BigWillie

I feel like Bean was pretty much shown the door when he got benched.

This reminds me of last year when @Big Z and I went to the game in Arlington. We couldn't find the arena, so we asked someone on campus which direction it was and they looked at us and told us they had no clue.

You are comparing him to the entire country. He isn't Luka. I am not saying he is the best PG in the country, I am saying he is the one facilitating the offense. Also, assists mean jack if the player you pass to doesnt make their shot, which I have seen waaay more than not on this team. There are also things he does that don't show up on the stat sheet. Since you played the game, you should know that of all people. He has to be a little bit between a shooting PG and a "true PG" since we don't really have anyone else that can do that.

Hahaha, good one. What do you define as a "true PG"? If it's assists, which is the key stat you can measure for a facilitating player, you might want to check stats before you make assine statements.

And how many were players that we really need? DL...... We all know the offense will be good and we need to continue this, but without much change on the defensive side of the ball (the worst part of our team). Are we really changing much?

Sure. Justify the millions however you want to make yourself feel better.

Rubin Jones would beg to differ.

Remember how long it took Kai to really start contributing last year? I am hoping this is a turning point game for us. But....I did say that after Towson too. 🫤

I have been a Stone supporter for a while now because I trusted Hodge, but I am done now. Walker needs to get all of his minutes. Better all around.

Yes, I am with you. I enjoyed this win. Looking at the glass half empty side, we did rely on 3 pt shooting at a crazy pace to do it. Kinda like the way the Mavs (Dallas that is) play. Live or die by it. If this does unlock some shooting for us, it is at a perfect time. I guess it will be interesting to watch!

Wow, for one of our beat games of the season, this thread was dead! Guess fans were on Christmas break too!! With that said, this was the most complete game against a team that hung around with TTech.

That's what the portal is for. 😏

First, I have to acknowledge that these pickups are amazing for us. On the other side of the ball though... which is our weakness, I am still worried.

I wouldn't go that far....yet. We need a QB.

100% agree with this. As much as I love Grant, I think the real defense was Hodge. Grant is a great coach, but Tylor definitely made him look amazing.

Oh my bad, trying to do 3 things at once.

I assume since he was talking to the new OL coach, Cutter, it would be for OL?

For some reason it is what we do here. A lot of people on here have an ex-girlfriend complex. You should see how often TP is mentioned on the basketball forum. I admit, I randomly check on ex players just to see, but it isn't worth a post.

A few games ago, I felt good we could take this one. Not now. I hope I am wrong, but we just can't seem to close games.

100%, we were posting at the same time.

Where does the offense come from then? It's purely a numbers game. We get an average of 50-60 possessions a game. There are 5 Guards and 3 Forwards in our rotation. Let's call 2 of those forwards centers (Sissoko/Allen). That leaves one Forward, A Scott and he should be getting 13+ shots a game. So where do the other 37-47 come from? I think you are talking about the difference between a point guard and a shooting guard. Rubin kind of bounces between, but we don't have many shooting guards outside of JE.

Do you watch much basketball? It is pretty standard for your better offensive players to get this many shots.

We are guard strong. That's our biggest offense. Only A Scott has any offense outside of our guards.

And to be fair, Edwards had the last shot to put this game away and missed it. I don't blame him, just saying he got the chance. Also,the end of the last game where he made the bone head move to go to the basket with a lead and got blocked. Thats all to say, we just don't have a closer like TP. The more I watch these close games turn into losses, it shows just how many games we won last year because of TP.

Yep, we have definitely taken a step back. Defense is what we hang our hat on and it lost us this game. Giving up a dunk of any kind at the end of a game is beyond bad.