many times this season. [/QUOTE]
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