BillySee58

Marshall came back and beat La Tech 80-73. So 4 of the 5 conference matchups were split this weekend.

I don’t think that was the case with Rose. He had the green light to shoot early in the shot clock even in the two seasons he was not effective. He just wasn’t hitting them.

Yeah but, like you said, that was more towards the end and we didn’t look all that great in our first 8, which is how many we’ve played this time. I would be surprised if we were as good this year as we were last year, but not shocked. Hamlet isn’t playing anywhere near as well as he did towards the end of non-conference and in conference play. We get that guy back and we should be good.

Maybe not but this is pretty much how we looked offensively on the road in non-conference play last year as well.

We were 340th out of 353 division 1 teams in offensive pace last season. Here is what we’ve ranked in possessions per game since Mccasland was hired. 2020-2021 pace: 252nd out of 334 division 1 teams 2019-2020 pace: 340th out of 353 division 1 teams 2018-2019 pace: 257th out of 353 division 1 teams 2017-2018 pace: 161st out of 351 division 1 teams Mccasland wants to play it slow. We were one of the most efficient offenses in the nation last year, because we executed well in conference play but this is largely how we looked against the good teams we played in non-conference last year.

It has prevented us from getting a single signature non-conference win in 4 seasons. It’s tough to beat good teams on the road, but much harder when we’re turning the ball over. 20 turnovers on the road against a good team is just too much to overcome.

His offense works really well against competition CUSA level and below. Against better competition, working the clock so long looking for the perfect shot just results in more passes, which get stolen, and bad shots late in the shot clock because we’re passing up okay shots hoping we’ll get a better one but we don’t

Jones on the line for a 1 and 1 down 8, chance to cut it to 6, misses, then they score 7 straight. Killer.

Jackson is the only one who fits that bill on this team and you’re saying you want to see him more

He wasn’t doing that in his opportunities this year. That’s why he’s not in the rotation

That’s what Murray does, and he has been much more effective this year in that role. The numbers bare that out. Still a liability on offense either way though.

Our starting POSTS have 7 turnovers. 4 for Simmons and 3 for Bell.

Turnovers are getting out of control again

He has shot great in 3 games. Awful in the rest.

North Texas 19 - Loyola Chicago 22 Halftime Hamlet scoring with about 15 seconds left in the half ended an 8 minute scoreless streak for us.

Yes, my bad

North Texas 17 - Loyola Chicago 21 3:39 left in the 1st 9-0 run for Loyola to pull ahead here. Looked like the Loyola defender got his legs in the way of Hamlet’s landing path on his 3-pt shot but no foul called. Not many whistles today.

1/1: UTSA 86 - Rice 95 ODU 67 - FIU 82 Marshall 68 - La Tech 75 UTEP 66 - USM 74 WKU 67 - Charlotte 63 UAB at North Texas - Postponed MTSU at FAU - Postponed 1/2: UTSA 69 - Rice 84 ODU 71 - FIU 66 Marshall 12 - La Tech 23 (in action) UTEP 77 - USM 62 WKU 71 - Charlotte 75 North Texas at Loyola (IL) - 6:30 tip (non-conference) UAB at North Texas - Postponed MTSU at FAU - Postponed So far Rice is the lone 2-0 team, with WKU and 2 others winners from Friday unable to replicate their result on Saturday. La Tech up early hoping to match Rice at 2-0 with another win against Marshall today. Playing games on back to back days is going to be an interesting twist on the conference schedule. Beating a team two days in a row is going to be a tough task.

I would argue we haven’t seen a true football minor league. Teams compiled of NFL washouts is a minor league by definition, but it’s not the same as having legit up and coming talent. A minor league that actually serves as a farm system for developing younger players BEFORE they transition into the NFL, not after they flamed out is something just about any football fan would find far more intriguing. Brands certainly help. Not denying that. The Forbes article I shared showed $300K-$500K as what college players would get based on comparable player revenue sharing as the NFL. I’ll concede they wouldn’t get as much without the backing of those college brands, but they could sure as heck would command more than $20K scholarships. Especially if they were in a league that had the backing of the XFL this past year. XFL QBs were making around $500K. The average non-QBs were making around $50-60K, which is more than the value of a football scholarship at public universities. If the XFL had the Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Patrick Surtain type guys, I think it would be pretty easy to generate the revenue to pay salaries in excess of what a bunch of late round and undrafted former NFL players were able to generate. And they were doing a pretty good job of it before COVID wiped out the season and the league.

COVID might have had something to do with that.

It’s college sports. If our players aren’t performing, the blame should always be on the coaches. Are the players not good enough? Then our coaches should have recruited better players. Are they too small or slow? Then our S&C coach isn’t getting results. Are the players not being developed well as football players? Then our position coaches aren’t doing their job. Having the 3rd worst defense in the country is evidence someone isn’t doing their job as a coach, and it’s on the head guy to figure out who that is. Something had to change.

He only missed one game due to COVID, not a few. It was a false positive for the SMU game so he didn’t miss practice time or anything that would have held him back past that. But that’s besides my original point. He didn’t look as good in this defense and a lot of the games he was out of position, making too many of his tackles downfield instead of closer to the LOS. He looked better as a sophomore in 2019 than he did as a junior in 2020. A somewhat proven player taking a step back under a new DC is a pretty clear indictment on that DC. We know KD can play but it didn’t look like that this year. How many other guys on this defense can play but looked like they couldn’t under Bowen?

KD Davis agrees. KD looked a lot better in 2019.

This probably will be the mentality, but we need the best guy, not the most experienced guy. It’s okay to go through some growing pains if the inexperienced guy is better in aggregate. Bowen and Reeder were experienced. Valuing experience is fine, just don’t exclude guys without it is my hope. Also hoping we can maybe get a good coach who can bring us some solid transfers from his old place, but let that be an added bonus.

First we had Holgorsen committed, then he decommitted. Then we almost landed Chase Griffin but he chose UCLA. Kuehne was the most logical realistic choice at that point and he committed shortly after we moved our focus from Griffin to Kuehne. Kuehne was offered by Maryland, Arkansas State, and New Mexico so he was a legitimate G5 QB prospect, irrespective of the familial relationship.