Re: Whaley and Huggins

[Michael W Pickens]

Two things to keep in mind.

Huggins has a winning track record as a head coach.  Sure he has had some 
trouble in the 2nd round but I will take the fact he has made it to 13 or 
14 straight tournaments over 2nd round losses.  At least we had a chance. 
Huggs has had some bad luck. 

You keep saying Huggs is not using Whaley right.  How do you use a guy who 
doesn't run down the court, does not play defense and shoots 35%.  Hicks 
shoots 59%, Max 50%. 

Since Hicks and Max rebound and you want to compare Whaley to the guards 
the best comparison I can come up with is Whaley and Moore.  Whaley had 
282 shots and Moore had 262 shots.  Moore hit 50% of his shots with a bad 
back.  Lack of playing time is not a good argument to me.    Only Jamal 
had a lower shooting percentage then Whaley and he shot 33%.






Iroq Gathing <address@hidden> 
08/02/2004 10:14 AM
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Okay, lets get down to the nitty-gritty.  The facts, Huggins have never 
excelled against real competition in March.  I believe that?s largely 
because the way he coaches; not because of his talent.  The press and just 
plain ol? playing hard do not beat good teams!  Great coaching and playing 
in the right system for the talent you have beat good teams.  Whaley is a 
scorer, and if you do not give scorers the opportunity to score they want 
impact the game, period.  Gary Payton, for example, is a great defender 
and scorer, but without the ball going through him--- look at how his game 
looked in LA.



Whaley forced shots a lot, and his field goal percentage was low because 
he had to shoot out of his element because of the system (again a free 
shooting system for the guards).  Huggins has never had a player like 
Whaley, a shoot first big man.  About Whaley academics, there is no excuse 
there.  Whaley needs to work a little harder in the books to stay 
eligible.  But to be real there?s not one pro-prospect going to college 
for an education; likewise, there is not one school recruiting a 
pro-prospect to educate them.  College is a big money business, that?s why 
Coach ?K? can turn down $40-plus million from the NBA?s best franchise to 
stay at Duke.  Furthermore, I do not here Goin talking about putting 
Whaley on academic probation and making sure he graduates.  He?s talking 
about giving up on him because of basketball.  The people on this board 
are saying ?forget Whaley? because of basketball.  If Whaley was putting 
up a double-double, which he is capable of this year, the messages on
this board about his eligibility and from Goin would be different.


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