Thegreatone
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Coming out so unprepared for each half makes me wonder if the guys were ready to play to start and if Jim B made much better adjustments at halftime.
This one on Mick?
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JasonS
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I still don't think this is on Mick. I think this is on our big guys. Our guards played their asses off but got no help from Yancy or Thomas. The ball movement was fine but when you don't have an inside threat, the zone is going to take away what you have been doing well. Once Dion started hitting NBA plus range threes, the zone extended and forced someone else to beat them. If we had an inside presence at all, the zone would have been vulnerable. Our bigs made Fab Melo look like a good basketball player which is something that no other team has been able to do all year.
No way. The beginning of the second half they executed their offense but just couldn't make easy shots. You have to make these shots if you want to have a chance. Free throws missed also didn't help. This cannot be put on Cronin. Bishop has to play better. Yancy and Thomas have to show up. 16-0 run to start the second half. The 0 part was due to missed makeable shots. Make it 16-7 or 16-9 and they have a chance to win.
TheLivingLegend
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10 blocks by cuse.
"our two big kids are intimidated out there"--chuck m.
"our two big kids are intimidated out there"--chuck m.
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The noon start time is tough for players to get ready for IMO. I freakin hate 12 start times.
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The fact that Bishop starts the 2nd half has to be on Mick. Regardless of how the first half ever goes, he always starts the 2nd half the way he starts the 1st. This team is not 10 deep but Mick seems to think it is. That is on him.
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Mick is responsible for getting the kids to run whatever game plan they've come up with. I highly doubt that gameplan called for 19 3 attempts in the first half, when almost none came off penetration.
I don't put the loss solely on him, but I do think his kids were unprepared to play against that zone.
And as far as people who may think Syracuse got so many breaks, and they came out so red hot. I'd say there start to the 2nd, equaled our end to the first, so their equals out. What your left with is a whole of sloppy play and us not capatilizing on some of their mistakes.
And they played 2/3 of the game WITHOUT their leading scorer. They just flat out outplayed us. No luck involved.
I don't put the loss solely on him, but I do think his kids were unprepared to play against that zone.
And as far as people who may think Syracuse got so many breaks, and they came out so red hot. I'd say there start to the 2nd, equaled our end to the first, so their equals out. What your left with is a whole of sloppy play and us not capatilizing on some of their mistakes.
And they played 2/3 of the game WITHOUT their leading scorer. They just flat out outplayed us. No luck involved.
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Shooting and having two soft players in the post is what lost this game. They got good open looks in the second half and couldn't stick them. Thomas was blocked because he doesn't finish strong. Yancy needs an EKG to see if he has a heart. He should be embarrassed. I thought with Biggie in the game they made a run. He rebounded and altered shots close. I would have liked to see Wright, Dixon and Kilpatrick starting the second half. UC is better offensively when this happens because there are 3 scoring threats. If Gates would post up strong he'd get looks with those three in.
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Mick needs to shorten the rotation when certain players are doing well. Cash hit back to back three's in the first half and then didn't play for a while. While guys like Bishop who played really poorly got decent minutes. A line up of Cash, Dixon, Killa, Jackson and Biggie might have been the best of the night.
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Anyone hear the post game?
TheLivingLegend
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wondering the same thing.
Bearcat_NTS
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Mick said he was disappointed with the defense, Syracuse shot 54%
Also said double digit 3's should be enough to beat Syracuse, it was the interior game that let them down.
Tough to win on the road against good teams.
No word on Gates ankle injury.
Thats about it.
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1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 8-32 25.0% Game: 30.5%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-19 47.4% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 39.3%
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 45.5%
Outrebounded 41-28
Points in the paint-CIN 10,SYR 30
2nd chance points-CIN 6,SYR 13
Fast break points-CIN 2,SYR 11
Blocks-UC-0, SYR-10
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-19 47.4% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 39.3%
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 45.5%
Outrebounded 41-28
Points in the paint-CIN 10,SYR 30
2nd chance points-CIN 6,SYR 13
Fast break points-CIN 2,SYR 11
Blocks-UC-0, SYR-10
remember earlier in the year when Yancy was posting up, and making good passes?? Where did he go, doesn't do that anymore. Cats still make too many passes a lot of the time as well. Plenty of times players drove into the lane, only to pass it to someone who wasn't ready for the pass....who missed the shot. When they should've shot it themselves.
Its on Mick.
6 points in 12 minutes to start the 2nd half, 2 buckets and 2 free throws. I know Mick is not wearing the jersey, but damn! As a coach you cant allow that to go on. It seems all of Micks teams go through a scoreless drought in big games. Missing easy layups in big games is a sign of intimidation and not being prepared to play. Call a damn time-out and come up with a set play to get the guys under control and get an easy bucket.
AND IMO Ibrahima Thomas is about as productive as Biggie. I'd even venture to say Biggie has a better offensive game than Ibrahima. The guy continues to fail putting the ball in the hoop from 3 feet away and he's 8'9ft! Like to see either Justin Jackson (creates a spark) or Biggie taking more of Thomas's minutes. AND YES I said Biggie! The work in progress that is still progressing after 4 years
6 points in 12 minutes to start the 2nd half, 2 buckets and 2 free throws. I know Mick is not wearing the jersey, but damn! As a coach you cant allow that to go on. It seems all of Micks teams go through a scoreless drought in big games. Missing easy layups in big games is a sign of intimidation and not being prepared to play. Call a damn time-out and come up with a set play to get the guys under control and get an easy bucket.
AND IMO Ibrahima Thomas is about as productive as Biggie. I'd even venture to say Biggie has a better offensive game than Ibrahima. The guy continues to fail putting the ball in the hoop from 3 feet away and he's 8'9ft! Like to see either Justin Jackson (creates a spark) or Biggie taking more of Thomas's minutes. AND YES I said Biggie! The work in progress that is still progressing after 4 years
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Shocking you would think this. In the beginning of the second half, he did call 2 timeouts as SU went on a 16-0 run. By the 16 minute mark of the second half, they only had 1 timeout left. They did call plays and got a wide open shot for Dixon that he missed and an interior pass to Thomas that he couldn't dunk. Gates also had a short put back that he missed. Cronin can't shoot these shot for them but he had them in position to succeed. Unfortunately shot sometimes don't fall. I wish all the players had your mental (and keyboard) toughness, but sadly this is not the case.
Biggie is not a work in progress. He has progressed as much as he ever will, and this is not a indictment on the coaching staff, but on the lack of athleticism and foot problem that he has had.
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psax889906
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This team is still trying to figure out how to go from good to great. You can place some of the blame on Mick but it's all relative. How many teams win at the Carrier Dome (or the Pavilion) anyways? I'd venture to say it's on the players more so than Mick actually... the shots were there, they just weren't finishing. You can't blame the coach for that. There were about a dozen shots they took yesterday where they were WIDE open. Other than Dixon, they weren't able to knock them down on a consistent basis. I say the blame goes to the entire team. Not Mick.
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Mick didn't go 7-31 on 2 point shots. Mick didn't get killed on the boards. They had open shots. The inside players and shooting lost this game. It's always funny to me how you pop up after a loss to slam Cronin and disappear when the team wins.
The team is 16-2. You never in your wildest dreams thought this would happen. The coach said changes were coming. I do agree about Thomas. Bring him off the bench.
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