Bizziken Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 What the hell... We've been playing most of the year with 8 scholarship players...6 if you discount Neufeld and Gillmann. And 5 last night without Zeke. I don't really think any conclusions can be drawn given the incomplete roster. But we've seen some decent basketball recently (2nd halves against Davidson and St. Bona and good games against Mason and UMass), and some individual player improvement...so we have that going for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Ford leaving OSU and going to SLU couldn't have been better for us. Ford's OSU had some bad luck but could have exceeded in the A10. Its been talked about before but the B12 is just insanely good and unpredictable. With the constant improvement with the team this year win or not we have seen a great improvement in our players. Already Ford has set 2 scoring records this year with points scored and shots made in a row to start a game. Ford at the helm of SLU in my opinion can bring a great deal of certainty to games, and we will once again be the team the entire A10 hopes to have an upset against Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Ford is making the necessary adjustments. He is recruiting an enormous number of players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 On 1/30/2017 at 6:14 PM, Glorydays2013 said: Already Ford has set 2 scoring records this year with points scored and shots made in a row to start a game. Is Ford playing on a Rec team or something? I wasn't aware he was suiting up for games. What jersey number is Ford? I'll be sure to watch for him tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 minute ago, HoosierPal said: Is Ford playing on a Rec team or something? I wasn't aware he was suiting up for games. What jersey number is Ford? I'll be sure to watch for him tonight. As a leader of a team or anything, any action done by your team is reflected directly to you whether or not it is your doing. Therefore if Ford's team does something, he himself did since he is in charge. Goes the other way as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Glorydays2013 said: As a leader of a team or anything, any action done by your team is reflected directly to you whether or not it is your doing. Therefore if Ford's team does something, he himself did since he is in charge. Goes the other way as well So FORD, not the team, had 9 turnovers at GW and 17 against UMass. Hmmm. Wonder if he knows that. So we don't need better players, we need a better coach, one who doesn't turn over the ball as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: So FORD, not the team, had 9 turnovers at GW and 17 against UMass. Hmmm. Wonder if he knows that. So we don't need better players, we need a better coach, one who doesn't turn over the ball as much. Correct. Ford's team had 9 turnovers at GW and 17 against UMass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 38 minutes ago, Glorydays2013 said: Correct. Ford's team had 9 turnovers at GW and 17 against UMass Now you understand. It's the team that set the records, not the coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Now you understand. It's the team that set the records, not the coach. I think you're looking for something to be mad about, and you're being an ass if you think I meant Ford set those records. Maybe you're an ass AND unintelligent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3 hours ago, Glorydays2013 said: I think you're looking for something to be mad about, and you're being an ass if you think I meant Ford set those records. Maybe you're an ass AND unintelligent Someone steal your lunch money at school today? Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Back on topic, the team has definitely gotten better as the season has moved along. And this is happening even with major injury problems. Definitely reasons for optimism moving forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 playing with just 6 is such a mindblower but smaller rotation is what we were all concerned with during the dark last 2 years, and this may be part of the reason we are starting to click. The decrease in TOs last little stretch is amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoelabs Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ford is proving that he is indeed a coach who can handle the "Xs and Os" which was his biggest criticism. He has outcoached many of his opposite numbers and the fact this team is winning games at all with the talent level out there is quite amazing. Look at mizzou, with vastly more talent in an SEC that really is not much better than the A10. Ford would coach circles around Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I have talked to coaches who have seen Ford's practices and they have told me that he runs more sets then most other coaches. Their point is that he has a lot plays and strategy. His problem here is that he can not get to the point to start to do what he wants here. I might also disagree about Missouri's talent level - it really is not that good. Also, the coaches Ford has been beating in this little stretch are not top tier so lets keep a perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 53 minutes ago, almaman said: playing with just 6 is such a mindblower but smaller rotation is what we were all concerned with during the dark last 2 years, and this may be part of the reason we are starting to click. The decrease in TOs last little stretch is amazing This is what is most noticeable to me too. The sudden drop in turnovers. We still can't seem to shoot worth a damn and hardly anyone can make the first of a one-and-one but lately we're taking care of the ball and at least getting the chance to shoot (and mostly miss) on most possessions. Finally something to at least give some hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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