Sherod

[UR80sfan]

Sherod has gotten some heat on this board for his mistake in calling a time out at the end of the Dayton Game. It cost us one point, big deal. I thought he played a great game overall. 21 points and 9 rebounds including 4 for 7 from 3s.

In A10 conference play he has the 3rd best 3 point shooting percentage at 46.2% He give 100% every time he is on the court, loves both the City of Richmond and U of R and is a class act. It is great to see him step it up in conference play and he is going to help us be one of the top teams in the A10 this year.

 

[SpiderK]

Sherod has gotten some heat on this board for his mistake in calling a time out at the end of the Dayton Game. It cost us one point, big deal. I thought he played a great game overall. 21 points and 9 rebounds including 4 for 7 from 3s.

In A10 conference play he has the 3rd best 3 point shooting percentage at 46.2% He give 100% every time he is on the court, loves both the City of Richmond and U of R and is a class act. It is great to see him step it up in conference play and he is going to help us be one of the top teams in the A10 this year.

I loved when Nick decided to score. He just dominated for 7 or 8 minutes. He is Virginia’s leading scorer, the kid can light it up. Just wished he played with that fire every game. He has also been rebounding very well.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Nick had a very good game - he had more to do with our comeback than any other player.
I agree the TO faux pas was no big deal - it cost us a point but did stop the clock and we retained possession. I put that more on the coaches, anyway. Maybe put Gipe in charge of TO reminders.

 

[Spider B]

Nick needs to shoot every chance he gets, even if he 4 feet behind the line. He can make those shots.

 

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

Nick had a very good game - he had more to do with our comeback than any other player.
I agree the TO faux pas was no big deal - it cost us a point but did stop the clock and we retained possession. I put that more on the coaches, anyway. Maybe put Gipe in charge of TO reminders.

Agree about the time out - i think thats on the coaches (most likely) for not telling players theres no TO's remaining.
As for Sherod, i think the coaches told him to score - that simple. And i think we saw a new little offensive wrinkle with NS curling to post and just going one on one from there. He doesnt usually post up off the dribble drive so much as a pass into the box. Hes got a strong lower body and he is very effective there. Depending on who Fece U has guarding him i believe we'll see more of this Tuesday... especially if we have a dry spell offensively

 

[gcarter52]

I don't put the blame on anyone. This can happen to anyone. It is instinct to call a timeout when you can't get the ball inbound. Stuff happens, lets just move on to Tuesday with a win over VCU!!!

 

[GKiller]

Nick is a local kid, stand up guy, smart and calm.

I don’t see any heat coming his way. Where ...can u point it out? Didn’t matter in outcome either. & pretty certain that’s on the coaches. They spend 80% of the timeouts away from huddle talking to each other doubt the little remaining time they use to talk w the players covers everything.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

They spend 80% of the timeouts away from huddle talking to each other doubt the little remaining time they use to talk w the players covers everything.

“Well, Nick’s scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man’s here. We need a live roo– is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Grant's man-bun. And nobody seems to know what to get Gilly or Cayo for their birthday present. Is that about right? … We’re dealing with a lot of sh–.”

 

[Eight Legger]

They spend 80% of the timeouts away from huddle talking to each other doubt the little remaining time they use to talk w the players covers everything.

This has always left me befuddled. No other coaching staff does this. Why do we? Do they really not know what to talk about or what?

 

[wr70beh]

This has always left me befuddled. No other coaching staff does this. Why do we? Do they really not know what to talk about or what?

Makes you wonder what they talk about at other times.

With all this Quality time in the coaches huddle, you think someone can tell Mooney how many timeouts he has, and how much or little someone has played. Instead, Mooney consistently forgets his timeout situation, or forgets someone is on the bench.

 

[gcarter52]

Call me naive, but as a former coach, I have been in many situations that I was proud of and others that just got away. We live and we learn. There is an old saying, "ye among us without sin, cast the first stone." Stuff happens in life. I am still proud of the effort our team displayed Saturday night. The future is bright, "it is not what happens to you, but how you respond". Let's go Spiders!!!

 

[urfan1]

One life lesson I have learned -- Things are never as bright as they seem, nor are they as dark as they seem.

 

[spider23]

I thought wear of the season and comeback from the ACL may have been getting to Nick at the end of the OOC schedule, he seemed to be slumping. But he has been lights out in conference play. Great to see him playing so well, I am very confident every time the ball touches his hands. Keep it up Nick, stay aggressive.

 

[Not-A-Homer]

This has always left me befuddled. No other coaching staff does this. Why do we? Do they really not know what to talk about or what?

Agree, the 80% is ridiculous. It is leadership by committee. In spur of the moment decision-making situations, too much input is counterproductive.

Great leaders are competent, have confidence in themselves, and are decisive in the heat of battle.

Sharing ideas and using the input of your assistants should be
day-to-day, part of the preparatory process. I've seen Laissez-Faire leadership during a crisis reduce the chance of obtaining a successful outcome many a time.

 

[97spiderfan]

Agree, the 80% is ridiculous. It is leadership by committee. In spur of the moment decision-making situations, too much input is counterproductive.

Great leaders are competent, have confidence in themselves, and are decisive in the heat of battle.

