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JaleJarr

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  1. If Majerus is the stand up guy you seems to believe he is, he would have been honest enough in the very beginning with the returning players. The only reason he wasn't was due to the fact that SLU would have been looking at (3) consecutive years of losing basketball.
  2. Clock_Tower Instead, I'm frustrated with his scoring output these last 2 years, I have defended him at length these last 2 years, No disrespect Clock but you're a like a traffic investigator who happens upon crash after crash involving the same driver and yet you never connect the operator to the disasters. When you do connect the two you find someway to mitigate or absolve him from the crash. I had thought he had accepted RM and his peculiar and, at times, overbearing personality and was giving maximum effort. When TL/family decided to make their protest statement by not shaking RM's hand. I didn't make the game so I don't know if this was something that was planned or not. What I do know is that the benefits of having a closed practice is that you get to say and do pretty much what you want to say and do without being held accountable. Things such as offering to assist a senior player to transfer well into the season or vile comments about your lineage. Majerus has a well documented history so this should come as no surprise to anyone. Conversely what happened that night should come as no surprise.
  3. It's going to be really tough on Kwamain next year. I expect defenses to cover him much the way they defended Tommie these past 2 seasons. Your going to see a lot hedging when Kwamain has the ball. I think teams will overplay him with the intent of getting the ball out of his hands. If he attempts to fight through it by overdribbling expect a lot of turnovers because the offense is not conducive to dribble penetration. Hopefully some of the returning guys will work this summer on their jumpshooting because those opportunities will be there. It's a must that Brian and Willie play the roles of studs, otherwise expect a long season.
  4. I never said he wasn't trying to win, my point was pretty much answered by Moytoy. Given a choice of taken advantage of the current roster's talent as opposed to running his system, he has chosen to run his system irrespective of wins and losses. What did Mike Singletary say about Vernon Davis and winning?
  5. Jimbo I've always enjoyed your post. There is always something humorous in your post but they always contain a lot of truth. It's unfair however to say Tommie somewhat packed it in due to concern about his professional future. Tommie has always made the game seem effortless. You can't average 6.9 and 6.8 rpg in your first two seasons by not giving max effort. In terms of Tommie's regression, there is a big white elephant or 800 lb gorilla in the room no one is seeing. After coming off a very successful freshmen season, Tommie suffered no sophomore slump. He raised his scoring average from 10.3ppg to 15.4ppg. His rebounding remained steady from 6.9 as a frosh to 6.8 as a soph. He even improved his defensive rebounding total from 138 to 173. Tommie raised his free throw attempts from 3.0 per game to 3.6 per game. Tommie three point shooting went from an anemic 9.5% to 45.4%. In fact he was connecting on 52.6% of his three pointers before injuring his toe in the 26th game of the season vs Dayton. Tommie scored in double figures in 28 of 33 games, reaching that figure in 19 of his last 22 games. He would score between 16-28 points in 14 of his 33 games. In those 14 games he would post averages of 21.9ppg and 6.2 rpg. He shot 57.1% overall and 57.3% in 3ptfg% in those 14 games. Clearly this guy was headed for a monster junior season, what happened? Rick Majerus happened. The new offensive philosophy de-emphasized Tommie's attacking drives to the basket. Instead Bryce Husak and other limited offensive players were rolling his way with that extra defender who simply doubled Tommie as they had no respect for the person setting the screen. The results were Tommie taking 73 less shots overall and 25 less three point shots. Tommie's scoring dipped from 15.4ppg to 12.3ppg. His rebounding also fell from 6.8rpg to 4.3rpg. Tommie's senior season would see the same trends as he matched last season's fg attempts. His 3pt attempts fell by 10 from the previous season. Go back and review all the statements about Majerus in relation to winning not being the most important goal, and put yourself in the shoes of the players seeing that statement being put it to practice game after game, one can't help but ask the question of are we really committed to winning every time out.
  6. The best thing I can say about this coaching staff is their ability to develop players. We saw it last year in such a short period of time with Danny Brown and Bryce Husak. This year we are seeing it with Willie Reed, Kyle Cassity, and Brian Conklin. Coach is not afraid to play these guys during critical game situations. I can't wait to see these guys as juniors.
