Re: 1st half

[Cincinnati Bearcats]

A group of us wondered why he played for a few minutes, hit 3 3's and then
sat the rest of the game. AK mentioned after the game that Ronald would play
more if he could figure out how to run an out of bounds play, play defense,
etc. Obviously, he is a bit behind the curve from an offense/defense
standpoint.

I have been disappointed in Jihad - after a good shooting preseason, he has
seemingly regressed to last year's model. AK also mentioned Jihad is
fighting a groin injury, so perhaps that's the problem.

On 11/23/05, Brent Wyrick <address@hidden> wrote:
> The coaching staff said at one point when he walked into the gym for the
> first time that they were surprised that he can shoot well from out there.
> I'd encourage him to shoot a few. It makes the opposing center come out
> from
> under the hoop and guard him. That might give us some offensive rebounds
> we
> might not normally have a shot at.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dfairchild [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:06 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] 1st half
>
> The mechanics of his shot looked good.  2 of the 3 were wide open
> shots.  He
> had his body set well and really stroked the shot - nice rotation on the
> ball.
>
> I think what will hold Allen back is that he seems to be a step slow on
> defense.  It might be he is new to the UC system so the rotations do not
> come automatically.  Or it could be he is slow.  time will tell.
>
> Go Cats
> DF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon breiner [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:45 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] 1st half
>
>
> "Not sure what to make of Allen's three-point shooting..."
>
> John, after he went out, the crowd of course cheered for him.  I was not
> really sure if I should join in loudly or not at all because I do not yet
> know if I want to encourage that or discourage that!  I don't know enough
> about him to know whether or not he might miss the next 20.  :)
>
> Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John T. Hall" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:07 PM
> Subject: [UC Basketball] 1st half
>
>
> > Illinois State is not a good team; the fact that we're letting them hang
> > around is worrying. Lots of defensive breakdowns, but after an ugly
> start
> > at least the energy has picked up. Kirkland and Muhammad did not seem
> > ready to play. Not sure what to make of Allen's three-point shooting...
> >
> >  - John in SD
>
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