I don't want to take anything away from him, because he was outstanding. But I'm seeing some lazy defense in a lot of those clips. I'm also thinking that Z would swat away a lot of those shots at the basket. Very little help defense being played there.
I think he'd have been successful at least compared to Gross (albeit a low bar, I know). He was hot and, I do think he would have been able to recruit guys to fit his system. If I remember correctly, he was worried about dealing with what was the Chicago recruiting cesspool. He waited to long to move on from VCU and by the time he got to Texas he was old news.
Was that part of the same cycle that involved a detailed analysis of Brad Stevens going fishing and what it meant for our chances to land him?
And he was supposed to be in a plane heading to Champaign but was in fact out doing sidewalk chalk with his kids?
Yeah…no. It was just kinda okay, next. If I remember correctly?
I live in Virginia. VCU has a BIG following. They do travel well. They feel like they belong and most folks I know even (N.C) alumni felt that VCU would beat them. I work with Kevin Madden who played at N.C. with M.J. and I think he may have felt that way also. Sure VCU is an underdog but they are totally capable of winning this game. Do I think they will. No but I have been wrong before. Go Illini!
Nice analysis. Who wins in your estimation?
Oh no it was absolutely crushing and shocking, but the blame went entirely inward, Mike Thomas, Guenther, Weber, the administration, it was a true meltdown.
Yep, to go along with Anthony Grant and Tony Bennett.
Let’s hope Tomi’s second half last night will give him some confidence
That was very surprising. In the resume rankings (SOR, WAB, KPI), they were #34- ahead of all the other 11 seeds, all but one 10 seed, all but one 9 seed, and one 8 seed.
Never doubted that they did in Virginia, nor did I say we were sure-fire going to win this game.
We’ve allowed players to go on those types of heaters all year. Many times with no answer.
I agree with your analysis. He definitely forces shots and drives into crowds. I guess I am just a big AS fan and it bothers me when posters say they won’t be sad to see him go and he’s just about getting a big bag next year. The last 2 games he has come in under the sixteen minute mark and played really well only to get pulled which killed our momentum. It drives me bonkers. I think when AS is good we are really good. Let’s go beat VCU and take our chances against SanscumEh, I definitely subjectively noticed a few times where he definitely just barreled toward the hoop into a crowd of guys … and everyone I watched with made a comment about it.
Stats don’t tell everything.
He's the only guy on the team who isn't a widget that just seamlessly slots into our machine to play the exact same basketball every possession. That's both the best and the worst thing about him in terms of how he impacts the team.
My recollection is the Shaka and Bruce Weber hiring were completely different when compared to Brad Stevens or Mark Few.
I mean, yeah; however, as far as I know none of us have ever driven hundreds of miles to an opposing campus and poisoned a tree cherished by the fan base there, or otherwise destroyed such talismanic property.
VCU is a different kind of animal than Penn. They bring the element of speed and quickness which we have had troubles with. We will have the height and hopefully the smarts to use it wisely.
