Too's Drug Induced Tit-Bits

[Triangle andToo]

The one thing about being in an institution are the drugs, Too bribed some extras Toonight so excuse Triangle for some spelling and whatever - so it goes ----- Ramblings-----

1. Spoonball - Remember when Charlie came Too St. Louis, everyone was worried about his defensive style of play - boring - boring - boring. But then the "H"man came Too our Billikens and the offense was ignited. Sure Claggs was there and Scott was there but it was the "H" that brought the offense toogether. Then there was the "Legend", Charlie let him do his thing - no bother about his defensive limitations - Charlie adapted. Coach Soderberg needs Too do the same thing - enough about the "Total" defense - put JJ inToo the game, quit worrying about 2 fouls and "CAN" that 3 guard offense with AD (3 guard offense with AD???????).

IO is a bust defensively but can hit that mid-range (10-12ft) jumper, so can JJ (you wonder why this isn't more of an arsenal?) Varner can't hit anything. Whew, that last pill was a nice one. The starting lineup is fine but when Tom and/or IO gets inToo foul trouble DON'T go that stoopid 3 guard lineup. Keep Josh and Reggie at their NORMAL positions (no need Too confuse anyone - this isn't rocket science) and bring in your other bigs at their positions - V at center, Ross at the 4 and JJ at the 3. Quit worrying about JJ's defensive liabilities - AD and Ross have just as much if not more offensive liabilities.

Oh yes, yes, yes, Coach Soderberg - is the ZONE DEFENSE some kind of scum of the earth. Confuse someone once in awhile - especially when your inside subs are in the game - where is it - it SLOWS the game down. If you have confidence in your perimeter defense - use it. The lack of the use of a zone defense just really pisses Triangle off - another pill please - Coach Soderberberg needs Too do a lot of learning in this area. - enough.

2. Huskies beat Arizona - Very poor defense on my Wildcats part - up by 9 with 9 Too go and then get outscored by 21 - just pititful. Oh yes - the Huskies have a shot at the NIT.

3. RPI - Our Billikens lack quality wins - only one against Dayton. You can talk about everything else but quality wins (home or away) are the name of the game. Our Billikens have plenty of chances for those quality wins left but coming out of this road trip without 2 wins would end any chances for an NCAA bid except for a Conference Tournament win.

4. Congrats Coach Martelli - for callng a female heckling St. Bonnie's fan a "moron and nitwit" and you should not have been been made Too apologize. Coaches take far Too much abuse from fans and should be allowed Too have verbal retribution. The St. Joseph administration should have backed their coach. Side bar Rambling ---- While Triangle was attending a Mizzou vs Okla St. game as a young adult student at Ole Mizzou back in the 60's, Too found Tooself seated immediately behind the Cowboy bench at Brewer Fieldhouse. Of course Okie St. was coached by the college and Olympic coaching legend Henry Iba, one of the Trooly great college coaches. The game was very close and it was evident Too Triangle that the refs were giving everything Too Ok St. and screwing the Too's Tigers. Triangle loudly objected and insults were exchanged between the coaching staff (very loud and obscene insults) and Triangle. The language and insults got really bad until the security people finally took notice and moved in. Well, they couldn't eject the OK St.coaching staff, so Too was gone. In retrospect, now as a responsible, mature adult citizen, Triangle desereved it. Coaching staffs should never have Too apologize for responding Too nitwits and morons (at that time, Triangle).

5. Fish in the Net - Josh is a fine shooter - just not a quick one. Let Reggie shoot off the dribble (create) and set the screens for Josh for the set jumper or Too peel off the screen inToo the lane.

6. Wild Blue Yonder - Yet another team is playing that Princeton offense (Stanford) and that is Air Force. Do not want Too play this team in the first round of the NCAA. Coach Scott uses this offense and a smothering defense which could bring a 5 or 6th seed Too their knees.

7. College Coaching Quandary - Has the 3 point line destroyed the inside offensive game in college coaching? Would you hire a former college guard as your coach? Look at young highly payed coaches, Coach Q at Mizzou, Coach D. at Florida and our beloved Coach R at Washington and their failures (3 highly ranked conferenxes). This is a very interesting question, has inside coaching gone down the drain. Are inside players now looked upon as merely ocassional 1-2 foot shots and offensive/defensive rebounders (bruisers), instead of a mainstay or equal contributors of a teams offense? Guards seem Too look upon the game from the outside in, but the actual game of basketball is centered around the basket radius. The most high percentage shot is the dunk and then it radiates outward, physics, it's easy. It is easy for Triangle, start from within, pound the ball inside, score or get fouled. The lane is still the lane on offense, it is the closest Too the basket, why not? What has happened? Input?

8. The Most Important Posting - we all need Too say and devote our prayers Toonight and everynight Too our people who protect us in our communities, in our country and the world. It seems like a daily reading in the newspapers about our soldiers being killed or injured in the far out regions of the earth and there is a tendancy Too read it and forget it. The city of St. Louis lost a dedicated police officer today in the fight against drugs in our community. Of course any loss of life is tragic, but the loss of an officer's life in the dedicated protection of our close community is especially devistating.

We all seem Too get lost in in our mundain arguments about sports, Officer Sloan was just trying Too do his job and protect his community. Americans are all over this world, just trying Too do their jobs, just trying Too protect us. so it goes..........

[jjray]

Very distressing to hear of the death of officer Sloan, add an amen to that thought.