Is J.P. Macura Coachable?

[SemajParlor]

I just don't believe his play this year fits into the box that people are trying to put him in. He's not a wild card uncontrollable hot / cold guy. He's a very good Big East guard and has demonstrated he's productive over the course of a game.

[LA Muskie]

I just don't believe his play this year fits into the box that people are trying to put him in. He's not a wild card uncontrollable hot / cold guy. He's a very good Big East guard and has demonstrated he's productive over the course of a game.

I agree he's neither "uncoachable" nor "uncontrollable". But he's certainly had his spells of "undisciplined" and "unfocused" on both ends of the court.


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[xukeith]

He is wild and shoots/passes too much like "White Chocolate" BUT he is extremely crafty and works his butt off. Scrappy dude. Wish he could play better defense but he is slow footed.

[Backyard Champ]

I'm a big JP guy so I'm probably biased, but I don't think he is nearly as bad as people are saying. When he does get burned, it looks like the player going by him would typically go right into a help defender, but that help defender is nowhere to be found. Maybe it's communication issues amongst multiple players. I also see him covering for others who get burned. That leaves his player open, and if his player is found it appears JP is wildly out of position. It looks bad on JP, but not the defender who origionally got beat. However if JP didn't slide over to help, it's an easy bucket.
I think for our team, he's right about average on defense. Let's face it, our defense this year is pretty bad. The last couple of weeks, we seem to go on long periods of gameplay where every possession the opponent is coming away with points.

[markchal]

I'm a big JP guy so I'm probably biased, but I don't think he is nearly as bad as people are saying. When he does get burned, it looks like the player going by him would typically go right into a help defender, but that help defender is nowhere to be found. Maybe it's communication issues amongst multiple players. I also see him covering for others who get burned. That leaves his player open, and if his player is found it appears JP is wildly out of position. It looks bad on JP, but not the defender who origionally got beat. However if JP didn't slide over to help, it's an easy bucket.
I think for our team, he's right about average on defense. Let's face it, our defense this year is pretty bad. The last couple of weeks, we seem to go on long periods of gameplay where every possession the opponent is coming away with points.

I also think that, especially against Cumberland for example, JP struggles guarding SGs. JP is more athletic than he looks, but he's a SF, and does much better going against other SFs. We just don't have enough true guards on our roster.

[birdman71]

The ''wild shots'' seem to be attempts to draw fouls. Often works for him, but not the UC game.

[SemajParlor]

I agree he's neither "uncoachable" nor "uncontrollable". But he's certainly had his spells of "undisciplined" and "unfocused" on both ends of the court.


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I would agree that is a fair assessment. Turnovers have been an issue he can hopefully improve on.

[xuwin]

I just don't believe his play this year fits into the box that people are trying to put him in. He's not a wild card uncontrollable hot / cold guy. He's a very good Big East guard and has demonstrated he's productive over the course of a game.

I agree. When you are getting essentially zero offensive production inside it forces your perimeter players to have to make plays and do a little too much. We have nothing even close to Farr and Reynolds under the basket this year offensively or defensively. We even have to rebound more as a team because we don't have a dominant rebounder inside.

[X-ceptional]

[Dennis Green voice] JP is who we thought he was! [/Dennis Green voice]

JP has no conscience when he's on the floor. Sometimes it results in poor shot selection, or ill-conceived passes, but damn the kid can play. And he played his ass off last night... 33 minutes going for 10 and 7.

One thing that won't show up on the stat sheet either though was that chase-down back-tip to prevent the layup after the SHU steal late in the game (although I believe the Hall ended up scoring on the ensuing possession after the inbound). Still, that's the type of hustle play that gets rewarded in the long run. You could tell JP was gassed... he left it all on the floor.

[xu82]

Like everyone else, you take the good with the bad, and that hustle was very, very good! Just keep that up while valuing the ball, because that was good stuff.