I'm concerned about his coaching based on his career at UNCG. He has never run an efficient offense. Brannen at least ran motion with some intent of getting rim looks. Cronin at least ran sets and focused on limiting turnovers. This team looks like it's playing pickup basketball.
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The offense and rebounding were bad as usual. What was surprising was how awful we were on defense. We had no adjustments for Nunge. We went behind screens all night instead of blitzing or doubling to try an force turnovers. We played a fairly passive straight man defense that was getting consistently beat.
The bright spots were Lakhin and Newman. Lakhin and Ody are the only guys who really look to score when they are in the paint. Newman was the only guy playing decent defense out there. Hensley also looked ok. He's decisive with and without the ball, which is nice to see from a young guy. I think he can be a good player with more experience.
The bright spots were Lakhin and Newman. Lakhin and Ody are the only guys who really look to score when they are in the paint. Newman was the only guy playing decent defense out there. Hensley also looked ok. He's decisive with and without the ball, which is nice to see from a young guy. I think he can be a good player with more experience.
I was thinking the same thing about Lakhin. He is scrappy for a big guy. What do all the honorable mentions have in common? Miller brought them in.
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I wonder would Mcmillan even accept offer at this point. Miller better get Griffin or this going get ugly quick. He absolutely can't play entire roster every game. That has stop immediately!
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Bro Jacob, You, and Me were on Brannen head from day 1. Miller 7-3 so its not that ugly to me but he's most definitely FAIR GAME for any criticism.
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I love it. If the Catholic act like this? Can you imagine how city kids supposed act. Do you think Withrow would allow Elder to act this way? Man the F up! Im tired of crying of grown man on how kids act in most important gane of their lifes.
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Isaiah Miller saved Wes Miller. This offense works in MAC when you have NBA guy playing on that level. Its not working when every team you play has NBA athleticism.
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MAW, Madsen, Newman all need their scholarships evaluated at end of year. I'll take Mcmillan right now over all 3 of them.
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AJ Anthony or McGinnis 3rd best guard on team
Criticism is fair, but there's a difference between criticism and some of what was said by others in this thread. Calling the coach terrible after 10 games in his first season is a bit much (and not something I did with Brannen).
Step one for Miller is sitting anyone who doesn't pursue every rebound and box out. Those are energy/effort plays. Regardless of if Miller can coach offense, he clearly isn't going to manage it well this year with these players (whether it's lack of time to coach them or lack of players to run his O or just that he can't coach offense).
So do what he said he would do, be Mick Cronin 2.0 (at least for this year). You don't defend, box out and rebound you don't play. If that shrinks us to 5 guys who play, so be it (it's probably optimistic to think we have 5 guys who can rebound right now to be honest). Defend, rebound, don't turn the ball over and you can win games without much offense.
There are two plays I recall where Nunje was out near the 3 point line when the shot went up and crashed the glass because the guy guarding him ball watched when the shot went up and he easily got around them and to the rim. Once it was Ody, the other time it was MAW. The poor rebounding starts at the three point line with guys not getting a body on their man and preventing them crashing the glass.
Our rebounding numbers were simply horrible. Only two guys were even somewhat good: Lakhin with 6 rebound in 16 minutes and Ado with 5 in 18. Hensley had 0 in 9 minutes, Ody 1 in 8 minutes, Koval 2 in 10 minutes, Davenport 3 in 24 minutes, Newman 3 in 28 minutes. Xavier had a 46.6% offensive rebound percentage and honestly if they hadn't let up in the last 8 minutes, they may have been over 50%. Meanwhile we were about 30% OR%.
Shrinking the rotation is tough right now because no one outside of DDJ, Saunders and Lakhin consistently plays well enough to be on the floor. I would start those three, plus two of Ado/Newman/Davenport - the three who sometimes play well and sometimes suck. Get every possible minute you can out of those 6, give Ody/Hensley/McGinnis some minutes to develop them and leave MAW/Mason on the bench until the figure out how to shoot the ball (and play defense in Mason's case). Koval has no business stepping on the court in another game. He's not going to be here next year, so nothing to develop and he's not good enough to play in the American as is (or even close to good enough).
