This is probably a good place to mention that Martin Breunig had 31 points tonight at Weber State.
Did he score 31 points in his Husky career?
I was barely watching Montana play Cal earlier this year, and Montana had guy that looked great. Then I saw it was Bruenig. Jesus Christmas, RoLo had him playing like a scared 6 yr old.
Romar has a good track record of developing guys for the NBA, but he does it in a strange way. I don't like how he completely breaks guys down then rebuilds them.
Dentmon is another example. Decent as a freshman than useless until his senior year. Darin Johnson looked pretty good last year and completely sucks this year because he's been reigned in. Romar has broken him down and now he needs to be rebuilt. He's scared to shoot and makes no impact except for 1 or 2 fuck ups every game. Maybe the same thing happened with Bruenig. Bruenig looked like he sucked when he was here, but that obviously wasn't the case. You don't average 17 and shoot 63% without talent.
It's not uncommon that guys need to learn how to play smart basketball. You can play well when you don't know what you are doing ... but you definitely aren't making consistent winning plays.
What are the chances Goss and Upshaw return next year?
If we lose Saturday or against OSU, this season is fucked (probably already is).
My biggest beef with this team is that it doesn't even feel like a Romar team. For all my problems with Romar (I think he's a decent, not great coach) I've never seen his teams as a whole play so frickin timidly as this one.
But maybe it's because we don't really have a go to scorer. Still, it's like they all think they're the little inbreed player on Hoosiers when they're on offense.
As long as Romar is here, I'd rather go back to the intense defense/run and gun offense of old.
Based on how athletic the incoming recruiting class is, we'll hopefully get back to that.
This team could turn it around, but that game against Stanford annoyed the fuck out of me.
Romar has a good track record of developing guys for the NBA, but he does it in a strange way. I don't like how he completely breaks guys down then rebuilds them.
Dentmon is another example. Decent as a freshman than useless until his senior year. Darin Johnson looked pretty good last year and completely sucks this year because he's been reigned in. Romar has broken him down and now he needs to be rebuilt. He's scared to shoot and makes no impact except for 1 or 2 fuck ups every game. Maybe the same thing happened with Bruenig. Bruenig looked like he sucked when he was here, but that obviously wasn't the case. You don't average 17 and shoot 63% without talent.
I agree to some degree.
OTOH, this is a great counterargument to the idea that Romar just rolls the ball out there and lets them play.
Romar has a good track record of developing guys for the NBA, but he does it in a strange way. I don't like how he completely breaks guys down then rebuilds them.
Dentmon is another example. Decent as a freshman than useless until his senior year. Darin Johnson looked pretty good last year and completely sucks this year because he's been reigned in. Romar has broken him down and now he needs to be rebuilt. He's scared to shoot and makes no impact except for 1 or 2 fuck ups every game. Maybe the same thing happened with Bruenig. Bruenig looked like he sucked when he was here, but that obviously wasn't the case. You don't average 17 and shoot 63% without talent.
So what you're saying is Romar is going to blow everything up and burn all the bridges.
Goss should definitely come back. While he will always have the lack of athleticism mark, he could really improve his stock if he became a better shooter. 24% from 3 isn't going to cut it. He needs to get that up to the mid 30's.
I still think Upshaw's stock will continue to rise. I didn't even think he played well the past two games and he still averaged 13 points, 9 boards, and 4.5 blocks on 11-17 shooting. It's not that he is a truly great player, but there aren't many bigs with his ability and potential.
Goss should definitely come back. While he will always have the lack of athleticism mark, he could really improve his stock if he became a better shooter. 24% from 3 isn't going to cut it. He needs to get that up to the mid 30's.
I still think Upshaw's stock will continue to rise. I didn't even think he played well the past two games and he still averaged 13 points, 9 boards, and 4.5 blocks on 11-17 shooting. It's not that he is a truly great player, but there aren't many bigs with his ability and potential.
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I bet Darrin Johnson will be a good player when he transfers after the season.
I was barely watching Montana play Cal earlier this year, and Montana had guy that looked great. Then I saw it was Bruenig. Jesus Christmas, RoLo had him playing like a scared 6 yr old.
How is Romar a bad basketball coach?
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I remember Pondexter started off his career killing it. He averaged 15 in non conference play. http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/player/washington/quincy-pondexter/game_stats?season=2006-2007&stat_type=1&game_type=1&chart1=minutes&chart2=points&chart3=assists&chart4=rebounds_total&chart5=
Then conference play starts and he has 25 in one half against Arizona. I was at the game and he was unstoppable. Then Pondexter was almost useless until late in his junior year. Romar broke him down and completely changed his game. It ended up working out, but he had a strange career.
Dentmon is another example. Decent as a freshman than useless until his senior year. Darin Johnson looked pretty good last year and completely sucks this year because he's been reigned in. Romar has broken him down and now he needs to be rebuilt. He's scared to shoot and makes no impact except for 1 or 2 fuck ups every game. Maybe the same thing happened with Bruenig. Bruenig looked like he sucked when he was here, but that obviously wasn't the case. You don't average 17 and shoot 63% without talent.
It's a fine line
If we lose Saturday or against OSU, this season is fucked (probably already is).
My biggest beef with this team is that it doesn't even feel like a Romar team. For all my problems with Romar (I think he's a decent, not great coach) I've never seen his teams as a whole play so frickin timidly as this one.
But maybe it's because we don't really have a go to scorer. Still, it's like they all think they're the little inbreed player on Hoosiers when they're on offense.
As long as Romar is here, I'd rather go back to the intense defense/run and gun offense of old.
Based on how athletic the incoming recruiting class is, we'll hopefully get back to that.
This team could turn it around, but that game against Stanford annoyed the fuck out of me.
OTOH, this is a great counterargument to the idea that Romar just rolls the ball out there and lets them play.
I still think Upshaw's stock will continue to rise. I didn't even think he played well the past two games and he still averaged 13 points, 9 boards, and 4.5 blocks on 11-17 shooting. It's not that he is a truly great player, but there aren't many bigs with his ability and potential.