Good game from Pmac. 7 rebounds is about the best of for PMAC for the season and I think Weezy averaged
Why don’t you pull some stats then? Pat’s consistently been one of our better players in almost all of our toughest games this year
It's interesting. People see the ball go through the basket more for a guy and suddenly everyone says "hey, great game," or "this guys' really improving," etc. I get it. I do think the younger McCaffery has been playing better the last number of games even before the shots started falling. His drives have more purpose, more chances of going in. He's getting himself into better spots on the floor and far less of the wrong-footed runners in the lane. The 3-point % will come and go, but right now he appears to not be over-thinking and just shooting it if he's open and the shot is in rhythm. That's what you have go do. The move that had me really take notice in the second half was when he used the clever reverse pivot to get himself a layup at the rim. Missed it, but but was right there for the putback score. That is good basketball.
Our new coach, @Bulldogs1974, wanted to reduce Patrick’s minutes at one point too. It seems like he may have a vendetta against the McCaffery family. Weird.
I agree that he has had 2 really good games. Perhaps his 2 best games as a Hawk regardless of the opposition. He was also pretty good against Purdue for that matter. It would be huge if a light went on and he can sustain it. The 4 games before that were not very good where he was shooting a low percentage and was a non-factor on the boards averaging 2 per game while playing 27 per game. He needs to keep lapses on the defensive/rebounding side to a minimum and be more aggressive. I think he forgets that's part of his job sometimes. There was a play in the opening minutes yesterday where instead of securing the rebound, he stepped away leaving his man wide open and then literally watched flat footed as his man received a pass a few steps from the basket and buried the put back. Everybody makes mistakes but this has been a recurring issue and the team can't have that and compete against better teams. Minnesota is the worst rebounding team in the B1G and Iowa was still on the short end of that last night.
So if you would quantify or qualify what "very good" means to you?
That' my beef as well. Good to see Patrick becoming a bigger scoring threat on the offensive side and I hope he continues to improve but the defensive lapses are still evident, and I continue to believe he could be much more aggressive on the boards. Overall, I like how his game is maturing...... hit the boards!
