What would help the team more?

[clenz]

What do you think?

[Panthers#1]

Re: What would help the team more?

The way I see it, we really have no offense outside of the post. Granted, a true PG would help but it wouldn't totally help. If we had better shooting, we might be able to get by with out a true PG.

[joecooll6]

Re: What would help the team more?

If we had a true PG, then our best shooter could play shooting guard and get better looks instead of running the offense like he is now.

[panther91]

Re: What would help the team more?

A point guard is where it all starts. Assist / turnover ratio is a huge stat and currently we are struggling with this.

[FerociousCat]

Re: What would help the team more?

This will cure everything...

EC starts at pg...he is the best passer we have, so assists will go up.

Has he ever taken a 3? I've heard he's the best "Pure Shooter(from inches away)" on the team. Some 3 point specialists are poor FT shooters.

EC could also start calling the offense, he has more career minutes in the offense than anybody else.

What he lacks in ball-handling is made up for by the scowl...he will simply scare defenders away.

[Back2BackCats]

Re: What would help the team more?

The thing I don't understand is that I felt we had shooters. Travis, Adam, Jonathan, and Kerwin all of these guys are shooters. I watched Kerwin more than a couple of times in HS and he was a machine now he hardly shoots at all. Jared I can understand because he is playing out of position and has to focus on other things but the rest of these guys are playing the 2-3 which should be their natural position.

[clenz]

Re: What would help the team more?

Maybe they don't feel comfortable in this offense? Maybe? Maybe not?

[Kyle]

Re: What would help the team more?

The thing I don't understand is that I felt we had shooters. Travis, Adam, Jonathan, and Kerwin all of these guys are shooters. I watched Kerwin more than a couple of times in HS and he was a machine now he hardly shoots at all. Jared I can understand because he is playing out of position and has to focus on other things but the rest of these guys are playing the 2-3 which should be their natural position.

They have all proven they can shoot the ball, unfortunately, they have also proven they can't do it consistently. For Kerwin and Jon, I'll chalk this up to lack of experience. Brown and Viet don't have a good excuse.

JM shot 50% from inside and outside the arch yesterday and looked like a machine doing it. He was a man on a mission when he had the ball. Hopefully he can keep that type of confidence up.

[Back2BackCats]

Re: What would help the team more?

We seem to play better when we have more movement.

[Schack]

Re: What would help the team more?

The thing I don't understand is that I felt we had shooters. Travis, Adam, Jonathan, and Kerwin all of these guys are shooters. I watched Kerwin more than a couple of times in HS and he was a machine now he hardly shoots at all. Jared I can understand because he is playing out of position and has to focus on other things but the rest of these guys are playing the 2-3 which should be their natural position.

Maybe it's something about our offense. Look what happened to McKowen.

[MeOW!]

Re: What would help the team more?

I believe that more consistent shooting by all of our players would take the pressure off our "fill-in" point guard. If our shooting is inconsistent, there is added pressure on the point guard to control the offense and limit turnovers.

[UNIAlum95]

Re: What would help the team more?

More consistent shooting. Period. We've won 10 games this year in spite of our outside shooting. I'm excited to see what our offense will look like when those shots start to fall. Go Panthers!

Seems we were saying the exact same things last year, waiting all year for the shots to start falling.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: What would help the team more?

If you don't believe me...check the stats. When we shoot the ball well, we win (coupled with defense and rebounding of course).

It's more the defense, but yes, we have been shooting very well for the most part at around 45% and 74% Free Throws. The games we have struggled we have been contagious in both areas. Heck, we shoot 75% FT's against Iowa and we win.

I think we need to get some shooters going. Turn them loose and crash the boards. Teams are packing it in on our bigs, we need to shoot over them and let the bigs go hard to the glass if there are misses for either putbacks or tipouts to shooters where we can defenses scrambling to readjust.

[Deke3]

Re: What would help the team more?

Clenz- If they don't feel comfortable in this offense then they better go someplace else. Quite frankly I haven't seen a bigger whiner on PN since people were complaining about Brooks. You remind me of a high school parent that thinks his son or daughter should play more. Here's some advice...check out a coaching authorization class at UNI or the AEA and get your coach endorsement (maybe you have one)...then coach somewhere...after you put some years in I will put a little more stake into the crap you put out.

[clenz]

Re: What would help the team more?

HAHAHAHA I love how easy it is to make people here mad. I'm learning a lot about our fan base