Brass Cannon

Come on Vandy be win.  We wanna be your first loss

  I think he can be a contributor for sure.  I just am not comfortable with him starting.  I don't think he got that kind of potential.  Thats why I think Brown could have started Day 1.    We are already pretty freaking bad at holding onto the basketball.  Its going to be even worse if we don't get somebody who is a better ball handler.    If the NCAA actually does its job and punishes UNC and the let the athletes out of their LOI I would hope we would be active towards Seventh Woods. 

Can anybody actually link me to video of Thon playing in an actual game and not looking lost?  The only time I have ever seen him look good is in highlight vids.      Its not like Cujo is going to be ready to contribute day 1 necessarily.  And not sure Newkirk will ever demand that large of a role.

Did Kegler actually sign that LOI?

I know some people are against offering early.  But can we please offer him, pretty please. 

"You missed a ton of FTs"  The look on his face

Maryland just decided they wanted to win and Georgetown just couldn't stay composed. 

Duke isn't going to struggle to score like this against us.  Will be interesting to see how much we will be able to disrupt them though

  I can't tell if he is dumbing himself down for the casual fans who don't understand basketball(UK fans).  Or if he really knows that little about basketball. 

I think OG would have to really improve to justify starting over Rojo.  But if he did wow. 

  I think you are onto something here.  Hes smart though and knows his teammates will matter.  Its going to important to show him he will have the cast behind him to succeed.  With Rojos improved defense we could field a defensive minded team still very capable of scoring.    Brown Johnson Alkins Davis Bryant   Not even going to list backups because we will be so deep who knows.  Thats the story we have to sell Alkins.  We can crash and burn this year and as long as Rojo and Bryant looks good we can sell that story.  This is contingent on getting Brown of course.    We have beat NC State with that story because they are going to be selling him the same thing. 

OG will fit there, but have to give the nod to Rawle if we snagged him.  OG could be an X factor off the bench then take over the reins his junior year. 

This is awesome to if we can get him this semester.  Frees us up to focus on Rawle and then attract a grad transfer with the final scholarship.    Im also super excited at the prospect of a defensive backcourt with our shortest rotation player being 6'3

  At what point is the onus on the offense to give the D time to rest   All 4 of Penn States TDs came after IU possessions of 2 minutes or less.  3 of the 4 OSU TDs came after IU possessions of 2 minutes or less.    Some of them were even less than a minute.    They are a defense built to play in conjunction with a high powered if the offense could get its crap together they would look better. 

  I never said our D was good.  Your putting words in my mouth to make my point less valid.    Our D put us in position to win in 2 or 3 games this year despite not being good.  And our offense has crapped the bed.  Our offense is supposed to be constant and consistent side of the ball.     They scored 10 points on the first 10 possessions of the game against OSU.  The defense had held OSU in check the D should have had the benefit of a 24-6 lead, instead they had a 10-6 lead.  10 of the 17 points against OSU in the second half had to come off turnovers because the offense couldn't get their crap together to mount an 80 yard drive.    Against Penn State we had slightly over 24 minutes time of possession.  We had 7 points the entirety of the Penn State game. Penn state    They hold these opponents pretty well during the first 3 quarters but then get blown out in the 4th because they are built to play with a lead, and they occasionally need to rest with a long drive.    I never said our defense was good.  But to act like we are always losing because of our defense is stupid.  They have given us chances.  But they are rarely set up for success.  Playing 35+ minutes a game with a deficit. 

  We run the hurry up offense thats exactly what the team is designed to do.  Score fast, score often, outscore opponent.    And if the D got so torched against Penn State in the second half how come they only gave up 10 points.  The FG drive was after a pathetic punt and they only got 15 yards on it.  Thats not really the D failing.  Thats the offense and special teams setting them up to fail and them doing the best they can.    Against OSU they held the #1 team in the country to 34 points.  That is a solid defensive effort for the type of offense we run.  Thats the 3rd fewest points we have allowed all season.  And if the offense had done their job in the first half it would have helped the D in the second half by making the OSUs play calling more predictable.    Hell to add another game the D had us in the MSU game, but they fell apart at the end because they were gassed because the offense couldn't hold onto the ball and let them rest. 

  Anybody who tries and claims the D didn't show up for the Penn State and OSU games is basically saying they didn't watch the games.    The D gave up 29 points to Penn State that should have been enough.  Going into the third they had only given up 19 but after an INT and a crappy punt they scored 10 points.    And against OSU the defense played lights out the first half gave the offense countless opportunities and they squandered them all.  After our 10th possession in that game we were only down 13-10.  We had wasted 8 of those possessions.    We are supposed to be a high powered offense, when you are averaging a point a drive, and still in the game its not the D thats to blame.

Two things to like his stat line and the signing day

To be fair the defense has had us in a few games and our offense has crapped the bed. 

Regardless of how much we pay our coaches the playcalling is unacceptably bad lately. 

Being 2 deep is very important.  We have seen the team fade going deep into the season, most of that is from too much practice but being able to rest them in game will be helpful as well. 

Stupid coaching decisions late doom us yet again.  I just, its not like its new perhaps it could be addressed. KISS

Looking at the Box score not being able to watch the game, but this looks to be a genuine all around effort.  Or is Eastern Illinois just bad?

I really think that Brown is target numero uno.   We should focus on him as much as possible.  He wants to play point, we will need a PG its  match made in heaven.    Alkins is another person who should get alot of resources.  St Johns does appear to be fading, so its sorta us, UK or UNC.  Hes an adidas kid at heart and with Monk so tight with UK feels like we have a real shot.  The key will be to just win this year and show him he will have good teammates and he will know who his coach is.   The third scholarship I think should go to a graduate transfer or a possible defection.  But for the most part after Alkins and Brown any left over energy should be spent on 2017 recruits.   

It might make us more attractive to Thon, but gotta think it makes him less of a priority for us