Re: Bearcats win

[jon breiner]

I think just the opposite.  I think he wanted to win so he did not put Allen 
back in.  Barwin and Miller are better options in my opinion even with 
Allen's height.  I agree that occasionally you can get a spurt of good play 
from Allen, but you get the same level from Barwin and Allen.

Since we have used stock analogies recently, it is like buying a GE or PG in 
stead of a "high flyer".  The high flyer may go up quite a bit, but can also 
go down quite a bit whereas PG and GE are more steady.  Everyone needs to 
look at their portfolio (players) and do a risk assessment and decide what 
you want to do.  I have no issues with Allen not playing anymore.  Imagine 
what would be said today if Allen came in and had 2 TO's, his man scores 2 
baskets and SH goes on an 8-0 run and now we are down and cannot recover?

I think it was a conservative move on Mick's part that I agreed with.

If you want to pick at Mick, I'd get on him more for being slow to adjust to 
the pick and roll that SH ran non-stop.  Barwin did the best job defending 
it and at the end they finally began to stop it better.  Too many times they 
were stuck with Vaughn or Warren guarding a big man in the post.

Jon



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zahid H. Siddiqi" <address@hidden>
To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Bearcats win


> I saw that quote from Mick.  But, at this point in the season, the players 
> have learned all they are going to learn.  It's not time to teach lessons 
> about technicals.  His team needed a win.  And by exhausting Sikes and 
> McGowan to the point where they could no longer walk, he nearly cost his 
> team the win, in my opinion.
>
> Justin Register <address@hidden> wrote:  Allen sat due to his 
> technical, at least that is what Mick says. Supposedly
> technicals by players are big no-nos. Maybe he's just saying that, or 
> maybe
> anyone would have sat....who knows.
>
> On 3/1/07, Zahid H. Siddiqi wrote:
> > True. Excellent game plan by the coaching staff to handle the press and
> > executed very well by the players. Here's an important statistic - Warren
> > played the entire 45 minutes of the game and had ONE turnover. The 'Cats
> > were very patient on offense last night but they were also agressive in
> > attacking the basket. Good win for the team.
> >
> > I was at the game last night. It was the first time I questioned some of
> > Cronin's bench coaching decisions. Sikes and McGowan could hardly walk 
> > with
> > about 7-8 minutes to play due to fatigue and cramps. They could neither
> > move on offense or defense, let alone jump to contest shots or rebound. I
> > could not understand why Cronin did not play Allen some more, at least in
> > short bursts rest Sikes and McGowan. He played with good effort and enery
> > while in the game early.
> >
> > Justin Register wrote:
> > I heard that Seton Hall was #2 in the nation in steals. The Cats had 10
> > turnovers in the first half.....1 the remaining 25 minutes.
> >
> > On 2/28/07, address@hidden wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, like I said a win is a win. I was at the game and thought
> > > our offense
> > > was dead most of the game. We just don't move on offense. We stand
> > > around,
> > > dribble the ball outside the 3 point line, not enough movement
> > > and passing.
> > > I lost count but I think we ended up taking 7-10 bad shots as time
> > > expired
> > > on the shot clock. If we had better ball movement on offense we would
> > > win
> > > this game in regulation. Cronin was happy with how we handled the press
> > > and we
> > > limited our turnovers against a team that gets a lot of turnovers, so
> > you
> > > have to be happy with that. And a win is a win.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> >
> >
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