McC has the full package with good to great half-court offenses and great defenses, especially the 3-quarter court press. This group could really excel at that.
Well, I'm going to project it like this, at this early juncture:
1 - C Williams
2 - Pete Jok
3- Nick Baer
4 - Dom Uhl
5- Ahmad Wagner.
Probably a team where is really doesn't matter who starts.
Guard rotation will include: Isaiah Moss, Jordan Bohannon, B Ellingston, Dale Jones?
Front Court: Tyler Cook, Dale Jones, Cody Pemsl,
Thoughts ?? Go Hawks
Short minute? I'll be surprised if Baer doesn't play somewhere between 18-22 minutes per game.
We'll see. I think the rotation will be deeper next year, because there won't be as much difference in the starting 5 and the next 5, but I think Baer also moves up in the rotation. Gone are 4 guys that averaged 25 or more minutes per game. Last year Baer averaged 14.5 minutes per game, so 15-18 minutes would be a small jump.
UWell, I'm going to project it like this, at this early juncture:
1 - C Williams
2 - Pete Jok
3- Nick Baer
4 - Dom Uhl
5- Ahmad Wagner.
Probably a team where is really doesn't matter who starts.
Guard rotation will include: Isaiah Moss, Jordan Bohannon, B Ellingston, Dale Jones?
Front Court: Tyler Cook, Dale Jones, Cody Pemsl,
Thoughts ?? Go Hawks
seems like Ellingson would have to make a quantum leap to see much playing time. He reminded me of a poor mans Jeff Skinner
Is he really 6'7? Roster lists him at 6'6 and his recruiting profile lists him at 6'5
People seem to have forgotten the interview coach Dillard did last summer about this time when he said that Williams is really 6'7" and Wagner is maybe 6'6".
Baer is getting some national recognition. Like Uhl last summer, he will travel to Italy with USA East Coast All-Stars in August.
This might sound a little negative, but one thing I watch for is how long guys stay in the game. Fran has a doghouse. He doesn't keep guys in it for games on in, but he will stuff a guy in it very quickly if he screws up something when he should have known better.
Hmmm...so who should McC have put at the point if he did not like what Gesell or Clemmons were doing?
Pretty much anyone on the team in the final minute of the half and games. Maybe you enjoyed watching the same failed play unfold almost every single time. Starting two pg's who can't shoot free throws or score was a big mistake the last half of the season. I still like Fran and am normally a positive poster so don't get too defensive.
Not defensive at all. I just did not really see any alternatives nor were you proposing anything concrete. Sounds like the coach just had to go with his best hand.
Could be. I would have shaken things up when the funk extended for several weeks. We needed more offense to help Ju and Jok. Our end of half and end of games set plays were a disaster. I respect how loyal Fran is but that is 3 years in a row he has stuck with struggling seniors that never produced. I would have brought AC off the bench. I would have also given more minutes to Williams in preparation for this season. Especially with the play of the pg's the last half.
I think practice performance probably dictated what McC could do. I would not second guess him.
My hope is that the Baer cage will fill up on that delicious Italian Pasta and get some meat on those bones!
He is always in the right place at the right time. There will be some growing pains at the beginning of the year but this team could be quite solid by the end. Especially if Jones and Uhl make strong improvements.
