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Post by friar82 on Mar 19, 2019 21:54:31 GMT -5
This season is a wrap. The coaching staff and players on the roster have a lot of soul-searching to do. We have pieces but we’re missing heart and skills. Some of which can be developed some of which needs to be imported
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 19, 2019 21:55:10 GMT -5
How's our baseball team look this year?
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Post by friar82 on Mar 19, 2019 21:55:23 GMT -5
The next month or two should be very interesting
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Post by thewalk on Mar 19, 2019 21:59:05 GMT -5
Doubt well have to wait a month...
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 19, 2019 22:01:08 GMT -5
Hope we don't...
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Post by thefriarman on Mar 20, 2019 7:03:34 GMT -5
May not want the balls in the bag but on the practice court shooting a lot (i mean a lot) of shots and dribbling all around those 2 courts...
Hassett: you get better in the off season putting in the work to improve...let's see who really wants to improve
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Post by pc1971 on Mar 20, 2019 7:50:38 GMT -5
May not want the balls in the bag but on the practice court shooting a lot (i mean a lot) of shots and dribbling all around those 2 courts... Hassett: you get better in the off season putting in the work to improve...let's see who really wants to improve How well this team does next year will have loads to do with how many of these young men put the time and effort in to improve their skills.Who wants it !! I believe that there are many on the Roster who have yet to play anywhere near their potential.Hopefully the hard work and coaching will get most, if not all, of them closer to their respective upsides. |
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 20, 2019 7:59:41 GMT -5
May not want the balls in the bag but on the practice court shooting a lot (i mean a lot) of shots and dribbling all around those 2 courts... Hassett: you get better in the off season putting in the work to improve...let's see who really wants to improve How well this team does next year will have loads to do with how many of these young men put the time and effort in to improve their skills.Who wants it !! I believe that there are many on the Roster who have yet to play anywhere near their potential.Hopefully the hard work and coaching will get most, if not all, of them closer to their respective upsides. I argue that at least 40% of the current roster (10 returnees) are at full potential...MAL, White, Edwards, and Young. With the potential of Diallo and Monroe also joining this list, especially if we can't add a point guard to help Diallo. |
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Post by thewalk on Mar 20, 2019 9:08:32 GMT -5
a little unfair to Monroe since we've seen very little. not sure if it would have helped LT, but he probably could've used a rs year because his HS competition was so bad. I'm guessing the staff was hoping for a Kelan Martin type.
I agree on the others. Any noticeable improvement from them would be a major surprise. Mal's shot looks so bad (and slow), it would take a full rs year to get it fixed (maybe).
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 20, 2019 9:11:37 GMT -5
I said potential to add Monroe. Right now I see a bigger version of Ricky Council, but I will give him another year.
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Post by friar71 on Mar 20, 2019 9:38:01 GMT -5
I agree w Yankee that a PG will help Alpha. He also has work to do. Last year he was a terrible 3PT shooter and as many predicted he improved from 21 to .33%. But his FG % and FT % dropped as the season went on. Obviously some of that is fatigue late in the year. But he shot under 60% from FT line in the last 12 games. That is a big drop from a career 73%. He plays hard and often at the 3 is chasing a faster small forward around. But he gets fouled a lot and needs to get his FT % back to mid 70%.
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 20, 2019 10:31:12 GMT -5
White played the bulk of the minutes at PG last night (28 minutes). He had 1 assist and threw it away 3 times.
MAL played 9 total minutes, had 3 assists and threw it away twice
Duke played 22 minutes, had 2 assists and coughed it up once
Diallo led the team in minutes (36) assists with 4, and only turned it over once. When your starting PF leads in assists (Geoff McDermott), you put a crappy product on the floor.
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Post by friara on Mar 20, 2019 10:57:23 GMT -5
White played the bulk of the minutes at PG last night (28 minutes). He had 1 assist and threw it away 3 times. MAL played 9 total minutes, had 3 assists and threw it away twice Duke played 22 minutes, had 2 assists and coughed it up once Diallo led the team in minutes (36) assists with 4, and only turned it over once. When your starting PF leads in assists (Geoff McDermott), you put a crappy product on the floor. especially when said power forward can't shoot. |
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Post by thewalk on Mar 20, 2019 11:50:17 GMT -5
especially when said power forward can't shoot....and is your 2nd best shooter
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Post by birdman on Mar 20, 2019 12:28:37 GMT -5
I would like to do a 180 degree about face and post something positive. I want to say thank you to the 2018-2019 Friars for working hard all year and putting forth a great effort (last night notwithstanding).
Going into last night, they were 37th in defensive efficiency at Ken Pom, the best mark of any BE team. That is a fine showing and is even more impressive when you consider: 1. Their offense was terrible 2. They were never really at any point in contention for an NCAA bid and 3. Lineups were always in flux and guys never knew from game to game who was going to be playing significant minutes. The fact they stayed locked in across 33 games to finish with a top 40 defense is an impressive feat and one they should take pride in. Despite the uncertainty over playing time, the bench always seemed actively engaged and supportive of their teammates despite the fact that I am sure many of them were thinking why is that guy playing right now and not me? This seemed like a great group of young men who represented PC with dignity, class and honor. I wish nothing but the best for Isaiah Jackson in the next chapter of his life as well as any other members of this year's team who decide to move on to pursue other opportunities outside of Providence, RI. There isn't a single unlikable player on this team and I appreciate their contributions throughout this very frustrating season.
Having said all of that, I hope every player who returns for the 2019-2020 season works his butt off between now and October and comes into the new season a significantly improved player. I don't really want to hash out all of our short comings, we all know them and have commented about them ad nauseam. I am sure both the coaches and players know the issues we need to address, it is now incumbent upon everyone to put in the effort required to correct those problems. I would love it if multiple players make great strides in their games and improve significantly, much like Bentil, Batts, Cotton and Cartwight have done before. This year was undoubtedly tough on us fans just watching our team struggle so frequently on offense, I can't even imagine how frustrating it must have been for the players and coaches. Fortunately, all of that is in the past now. The real work begins today and I hope everyone is ready to dig deep and spend the appropriate amount of time in the gym in order to make this past season an aberration.
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