Matt Grace - 2018 Commit
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8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
^^This. Not a fan of this thread. Matt Grace I believe is the nicest guy on the team. It really starts and ends with Mooney and Hardt, they are very highly paid professionals. As UR2K says the starters are just not playing as well and consistently as needed. You always start at the top then work your way down. And Matt Grace is down the list. Cut him a break he deserves it.
Fair enough. On our list of problems, Matt Grace is way down the list and it is absolutely not his fault that he is asked to play basketball in a league that is above his talent and athletic abilities.
Your right it is on Mooney and I guess that has always been my point with Grace, he should have never been recruited in the first place because that should have been recognized in the recruiting process. It of course, wasn't.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
exactly this. I do not doubt for a minute that Matt is a hard-working and exemplary student athlete but this stage is just too big for him. Not his fault, we all know who to blame though.
the stage was too big for everyone but Cayo and Wilson last night.
and Francis for a half.
Grace shouldn't even be on our radar today.
He has a nice shot. I bet Matt also leads the nation in fouls/minute.
Notwithstanding the cirumstances that led to it, I do want to compliment his almost game-tying shot. A lot of confidence to shoot and make it in that situation.
True, but I'll also observe that he's managed to grab exactly one rebound in conference play. In about 100 minutes of playing time.
So you're saying he had one tenth of our in-conference rebounds this year?
I mean, there were .4 seconds left in the game, what else was he supposed to do? Pass it?
Unfortunately, he would have also had to have been fouled and make the free throw, too. Had that game home to overtime, we weren't winning it. In fact we probably would have lost it by more than 3
One thing I noticed (and I might have given Bob too much credit on another thread), was that Bob was actually at his homerish best through most of the broadcast. When I saw that replay, I thought ugghh, no way that sticks. It was kind of comical because Bob was trying to make it close and Beck was like No, No, not going to count. But there were a lot of foul or lack of foul calls by both teams that Bob was very one sided on. Guess it it good to know which side your bread is butterered on. Though watching Celtics games, this is not uncommon I guess.
Congratulations Matt on your best game to date. Obviously this type of play has been seen in practice and why Grace is favored over Sal. Hopefully the growth will continue into next year.
He looked better than a healthy Golden tonight. No dumb passes, smart with the ball around the basket, made a bunch of threes, had some assists, did a little bit of everything.
Matt was great. showed everything from 3's to inside moves to solid screens and impressive passing. he's never going to be a rebounder or shot blocker but he can be effective.