Mooney isn't going to be teaching any classes at Jepson that is for sure. I'm not sure if I've seen a head coach with less confidence in his own leadership abilities than Mooney.

 

[LongTimeLurkerFirstTimePoster]

this string is what is wrong w/ this board. 80s started a discussion on Sherod. It turned into this.

Anyway, getting back to the original post--80s you're right. Nick has always played very well against the A10. I believe it was his soph year where his scoring average improved every month from November on.

 

[97spiderfan]

this string is what is wrong w/ this board. 80s started a discussion on Sherod. It turned into this.

Anyway, getting back to the original post--80s you're right. Nick has always played very well against the A10. I believe it was his soph year where his scoring average improved every month from November on.

You do realize this is how every message board works, don't you. Threads evolve over time, if they didn't it would get mighty boring quickly if you limit yourself to the very tight confines of the initial post.

 

[Spiders05]

Agree, the 80% is ridiculous. It is leadership by committee.

Unless you're in the huddle, how could you know what's occurring?

 

[SpiderTrap]

I thought Sherod played great the 2nd half. It was the first time in a long while that I had seen a Spider player basically demand the ball and score and tell the players and coaches, keep giving it to me. That is exactly what this teams needs when we hit those dry spells or when the other team goes on a run.
The timeout issue - I put more blame on the coaches, especially the assistants, since we had just come out of a TO, and were inbounding the ball right in front of our own bench. It didn't end up hurting us in the end - but I put more blame on the coaches than Sherod for that error.
We will need more of the 2nd half Sherod against VCU to hopefully quiet the crowd down a little bit.

 

[nathanw19]

Anyone else notice that Woj was getting late game minutes over Sherrod? I think it was for defensive purposes, but I’ve never thought of Woj as significantly better defensively than Sherrod, at least not to take Sherrod’s offense off the court late game when we need threes.

 

[urmite]

Anyone else notice that Woj was getting late game minutes over Sherrod? I think it was for defensive purposes, but I’ve never thought of Woj as significantly better defensively than Sherrod, at least not to take Sherrod’s offense off the court late game when we need threes.

I noticed we were taking out Golden & Sherod so we could press after made free throws...

 

[Not-A-Homer]

Unless you're in the huddle, how could you know what's occurring?

Seems pretty obvious that the leader probably isn't using the huddle time to develop the assistants.

If he is, that is a different problem.

 

[GKiller]

You do realize this is how every message board works, don't you. Threads evolve over time, if they didn't it would get mighty boring quickly if you limit yourself to the very tight confines of the initial post.

Plus the first sentence of the thread raises the whole issue. It's not some crazy tangent either. Personally I think there is plenty to praise Nick Sherod about & you don't need a false premise to do it.

 

[KWeaver]

Our speed/quickness with JG, AG, JW, Burton, and Cayo is generally better than with Golden and Sherod. I agree that I want Sherod's shooting in there, but we need to get the ball back, too, more than we need a defensive rebound, and Woj is a pretty good 3 point shooter in his own right.

That said, I hope Sherod can take over every game like this moving forward. He's really great.

 

[97spiderfan]

I noticed we were taking out Golden & Sherod so we could press after made free throws...

Classic Mooney move, Sherod is having a great game getting bucket after bucket down the stretch, so pull him out for "defensive purposes" and then have him miss the next couple offensive possessions because their no dead ball turnover.

 

[64Spider]

Unless you're in the huddle, how could you know what's occurring?

You guys must not watch much basketball. I see the coaches prehuddle conference before the head coach speaks to the players 90% of the time. We have less coaches and managers than a lot of teams and when all those people gather around the team it’s hard to know when the coach goes into the huddle.

 

[Eight Legger]

Back to Sherod... He should teach Grant some post moves. His were better and more effective.

 

[spiderman]

Back to Sherod... He should teach Grant some post moves. His were better and more effective.

Nick shoots a lot of fade-aways and floaters in the post. he's a very skilled shooter. those aren't shots I want Grant taking.

 

[Eight Legger]

I wasn't talking about his fade-aways, I was talking about how he directly and physically backs his way into the lane and then maneuvers for layups or short jumpers moving toward the hoop. Grant seems to take forever to try to figure out what his move is going to be as he's backing someone down, and then instead of going strong to the basket, he often takes a weird angle and ends up taking a shot that is more difficult than it needed to be.

 

[spiderman]

Nick does have some nice post skills for a smaller guy. Grant shoots a solid percentage from 2. Better than Nick. Neither scored well from 2 against Dayton.

 

[urmite]

Nick does have some nice post skills for a smaller guy. Grant shoots a solid percentage from 2. Better than Nick. Neither scored well from 2 against Dayton.

Our last two games from 2 were certainly contrasts...
LaSalle
We took 40 of the 98 shots from the field made 19 of 24 from 2
Dayton
We took 69 of the 123 shots from the field made 17 of 50 from 2

 

[SpiderK]

Nick shoots a lot of fade-aways and floaters in the post. he's a very skilled shooter. those aren't shots I want Grant taking.

True, Grant has very little touch around the basket. He should always use the glass and not try to put it directly in the cylinder. We got spoiled watching TJ, who always knew where he was on the floor. Grant is learning and will get better.