indygjm wrote:

WashPaRick wrote:

Somebody in the stands yelled at Ferry to not let them roll it up. He decided not to take the advice.  

Maybe Ferry's plan was to extend the game to give Robinson practice time with his free throws?

That's one of the things that blew my mind as I was screaming obscenities at my computer during the last 4 minutes  (45 minutes of real time), watching Robinson hit free throw after free throw in clutch time and thinking, "Gee Jim, maybe if he played a bit more during the season, we might have one or two more wins." 

I think Ferry is playing him only to keep him from transferring
 

One of Ferry's problems is that despite having numbers all year (Lewis, Robinson, Sanders, Gill, Powell), he typically didn't sub 2 bigs in when 2 bigs came out. You'd get a big and Marquell Jackson, or a big and Steele. Then he'd be in his four small routine where we get picked apart on defense, on the boards, and have a one-and-done offense because four alpha shooters are trying to "get theirs" instead of trying to win.

Dukes2012 wrote:

Tejas_Duke wrote:

indygjm wrote:

Maybe Ferry's plan was to extend the game to give Robinson practice time with his free throws?

That's one of the things that blew my mind as I was screaming obscenities at my computer during the last 4 minutes  (45 minutes of real time), watching Robinson hit free throw after free throw in clutch time and thinking, "Gee Jim, maybe if he played a bit more during the season, we might have one or two more wins." 

I think Ferry is playing him only to keep him from transferring
 

I've been hoping for more playing time for JR the entire season. He is clearly our most skilled big man offensively. He's smooth with his back to the basket. Obviously he doesn't have ideal length but he should have been in the rotation all year

Dukes2012 - I agree.  JR may not have ideal length, but neither did Charles Barkley, and he was pretty effective around the rim. 

levon1975 wrote:

Darius picks up lots of fouls because he doesn't move his feet well on defense.  He gets called for blocking when guys go to the hoop against him.  On offense he is hampered by struggles catching the ball and going exclusively to his right.  To his credit he has worked to improve himself to get to the point where he can give you 18-20 minutes a game, but he will need to make huge strides before next season to be anything close to a reliable big man at this level.

And Lewis is not the only one who doesn't move their feet on defense. This team cannot stop any ball penetration because they don't move their feet to keep their man in front of them. They also don't bend their knees to get into an effective defensive position. They then defend by reaching. I would have James, Jackson and Steel doing defensive drills until their legs fell off during this offseason. All are capable of playing better defense than they have shown. Coach some defensive fundamentals. Sheesh.

Haus played 12 seconds!!  Doubt if they would do THAT to a scholarship player - even one like Castro who is probably so deep in the dog house at this point - Daniel Boone couldn't find him -  Since he already sat out a year - I presume he will transfer to a lower level school where he would be immediately eligible -  I DO think he has the ability (could so many coaches have been wrong?) for some reason just hasn't shown it.