Agree, plus Rohde would be the worldâs best automatic QB in a touch football game where you have to count 7 Mississippis.
Once that rush comes though, better hope he found someone.
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All time QB but whatever
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Is that a regional dialect thing?
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Yessir. We have discussed at work to death. NJ has the worst uses of these things of any place
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Im not entirely sure if youâre comparing ceiling to ceiling and floor to floor or ceiling/floor to actual results, but I guess weâd have to start by placing last years results somewhere in the range, which I would put pretty close to the floor given the talent. Say, about knee height? 13-7 and 3rd in the ACC is the only thing keeping the total result off the carpet. The ceiling wouldâve been pretty high if Dunn couldâve been even a minor threat to shoot (which has been demonstrated as possible), if FT shooting hadnât been so atrocious, and if Elijah had been allowed to play.
About the most charitable I can be this year is to say this teamâs ceiling could be above last yearâs knees. Maybe about midway up the thigh?
Last year we had some glaring deficiencies personnel-wise, but Iâd attribute our underperformance largely on our supposed strengths not achieving anything close to their potential.
This yearâs team also has some glaring deficiencies, largely a general dearth of athleticism and the lack of a point guard, and the strengths seem more like future potential than probable impact this season. Yeah, we have some shooters. Yeah, we have some size. Yeah, we have so many young/new guys that Iâd expect the total product to be vastly better later in the season. Unfortunately, all the games count towards the final result, and Iâm just not confident in the PG situation resolving positively and soon enough for our combined OOC/ACC resume to warrant a tournament bid.
I have no idea how to frame this yearâs ceiling quantitatively, but qualitatively it probably looks something like: 1) Dai Dai has to win the job, basically now, and build on what I thought was a decent performance last night by making an impact against much better teams; 2) the shooters, of whom we have quite a few, have to be much more consistent than weâve seen across our 4 box score sample; 3) the defense has to tighten up big time, especially for the younger guys so they can be on the floor as much as possible because any hope for a ceiling outcome has to lie in Cofie/power/sharma hitting shots
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Saw this the other day- may have been linked on LRA even. Canât remember- but is speaks to your last point.
Apologies if this is a repeat.
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Not adding to the argument of what to call the QB of both teams comes off lame here but all good points
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Checked Hoop Explorer and the No-Dai-Dai lineups last night had a turnover percentage of 42% (compared to 9% in the Dai Dai minutes) along with an effective FG of 29% (55% in the Dai Dai minutes). This added up to 0.47 points per possession on offense in the no-Dai-Dai minutes, 1.2 points per possession with Dai Dai.
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That Taine Train second half stretchâŠ
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Thats me clinging to the tree on the other side
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Yikes.
8:32 turnover
8:02 missed 3
6:32 turnover
4:40 turnover
3:03 turnover
2:36 missed 3
2:22 personal foul
0:40 personal foul
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One foul was a 4 point play
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Donât forget one of those fouls was an And-1 on a 3
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Taine is a senior. Something was off last night. Like his brain broke. We know him at this point. The thing I love about Taine (usually) is that he gets the ball, and does something. He shoots if open, drives if lane is open, or passes. He doesnât pointlessly dribble the ball around the perimeter or get himself stuck halfway to the basket. Last night he tried something new; handing the ball to the other team. It was bizarre to watch. I assume a one time thing. Maybe the zone broke him
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So they have an actual game of 1-9 and probly one scrimmage of 1-17?
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I kind of like the matchup of
Dai Dai-IMac-Saunders-Cofie-Blake
Brickus-Poplar-Longino-Dixon-Boakye
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Who covers Poplar? Saunders? That would be the match up that worries me the most (outside of Dixon of course).
Hide saunders on Boayke: generic rim running big. Not a real post threat.
Buchanan glues to Dixon. Dont help
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Saunders is going to foul out in 5 minutes if heâs on Dixon. A bit concerned by how foul prone heâs been.
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