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Post by lou on Dec 25, 2017 12:16:03 GMT -5
Personal fouls/40 ?
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Post by WorcesterGray on Dec 25, 2017 12:19:44 GMT -5
8.4, first by a wide margin. He is a complete misfit in the defensive scheme as a 5 - if Stevens can contribute as JF's backup, maybe Faw earns time at the 4. My point was simply that he has been far from a liability at the offensive end
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Post by lou on Dec 25, 2017 12:22:42 GMT -5
Thanks, just curious 'cause it tends to keep him on the bench, great stats. Carmody has commented more than once that he wants Faw and Jehyve in together, but they haven't tried it yet.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 25, 2017 12:25:31 GMT -5
WG i did not state my point clearly. I do not doubt Faw's shootng or rebounding skills. It seems to me the coaches believe that he cannot play the 4 offensively, possibly since it requires more perimeter ball handling and cutting.than the 5 where he plays exclusively, obviously as does Jehyve.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Dec 25, 2017 14:12:07 GMT -5
I think rebounding is going to improve (can't get worse?) Jehyve will be among the strongest in the PL. Connor is beginning to assert himself. And Faw appears to me to be more willing to mix it up among the bigs he's competing with. Grandy and KC will be a bonus. And of course Stevens is a "big" unknown While it would be difficult for defensive rebounding to get worse (currently 343 out of 351 in Def OReb%), there is limited evidence to suggest that we will ever be a good rebounding team under Carmody. In 14 years of full-year KenPom data, Carmody's Northwestern teams average 251 in Def OReb%, with one year in the top 100 (#79 in 2011), and the remainder at 145 or higher. Joe Scott has 15 years of KenPom data, with an average ranking of 223, and no years higher than 138. Looking at the 16 PL Champions from 2002-2017, the average Def OReb% ranking was 76, with one clear outlier in Lafayette in 2015 (315), and only 5 years out of 16 (31%) in which the Def Oreb% was above 100.
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Post by lou on Dec 25, 2017 14:26:01 GMT -5
So, I'm not looking at anyone's stats, just my eyeball account that it looks to me like our big guys are getting more aggressive as the season progresses, and I hope this results in at least more defensive rebounds. I thought there were a few near misses in the Siena game where a couple of key rebounds would have made a difference. Our guys were there, just didn't get the ball, I'm hopeful this will begin to change
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Post by bringbackcaro on Dec 25, 2017 14:29:58 GMT -5
Didn't Ralph Willard say he wanted a certain number of deflections ...what's the difference between wanting deflections and wanting turnovers? Or maybe some here would disagree that Ralph had a good defensive team. 40+ deflections per game. RW wanted deflections from playing up in passing lanes, applying ball pressure to force weak passes, and having quick rotations (also moving within passing lanes). The difference between RW and Carmody is that the only time RW double-teamed was in the post against good players (and players were correctly taught how to effective TIME and EXECUTE the double). On the other hand, Carmody’s defense tries to generate turnovers by running 2-3 guys at the ball on the perimeter, and thus completely jacking up the back end of the defense, with guys having no clue what the rotations are.
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Post by ncaam on Dec 25, 2017 15:06:23 GMT -5
We are skinny and slow. Makes playing any defense a problem.
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Post by DiMarz on Dec 25, 2017 16:11:57 GMT -5
We are skinny and slow. Makes playing any defense a problem. I think we are slow in anticipation...Defenders have to get the offensive player as the ball arrives (or sooner)..we get there a step late...Seems to me our defenders sag too deep into the lane, and can't recover soon enough...Hopefully that will improve with experience..
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Post by bringbackcaro on Dec 25, 2017 17:47:40 GMT -5
We are skinny and slow. Makes playing any defense a problem. I think we are slow in anticipation...Defenders have to get the offensive player as the ball arrives (or sooner)..we get there a step late...Seems to me our defenders sag too deep into the lane, and can't recover soon enough...Hopefully that will improve with experience.. Experience doesn’t fix structural and fundamental issues - coaching and preparation does. For example, we aren’t just a step late on the catch, we also don’t close out properly and fly by shot fakes, causing even more issues on the back end of the defense (an issue that has been consistent for 3 years, regardless of what personnel is on the floor).
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