Game thread - @URI 2PM SAT Feb. 7th. ESPN+
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Especially when they do not rebound, nobody makes all their shots.
SpiderWill
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Watch this interview--at least the Mooney part. Good interview, and seems like he knows what we need to do to fix things. you listen to this and you realize he knows what he's doing.
What I appreciate is he has command on what needs to be fixed but also mentions how proud he is of the effort.
If he knew what he was doing we wouldn’t be in this situation after 20 plus years. We are hanging out in the basement of A10. Of course he knows what he’s doing even though everything we see says “not”.
And after all this, the guy that created this is going to fix it. Copy that.
I admire you propping up the coach, Will. But I disagree with your points.
Spiders4ever
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95% of the folks on this forum know how to fix it.
72Spider
Bench player
Don't believe it. It's ai
I think most serious fans could have said what he did.
MrTbone
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Respectfully, disagree. There isn’t one substantial comment made in there as to what we need to fix. I heard “defend without fouling” and “reduce turnovers”. I certainly didn’t hear a plan to fix either of those things. Play softer on D? Stop trying to thread the needle on low percentage pass plays which we do all the time?
We are 24 games into the season, the time to fix this stuff was before November, December at the outside. It’s too late Alva.
I smell UR80sFan in the building…
ManiBenton
Bench player
does he know? We are on a 6 game losing streak with no end of that in sight. If he knew how to "fix" things it would've happened by now.
sman
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I argued with someone who said you can't play both man and zone well ... it's one or the other. could be he was right. though we don't play either well. but that 2-3 zone we've throw together after not working on it at all in the weak OOC is the worst 2-3 I've seen. we run our 2-3 like a 6th grade travel team. there are holes everywhere. no problem getting the ball to the high post. and from there it's easy pickings. never seen teams get dunks against a 2-3.
also, this tiny lineup is driving me crazy. we're playing 4 guys who weight like 180 lbs and we wonder why we get bullied. size matters. our defense apparently will suck no matter who plays, so please play Daughtry more than 11 minutes. at least he's aggressive offensively and goes towards the basket. or play AP. or Jaylen. somebody with some size.
also, this tiny lineup is driving me crazy. we're playing 4 guys who weight like 180 lbs and we wonder why we get bullied. size matters. our defense apparently will suck no matter who plays, so please play Daughtry more than 11 minutes. at least he's aggressive offensively and goes towards the basket. or play AP. or Jaylen. somebody with some size.
Agree, sman. The 4 guard lineup hasn't worked all year. They all just don't fit well together, and are not versatile enough. We should always have either AP, Daughtry, or JRob on the floor with our big and 3 of the guards. As bad as our defense is, our offense looks just as bad with guys just throwing it around the perimeter. We are way too easy to defend and way too easy to score against.
97spiderfan
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I found it ironic that they made Robinson player of the game for the Davidson game had him on for the coaches show on Monday night talking about this increased play and performance and than Mooney turns right around and plays him 5 frickin minutes the next game.
brooklyn brownstone
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yes. Both Tanner and Lopez would be somewhat on the small / skinny side for a traditional SF slot and would profile better into a 2 guard position, assuming no ball handling duties alongside a superior PG ballhandler. And we have pointed this out since his recruiting visit, but Tanner looked 2 inches shorter than 6'6" Moon on that visit, so I'd say he's 6'4" and not whatever they list him at. He looks smaller than guys out there.
Think about David Gonzalvez - he's both taller and bigger physically than anyone we started last game at the 1-4 positions, and he was a staple at the 2. That's an insane shift toward a small team. Again, the recruiting has blinders on and are trying to fill past archetypes, but overdoing it and getting watered down versions of what worked, while exacerbating the issues that did not work with those archetypes.
Back when Moon first fell in love with the small PGs, VCU was throwing their full court aggro press all game and 2 superior ball handlers were needed. Now we just have tiny SGs for no reason that are not creators for the most part (Johnston, Tyne).
Think about David Gonzalvez - he's both taller and bigger physically than anyone we started last game at the 1-4 positions, and he was a staple at the 2. That's an insane shift toward a small team. Again, the recruiting has blinders on and are trying to fill past archetypes, but overdoing it and getting watered down versions of what worked, while exacerbating the issues that did not work with those archetypes.
Back when Moon first fell in love with the small PGs, VCU was throwing their full court aggro press all game and 2 superior ball handlers were needed. Now we just have tiny SGs for no reason that are not creators for the most part (Johnston, Tyne).
And don't forget non athletic. So, other than slow, small, not quick, and non athletic.....
Urmite
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So you are saying if I attended now, I could play?
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