Too slow on defense, gets blocked by guys half a foot shorter on offense, gets outrebounded too often by Minaya etc, and often times can't make a layup.
I agree with this. Hannibal is the only true PG. But he does need time to adjust. He is a little wild and out of control at times right now. Once he's ready, I'd sub out Couisnard and have him come off the bench.
He's a 4 year starter in Frank's offense and defense. There's no substitute for experience.
Frink? You'd start Frink? I agree with Lawson, Couisnard, and Bryant. Minaya has not played very well, but I don't know if there is a better option. Kotsar absolutely has to start. He's been one of our better performers. Is he great? No, but he is a good defender within the team-defense.
He has actually played really good this year. Your assessment there would have been true last year but this year he has been really good for us with hustle and energy and effectiveness.
I prefer Frink b/c he rebounds better and can make layups. Both he and Kotsar are liabilities on defense imo. Frink just fouls more. But that's why I mentioned playing zone defense right now. That said, Kotsar would be better if he were stationary as well. Neither move their feet well but Kotsar is slower to react. Yeah, he played well against a full court press and against the mid majors but he did that last year too. Then the SEC season came around.
It's the offense(making layups) and the rebounding that sets him apart from Kotsar imo. He does have to stop the stupid fouls and do a better job staying in front of his man on defense.
We agree on everything but Kotsar. I'd take that lineup though. Offense is going to have to revolve around those four. I understand Minaya has struggled shooting. But he finds the ball(rebounds) and I believe his shot will eventually start to fall again. He's also long like the others which I think would contribute to a pretty nasty zone defense even if we can't excel at the man to man and switching Frank likes to do. Hannibal would help tremendously with the man to man defense since Frank likes to pressure the first pass so aggressively. I believe that's where the defense is breaking down because opponents are flying by our other PG defenders.
He did the same thing last year before SEC play. I remember discussing one of his big games early last year and being hopeful he'd have a great year and then he just completely fell off. Missed all those free throws in a row. I hate it for him. He seems like a great teammate.
I believe Kotsar has the slowest reaction time of anyone on the team. Frink is undersized and a slow runner which is why I'd keep him as stationary on D as possible(zone), same with Kotsar though.
I feel like Bolden is getting beat on defense too much and hasn't been good on offense lately. If he gets hot though, I'd definitely keep him in the game and probably over Minaya, maybe Couisnard.
I actually hate the 10 footer unless there is less than 10 secs left in the shot clock. I don't believe his percentage from that distance warrants him taking it so often, or anyone on the team for that matter. In fact, that's the biggest problem with our offense. Settling for 2 point jump shots when we miss so many of them. There isn't a shot on the floor our opponents would rather give us than those 2 point jump shots early in the shot clock. It's the dumbest shot in the game unless you've got a great shooter and we don't. Statistically we'd come out better shooting 3's since we get the extra point when it goes in.
Now I agree late in the clock. Just not early.
Minaya has a 2 to 1 assists/steals to turnover ratio which is excellent and averages ONE turnover per game. He has 14 fouls in 9 games. He did have 4 fouls against UMASS but they came late and he still played 31 minutes. Also we were assessed a season high foul total and it was a road game. Your criticism has no basis in reality.
So his ONE turnover a game in 30minutes played always comes at the wrong time smh. FM repeatedly refers to him as his best defender and his best rebounder. But never let your skewed opinion get in the way of facts or professional’s evaluations
Like this lineup the best. I would insert Frink for Bolden depending on matchups. Minaya is good guy to have in the rotation, however, I just don't see him as a starter if we are going where we all want to go.
When I say starters what I'm saying is who I want to play the most.
His 3 pointer needs to start falling. He's a capable shooter. Notice had a really tough time early in his career before his shot started falling.
I think it just means shuffle the other players. AJ runs the point, Couisnard the 2, Bryant 3, Frink 4, and Kotsar 5. If we have to go bigger I like that lineup, but I hope we can be effective with a smaller lineup since most of our potential is in that group.
