Masterofreality
01-13-2010, 12:30 PM
Every time Xavier loses, there is much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth about, mostly, how the Xavier coach screwed up by not doing something and then some idiot goes on to say stuff equivalent to "it only happens to us", "our guy just isn't experienced enough", "our guy can't cut it" , blah, blah, blah.
Well, even the experienced guys miss it sometimes- including guys who are coaching Top 20 teams. Case in point?
Purdue last night. 13 point lead at home with less than 8 minutes to go. The Luckeyes are getting nothing from Papa's Boy Diebler, Lauderdale , or much from Lighty. The only guy they have is Evan Turner who is a great basketball player and will be in the NBA next year. Turner is waltzing through Purdue's man to man defense as if every Boilermaker is a matador and getting straight to the rack- every time! Beaknose has nothing else to go to. But what does Matt Painter do? Nothing.
No zone, ever to stop the dribble penetration and force a guy like Diebler to actually make a shot rather than just acting like a wall where the ball hits him and goes right to someone else. No zone to make PJ Hill throw up prayers. No zone to force a ball to Lauderdale who, even if he gets fouled will brick the free throws.
Forget that Purdue's press break was horriffic. They just blew that game by saying "Ole'" to Evan Turner. Nice job, Coach Painter.
Meanwhile, Xavier's first year coach, Chris Mack somehow had the wherewithal to switch to a zone defense in the GW game thereby stopping dribble penetration, forcing GW to throw up shots and helping to cause a 24-4 run over 8 minutes. HMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Well, even the experienced guys miss it sometimes- including guys who are coaching Top 20 teams. Case in point?
Purdue last night. 13 point lead at home with less than 8 minutes to go. The Luckeyes are getting nothing from Papa's Boy Diebler, Lauderdale , or much from Lighty. The only guy they have is Evan Turner who is a great basketball player and will be in the NBA next year. Turner is waltzing through Purdue's man to man defense as if every Boilermaker is a matador and getting straight to the rack- every time! Beaknose has nothing else to go to. But what does Matt Painter do? Nothing.
No zone, ever to stop the dribble penetration and force a guy like Diebler to actually make a shot rather than just acting like a wall where the ball hits him and goes right to someone else. No zone to make PJ Hill throw up prayers. No zone to force a ball to Lauderdale who, even if he gets fouled will brick the free throws.
Forget that Purdue's press break was horriffic. They just blew that game by saying "Ole'" to Evan Turner. Nice job, Coach Painter.
Meanwhile, Xavier's first year coach, Chris Mack somehow had the wherewithal to switch to a zone defense in the GW game thereby stopping dribble penetration, forcing GW to throw up shots and helping to cause a 24-4 run over 8 minutes. HMMMMMMMMMMMM!