I wanted to bump this post. The Spiders under Mooney have long been the Bengals under Marvin Lewis. You only have to listen to Stephen A until 2:30...
Thanks Chop. What year was this posted? Always like your posts and I liked @spiderstudent17 posts also. I guess we haven’t heard from him lately either. I suppose he has moved onto other things since nothing has changed on the coaching front. Of course things were really dire back in 2019 when I probably first started to post.
Yes. Moon recruits 1-5 to be shooters not defenders nor rebounders. The flaw is that when we don’t shoot well there is no fall back option to rely upon.
It was posted in January of 2019. Marvin Lewis was indeed fired.
We also don't recruit interior rim protectors so when the other team's outside shots aren't falling they can pound the ball inside or grab offensive rebounds and get high percentage opportunities. How many dunks and 2 foot shots did VCU get the other night? Williams was determined to get the ball into the lane and not let his team lose. I would have liked to see Burton try to take over in the same fashion when his outside shots weren't falling...he's that good of a player.
The trouble is when he did try to drive he either lost the ball or missed close in shots.
So true. That and other of the basics & fundamentals. Imagine a coach that would include those in his system resulting in a tremendous upside as opposed to limitations by exclusion.
You mean last season? He has only connected on a three pointer in two games so far this season.
Grace was rightly criticized on this board. He was a passive player his first two years with a low ceiling But I will agree, he has worked hard and is now a serviceable bench player who makes positive contributions. Credit to Grace for working hard, providing his doubters wrong and improving his game.
His overall sample size is small.well, he's a 29% career 3 point shooter who's now hit 42% this season.
very small sample size, but encouraging to me at least.
I'm guessing he's looked great in practice
I choose to focus on this entire season's 42% (5/12).
I've acknowledged that it's a very small sample size. what more do you want? 5/12 doesn't mean he's now a strong 3 point shooter. it also doesn't mean he can't be.
The uncertainty of the binomial distribution is sqrt(npq), which in this situation means, given no other information, we would expect Goose's "real" 3pt shooting percentage to be between 28% and 56% given his performance so far this season. He is on the border of shooting better by a statistically significant amount compared to previous seasons, but not quite there yet.
His show is so painfully "cringe-y" that i just can't listen any more. Does anyone call in?
Grace is still not very good, however he is much better than Sal. See, I know how to compliment.
I know that. But damn, ask some hard questions from time to time. He gets probably the most media access to Mooney and lobs him softball after softball. For instance, the entire postgame interview after VCU loss was filled with questions about how good we played in the second half.
