This stat tells it all

[brooklyn brownstone]

Cochran at URI - 17 FTA in this game alone.
Walz - 32 FTA on the season.

I thought it fitting for a couple reasons:

1. It shows how poor defensively UR is and how UR's small guards cannot handle a guard with size. We have seen this going back to that preseason scrimmage LAST season when some guard with size ate our guys' lunch. Having 1 small guard, fine. Having 4 is idiocy.

2. As of the beginning of last season, Moon talked about how Walz liked to play with more contact and physicality than other centers UR has had. It's either obviously not true, or the Moonball system that Moon himself keeps running prevents him from playing with that physicality on offense. Or both. Either way, it's on the coach for continuing to run the same sets that give the other team an advantage because we don't put pressure on them consistently. It's the epitome of finesse, fluidity, soft - whatever you want to call it - offense that does not stress most defenses.

We had 10 more FGAs than URI today, shot better splits across the board, turnovers were a wash. We lost the rebounding battle of course. But the game was lost in style of play. Fluidity is a loser. This stat tells you all you need to know.

 

[carolinaspider]

Cochran at URI - 17 FTA in this game alone.
Walz - 32 FTA on the season.

I thought it fitting for a couple reasons:

1. It shows how poor defensively UR is and how UR's small guards cannot handle a guard with size. We have seen this going back to that preseason scrimmage LAST season when some guard with size ate our guys' lunch. Having 1 small guard, fine. Having 4 is idiocy.

2. As of the beginning of last season, Moon talked about how Walz liked to play with more contact and physicality than other centers UR has had. It's either obviously not true, or the Moonball system that Moon himself keeps running prevents him from playing with that physicality on offense. Or both. Either way, it's on the coach for continuing to run the same sets that give the other team an advantage because we don't put pressure on them consistently. It's the epitome of finesse, fluidity, soft - whatever you want to call it - offense that does not stress most defenses.

We had 10 more FGAs than URI today, shot better splits across the board, turnovers were a wash. We lost the rebounding battle of course. But the game was lost in style of play. Fluidity is a loser. This stat tells you all you need to know.

Walz plays like he has a bad back. He is constantly wincing and stretching his back and rarely jumps at the tap to win it. I think Mike is physically hurting and noticed this first part of the season

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

it's less an indictment of Walz play than it is of Moon for trying to run a finesse system that hamstrings both a player and his team as a whole.

 

[*23*]

Walz plays like he has a bad back. He is constantly wincing and stretching his back and rarely jumps at the tap to win it. I think Mike is physically hurting and noticed this first part of the season

Walz has been doing that wincing for three seasons. Don't know if is physical issue or just part of the whole package. He seems to get some kind of lower leg injury twice per game too. But that stat Brooklyn put out there on the FTs attempted is just crazy.

 

[Spider2020]

Walz had a good game today. Agree the problem is the system, not the individual player

 

[Section9_RowD]

Walz had a good game today. Agree the problem is the system, not the individual player

Agreed — the saddest part of this season for me is seeing Big Mike, who’s been a really solid four-year Spider, have his career end this way. That said, I’m pretty sure he will be proud to be a Richmond grad who did well academically based on what I know, and is set up to do great things in the business world—and almost certainly on the golf course.

 

[Spiderguy]

They're all different, but Walz has a much different game than TJ, GG, or even Quinn. Those 3 seemed to go the boards more often than Walz. He's obviously more comfortable at high post or even further out.

 

[MrTbone]

They're all different, but Walz has a much different game than TJ, GG, or even Quinn. Those 3 seemed to go the boards more often than Walz. He's obviously more comfortable at high post or even further out.

It’s super rare that Mike sets up on the block, even relative to a team that doesnt play that type of game. Its just a 5 out setup most of the time which isn’t gonna get you many FT chances.

 

[Spiderp31]

Play defense without committing a foul. Stay in front of your player and defend with your hands up.

 

[MrTbone]

Cochran at URI - 17 FTA in this game alone.
Walz - 32 FTA on the season.

I thought it fitting for a couple reasons:

1. It shows how poor defensively UR is and how UR's small guards cannot handle a guard with size. We have seen this going back to that preseason scrimmage LAST season when some guard with size ate our guys' lunch. Having 1 small guard, fine. Having 4 is idiocy.

2. As of the beginning of last season, Moon talked about how Walz liked to play with more contact and physicality than other centers UR has had. It's either obviously not true, or the Moonball system that Moon himself keeps running prevents him from playing with that physicality on offense. Or both. Either way, it's on the coach for continuing to run the same sets that give the other team an advantage because we don't put pressure on them consistently. It's the epitome of finesse, fluidity, soft - whatever you want to call it - offense that does not stress most defenses.

We had 10 more FGAs than URI today, shot better splits across the board, turnovers were a wash. We lost the rebounding battle of course. But the game was lost in style of play. Fluidity is a loser. This stat tells you all you need to know.

Cochran is definitely a bull, he was just blowing right through dudes today.

 

[Spideralways]

We never have bulls with Mooney. Soft

 

[carolinaspider]

We never have bulls with Mooney. Soft

Bulls in the past: Mike Perry, Peter Woolfolk, Kenny Wood, David Gonzalvez and Bucknor were guys
who could drive hard take the hit and draw foul and get to the line.

 

[Urmite]

Bulls in the past: Mike Perry, Peter Woolfolk, Kenny Wood, David Gonzalvez and Bucknor were guys
who could drive hard take the hit and draw foul and get to the line.

I would add Eric English, maybe Terry Connolly?

 

[*23*]

It's funny, I went to Harvard Yale game last weekend. Couldn't figure our who the Yale star looked and played like. Got home and it came to me, guy looked like he could be Terry Connolly' s son. Game just like his.

 

[MrTbone]

Walz has been doing that wincing for three seasons. Don't know if is physical issue or just part of the whole package. He seems to get some kind of lower leg injury twice per game too. But that stat Brooklyn put out there on the FTs attempted is just crazy.

Concur, I think that posture is just how he’s built. I think he’s strong but pretty stiff, doesn’t strike me as any actual injury/pain. If it is, it hasn’t been talked about publicly.

 

[sman]

we're not good defensively, but man ... some of those calls. that one on Johnston with about 4 minutes left when he's backing up in the lane? where's the foul?

crazy giving up 42 foul shots. can't win a game that way.

 

[vt4700]

we're not good defensively, but man ... some of those calls. that one on Johnston with about 4 minutes left when he's backing up in the lane? where's the foul?

crazy giving up 42 foul shots. can't win a game that way.

I don't remember any bad calls. Have lost a lot of interest and didn't watch every play, but everytime I saw them go to the line, it was because we fouled them.

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

watch the Sean Miller press conference about Texas being a fouling machine, and contrast it with how Moon talks about our own fouling machine. Night and day. One coach calls out his guys as a whole to get better, the other is proud of his team.

 

[*23*]

Yes. And I do understand it is not a great look to throw individual players under the bus in the media. I am not advocating that. But this is D1 basketball at the high mid major level, where coaches are paid well and players are paid to play in addition to getting a free education. So yes I expect Mooney to coach defense, send a message when players dont, and generally run things more like a business than a day care.

 

[Spiders4ever]

Yes. And I do understand it is not a great look to throw individual players under the bus in the media. I am not advocating that. But this is D1 basketball at the high mid major level, where coaches are paid well and players are paid to play in addition to getting a free education. So yes I expect Mooney to coach defense, send a message when players dont, and generally run things more like a business than a day care.

Well, he has the sippy cup inventory on hand for daycare. May as well put it to use.