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It also looks like nobody wants to talk about it. People might as well get used to DD being the coach because he isn't going anywhere.
I dont think many fans are upset with DD being the coach. We all knew this season was going to be a dumpster fire.
I think he's doing a fantastic job, all things considered. I'm also impressed by the fan support during what's been a losing season. All of Herd Nation should be congratulated.
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I think I read somewhere on Twitter the other day that we are #3 in the conference for basketball attendance, which was shocking to me.
For my 2 cents, I don't think we're playing much better overall as much as the team is just shooting better. I still don't see a lot of good plays trying to get down low. We're still relying too heavily on 3-point shots without even trying to penetrate first. The difference is that we seem to be making more shots now than earlier in the season.
For my 2 cents, I don't think we're playing much better overall as much as the team is just shooting better. I still don't see a lot of good plays trying to get down low. We're still relying too heavily on 3-point shots without even trying to penetrate first. The difference is that we seem to be making more shots now than earlier in the season.
absolutely NOT a dumpster fire. Last year and the year before were dumpster fires. Terrible player attitudes. We looked like thugs on the court.
This group is all class and play their butts off. I would think that all Herd fans would be proud of there young men and the coaching staff that leads them.
I think the improvement of Nikolic and the emergence of JP Kambola are the two primary factors as to our improved play in general. Nikolic has been doing a much better job generating movement with the offense in my opinion. He's having to shoot more than I think he or anyone else wants him to, but he seems to be a very sound ballhandler for his size and his ability to push the ball inside and work it back out have helped us get a lot more open 3-point shots.
I wish we could get some guys under the basket for when those 3's don't fall though. Seems we give up a lot of uncontested rebounds.
Obviously, we've also been facing some of the weaker teams in the conference lately, but I'm pretty excited to see how we can do against a pretty good WKU team on Saturday. Our team is definitely less talented overall this year, but their win total is going to be pretty close to what we had last year with a team that at one point had Elijah Pittman, Kareem Canty, and Chris Thomas in addition to Shawn Smith and Ryan Taylor. We've got exactly one guy from that list still playing. That should tell you right there what kind of a job D'antoni is doing this year.
I wish we could get some guys under the basket for when those 3's don't fall though. Seems we give up a lot of uncontested rebounds.
Obviously, we've also been facing some of the weaker teams in the conference lately, but I'm pretty excited to see how we can do against a pretty good WKU team on Saturday. Our team is definitely less talented overall this year, but their win total is going to be pretty close to what we had last year with a team that at one point had Elijah Pittman, Kareem Canty, and Chris Thomas in addition to Shawn Smith and Ryan Taylor. We've got exactly one guy from that list still playing. That should tell you right there what kind of a job D'antoni is doing this year.
The system will not be designed to run through the post, unless we somehow land an amazing post player. If you look at the D'Antoni/European system, it's designed to spread the floor and use your bigs in the pick-n-roll game. Get your bigs away from the basket, have them face-up, and take a less skilled big to the basket or shoot mid range jumpers if they give them space. Plus, we don't have big men who can score consistently down low. If we were trying to pound it down low, I would seriously question what Dan was trying to do.
The name of the game is putting the ball through the hoop. It wasn't just bad luck that shots were not falling early in the season and now we're having some good luck because they are. Guys are now understanding the system, getting the ball to shooters in rhythm within the offense, and our players have been working on their shot.
Finally someone that gets it... I would think that 6'9" would be about as big of "big" Danny wants to get. He need players that can move, pass and shoot away from the basket.
Yep. But it's not about height, it's about skill set.
If Dan can get a face-up 7 footer who can handle the ball and shoot, he'll definitely welcome him. However, you are right about 6'9 being about as big as we'll get because players who are above 6'8 with the kind of skill set Dan is looking for, do not grow on trees & probably won't consider coming to play for Marshall. Our big men being
I'd rather look like thugs and won 20 games a year. That being said i think TH was a terrible coach and hopefully DD can turn it around? I wouldn't get too excited yet we are a bad team in a bad conference, so we're gonna win some conference games
