Is J.P. Macura Coachable?

[mohr5150]

Agreed, MOR. I truly thought the tourney they were in during November was going to knock them out of the top 25. Fortunately, I guess, that tourney was full of average teams. Our non con has ended up very average with Clemson and Baylor really the only quality teams. This has kept us in the rankings, but we will, most likely, by the end of this week, be out. After the UC game, we will be out of it for a while, probably. Super, super disappointing. Talented team with no leadership. Miles really screwed this team over with his girlfriend bs. He was the supposed leader who couldn't handle a breakup.

[JEHARDI]

Agreed, MOR. I truly thought the tourney they were in during November was going to knock them out of the top 25. Fortunately, I guess, that tourney was full of average teams. Our non con has ended up very average with Clemson and Baylor really the only quality teams. This has kept us in the rankings, but we will, most likely, by the end of this week, be out. After the UC game, we will be out of it for a while, probably. Super, super disappointing. Talented team with no leadership. Miles really screwed this team over with his girlfriend bs. He was the supposed leader who couldn't handle a breakup.

- they will beat UC, no doubt.

[Olsingledigit]

I would agree that happens at times.

The three point shot he took at the end, and air balled, was a terrible shot and even worse decision.

I'm pretty sure the shot clock had run down and he had to take that shot.

[chico]

I wouldn't call JP uncoachable so much as undisciplined. He makes some tremendous plays and I love the fact that he is fearless, but he needs to play smarter. Taking wild 3's or trying to make the spectacular pass is just not playing disciplined ball. If he can reign that in he'll really be something special.

As for the team in general, they seem to fall in love with the 3 far too often. They take shots with 20 on the shot clock that are available with 5. I'd like to see more inside-out play than what they're doing now. Gaston has a nice touch around the basket to go along with some good moves - there aren't many big men in the conference that can keep him under wraps. It also seems at times that there's too much 1-on-1 games going on, where we simply try to beat our man to the basket. Run some offense. It's difficult to stay disciplined on defense when the other team runs good sets for 25 seconds.

[xu82]

He's coachable. He's not a dumb player. At times he's a genius. He just gets so emotional and at times tries too hard to light the fire. I'm sure Mack has his frustrations, but he's glad he's got him and will reel it in some for less emotional, more intelligent ball. Those 'turnovers are too sloppy for a guy with his BB IQ. Slow it down and take care of the ball.

[sirthought]

I actually don't know if he is coachable or a very smart player. I think he sees opportunities too often that aren't really there. Other times he's not paying attention enough to know he has to execute a pass more precisely. It's all within his grasp, but I'm not certain he has the game IQ for it. I know his big shots make him fans. I'm more worried about the mistakes.

[Juice]

I actually don't know if he is coachable or a very smart player. I think he sees opportunities too often that aren't really there. Other times he's not paying attention enough to know he has to execute a pass more precisely. It's all within his grasp, but I'm not certain he has the game IQ for it. I know his big shots make him fans. I'm more worried about the mistakes.

He has the IQ. His confidence is both a gift and curse. He makes plays/shots that make you say wow but that also comes with plays that make you think WTF? At some point you'd hope that he cuts down on the latter but does that come at the risk of losing his edge?

[markchal]

I've actually been pretty pleased with JP. He's been one of our standouts and is the only player that doesn't seem afraid or intimidated in tough road environments. The whole team could use more of his swagger. That said, his turnovers can be a problem and we need more consistency from him, but I think overall he really helped minimize the Myles loss for the first half of the season.

[bleedXblue]

I've actually been pretty pleased with JP. He's been one of our standouts and is the only player that doesn't seem afraid or intimidated in tough road environments. The whole team could use more of his swagger. That said, his turnovers can be a problem and we need more consistency from him, but I think overall he really helped minimize the Myles loss for the first half of the season.

The horrible bad decision turnovers have tempered my enthusiasm for JP.

[muskienick]

Based on this season's stats, we should not be pointing the finger at JP. There are a few others who are not living up to their press clippings. But, all that being said, we are still 13-4 and our two losses in Conference were pretty much expected by us and the oddsmakers. Furthermore, no one can deny that our team's leader coming into the 16-17 season was totally absent for the first two losses and only still a shell of himself for the last two. Let's just see how this team develops once we have all our players in shape and on the same page before casting those stones of accusation.

Xavier University 2016-2017 GAME STATISTICS
Player GP MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FG% FT% 3P%
Trevon Bluiett 17 33.5 16.8 5.8 2.2 1.0 0.1 1.9 .402 .788 .325
Edmond Sumner 17 33.8 15.7 4.3 4.6 1.4 0.8 2.9 .486 .739 .270
J.P. Macura 17 32.4 14.5 4.1 2.4 1.8 0.2 1.6 .421 .846 .348
RaShid Gaston 17 19.2 7.2 6.4 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.1 .591 .487 .000
Malcolm Bernard 17 28.1 6.2 4.2 1.6 1.1 0.3 1.2 .419 .609 .404
Sean O'Mara 17 13.5 6.1 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.9 .600 .655 .000
Kaiser Gates 12 18.3 5.4 3.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.6 .415 .556 .364
Quentin Goodin 17 15.0 2.9 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.2 1.3 .450 .478 .231
Tyrique Jones 17 9.6 2.9 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 .500 .474 .000
Myles Davis 2 11.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 1.000 .000
Leighton Schrand 4 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 1.000 .000
Tim Stainbrook 7 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 .333 .000 .333
Alex Bergen 5 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Cullen Barr 5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Conor Peterson 5 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
Totals 17 -- 77 39 15 7 3 12 .457 .701 .331
SEASON STATISTICS
Player MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OFFR DEFR REB AST TO STL BLK
Trevon Bluiett 570 90 224 67 85 39 120 286 9 89 98 37 32 17 2
Edmond Sumner 575 86 177 85 115 10 37 267 7 66 73 79 49 24 13
J.P. Macura 551 80 190 55 65 32 92 247 21 49 70 40 28 30 4
RaShid Gaston 327 52 88 19 39 0 0 123 47 61 108 10 19 2 12
Malcolm Bernard 477 36 86 14 23 19 47 105 18 54 72 28 21 18 5
Sean O'Mara 229 42 70 19 29 0 0 103 25 29 54 9 16 6 1
Kaiser Gates 219 22 53 5 9 16 44 65 10 26 36 7 7 6 2
Quentin Goodin 255 18 40 11 23 3 13 50 2 20 22 31 22 12 3
Tyrique Jones 164 20 40 9 19 0 0 49 28 26 54 7 11 4 10
Myles Davis 23 0 6 2 2 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
Leighton Schrand 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tim Stainbrook 18 1 3 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
Alex Bergen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Cullen Barr 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conor Peterson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals -- 447 979 288 411 120 362 1302 197 459 656 249 212 119 53

Sorry the columns don't line up. I lined them up prior to posting but that alignment didn't "take."