What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

[achrist70]

Simple Question, but a lot of different answers.

The 3 things I see are.

1. Grow up quickly- We will be relying on many young players this year, the way they grow up , and how fast they grow will greatly impact the success this years team has.

2. Rebound- I am not sure we have that one true post player that can just board every night, but I do think we have some more than capable rebounders. If Austin Pehl wants to help the team out this is the best way that he can do it. I really think however Chip and Marvin will be very good on the boards in time.

3. Get back to playing great team defense. Over the past few years when we have been the most successful is when we have forced the opposing team to work very hard on the offensive end. By using so much energy on that end of the court, it made our job easier when we have the ball. If we get back to great team defense we have a chance to win a lot of games.

[Moose39]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtScXUEJ1PM&feature=feedlik

[orangetennis]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

1-Gel. I think it could be a bumpy start to the season with so many newcomers and some difficult games. We just need to come together as a team & form the identity of the 2011-2012 UNI Panthers

2-Play solid D. As we all know, if we play solid on the defensive end of the floor it can mask some issues we might be having early on with our cohesiveness on offense.

3-Steadily Improve. If this team focusses on getting better each week and learning from the mistakes in the interim, we should see a powerful Panther squad come Feb/March!

[9YRPLAN]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

attack the hoop instead of jacking threes.

[clenz]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

Before shootermcdoosh24 starts in, I'll save him the time


DON'T PLAY MAX OR NATE!



On a serious note...we need to score more points than the other team to win.

[Dexter58]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

attack the hoop instead of jacking threes.

Amen Brother!

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

attack the hoop instead of jacking threes.

This X 1,000,000....

Can't disagree with anything you said, OP - I see those 3 things as major issues as well, especially the locking down on defense - Deon got faked into the air waaaay to many times Sunday.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

This X 1,000,000....

Can't disagree with anything you said, OP - I see those 3 things as major issues as well, especially the locking down on defense - Deon got faked into the air waaaay to many times Sunday.

I don't remember Deon getting faked into the air, but do recall Singleton doing so on a couple of occasions. Either way, they'll learn. Game film is very useful and I expect they will learn to spend time in the video room.

This year will be a year of testing Jake and the staff's teaching abilities. There is certainly a lot of talent to work with, getting them to gel as a unit will be the key. Fortunately, Coach Jake has shown that as one of his strengths-taking a group and molding them into a team and playing to their strengths.

From that, I do suspect we will be more aggressive on both ends of the floor as we have the athletic ability to recover better than some past teams have. Having Johnny leading the way in showing how to acquire floor burns is a good place to start.

[hoopfan]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

We need to get Jake Koch to play inside the 3 point line. The perimeter game isn't working for him. He was 0-4 Sunday and only 35% from behind the arc last year and isn't quick enough to beat anyone off the dribble from out there. Opposing teams can guard him with smaller players and pack the lane with bigs which shuts off our penetration and causes us to stand outside and launch 3's. If he is going to be the biggest player we put on the floor, he needs to be inside. Post up on and get to the foul line or turn and face and make a 15 ft. jumper. When he is hanging out behind the 3 point line he is no help on the offensive glass. In 20 minutes he managed to grab 2 rebounds on Sunday. Chip and Marvin each had 10 boards despite being smaller and just looked a lot hungrier than Jake.

[BCPanther]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

Right because all tall players MUST be post players...

[hoopfan]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

I'm not saying all tall players must be post players, but I do think putting Jake inside would make us a better team on the offensive end. I do not think he is effective on the perimeter. At this point, I believe our offense has a sufficient amount of perimeter players but lacks an interior presence.

[Shooter24]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

hahahah well if the team were in Clenz's hands, Nate and Max would both play 20 minutes and jack as many 3's as they wanted..thank god that isnt the case..

[clenz]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

hahahah well if the team were in Clenz's hands, Nate and Max would both play 20 minutes and jack as many 3's as they wanted..thank god that isnt the case..

Tell me where I've said that....please....tell me where I said I think either player should take 10 shots per game...or play even 10 minutes per game?

I'll wait.....

Bueller....Bueller.....Bueller


Yep, that's what I thought. In fact, I've said that Buss won't be shooting 14-15 times per game, and if he did he wouldn't be playing - or he would be putting up massive numbers.

[#Pantherswag]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

It obvious that team roles haven't been given out yet. If that was the case Nate probably wouldn't have shot ball that many times. It was first time that team got to play in front of panther fans this year, and I'm sure every player was trying to impress the fans. Honestly, I'm not really concerned what happened on the offensive side of the ball. Its early in the year and that is why we play exhibition games to get all the kinks worked out. The main concern needs to be on the defensive end. We have a lot of guys that score the ball, but it looks like our younger guys are struggling to make the defensive rotations. Until that gets better Nate shooting the ball 15 times, and worrying what players should play is not near as important.

[Shooter24]

Re: What 3 things do we have to do to be successful this year?

Clenz, you seem to think it's completely fine for buss to be shooting 14 times even in an exhibition game. Nate cannot take that many shots. He better focus on defense, because he is definitely lacking in that area..