  7. Those are some great points Jimbo. Those are some of things that had scouts looking at Tommie. There are two schools of thoughts, according to some sources there is the perception that Tommie's play has regressed, while others acknowledge the coaching change having something to do with his play. Either way Tommie will hopefully have the opportunity to open some eyes at either the NBA Camp or at Portsmouth. I don't really look at what has happened as SLU the past two seasons as being indicative of Tommie's skill level. Some of the less knowledgeable people will say he went from scoring 15.4 ppg to scoring 12 ppg and now around 13 ppg for the last two seasons, I will say almost all of those points came exclusively in a half court set. No small feat when you consider that Tommie is often going 1 on 2 and sometimes 1 on 3. Teams could do that knowing Tommie and Kevin has no other legitimate scoring threats available. Put Tommie in a situation where he can punish the defense with his passing and his ability to break down one on one defense his value will rise. If not European money is spending much better than the US dollars nowadays.
  8. Funny that you mentioned that. I picked up on that as well. I think it was Smith who backed Kevin down and scored on a nice athletic play. He went down court as if he made the game winning shot and Lisch just smiled and took him right off the dribble for a layup on SLU's next possession. Kevin got back on defense without a word being said as if to demonstrate what you do after making a play.
  9. Thanks for the link. I watched and cursed Tommie for most of the game for not attacking. I then started to think something was wrong with his lower back as he wasn't really closing out on the 3 point shooters. He was even playing off some guys on the perimeter as if he knew he couldn't stay with them off the dribble. Towards the end of the game he wasn't he even looking for his shot. He became more of a distributor from the free throw line as I don't think he took a shot past the halfway point of the 2nd half. Thank God for Kevin and Kwamain.
  10. I believe his is still employed with the St Louis City Division of Corrections
  11. I pretty much agree with you Nate as far as Willie needing to get stronger but I can foresee a scenario where his numbers will improve during conference play, at least early on until he hit some rookie wall. Tommie and Kevin as always will be the focus of the defense. That is more amplified during conference play as teams figure you stop them you pretty much stop the Billkens. This will allow Willie and Brian to take advantage of over aggressive defenses with offensive rebounds and easy put backs. I can't find the post but I did post once in the past how I felt Willie was a critical player. I felt his athleticism would allow him to have some success as teams concentrated on Tommie and Kevin. I never saw Brian coming.
  12. You would think given Brett's size he would play but that didn't factor in the Detroit Mercy game. I think Xavier is going to come out and play real aggressive against our guards like they did last year but I think we'll be better prepared with guys like Willie and Brian. Bryce and Barry didn't make them pay for that over aggressive defense last year but with Willie in there, provided he stays out of foul trouble you can throw over the top of that defense like they did against Kent State. I also see Brian getting a few offensive rebounds in this game too.
  13. [John was the more productive high school player and came from a program that won state and finished second in back-to-back seasons.] You have to mention that John was one of three Division I basketball players on that team. That makes a helluva difference in relation to team success. I won't go into the Missouri/Illinois high school basketball discussion.
  14. Jale my question to you is Tommie encouraged or discouraged from attacking the basket? I agree that we are a better team when he takes it inside. Does Rick allow him to freelance"? The point I'm trying to make is that Coach Majerus has a proven system. One that has won on the biggest stages. The problem at present is that he has senior players that don't neccesarily fit his system. What do you do? Do you allow those players to freelance or do you stay true to your system? I don't fault Majerus one iota for staying true to his system, its proven. People just need to realize the position these players are in before they make critical statements about a particular player's desire or performance. It appears to me we are running more pick and rolls which allows Tommie to break his man down. Does the game plan change from game to game? My question is it Rick or is it Tommie. As an aside to this I don't like Kevin as the backup point guard. When he has the ball in his hands to much he tries to penetrate and that is not his game. The pick and roll is only effective if the defense has to respect the guy that is setting the pick. For the last 2 years that hasn't been the case at SLU. Teams never had to respect guys like Husak and Knollmeyer when they came out and picked.The same is true now as the people who are setting the picks are freshmen. They will eventually grow into their roles but they are not there yet. Essentially what you are doing is running a double team out to Kevin and Tommie when the big men come out and pick, this won't be the case within a few years. The big men that are being recruited into SLU are more skilled that what SLU had to offer in the past. As far as Kevin being a point guard I've never agreed with that. You take away one of his greatest skills as a scorer. Kevin with the ball draws attention. I like Kevin off the ball with his ability to find holes in the defense or as an outlet to Tommie when he is penetrating the lane.
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