So do what he said he would do, be Mick Cronin 2.0 (at least for this year). You don't defend, box out and rebound you don't play. If that shrinks us to 5 guys who play, so be it (it's probably optimistic to think we have 5 guys who can rebound right now to be honest). Defend, rebound, don't turn the ball over and you can win games without much offense.
There are two plays I recall where Nunje was out near the 3 point line when the shot went up and crashed the glass because the guy guarding him ball watched when the shot went up and he easily got around them and to the rim. Once it was Ody, the other time it was MAW. The poor rebounding starts at the three point line with guys not getting a body on their man and preventing them crashing the glass.
Our rebounding numbers were simply horrible. Only two guys were even somewhat good: Lakhin with 6 rebound in 16 minutes and Ado with 5 in 18. Hensley had 0 in 9 minutes, Ody 1 in 8 minutes, Koval 2 in 10 minutes, Davenport 3 in 24 minutes, Newman 3 in 28 minutes. Xavier had a 46.6% offensive rebound percentage and honestly if they hadn't let up in the last 8 minutes, they may have been over 50%. Meanwhile we were about 30% OR%.
Shrinking the rotation is tough right now because no one outside of DDJ, Saunders and Lakhin consistently plays well enough to be on the floor. I would start those three, plus two of Ado/Newman/Davenport - the three who sometimes play well and sometimes suck. Get every possible minute you can out of those 6, give Ody/Hensley/McGinnis some minutes to develop them and leave MAW/Mason on the bench until the figure out how to shoot the ball (and play defense in Mason's case). Koval has no business stepping on the court in another game. He's not going to be here next year, so nothing to develop and he's not good enough to play in the American as is (or even close to good enough).
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That’s how pitiful our coaching us. People on this board actually are suggesting legitimate adjustments that Wes has failed to make. Rebounding and offense have struggled every game. He needs to go back to low major, he can’t coach at our mid major level… let alone high major.
You guys act like UC has players that are outstanding players who are not performing. That is not the case with this roster. DDJ, Lahkin and Saunders are the only legitimate high-major players. The rest of the roster are not starting players at this level and should be coming off the bench to give the starters a breath. I agree that Miller does substitute far too much such that players cannot establish a rhythm. But the players are also incapable of establishing a rhythm because they lack the skills. This year was always going to be a rebuild year anyway. Miller needs to settle on a starting lineup and take his lumps this year while gaining experience for the core of the team.
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I agree, we as fans can not act like Davenport, Madsen, and Maw were going to become killers over a year. There is truly no difference in their play from last year. It's been more like exposure when playing more athletic teams. We are suffering at the 2 and 3. I know Wes is keeping them motivated, but motivation alone will only carry you so far. Let's see what CJ Anthony "Prolific Scorer"and others can bring to the table. To create a more offensively aggressive unit.
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This is a very good post especially recognizing that Saunders, Lakhin and DDJ are our 3 best players. In Lakhin's case his production on a minutes per played basis is really high. I'm of the belief it is now that this kid needs to start and get 25-28 minutes a game. He is averaging 15 minutes a game. This is borderline criminal right now. Avg 7.5/5.5 in those minutes. He's a double double every night if Wes would allow him 25 plus minutes. In Saunders case I just believe you give him the keys now and say it's yours. DDJ is our best scorer. The rest I don't know. If it were me the other 2 starters at this point would be Ado and Newman. I just think Davenport needs to be the 6th man/energy guy. Mika plays too many minutes right now.
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Miller on hot seat(In my world). He didn't bring Isiah(only way i was giving him job), couldn't keep Tari/Williams/Harvey, didn't offer Mcmillan, and still hasn't offered best ohio prospect since Lebron.
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