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9 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

Last Coach's Show of the Year, March 5

Van Macon there tonight.  No word on where Ford was, but Rammer alluded to recruiting.  

Rammer - Lot's of nagging injuries, but nothing specifically discussed.  It's that time of the year.  Every team is tired and beat up.  

Coach Macon - Senior Night Game v St. Bonnie.  Offense was stale early and we were settling too much for jump shots.  Teams are now game planning for French, and he isn't used to it.  He is frustrated, but will figure it out.   French got engaged in the second half and stopped worrying about touches, etc, and played much better.  French always smiling, even tempered off the floor.  Sometimes he is too nice on the floor.  He is a very good passer, and learning how to pass out of the double.  French hasn't seen double/triple teams like this before.  Duquesne took away his first pass option with a third defender, causing French to have to figure out passing option #2 quickly. 

Macon on Johnson - bothered about not playing well v St. Bonnie.  But has a short memory and kept firing up the shots.  "He is never, not confident about taking a shot." 

Macon on the team - edge hasn't been as sharp the past five or six games, even the games we won.  Haven't found that extra gear that there used to be.  Asked by Rammer, did the boast from the resolution of the situation - the cloud was lifted - wear off?  Guys had fed off each other but that edge has been missing. 

Macon played golf and hoops in high school (interesting combo.)  HS BBall lost 6 games in three years.  Golf team wasn't very good.  Got started coaching at AAU camps in the summer.  First coached at Adelphi College.  One thing he tries to sell a recruit on is playing for Coach Ford,  who has players in the NBA.   Commitments are not for four years, they are for forty years.  Relationships are developed that last a lifetime.    

Macon - senior night was special with Aaron and Davell, whom Mcaon has known for only two years. It has been special being part of their lives and watching them grow.  The whole team walked out onto the floor with Rashed.  Macon had never seen that.  Special.  Hines has gotten tremendously better.  Works hard, is reliable.  Davell has been a huge part of the building of the team.  He is the sounding board for the staff regarding the team.  Talked about balancing Senior Night and the Game that evening.  Senior Night can take over the evening - happened with Rhode Island this year....too much emotion and energy gone before the game started for Rhody.  (Macon knows an Assistant there and talked to him about their game.)  Ford is the first coach Macon has seen doing the senior session after the game.  But Macon likes it better, last item on the night.  Only down side is keeping the fans in the building.  Rammer played Ford's Senior Talk again.  That was special then and great to hear it a second time.  

Macon - Team Blue motto was great.  Team texts each other about it and is always talking about Team Blue.  Rebound chain is a big deal, and they fight for it.  "The get pissed."  

Michael Wilson - Film Coordinator - will spend 40 or 50 hours on film between now and game time in DC. He explained to Rammer how the Bills ended up 6th.  (Double win against Richmond was our key.) Due to the standings, it was hard to figure out which teams to prepare for before Saturday evening.   Macon said he is not good with computers and Wilson keeps him organized.  Mike has everything set for the coaches.  Tate is scouting Fordham and Bailey has GW for our game.  Macon is looking ahead at Davidson, even though Tate has Davidson when we win.  

Macon - preparing for the conference tourney is different than early season two game tourney.  Have to keep the team focused on only one game.  

Riley Allen - Strength and Conditioning Coach.  All of the S and C program is focused on March.  Nothing major different this week than other weeks.  Keeping volume down but weights high.  Keep the intensity high but don't want muscle breakdown.  Plan between games, 24 hours later, is hydration (they measure the players on this), 7 to 8 hours sleep, and food - get the calories....steer away from sugars.  Get large pizza after games.  They feed the players something that they won't get themselves, such as rice and fish.  Pregame protein smoothies have been popular this year.  Don't throw in any extra foo-foo stuff, (like they do at Smoothie King).  Just throw in extra fruit and yogurt.  

Talked about the camps.  Players will be there working stations.  Coach Ford does demonstrations with the players in the mornings.  

That's a rap.

 

 

      

Thanks. Only got to listen to a few minutes but really liked Macon 

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Region 2 championship was University Heights over Christian County, 78-70. Kyky Tandy appears to be the man for UHA, with 33 last night, as @Bills_06 pointed out. The sports guy from Evansville, who's Twitter is linked above, says both Cal and Ford were watching him, so he's gotta be the player.

Kyky is short for Dekeyvan. He's a 2019 4-star guard averaging 31.6 points per game. He has offers from Iowa State, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Florida, WKU, Oklahoma, and more. Obviously Kentucky is in the mix now, so most recent headlines are about their interest.

I'll put a more complete profile together this morning and update the Recruiting Lists thread.

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17 minutes ago, Pistol said:

Region 2 championship was University Heights over Christian County, 78-70. Kyky Tandy appears to be the man for UHA, with 33 last night, as @Bills_06 pointed out. The sports guy from Evansville, who's Twitter is linked above, says both Cal and Ford were watching him, so he's gotta be the player.

Kyky is short for Dekeyvan. He's a 2019 4-star guard averaging 31.6 points per game. He has offers from Iowa State, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Florida, WKU, Oklahoma, and more. Obviously Kentucky is in the mix now, so most recent headlines are about their interest.

I'll put a more complete profile together this morning and update the Recruiting Lists thread.

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Nice graphic. It is worth noting Ware is a senior and Tandy is a junior, which makes that career points line really eye opening. Tandy's bio is up on the 2019 thread, and I'm working on Ware's now. I'm guessing Ford was there to see Ware first and foremost; Tandy has blown up lately and I'm not sure we'd be getting involved in time. If Ford thinks he has a chance at Tandy, he's an absolute no-brainer offer.

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TF's dad is everywhere.  He has been at every game (or just about every game) lately.  I was thinking he and TF's mom either have moved in with the Fords or have leased a condo as a short term rental in St. Louis. As someone said, above, he is like another member of the staff.  He was even talking, before the last game, to someone in the area where recruits normally sit, although there were NO RECRUITS at that game, so no violation.^_^

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20 hours ago, Macallan 18 said:

Thanks HoosierPal for the updates all year.  Much appreciated!

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